A.J. Wardrep Collection
(1930s–40s),
home movies by a Tennessee Valley Authority engineer and Marine
(2024 Federal Grants).
Boys and Calves
(1940),
portraits of young farmers with their livestock, designed to encourage cattle husbandry
(2024 Federal Grants).
The Four Pillars of Income
(1939),
sponsored film on the benefits of crop rotation to farmers around Clarksville, Tennessee, created by the local bank
(2023 Federal Grants).
Harry Caldwell Collection
(1930s),
critical portrait of China’s Fujian province by a Methodist missionary from East Tennessee
(2018 Federal Grants).
In the Moonshine Country
(1918),
newsreel scenic showing Appalachian culture and life
(2010 Federal Grants).
Knox County Schools
(1957),
portrait of the county’s progressive K–12 school system, created by filmmakers Vic Weals and Max Chastain for the local Board of Education
(2010 Federal Grants).
Our Southern Mountaineers
(ca. 1918),
newsreel scenic showing Appalachian culture and life
(2010 Federal Grants).
Play film
Sheep in the Clarksville Trade Area
(1939),
sponsored film for rural audiences on the benefits of sheep cultivation
(2024 Federal Grants).
Vardy Community Footage
(ca.1946–47),
home movies of Tennessee’s remote Vardy valley and its Melungeon residents, filmed by a Presbyterian missionary
(2021 Federal Grants).
Walter Barth Collection, Part I
(1927–37),
home movies of a German engineer’s life before and after his immigration to the US in 1931
(2020 Federal Grants).
Walter Barth Collection, Part II
(1930s–70s),
home movies of a German engineer’s life and travels after immigrating to the U.S.
(2022 Federal Grants).