Browse Collections (89 total)

Hightop: Knoxville, TN

Photographs and documents associated with High Top (Armstrong) School, High Top Church of God & general life in the historic, rural Black community.

Contributors: Alona Norwood, William Isom II

Madison County, Kentucky

This collection contains materials related to Middlestown Consildated Rosenwald School. There are ephemera, student portaits and commencement…

Contributors: Jasmine Jackson, Moustapha Ndiaye , Alona Norwood, The New Zion Freedom Project, Hutchins Library Special Collections and Archives

McMinn County, Tennessee

Athens, Calhoun, Etowah Niota and Riceville are the respective cities that make up McMinn County and they all have a rich Black history. This…

Contributors: Willliam Isom II and Alona Norwood

Claiborne County Colored Schools: Dayton Parkey Memorial Collection

Dedicated by the Claiborne County Board of Education, the Dayton Parkey Memorial Collection: Claiborne County, Tennessee Colored Schools. Dayton…

Contributors: William Isom II, Alona Norwood, Ian Kirkpatrick, Tanja Crouch and Katherine Pebworth

Cocke County, Tennessee

Contributors: Ian Kirkpatrick, Alona Norwood and William Isom II

Concord Colored School

Enumeration of children attending Concord Colored school that once served students in western Knox County, Tennessee. Records indicate number of…

Contributors: William Isom II

Pendleton County, West Virginia

Collection includes family photographs, military photographs, organizational ledgers from the Progressive Civic Club, and other items from Pendleton…

Contributors: William Isom II, Alona Norwood and Ian Kirkpatrick

Willie V. Irvin Collection

"Willie V. Irvin, born March 23 about 1952 in Whitesburg, Tennessee. Miss Irvin provided educational leadership for four Decades in Hamblen County.…

Contributors: William Isom II and Alona Norwood

Bristol Virginia Urban Renewal

The second urban renewal project in the state of Virginia took place during 1930-1960s in the city of Bristol. The urban renewal project established…

Contributors: Tina McDaniel, Alona Norwood, William Isom II

Sulphur Hollow School Registers, 1934-1954, Hancock County, Tennessee

Sulphur Hollow School Registers, 1934-1954, Hancock County, Tennessee. information includes student names, enrollment dates, birthplace, last school…

Contributors: William Isom II, Preston Mitchell, Alona Norwood, Ian Kirkpatrick