MS 103
Tennessee Bicentennial Commission Records

1993-1996

 

The Tennessee Bicentennial Commission was established by Executive Order no. 51 by Governor Ned Ray McWherter on June 1, 1992. The executive order declared that a commission be organized by the Tennessee General Assembly and the Governor to develop statewide and local programs commemorating Tennessee's admission to the United States in 1796. The collection consists of correspondence and records produced by the Tennessee Bicentennial Commission from 1993 to 1996. The bulk of the material is project and programs proposals for grants. Included are mission statements, amendments, by-laws, news releases, committee and subcommittee reports, minutes of committee meetings, financial reports, contracts and agreements.

 

Bicentennial Mall News Release
Box 1 of 4

File No. Title Date

1 Monumental Sculptural Designs  
2 Plans and Dedication's  
3 State Capital Area Master Plan  
4 Encyclopedia of Tennessee  
5 Correspondence 1994
6 Correspondence 1995
7 Correspondence 1996
8 Draft Master Plan 1993
9 Draft Master Plan 1996
10 Art and Entertainment Festival Ephemera  
11 Tennessee 200 Miscellaneous Ephemera  
12 Tennessee 300 Ephemera  
13 Tennessee State Museum Foundation Ephemera  
14 Tennessee Writers Ephemera  
15 Minutes  
16 Media Announcements Bicentennial Mall News Releases  
17 Gov. Don Sunquist Controversy News Releases  
18 Anderson-Cumberland Counties New Releases  
19 Davidson-GrundyCounties New Releases  
20 Hamblen-Know Counties New Releases  
21 Lake-Moore Counties New Releases  
22 Obion-Rutherford Counties New Releases  
23 Scott-Trousdale Counties New Releases  
24 Unicoi-Wilson Counties New Releases  

Program Applications
Box 2 of 4

File No. Title Date

1 African American Appalachian Arts, Inc.  
2 Agriculture Museum  
3 Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga  
4 Archival Program  
5 Arts and Entertainment Festival  
6 Belle Meade Plantation  
7 Bicentennial Bike Ride  
8 Bicentennial County Flag Exhibit  
9 Bicentennial Exposition Train  
10 Bicentennial Stamp  
11 Bicentennial Tree Program  
12 Bicentennial Wagon Train  
13 Chattanooga African American Museum  
14 Chattanooga Regional History Museum  
15 City of Bristol  
16 Civil War Heritage Trail  
17 Education  
18 Department of Environmental And Conservation Bureau of State Parks  
19 Firefighters of Tennessee  
20 Frank H. McClung Museum  
21 Gary Musick Productions - Tennessee Song  
22 Goodlettsville Bicentennial Committee  
23 Haley Square - Knoxville  
24 Hillsboro - West End Neighborhood Association  
25 Houston Museum of Decorative Arts  
26 "In the Shadow of the Capital" Advisory Committee  
27 Literacy Program  
28 Memphis Botanic Garden  
29 Memphis in May International Festival  
31 Middle Tennessee Iris Society  
32 Milligan College Madrigal Dinner  
33 Nashville PRIDE  
34 Natchez Trace Parkway  
35 Northeast Tennessee Bicentennial Parkway  
36 Poetry Society of Tennessee  
37 Preserving Tennessee's Documentary Heritage  
38 Professional Florists Association - Chattanooga Area  
39 Satellite Image Map and Book of Tennessee  
40 Senior Citizens, Inc.  
41 Summer Regional Health Systems  
42 Tennessee Aquarium  
43 Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (TACA)  
44 Tennessee Historical Commission  
45 Tennessee State Museum  
46 Tennessee Technological University  

Program Applications-Tennessee 200
Box 3 of 4

File No. Title Date

1 Tennessee Treasures  
2 Tennessee 200 Cumberland County  
4 Tennessee 200 Van  
5 Timothy Demonbreun Heritage Society  
6 Toshiba American Consumer Products  
7 Travelers Rest Historic House  
8 Tri-State Antique Power Association  
9 Tullahoma South Jackson Civic Association  
10 Volunteer Day 200  
11 Washington College Academy Resolution  
12 Women's History - 75th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment  
13 Wood and Strings Puppet Theatre  
14 The Arts in the Bicentennial  
15 Audits  
16 Bicentennial Commerce & Industry Exposition Program Outline  
17 Bicentennial Festival Program  
18 Bicentennial Program Approval Process  
19 Bicentennial Programs Overview  
20 Executive/Finance Committee & Commerce/Industry Committee  
21 Budget and Program Overview  
22 Commemorative Bicentennial Brick  
23 Community Handbook (Draft)  
24 Community Handbook (Official)  

Tennessee 200-Tennessee state Planning Office
Box 4 of 4

File No. Title Date

1 Contracts and Agreements  
2 County Chairpersons  
3 County Programs  
4 Designating Official Bicentennial Projects  
5 Executive Committee  
6 Field Representatives  
7 Finances  
8 General Administration  
9 Grants  
10 Logo Guidelines  
11 Media Communication Guidelines  
12 Mission Statement, Amendments, By-laws, Membership Lists  
13 Office Policies and Procedures  
14 Planning and Direction Committee  
15 Recognition of Books  
16 Sponsorship Information  
17 Statewide Projects and Local Programs Planning Committee  
18 "The Pride of Tennessee"  
19 Tennessee State Planning Office  
20 Background Research and Proposed Structure