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July-August 2013
Planned Collecting for the ALLM by Thomas Mackie
Within the Museum field there is a constant joke that goes as follows. A well-meaning
donor comes unannounced to the museum and hands the curator a box of stuff
cleaned out from the attic or garage. With a friendly smile the donor tells the puzzled
museum staff person, “…on the way to the landfill I thought of you.” This is a nearly
universal museum experience but this does not represent collections planning. We
have endeavored to eliminate accidental acquisitions. Instead we have looked ahead
to plan growth that can be supported within a reasonable budget.
Over the past four years the ALLM has begun a focused effort to expand the collections
for research/study and exhibition use. After several years of reviewing and cataloging
the collections at the Museum, the staff drafted a collecting goals document that detailed the types of objects still needed for a wide range of related exhibits and potential research. The Museum staff identified areas of Civil War research where we could
become the primary source for study on a national level. The military activities at Cumberland Gap proved such a focus.
Though only having a few scattered items on this region the staff was contacted by a
resident who had been collecting Cumberland Gap letters for many years. Through a
series of two purchases the Museum acquired a serious collection of letters, diaries and
other primary sources for local Civil War research. These purchases combined well
with our recent series of Civil War Symposia titled “War in the Mountains” for a great
addition to the Sesquicentennial. As a newer focus in Civil War studies these purchases
complement our origin under General Howard and provide us with a professional partner in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
In these two purchases we acquired a collection large enough to launch graduate level
research projects and support large programs at the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The inventory includes the following groups.
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20 federal soldier letters written from Cumberland Gap
8 Confederate letters written from Cumberland Gap
3 soldier diaries
20 original photographs including one of an African-American family and log house
in Cumberland Gap
Ephemeral material including commemorative items and an 1862 linen reconnaissance map of Confederate fortifications in Cumberland Gap
Information and pictures provided by Thomas Mackie
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Planned Collecting for the ALLM Continued
Other recent Confederate purchases included a succession
cockade (left) and a Confederate conversion rifled musket
used in Tennessee (below). Adding these recent purchases
to the materials already in the ALLM collection provides a
health core for interpreting a portion of the Confederacy in
the Upland South.
Very recently I traveled to Michigan to take possession of a
great collection of civil war letters that relate closely to the Julia Wheelock collection.
A collection of papers, journals and documents belonging to hospital volunteer Julia
Wheelock came to the ALLM by mid-20th century. Lincoln scholar and educator Dr.
Welden Pets of West Bloomfield Michigan used this collection for years to help with his
book and proposal to install Ms. Wheelock into Michigan’s Women’s Hall of Fame. This
inventory includes the following items:
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550 letters from Civil War soldiers who were in the hospital while Julia Wheelock
worked there.
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Framed pieces of cloth from Julia Wheelock for her diary owned by the ALLM.
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Three Original signatures of the Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War.
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A diary / recipe book.
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Some Photographs of
Wheelock family.
*Julia Weelock research
files collected by the late
Dr. Welden Petz
Photos and information submitted by Thomas Mackie
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Planned Collecting for the ALLM Continued
One group of items still largely absent from the collections presently are campaign materials from the 1840’s and 1850’s. To illustrate Lincoln’s long-term Whig and nationalist beliefs we need national or Illinois Whig campaign materials including published
speeches, medallions, ribbons and emblems. We currently own one Henry Clay ribbon
and a scattering of others from Whig campaigns but not enough to launch an exhibition
area focusing on this important time period. If you have access to items like this please
contact the Museum Curator’s office at 423-869-6422.
During his administration former Museum director Charles Hubbard was able to establish an Acquisitions Fund with supporting policies to protect its use. This has permitted
the Museum to make careful purchases to meet clearly defined needs. This account
cannot remove the need to rely on many donations, but selectively acquire items that
cannot be acquired through gifts.
The conversation on gifts and donations also brings up how museum collections differs
from private collections. Nationally all non-profit museums have an ethical and legal
responsibility to care for donated and purchased collections. Collections are not to be
accepted without some review as to their relevance to the museum’s mission. Purchased collections must endure an even more stringent review.
Maintaining the Museum’s mission is essential to the usefulness of the collection. The
donors however expect permanence for major artifact gifts. During the rare occasion
when a museum needs to sell items in their collections, proceeds from the sales must
be reused to either purchase new collections or to pay for major, one-time conservation projects. Never is the money earned from the sale of artifacts to be used for operations or construction. These collections make Museums a unique form of learning
institution. They are used to tell the bigger story and conserved for future generations.
Original Lincoln art from contemporary artists. The ALLM collects contemporary Lincoln
art as evidence of further commemoration of the Lincoln legacy.
Information and photos provided by Tom Mackie
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School of Nursing News
HRSA Training Grant Awarded
For the fourth year the LMU
Caylor School of Nursing has
been awarded the Nursing
Anesthetist Traineeship Award
from the Health Resources
and Services Administration
(HRSA). The award is for
$21,399 and is to support
Nurse Anesthetist students
with money for certain expenses associated with their
study in an accredited Nurse
Anesthesia Program. Dr. Mary
Anne Modrcin, Associate Vice
President, Internal Affairs
Health Sciences/Dean, Caylor
School of Nursing/ Professor,
Nursing, is the Principal Investigator/Project Director for
the grant. Any questions
about the LMU Nurse Anesthesia Program can be directed to 1-800-325-0900 x.
6324 or 423-869-6324.
Photos by Tom Mackie
Publication in Open Journal of Nursing
Dr. Sandra McGuire, Assistant Dean, Caylor School of Nursing and Professor of Nursing,
along with Dr. Mary Anne Modrcin, Associate Vice President, Internal Affairs Health
Sciences/Dean, Caylor School of Nursing/ Professor, recently had an article accepted
for publication in the Open Journal of Nursing (doi: 10.4236/ojn.2013.33042). The article is entitled “An ongoing concern: Helping children comprehend death”. The article
addresses the need for anticipatory guidance about death and death education with
young children. Children often experience the death of an immediate family member
before the age of ten. This number increases if one considers the loss of friends, pets,
and other loved ones. However, children experience a death with little or no anticipatory guidance or knowledge about death. Anticipatory guidance can assist the child in
having a better understanding of a death when it occurs. Age appropriate developmental levels for understanding the concept of death, resources for death education, and
literature that can be used for death education are presented.
Information submitted by Dr. Sandra McGuire
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School of Mathematics and Sciences News
A poster presentation is the latest result from the work conducted through the
BRIDGE for the Future: Building Research Interest and Developing Global Engagement in USDA-NIFA Priority Areas, a joint effort between faculty at UTK and
LMU. The poster was presented in June at the North American Colleges and
Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Conference in Blackburg, VA. Dr. Kim Gwinn,
UTK Project Director, presented the poster, with Dr. Aggy Vanderpool, LMU Professor of Biology, as third author. Dr. Aggy Vanderpool is also co-director on the
grant. The grant has funded undergraduate research internships at both UT
and LMU for the past few summers. The grant continues for the next year and
will fund LMU student interns on the Powell River Habitat Mapping project as
well as LMU students that will travel to UTK for summer internships.
Photo by Stephanie Maiden
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ORGSP News
Grant Writer’s Workshop to Start the New Academic Year
John D. Robertson, Ph.D., Associate Member
Grant Writers' Seminars and Workshops, LLC,
presented a workshop on grant writing for NIH,
NSF and USDA on August 12th for faculty and
staff. Dr. Robertson earned his Ph.D., Pharmacology/Toxicology, from the University of Texas
at Austin, Austin, TX. He completed his postdoctoral training in Toxicology at the Karolinska
Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dr. Robertson was previously at the University
of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics, Kansas City, KS as an Assistant Professor
and with the University of Kansas Medical Center. Has been the recipient of
competitive extramural funding from both the NIH and non-federal sources. Author of 27 peer-reviewed journal articles and three book chapters. Has been a
member of grant review panels, a reviewer for a number of biomedical journals,
and served on editorial boards. Has also served as a mentor for grant applicants
at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he has also been routinely
recognized for excellence in teaching.
Fifty seven faculty and staff attended the workshop which was held in the new
Math and Science building.
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Foundation Corner by Martha Scheidler, Director of Foundations
January might be a time of new
beginnings for most people but
for those of us on campus, the
month of August is the start of
a shiny new academic year.
And with any new adventure, a
sense of anticipation and uncertainty is understandable. A
dear friend of mine once reminded me, “Any new endeavor involves risk. And, many of
those endeavors take us into
unknown territory.” Good advice for the beginning of the
semester.
Most of the new endeavors or
projects that will surface on
our campus are excellent candidates for outside funding.
Those of us on the grant team,
Marca, Pauline and I, are eager to hear of new projects and programs. There
may be funding sources that we can explore with you to match up criteria and
interests of government and/or private foundations.
Once a foundation is researched and appears to be a good fit with a program, I
am more than happy to help with preparing the narrative and budget. Please
call or email me before beginning the process. This will save a ton of time and
effort in the long run. Pauline, Marca and I are in communication, and usually
are aware of previous contacts and giving history with funders. We are here to
guide faculty and staff through the grant process.
Writing a grant may be unknown territory, but it need not be overwhelming. I
wish all of our faculty and staff a productive new academic year filled with new
adventures and endeavors.
Photo by Tom Mackie
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Foundation Corner Continued
Submissions:
Margaret Proctor has submitted a request to the United States-Japan Foundation for the Kanto program.
Jack McCann has submitted a request to the NASDAQ OMX Educational Group
Fund for the Cookie Crumbs project.
Kathy Francisco and Floyde Anne Gardener have submitted a request to the Dana and Christopher Reeve Foundation and the Kroger Foundation for pool
equipment.
The LMU Organic Gardening Project has submitted requests to Syngenta, Lowes
Charitable Foundation and the Office Depot Foundation for gardening equipment.
Cindy Whitt has submitted a request to the Norfolk Southern Foundation for
support of the Knoxville Symphony concert in December 2014.
Darnell Arnoult has submitted a request to the NEA for support of the Appalachian Young Writers’ Workshop.
Received:
Darnell Arnoult has received funding from the Tennessee Arts Commission in
support of the Appalachian Reading Series.
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A Note From the LMU Institutional Review Board
Please remember that all research proposals and projects involving human subjects,
must have IRB approval prior to the presentation of any information gathered during
the course of the research.
Under federal policy, the IRB cannot grant retroactive IRB approval.
For more information regarding the LMU IRB, please visit
http://www.lmunet.edu/curstudents/ORGSP/IRB.shtml.
ORGSP Contact Information
pauline.lipscomb@lmunet.edu
or call (423) 869-6214
carolyn.gulley@lmunet.edu
or call (423) 869-6291
melissa.miracle02@lmunet.edu
or call (423) 869-6834
If your grant award, application, presentation,
or publication has not been mentioned in this
edition, please forward your information to us
using the contact information listed.
The ORGSP is located in Duke Hall, Suite 304
As a reminder, all applications for external funding must first begin by contacting the
ORGSP.
The ORGSP staff would like to thank
everyone for their submissions to the
newsletter!
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