Skip to content Skip to main navigation Report an accessibility issue

Category Archives: News


Interns at the Center for Study of Tennesseans and War visited the University of Tennessee’s Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections […]


David Hearnes, executive director for the Blount Mansion in historical downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, visited the Center for the Study of […]


The Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War hosted Pat Gang, a University of Tennessee Alumni and historian. Gang […]

Tennessee and WW2 Symposium

The East Tennessee Historical Society held a symposium July 8-10, 2024 on historical connections between our region and World War II. Center Director Dr. Chris Magra was invited to talk about our archives. He partnered with Dr. John Romeiser and the East Tennessee Veteran Memorial Association to present stories of Tennesseans who fought in WW2. Dr. Magra shared our archival collections related to Private Clifford Edward Keenan. You can read more about Keenan here!


The Veterans Heritage Site Foundation held a ceremony to honor WWII veterans who lived in the Smoky Mountains on Saturday, […]


We were honored today to host Retired Two-Star Major General Stephen A. Clark and his wife Cynthia for a visit […]


Tonight was the history department’s awards ceremony where we were able to recognize the great work of some of our […]


The Center is privileged to be the new home of a collection from Private John Russell of Elizabethton, TN, including […]


This week at the Center, we were extremely lucky to receive a visit from the Morilak Family. Major John Morilak […]


Last week we received a donation from the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association. The donation may seem like a simple […]