Tennessee Stuff 2009

[Robbi De Peri]

There are a number of digital resources that showcase the historical and current highlights of the great state of Tennessee. Share below in our Week 4 forum about your experience(s) using the featured site.

Also please welcome this week's resident experts: Sue Maszaros, TN State Library and Archives; Tiffani R Conner, Lincoln Memorial University; and Genny Carter, Tennessee State Library and Archives.

[Margaret Brown]

I'm finally getting around to finishing this part of Round 1. What an interesting thing to do. I'm not sure whether to post my findings, but I will, anyway. I found a great article, published this past April, about restaurants in Chattanooga showcasing locally grown or made food products. There was a list of Chattanooga restaurants that are participating in this effort. The article is from the Chattanooga Times-Free Press.
http://tinyurl.com/n3rocz

Since the Tennessean is no longer part of the Tennessee Newspaper collection, I didn't see anything much from the middle Tennessee area. Not having the Tennessean leaves a big gap in that collection, doesn't it?

In the Volunteer Voices collections, I found a report of the Executive Secretary of the Memphis branch of the NAACP covering the period March 4, 1964 to April 7, 1964. There are 2 closely typed pages of reports of numerous activities of the Memphis branch--and this covers only 1 month!
http://tinyurl.com/n8jbb3

The photographs in the Dr. Harry Mustard Album are so interesting! There is one of a dental hygienist cleaning a young boy's teeth in his school classroom, while the other students carry on with their work.
http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/Mustard,37

[Amber]

I'm just now getting around to this part too! I know I won't be one of the first 100 to finish Rounds 1 and 2 (boo!), but I need to finish this to expand my own knowledge!

I found an article about do-it-yourself tobacco gardens to save money. Guess this economy's hitting everyone! http://bit.ly/3rJAZ3

For the Volunteer Voices portion, I stopped on the first page of results (because I am technically still at work, and I suppose my boss would frown upon me spending the afternoon on this site...) and found a letter that Al Gore Sr. wrote to Tennesseans who were concerned about the passing of a Civil Rights bill: http://bit.ly/sjLZt. It's amazing to see how far we've come as far as open-mindedness!

Finally, I did see the picture in TeVA of the hygienist cleaning the boy's teeth during class: http://bit.ly/2ejRkf. This database is fascinating!

[Robbi De Peri]

Don't despair! You might get your survey in before others so remember that you have until Monday, September 28th to get those surveys done :)

[Melissa Reynolds]

Like several others, I am going back to do Part 1 as I finish Part 2. Although I am a Commercial Appeal subscriber, the Tennessee Newspaper collection was easy to use to find information regarding the farmers' markets in the area.

Volunteer Voices is an amazing source. It has been fascinating to look at the photos taken in Memphis during the Civil Rights movement. I think my students would be astounded to see the things that happened here in Memphis (other than Dr. King's assassination) & give them a more personal perspective to the Civil Rights Movement.

It was interesting to see the Dr. Harry Mustard Photo Album in TeVA. We have the same kind of program in Memphis today. However, the kids are taken out of class for the services. I can't even imagine how kids could do their work with that going on in the classroom.