Early Tennessee Leaders
Early Tennessee Leaders
This guide is designed to help Tennessee history students at Nashville State Community College
By Sally Robertson, History Librarian,
Primary sources are the best way to really learn history, and find out the real stories of what happened in certain periods of time. Humanizes and personalizes history..
Primary sources are things that were written by people who lived the history; such as letters, personal narratives,,diaries,newspaper articles written back in the time period you are studying.
ProQuest has the some of best databases for historical newspapers.
History is always happening. Important to archive it now for the future. Archives are very important to the study of history. What we archive now will help people in the future learn history from a first person perspective.
Democracy's Lawyer : Felix Grundy of the Old Southwest An EBSCO e-book
Book review Felix Grundy: champion of demcracy, by Joseph Howard Parks
Sketches of the Bench and Bar of Tennessee: FELIX GRUNDY from The Nashville American (1894-1910); May 17, 1897; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Nashville Tennessean pg. 8
Massacre at Cavett's Station : Frontier Tennessee During the Cherokee Wars An EBSCO e-book (2013) In the late 1700s, as white settlers spilled across the Appalachian Mountains, claiming Cherokee and Creek lands for their own,
Blount, William From the Advanced World Book Encyclopedia. Includes some related information. A good place for basic information.
The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes An EBSCO e-book. (2013) From December 1811 to February 1812, massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley, collapsing homes, snapping large trees midtrunk, and briefly but dramatically reversing the flow of the continent's mightiest river.
FORGETTING AND REMEMBERING THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES. From: Earth Sciences History (Vol. 37, Issue 1) (2018)
Andrew Jackson in Context An EBSCO e=book. by Matthew Warshauer (2009)
There are several other e-books about Andrew Jackson's political life. Just search the top box on the library home page.
Andrew Jackson From the Daily American (1875-1894); Oct 17, 1882; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Nashville Tennessean. p. 4.
This article also mentions Blout.
"Between Two Fires". American Indian Quarterly. Winter2016, Vol. 40 Issue 1, preceding p38-67. 32p The article looks at relations between Cherokee peoples and white communities on the Tennessee border during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Tennessee Centennial What the Centennial Will Teach Tennessee's Stroried Past Andrew Jackson One Hundred Years Old GOV. WILLIAM BLOUNT The Woman's Buliding JAMES KNOX POLK. From The Nashville American (1894-1910); May 9, 1895; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Nashville Tennessean, p. 26.
John Sevier From: Encyclopedia of World Biography Online
North Carolina's Revolutionary Founders An EBSCO e-book. Also, has information on Native Americans
The Panic of 1819 : The First Great Depression An EBSCO e-book (2019)
Panic of 1819 From the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Vol. 2, 2nd edition. Good background information.
Strength and promise: shown in the national bank reports. From the The Nashville American (1894-1910); Aug 26, 1897; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Nashville Tennessean, p. 3.
Sally, he Biking Librarian of NSCC