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Documents: Letters about, requesting support, and supporting Joe Conry for Tennessee Polytechnic Institute presidency. Letter to Bunyan requesting that he write to his uncle and ask him to talk to Mr. Ball, requesting that Bunyan pass on news of importance, and to destroy the letter at once. Personal letter. Photo: "B.C.H.S., Shop Enb.(?) 1917, Joe E. Conry, Dir. Voc. Ed" (Bradley Central High School, Cleveland, Tenn.?)

Letter requesting testimony of eyewitnesses to York's actions in France to substantiate awarding the Medal of Honor

 A picture of the roadside historic marker denoting the location of the Alpine School. It reads, "Organized by Dr. John L. Dillard on top of Alpine Mountain in 1821, the school was moved off the mountain after the Civil War and named Alpine Institute. A. H. Roberts, later governor, taught there in early 1890s. The school was revived in 1917 by the Board of National Missions of the U.S.A. Presbyterian Church. The elementary school in 1936 and the high school in 1946 were turned over to Overton County."

Postcard verso: Postmarked Dec. 8, 1916, 4 PM, Cleveland, Tenn., 1 cent U.S. Postage stamp, "Score, Opponents 18, Team 63, Miss Myrtis Leonard, Lewisburg, Tenn, R.3".

Photograph verso: "B" (handwritten) and "J. M. Stanfield Photographer Cleveland, - Tenn." (stamped).

Postcard recto: Cleveland Highschool football team.

Postcard recto: "1915" (handwritten), "Claxton" (banner).

Postcard verso: "1915" (hand-written).

Joe Conry portrait in a paper frame with "Murfreesboro 1916" handwritten in pencil.

Photograph recto: "1916" (handwritten), Joe Conry in football uniform. Photograph verso: "B" (handwritten) and "J. M. Stanfield Photographer Cleveland, - Tenn." (stamped).

Postcard recto: "1915" (handwritten), "Claxton" (banner); Postcard verso: "1915" (hand-written).

Brochure for the annual Putnam County Agriculture and Industrial Fair.

Handwriting that reads: Jasper Owens, Martha Gooding, apro-1915, My mother and Dad, Agnes Owens Elmore.