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Southern States -- Religion

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Chattanooga Shofar newsletters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-139
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Shofar newsletters published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1986 to 2018.

Dates: 1986-2018
Found in: Manuscripts

Ralph W. Hood and W. Paul Williamson field recordings

 Collection
Identifier: MS-074
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 184 field recordings and interviews totalling more than 400 hours of documentary footage of serpent handling congregations in Southern Appalachia, featuring extensive footage of church services and interviews with church members of many of the major Holiness serpent handling congregations from 1975 to 2004. Additionally, the collection includes more than 2,500 photographic prints of congregants, church leaders, and services.

Dates: 1985-2004
Found in: Manuscripts

Thomas H. McCallie annotated autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: MS-027
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a photocopied facsimile of McCallie's autobiography covering a period beginning in 1901 and ending in 1912. The Memoirs is a hand-written volume of 153 pages. A transcription of the memoir is available. There are also three letters (photocopies) from 1905 concerning the founding of the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Dates: 1901-1912
Found in: Manuscripts

Mary Vance papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-140
Scope and Contents

This collection contains home movies and photographs that document the Jesus Name Tradition in Appalachia from circa 1970 to 1985.

Dates: 1970-1982
Found in: Manuscripts