Tennessee Williams
History & Genealogy - New Books at TSLA
Edwards, Christine Williams, ... Gentlemen callers : Tennessee Williams, homosexuality, and mid-twentieth-century Broadway drama - (2005) ... Critical Companion To Tennessee Williams A Literary Reference to His Life and Work ... [Read More]
WILLIAMS, John - Biographical Information
(brother of Lewis Williams and Robert Williams, father of Joseph Lanier Williams, and cousin of Marmaduke Williams), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Surry County, N.C., January 29, 1778; completed preparatory studies; captain in the Sixth Regiment, United States Infantry 1799-1800; studied law in Salisbury, N.C.; admitted to the bar of Knox County, Tenn., in 1803 and commenced practice in Knoxville, Tenn.; captain of regular troops in the War of 1812 and was colonel of a regiment of East Tennessee Mounted Volunteers in the expedition against the Seminole Indians in Florida in 1812 and 1813; colonel of the Thirty-ninth Regiment, United States Infantry, in 1813, and subsequently served under General Andrew Jackson in the expedition against the Creek Indians in Alabama; elected in 1815 as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Campbell; was subsequently appointed to fill the vacancy in the regular term caused by a r ... [Read More]
History & Genealogy - Bibliographies - Core List of TN Books
A history of early Native American contact with Europeans, up to the time of the Revolution. Williams, Samuel C. Early travels in the Tennessee country, 1540-1800 . Johnson City, Watauga Press, 1928 (reprinted 1972). ... Breazeale, J. W. Life as it is; or, matters & things in general ... Knoxville, James Williams, 1842 (reprinted 1969 by Charles & Randy Elder Booksellers). ... Williams, Samuel C. Tennessee during the Revolutionary War. Nashville, THC, 1944 (reprinted 1974 by UT Press). ... [Read More]
Tennessee Department of Education
Tennessee is also known for other musical mediums, including Appalachian, drawn from Irish and Scottish roots. Bill Monroe, the "Father of Blue Grass," and Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt are just some of the early musicians who captured and offered bluegrass to the nation. "Sleepy" John Estes of Brownsville developed a guitar style and songs that catapulted jazz to the forefront of American music. Many country artists, including Tennessee Ernie Ford, Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Loretta Lynn, Minnie Pearl and Dolly Parton, contributed to the popularity of country music that now reaches an international audience. Bristol, Tennessee is the "Birthplace of Country Music." The first recordings were made there in the 1920s by the Carter Family, Jimmy Rogers, Ralph Perr-Victor and the Stonemans. ... [Read More]
"Old Man River: Life Along the Mississippi River" an exhibit at the Hoover Library-Museum
Thomas Lanier Williams studied theater at the University of Iowa from 1937 to 1938, and supposedly earned his nickname from his college roommate who jokingly referred to him as a Tennessee pioneer. ... Tennessee Williams, 1911-1983 ... SCREENPLAY for "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams ... [Read More]
Evaluation of Checkpoint Tennessee: Tennessee's Statewide Sobriety Checkpoint Program
Wells, J., Preusser, D., and Williams, A. Enforcingalcohol-impaired driving and seat belt use laws, Binghamton, NY. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, VA, 1991. ... Sobriety checkpoints have long been known to be an effective impaired drivingenforcement method. In a review of the literature, it was concluded that theaccumulation of positive findings for visible and well-publicized checkpoints providesupport for the proposition that sobriety checkpoints are capable of reducing theextent of alcohol-impaired driving and of deaths and injuries on the highways (Ross,1992a). However, until recently, checkpoints have generally been implemented inthe United States (U.S.) on a local level. A well-publicized sobriety checkpointprogram held in Binghamton, New York, resulted in a 39 percent decrease in thenumber of drinking drivers on the roads at night according to roadside surveys anda 23 percent reduction in late-night crashes in the months the checkpoints were held(Wells, Preusser and Williams, 1991). In New Jersey, checkpoints were associatedwith a drop of 10 to 15 percent in single vehicle nighttime crashes (a commonly usedmeasure of alcohol-impaired d ... [Read More]
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