Explore Tennessee’s Past through its Newspapers
The Tennessee Newspaper Digitization Project (TNDP), a partnership between the UT Libraries and the Tennessee State Library and Archives, has received a second grant to digitize another 100,000 pages...
View Article“Through A Soldier’s Eye” Photographs at Hodges Library
“Through a Soldier’s Eye,” a video slide show of photographs made by veterans, will be exhibited on the second floor of Hodges Library throughout the week of November 12-16. Last year, art professor...
View ArticleIntroducing the Database of the Smokies
Dr. Aaron J. Sharp and Dr. Stanley Cain taking field notes in the Smokies, circa 1935 Have you ever wished that there was a place to go when you wanted information on the Smokies — one site where you...
View ArticleUniversity of Tennessee Libraries joins community-driven project to found...
The University of Tennessee Libraries, in collaboration with more than 50 other academic libraries and the Educopia Institute, has joined a two-year project (2013-2014) to create the Library Publishing...
View ArticleLibrary Guru to Speak: “It’s Time to Think BIGGER”
Library guru/blogger/technology expert Carl Grant will speak at the UT Libraries on the challenges facing academic libraries. His theme at the talk on Monday, April 8, at 10:00 a.m. in the Hodges...
View ArticleUniversity of Tennessee Signs Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE)
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) has proclaimed support for open-access publishing of journal articles by signing the Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE). UT is the eighteenth...
View ArticleThe Panoramic Photographs of Elgin P. Kintner, MD
Elgin P. Kintner, Blount County pathologist and dedicated hiker of the Great Smoky Mountains, had a passion for the rewards available to the most committed of mountain trekkers, the panoramic views...
View ArticleSouthern Anthropological Society proceedings online at Newfound Press:...
Foraging for ramps, a sort of wild leek, is a springtime ritual for many families living in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The seasonal gathering, like many cultural traditions surrounding food,...
View ArticleKnoxvillian Among Party that Made First Ascent of Denali, 100 Years Ago
Flag made by Robert Tatum and raised on summit of Denali, June 7, 1913 (UAMN Photo) DIARY OF THAT CLIMB BELONGS TO UT LIBRARIES Tatum’s diary of the Denali ascent (UAMN Photo) On June 7, 1913, four...
View ArticleMore Historic Tennessee Newspapers Scanned and Preserved
For the past two years, the UT Libraries has been scanning historic Tennessee newspapers as part of a nationwide project, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, that aims to preserve...
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