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Tennessee Encyclopedia
is a
reference book
on the
U.S. state
of
Tennessee
that was published in book form in 1998 and has also been available online since 2002. Contents include
history
,
geography
, culture, and
biography
.
The original print edition was developed as a
Tennessee Historical Society
educational project for the Tennessee state
bicentennial
in 1996. The idea of the encyclopedia was proposed in 1993 and work began the following year. The
Tennessee General Assembly
provided project funding in
fiscal years
1995 through 1998. Additional funding came from several
foundations
;
Middle Tennessee State University
provided some in-kind support.
[1]
When the book was completed in 1998, it became the third state
encyclopedia
to be published in the United States. The print edition (
ISBN
1558535993
and
ISBN
978-1-55853-599-2
) has 1193 pages containing 1,534 entries contributed by 514 authors.
[1]
It was a co-winner of a Tennessee History Book Award and was recognized with a 1999
American Association for State and Local History
(AASLH) Award of Merit.
[2]
[3]
An online edition of the encyclopedia has been on the
Internet
since 2002. It includes the contents of the book plus some new entries and some
multimedia
content. The online edition is jointly produced and maintained by the Tennessee Historical Society and the
University of Tennessee Press
.
[1]
[4]
Access to the full contents is free.
[5]
The online interface was revised and updated in February 2011.
[6]
Editor for both the print and online versions is
Carroll Van West
, a Middle Tennessee State University history professor who is director of that university's Center for Historic Preservation.
[2]
Copyright
to the contents of both the print and online versions is held by the Tennessee Historical Society.
[5]
References
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- ^
a
b
c
Foreword
,
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
website, accessed April 23, 2011
- ^
a
b
Carroll Van West
, MTSU Center for Historic Preservation website, accessed April 23, 2011
- ^
AASLH Award Winner Detail
, AASLH website, accessed April 24, 2011
- ^
About This Site
,
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
website, accessed April 23, 2011
- ^
a
b
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
Archived
2011-07-18 at the
Wayback Machine
, Tennessee Historical Society website, accessed April 23, 2011
- ^
UT Press Helps Produce Updated Online Tennessee Encyclopedia
,
University of Tennessee
press release, March 9, 2011
External links
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