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Public Library Calvin M. McClung
Digital Collection

Our digital collection is an online archive of images from the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection. This website makes it easy and fun to research, view and find compelling digital images and artifacts from our rich East Tennessee history.

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McClung Collection Images

Introducing Our Current Collections:

Image from the Thompson Photo Collection

The Thompson Photograph Collection

Jim Thompson was one of Knoxville's pioneer commercial and professional photographers. He captured a rich visual legacy of East Tennessee from 1907 to 1960. This growing digital collection will eventually contain 10,000 images covering the years from the early 1920s to mid-1930s. View

Image from the Knox County Two Centuries Collection

The Knox County Two Centuries Photograph Collection

During the celebration of Knox County's two hundredth birthday in 1991, local citizens contributed hundreds of photographs that documented the people, places, businesses, churches, and historic events of Knox County from the early days of photography in 1840s to the 1970s. View

Image from the Women't Suffrage Collection

Women‘s Suffrage

Women from East Tennessee played a critical role in the women's suffrage movement -- especially Lizzie Crozier French, Mrs. Hugh L. White and Abby Crawford Milton. The Harry T. Burn Papers relating to his decisive vote in favor of woman suffrage in the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1919 is a key component of the new collection. View

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Photo usage or reproduction inquiries, contact: DigitalCollections@knoxlib.org or (865) 215-8808.