A Partial Bibliography of Knox County:
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Libraries with Genealogical Resources:
KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM:
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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES:
University
Archives and Special Collections
Hoskins Library
The University of Tennessee
Cumberland Ave. at 15th St.
Knoxville, TN 37996-4000
Phone (865) 974-4480
Fax (865) 974-0560
Email
Search the University Libaries:
http://www.lib.utk.edu/services/search/
REGIONAL LIBRARIES:
Blount County Public
Library
301 McGhee Street
Maryville, TN.
Phone: (865) 982-0981.
Hours: Mon-Thurs: 9AM - 8PM; Fri-Sat: 9AM-5:30PM;
Sunday: 1-5:30PM.
Note: The 700+ volume Genealogy & Local History
collections housed in the Proffitt Room.
LDS
Family History Center - Knoxville
400 Kendall Drive
Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone: (865) 639-8252
Contact:
Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays: 9AM - 9PM; Saturdays 9AM-3PM
Visit the new LDS FamilySearch
website!
Tennessee
State Library and Archives (TSLA)
403 7th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-0312
(615) 741-2764
Knox
Co Records at TSLA
Search TSLA's Online
Catalog:
View List of Newspapers on Microfilm at TSLA
SOURCES FOR CHURCH LIBRARIES/ARCHIVES:
Baptist:
Baptist Archives
Stephens-Burnett Library
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson City, TN 37760
Phone: (865) 475-9061 (main number)
Hours:
Contact:
"The Baptist Archives preserves historical records and materials, particularly those of associations, churches, pastors, and laymen of East Tennessee"
Southern Baptist Historical Library &
Archives
Southern Baptist Convention Building
901 Commerce Street, Suite 400
Nashville, Tennessee 37203-3630
Phone: 615-244-0344.
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (and other hours by
special appointment)
Contact: Bill Sumners, Director of Library and Archives
"The purposes of the Library and Archives are: (1) To serve as a research center for the study of the life and history of Baptists, in particular Southern Baptists, (2) To collect, preserve, and make available for use a wide range of materials that document Baptist history, (3) To serve as the denominational archives for the Southern Baptist Convention and to collect, preserve, and make available for use the official records of the Convention and its agencies, and (4) To assist Southern Baptist churches, associations, state conventions, and SBC agencies in the location and preservation of historical records."
Methodist:
Holston
Conference Archives
Kelly Library
Emory & Henry College
P.O. Box 947
Emory, VA 24327-0947
Hours: Mon-Fri. 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Phone: (540) 944-6668.
FAX: (540) 944-4592
Email: rjvejnar@ehc.edu.
"The Holston Conference Archives encompasses the records relating to the history of the United Methodist Church and its activities in the region. The Holston Conference comprises the geographic area surrounding the Holston River, and includes southwest Virginia; eastern Tennessee as far west as Oak Ridge; and a small portion of northeastern Georgia"
The Conference Archives includes
The collections date from the 1820s, with the bulk of the holdings dating from the late 1800s to the present.
Other Libraries with Genealogical Resources:
Ramsey, J. G. M. (James Gettys McGready), 1797-1884.
(Knoxville Physician). Surnames: ALEXANDER, RAMSEY
Library of
Congress Home Page
searchable databases!
National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
searchable databases!
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