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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="S1">"Contact Us" in Tennessee Department of State at http://tn.gov/sos/contact.htm (accessed 24 May 2012).</ref> | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="S1">"Contact Us" in Tennessee Department of State at http://tn.gov/sos/contact.htm (accessed 24 May 2012).</ref> [mailto:reference.tsla@tn.gov reference.tsla@tn.gov] <br><br> '''Address:'''<ref name="S1" /> | ||
:403 Seventh Avenue North<br> | :403 Seventh Avenue North<br> | ||
:Nashville, TN 37243-1102<br><br> | :Nashville, TN 37243-1102<br><br> | ||
{{Adoption TNGenWeb}} '''Telephone:'''<ref name="S1" /> | {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} '''Telephone:'''<ref name="S1" /> 615-741-2764<br> | ||
'''Hours:'''<ref name="S2">"Vistor's Guide" in ''Tennessee State Library and Archives'' in Tennessee Department of State at http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/VisitorsGuide.htm (accessed 24 May 2012).</ref> | '''Hours:'''<ref name="S2">"Vistor's Guide" in ''Tennessee State Library and Archives'' in Tennessee Department of State at http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/VisitorsGuide.htm (accessed 24 May 2012).</ref> Monday - Saturday 8:00am - 6:00pm CST<br>Manuscripts Reading Area: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm CST | ||
::[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/VisitorsGuide.htm Holidays]<br><br> | ::[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/VisitorsGuide.htm Holidays]<br><br> | ||
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*[http://tntel.tnsos.org/ Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)] index to 40+ databases of 400,000 magazine, journal, and newspaper articles, federal censuses, essays, podcasts, videos, e-books, and many primary sources. | *[http://tntel.tnsos.org/ Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)] index to 40+ databases of 400,000 magazine, journal, and newspaper articles, federal censuses, essays, podcasts, videos, e-books, and many primary sources. | ||
{{Wikipedia|Tennessee State Library and Archives}}You must be Tennessee resident to accesst this database. | {{Wikipedia|Tennessee State Library and Archives}}You must be Tennessee resident to accesst this database. | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
African American records, bibliographies, birth and death records, federal censuses, early county records, tax lists, local histories, school censuses, county archives directory, governors' papers, manuscripts, military records, Native American Cherokee records, newspapers, obituary indexes in public libraries list, place names and maps, state agency records, acts and petitions, Tennessee postcards, city directories and telephone books, penitentiary inmates, and Tennessee county historians.<ref>"Research and Collections" in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' in Tennessee Department of State at http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/Collections.htm (accessed | African American records, bibliographies, birth and death records, federal censuses, early county records, tax lists, local histories, school censuses, county archives directory, governors' papers, manuscripts, military records, Native American Cherokee records, newspapers, obituary indexes in public libraries list, place names and maps, state agency records, acts and petitions, Tennessee postcards, city directories and telephone books, penitentiary inmates, and Tennessee county historians.<ref>"Research and Collections" in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' in Tennessee Department of State at http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/Collections.htm (accessed 24 May 2012).</ref> | ||
'''''Digital.''''' In addition to the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL), online sources include the Tennessee Virtual Archives (TeVA), 19th century newspapers, Civil War era database, Civil War sourcebook, TSLA photograph database, Tennessee's landmark documents (state papers), Nashville city directories, and over a dozen "online exhibits".<ref>"Digital Collections" in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' in Tennessee Department of State at http://state.tn.us/tsla/resources/index.htm (accessed | '''''Digital.''''' In addition to the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL), online sources include the Tennessee Virtual Archives (TeVA), 19th century newspapers, Civil War era database, Civil War sourcebook, TSLA photograph database, Tennessee's landmark documents (state papers), Nashville city directories, and over a dozen "online exhibits".<ref>"Digital Collections" in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' in Tennessee Department of State at http://state.tn.us/tsla/resources/index.htm (accessed 24 May 2012).</ref> | ||
'''''Services.''''' TSLA also has a copying service, advice on preserving family records, repository news and updates, public library services and a directory, education outreach, and a library for the blind and physically handicapped.<ref>"Home" in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' in Tennessee Department of State at http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/index.htm (accessed | '''''Services.''''' TSLA also has a copying service, advice on preserving family records, repository news and updates, public library services and a directory, education outreach, and a library for the blind and physically handicapped.<ref>"Home" in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' in Tennessee Department of State at http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/index.htm (accessed 24 May 2012).</ref> | ||
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