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Purpose
of the Gordon Browning Museum Project
The purpose of this web page is to serve as a
descriptive inventory to the manuscript and library collections
available at the Gordon Browning Museum and Genealogical
Library. The pages were developed to assist visitors,
patrons, and researchers in locating archival and library materials
held at the repository. The manuscript records presented in the guide
consist of historical or biographical notes, abstracts of contents,
inclusive dates and other relevant information to the collection. The
records of library materials contain bibliographic information and are
categorized by subject and location within the genealogical resource
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History of the Gordon Browning Museum Project
In the Spring of 1997, an agreement
was devised between the Curator of the Gordon Browning Museum
and Genealogical Library and the Coordinator of the
University of Tennessee at Martin Special Collections Department
to preserve, document and inventory the over fifty manuscript
collections stored in the Museum's repository. The initial goals
were greatly enhanced to include the cataloging of materials held in
the Genealogical Library and to create a searchable World Wide Web
site. The project began on May 9th with a set completion date of
August 15th. Due to preset restrictions of working only one day a
week the project was rapidly set in motion. By the end of the July,
the initial phase of preserving the manuscript collection and
cataloging the library collection were almost complete. The web site
and a printed version of this publication represent the final phase
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Scope
of the Gordon Browning Museum Project
The manuscript collection
consists of over fifty individual collections containing personal
correspondence, business ledgers, scrapbooks and miscellaneous
records and papers relevant to the history of Carroll County,
Tennessee. The most significant of these records are those produced
or received by two time Governor of Tennessee Gordon Browning. The
library collection contains over 5,000 volumes of genealogical
related books and over 100 microfilm items. The vast majority of
material is relevant to the State of Tennessee with a regional focus
on family histories in Northwest Tennessee. |
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Credits
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