Rutherford County Historical Society Collection
The Gore Center is privileged to house the Rutherford County Historical Society collection. Since its inception in 1970, the primary purpose of the RCHS has been to discover, procure, and preserve the facts, articles, or documents that relate directly or collaterally, to the natural, aboriginal, civil, political, military, literary, industrial, agricultural, and ecclesiastical history of Rutherford County, Tennessee. The collection includes organizational records such as founding documents, minutes from RCHS meetings, membership records, and awards. The majority of the collection is made up of the publications created by the RCHS along with the research files of historical data compiled to create the publications. These publications are a wonderful source of information on general Rutherford County history, families, schools, churches, communities, businesses, cemeteries, and local Civil War history. Beyond the publications, the collection includes newspapers, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and many other items of interest. Finally, there are approximately 500 photos in the collection, which have been scanned into our database for easy examination. Researchers seeking information on every aspect of Rutherford County are encouraged to stop by the Gore Center and browse this important collection.
*Picture is from the RCHS photo collection. Other than the obvious sense of humor displayed, the details of the men are unknown.
Scott Anderson, Gore Center Graduate Assistant