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The Special Collections to Display Presidential and Campaign Memorabilia The Special Collections will display items from several of its political collections through the Presidential election in November. This display will feature presidential photos, campaign memorabilia such as buttons and stickers, and other items. There are buttons from many of the 20th century presidential elections, as well as some Tennessee congressional and senate races. There are also photographs of presidents including Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson. Many of the pictures are signed. The display will be on the first floor of Lupton Library and can be viewed during normal library hours. Please visit this site for more information. Andy Warhol Photograph Collection Acquired by the University The Department of Art at UTC is the recent recipient of a collection of polaroid and silver gelatin print photographs from noted American pop artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987). The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City has awarded 183 college and university art museums a total of 28,543 original Warhol photographs. UTC received 150 of these photographs in a special boxed set, which includes portraits of Warhol's friends and acquaintances, as well as some celebrities. The collection is stored in the Special Collections of Lupton Library and may be viewed during regular Special Collections hours on request.
Rare Civil War Book Acquired by the Special Collections The Special Collections recently acquired a rare book on the Civil War, titled My Grandfather's Diary of the War, containing writings by Carroll H. Clark (1842-1931), who served in Co. I of the Sixteenth Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers of the CSA. The book was privately published in 1963, during the Civil War's centennial, and features articles Clark wrote around 1918 for several Tennessee newspapers, including The Spencer Times and The Sparta Expositor. For reference, Clark used a diary, now lost, that he kept during the war. The book features facsimiles of Clark's own handwriting as he recalled the war fifty years after it ended, including area battles such as the battle of Chickamauga. Mr. and Mrs. Al Mooneyham, of Hixson, Tennessee, donated this book, in honor of their granddaughter, Brittany Michelle Smith, UTC class of 2008. Front Cover and First Page of My Grandfather's Diary of the War
General John T. Wilder Letters digitized! The Special Collections holds over 100 manuscript collections. One of the longer-held collections, the John T. Wilder Letters, has finally been digitized and is now available on the web. The collection includes Civil War letters and documents, and General Wilder's letters to his wife during the war. There are letter transcriptions as well as an image of each letter and document.  Early Civil War picture of John T. Wilder, of Indiana. Original Patten Chapel blueprints found- The original blueprints to Patten Chapel, from 1915, were discovered late last fall in the drafting storage area of the Administrative Services Building. There are a total of eight prints, showing all the different parts of this Chapel, one of the oldest buildings on campus. For more information on this campus landmark, go to the Special Collections Current Exhibitions Page.
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