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The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA), established in 1854, currently operates as a unit of the Tennessee Department of State. According to the Tennessee Blue Book, [1] the Library and Archives "collects and preserves books and records of historical, documentary and reference value, and encourages and promotes library development throughout the state."
In the United States of America, state library agencies established in each state have long been a catalyst for a great deal of the motivation for public library cooperation. This has been since the founding of the movement, starting in 1890 when Massachusetts created a state Board of Library Commissioners charged to help communities establish ...
The Archives of Appalachia are located on the campus of East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in Johnson City, Tennessee. Containing books, rare manuscripts, photographs, and audio and moving-image recordings, the archives serve as a resource for scholarly and creative projects dealing with life in southern Appalachia .
The Tennessee Division of Archaeology maintains a database of all archaeological sites recorded within the state of Tennessee. As of January 1, 2009 this catalog contains more than 22,000 sites, including both prehistoric and historic resources.
The Grand Lodge of Tennessee, officially the Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Tennessee, is the main governing body of Freemasonry within Tennessee. This Grand Lodge was established in Knoxville, Tennessee, on December 27, 1813, by nine Masonic lodges operating within the state. [1]
State programs include historic markers, state-owned historic sites, cemetery preservation, and the Tennessee Wars Commission. Since 1994 the Commission's offices have been located in Clover Bottom Mansion, an 1850s-era National Register-listed Italianate-style house in the Donelson area of Nashville, Tennessee. This historic property had been ...
Location of Montgomery County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Site of the Tennessee state militia's garrison during the Coal Creek War of 1891 and 1892, when local coal miners and the state government battled over the use of convict labor in area coal mines. 10: Fraterville Miners' Circle Cemetery: Fraterville Miners' Circle Cemetery: January 5, 2005 : Leach Cemetery Lane