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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
''' | '''Email:''' [https://ask.knoxlib.org/ Ask a librarian] form. <br> | ||
'''Address:'''< | '''Address:'''<br> | ||
:601 South Gay Street 3rd Floor | :601 South Gay Street 3rd Floor | ||
:Knoxville, TN 37902 | :Knoxville, TN 37902 <br> | ||
'''Telephone:''' | '''Telephone:''' 865-215-8801<br> | ||
'''Hours | [https://www.knoxcountylibrary.org/about/hours-and-locations/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection '''Hours'''] {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} | ||
: | '''Directions, map, and public transportation:'''<br> | ||
*[https://www.knoxcountylibrary.org/about/hours-and-locations/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection Hours, location, parking] | |||
*[http://www.katbus.com/ KAT City Buses]: Knoxville Station, hub of the city bus system, is four blocks east of the library. [https://katbus.com/schedules-maps/ KAT schedules and maps]. | |||
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*[http://www.katbus.com/ KAT City Buses]: Knoxville Station, hub of the city bus system, is four blocks east of the library. | |||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
*[ | *[https://www.knoxcountylibrary.org/ Knox County Public Library] hours and locations, go to catalog, explore the collection, calendar and programs, about, local and family history, kid zone, teen central, news, and events. <br> | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The Knox County Public Library's [ | The Knox County Public Library's [https://www.knoxcountylibrary.org/calvin-m-mcclung-collection McClung Historical Collection] on the 3rd floor of the East Tennessee History Center is the premier genealogy repository for this part of Tennessee featuring an index to early '''''Tennessee''''' and '''''North Carolina''''' families. This is the best family history and genealogy index for these two states.<ref name="DB85" /> | ||
The McClung Historical Collection’s primary focus is east Tennessee; it holds one of the country’s leading research collections about the region, including Internet genealogy databases, more than 75,000 books, 3,000 genealogies, manuscripts, censuses, state and local government records, newspapers, Knoxville city directories, maps, and photos.<ref>[ | The McClung Historical Collection’s primary focus is east Tennessee; it holds one of the country’s leading research collections about the region, including Internet genealogy databases, more than 75,000 books, 3,000 genealogies, manuscripts, censuses, state and local government records, newspapers, Knoxville city directories, maps, and photos.<ref>[https://www.knoxcountylibrary.org/calvin-m-mcclung-collection Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection] in ''Knox County Public Library'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref> | ||
Court records include deeds, marriages, tax lists, guardian records, vital records, wills, and estates from the east Tennessee counties of Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Loudon, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, and Washington. | Court records include deeds, marriages, tax lists, guardian records, vital records, wills, and estates from the east Tennessee counties of Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Loudon, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, and Washington. | ||
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In addition to the east Tennessee material, the collection also contains research guides and census indexes for many states in the United States, especially 11 states in the South. | In addition to the east Tennessee material, the collection also contains research guides and census indexes for many states in the United States, especially 11 states in the South. | ||
The Knox County Public Library also offers the free online [ | The Knox County Public Library also offers the free online [https://cmdc.knoxlib.org/ Calvin M. McClung Digital Collection]. This collection includes many digital photos. | ||
=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
[https://www.knoxcountylibrary.org/calvin-m-mcclung-collection Use of the Collection]: Sign-in, security, computer and imaging equipment use, fees, etc. | |||
=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||
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*[[National Archives at Atlanta]] records of federal agencies and courts for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, Indian records, and military records.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/atlanta/finding-aids/genealogy.html Checklist of Records Available for Research into Family History at NARA's Southeast Region] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 13 February 2014).</ref> | *[[National Archives at Atlanta]] records of federal agencies and courts for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, Indian records, and military records.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/atlanta/finding-aids/genealogy.html Checklist of Records Available for Research into Family History at NARA's Southeast Region] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 13 February 2014).</ref> | ||
*[[Tennessee State Library and Archives]], Nashville, African Americans, vital records,censuses, county records, tax lists, local histories, school censuses, manuscripts, military records, Native Americans, newspapers, obituary lists, maps, state agency records, petitions, Tennessee postcards, city directories, prison inmates, and TN county historians.<ref>[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/Collections.htm Research and Collections] in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' (accessed 23 May 2010).</ref> | *[[Tennessee State Library and Archives]], Nashville, African Americans, vital records, censuses, county records, tax lists, local histories, school censuses, manuscripts, military records, Native Americans, newspapers, obituary lists, maps, state agency records, petitions, Tennessee postcards, city directories, prison inmates, and TN county historians.<ref>[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/Collections.htm Research and Collections] in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' (accessed 23 May 2010).</ref> | ||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
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