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The Center for Historic Preservation maintains a collection of publications (journals, magazines, books, brochures), research files, microfiche, microfilm, photographs, slides, audio-visuals, and maps to support research on a variety of preservation related subjects from circa 1700 through the present. Topics include: African-American history, agriculture, architecture, cemeteries, Civil War, cultural resource management, decorative arts, heritage education, heritage tourism, historic preservation, material culture, museums, Tennessee history, and U. S. history. Since 1984, the Center for Historic Preservation has produced hundreds of historic structure reports, museum interpretation recommendations, heritage education plans, National Register nominations, and ongoing survey and documentation project files.
Resources generated by the Center and not generally available in libraries or archives include:
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Tennessee Century Farms
Program
Files include application forms, deeds, histories, photographs and/or slides for over 400 farms in Tennessee. More complete documentation is available for farms listed in the National Register of Historic Places under the Historic Family Farms of middle Tennessee, 1780-1960 Multiple Property nomination.
The CHP continues to update existing files and add new farms to the collection.
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Tennessee Civil War
National Heritage Area
Most research produced in connection with the Heritage Area will be on the TCWNHA website. The Center will retain photographs, unpublished manuscripts, and research materials. -
Tennessee Rural
African-American Church Project
Files contain survey forms, site plans, histories, notes, and photographs and/or slides for over 300 Tennessee churches. More complete documentation is available for churches listed in the National Register of Historic Places under the Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee Multiple Property Nominations. The CHP continues to update existing files and add new churches to the collection.
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Tennessee Slave Housing Survey Project
Files contain field notes, architectural descriptions, photographs, and/or slides for over 50 sites. The CHP continues to update existing files and add new sites to the collection.
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Historic Structures Reports
Documentation of CHP projects across
Tennessee and surrounding states sometimes includes maps and blueprints as well as photographs and histories. -
Theses and Dissertations
Center staff have guided nearly one hundred
students to completing their M.A. thesis in
history, historic preservation, and public
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National Register of
Historic Places Nominations
Center staff have directed to completion over
two hundred individual, district, and multiple
property nominations to the National Register of
Historic Places, the country's lists of
buildings, places, and sites worthy of
preservation.
Other resources in the Center's holdings and not widely available elsewhere include:
- National Register of Historic Places nominations for AL, AR, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA through 1985 (microfiche)
- The Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the American South, 1927-1943 (microfiche)
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Survey of Architectural Projects of the WPA, 1940 (microfiche)
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New York Architect, circa 1909-1911
- Old House Journal, early 1970s-1991
- Guide to the Federal Writers Project (microfiche)
- Sanborn Fire
Insurance Maps (microfilm)
- Newspapers (microfilm) -- The Virginia Gazette 1736-1780, the Ashtabula Beacon 1902-1913, and various Tennessee local papers
- Northern Pacific Railway Company Papers 1862-1922 (microfilm)
- Records of the State of North Carolina 1588-1780 (microfilm)
- Winterthur Catalogues
(microfiche)--primarily 19th century catalogues
including agricultural implements, architectural
materials, clothing, entertainment, gardening,
furniture, paints and varnish, photography,
plumbing, statuary, wall and floor coverings
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Winterthur
Portfolio 1981--1993
- Index of Early Southern Artists and Artisans (microtext)--database from the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA).
- Journals: Icomos Information 1985--1990
Materials are not available for loan; however, researchers may use the Center's collection during regular business hours. To arrange an appointment, call CHP at 615. 898.2947 or e-mail at
histpres@mtsu.edu.
For additional resources on Tennessee history topics, you may wish to visit local libraries, colleges and universities, the
Tennessee State Library and Archives, and the
Tennessee Historical Commission.
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