One of the best state historical journals in the United States, the Tennessee Historical Quarterly is published by the Tennessee Historical Society four times a year. This scholarly, illustrated journal features the finest articles, book reviews, and edited primary materials covering all aspects and periods of Tennessee and southern history.
All members of the Tennessee Historical Society receive a subscription to the Tennessee Historical Quarterly. More than 300 universities, public libraries, museums, and schools also subscribe. To join the THS and get the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, go to Membership.
The Tennessee Historical Society has published a journal since 1896, and the Tennessee Historical Quarterly title began in 1942. 2020 marks the THQ’s 79th year of publication. The Tennessee Historical Quarterly is published with support from the Tennessee Historical Commission.
The Tennessee Historical Quarterly and the other THS journals — Tennessee Historical Magazine (1915–37) and American Historical Magazine (1896–1904 ) are available in digital format at JSTOR. Limited access to JSTOR materials is available for free through the JSTOR Register and Read program.
Summer 2022 Issue
Featuring Vectors of Memory and Reconciliation, Vanderbilt Football, a history of the Tennessee State Library & Archives, & more
Vectors of Memory and Reconciliation: Joint Encampments, the Confederate Museum, Cultural Production, and the Spanish-American War by Steven Bare
When Vanderbilt Ruled the South: A Review of Football and Playing Grounds 1890-1940 by Chad Seifried and Adam Pfleegor
Preserving the Past for the Future: A History of the Tennessee State Library & Archives by Charles A. Sherrill
Book Reviews
Spring 2022 Issue
Special Full Color Issue featuring selected maps from the Tennessee State Library & Archives
An Introduction to the Map Collection of the Tennessee State Library & Archives by Charles A. Sherrill
Indigenous Peoples and Pioneers
Boundaries: Pushing Westward
Transportation and Natural Resources
Urbanization
Military and Conflict
Beyond Borders
Winter 2021 Issue
Featuring Tennessee Menageries and Zoos, Casualty Rates in A.P. Stewart’s Corps at Franklin, Sallie Polk Fall, Documents of Thomas J. Lattner, & more
“Necessary Luxuries: Pets, Menageries, Circuses, and Zoos in Tennessee” by Danielle M. Ullrich
“Environment, Earthworks, and Artillery Efficacy: Casualty Rates in A.P Stewart’s Corps at Franklin” by Philip R. Kemmerly
“The Social Lioness of Nashville: The Life and Legacy of Sallie Polk Fall” by Zacharie W. Kinslow and Benjamin Livengood
“Documents: The Strange Credit Report (1851-1860) of Thomas J. Lattner of Chattanooga” by Robert Scott Davis
Book Reviews
Summer/Fall 2021 Double Issue
Featuring Fort Henry Revisited, Red Cross Women in Madison County, Research Note on Elisha Cheek, & more
“Reduction of Fort Henry Revisited: The First Confederate Forfeit” by H. G. Adams
“The Medical Work of the Red Cross Women in Madison County, Tennessee” by Alice-Catherine Carls
“Research Note: Elisha Cheek and the Murder at Cheek’s Stand” by Joseph C. Douglas
Book Reviews
Spring 2021 Issue
Special Full-Color Issue featuring Tennessee at 225 Collection Items & more
“Tennessee at 225 and the Collection at the Tennessee State Museum” by Dan E. Pomeroy
Introducing Tennessee at 225: Highlights from the Collection by Annabeth Hayes Dooley
Tennessee at 225: Highlights from the Collections
Book Reviews
Winter 2020 Issue
Featuring West Tennessee Unionists at Fort Pillow, Nashville Society Advice Columns, & more
“‘A Terrible Retribution’: West Tennessee Unionists at Fort Pillow” by Clayton Jonas Butler
“‘Dear Mrs. Bruce‘ Nashville Society Seen through Letters to the Newspaper Advice Column, 1954-1961″ by Giuliano Santangeli Valenzani
Wrestling with Andrew Jackson: A Review of Four Books by Matthew Warshauer
Book Reviews
Fall 2020 Issue
Featuring Fort Donelson, Football Fields at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville & more
“The Decisive Moment: Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson” by James Lee McDonough
“Life before Neyland: The Early Development of Football Fields at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville” by Chad S. Seifried, Benjamin Downs, Jeffrey Graham, and Adam Love
“‘Child Passenger Protection Act of 1977: How Tennessee ‘Immunized’ the Automobile Epidemic” by Dakota Elliott
“In Memoriam Dr. Reavis L. Mitchell, Jr. July 12, 1947—June 16, 2020” by Linda T. Wynn
Book Reviews
Summer 2020 Issue
Featuring the History of Woman Suffrage Movement in Tennessee, Anti-Suffrage Crusades, & more
“The History of Tennessee’s Epic Vote on Woman Suffrage: Preserving the Story” by Dr. Carole Stanford Bucy, Guest Editor
“Contesting the Ballot: Woman Suffrage Debates in Lexington, Tennessee” By Miranda Fraley Rhodes
“Truth Crushed to the Earth Will Rise Again:” Josephine Pearson and the Anti-Suffrage Crusade in Tennessee” By Abby Crenshaw
“Banks Turner: The Forgotten Hero Who Saved Woman Suffrage” By Don Enss
Spring 2020 Issue
Featuring the History of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Tennessee & more
“A Short History of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Tennessee” by A. Elizabeth Taylor
“Sue Shelton White and the Woman Suffrage Movement in Tennessee, 1913–20” by James P. Louis
“‘Powers that Pray’ and ‘Powers that Prey’: Tennessee and the Fight for Woman Suffrage” by Anastatia Sim
Book Reviews
Winter 2019 Issue
Featuring Andrew Johnson, Female Leadership, Student Activism and the Memphis Sanitation Strike of 1968, & more
“Andrew Johnson, White Labor’s President” by Timothy Messer-Kruse
“New Century, New Womanhood: Lady Managers, Female Leadership, and the Power of Representation” by Elizabeth Gonzalez
“United by a Cause: Student Activists and the Memphis Sanitation Strike of 1968” by Jack Lorenzini
Book Reviews
Fall 2019 Issue
Featuring the Career of Calvin Brixey, Alfred Waud’s Images, the John Gaston Hospital Controversy, & more
“‘They broak to run & was shot’: The Short, Turbulent Career of Calvin Brixey, First Alabama & Tennessee Independent Vidette Cavalry (U.S.A.) by Merritt R. Blakeslee
“Alfred Waud Images of Freed People in Reconstruction Era Memphis, 1866” by Earnestine Jenkins
“A Matter of Black and White: Edmund Orgill, J. E. Walker, and the John Gaston Hospital Controversy in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1956” by Elizabeth Gritter
Book Reviews
Summer 2019 Issue
Featuring Environment and Hood’s Debacle in 1864, Race and Historical Memory in Memphis, Gilbert Patterson and the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, & more
“Environment as a Contributor to Hood’s Debacle at Spring Hill, November 29, 1864” by Phillip Kemmerly
“‘A Very Worthy Negro’: Race, Monuments, and Historical Memory in Memphis” by Jason Jordan
“‘Others Unidentified’: Uncovering Gilbert Earl Patterson’s Contributions to the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, 1968” by Jonathan Chism
Book Reviews
Special Issues for Sale
The Tennessee Historical Society publishes special issues from time to time. For more information on purchasing any of these issues, email the THS. Discounts available for purchases of 10 or more copies. Postage and sales tax extra.
20th Century Tennessee Artists, Vol. 61, No. 1, Spring 2002 (Color edition, $15)
Antebellum Tennessee Furniture, Vol. 62, No. 1, Spring 2003 (Color edition, $15)
Tennessee Silver, Vol. 74, No. 1, Spring 2015 (Color edition, $10)
Adelicia Acklen and Belmont Mansion, Vol 76, No. 1, Spring 2017 (Color edition, $20)
Tennessee and the War of 1812, Vol. 71, No. 2, Summer 2012 ($10)
Battle of Nashville, Vol. 64, No. 3, Fall 2005 ($10)
Tennessee Portrait Painting, Vol. 46, No. 4, Winter 1987 (Color edition, limited number available. No discounts. $25)
Contact Information
Email Membership or call us at 615 741 8934.
For information on submissions to the Tennessee Historical Quarterly or for information on book reviews, email the THQ editor Frances Kolb Turnbell.
Submission Guidelines
To view submission guidelines, here.
Tennessee Historical Quarterly Staff
Editor
Frances Kolb Turnbell, PhD, Historian
Managing Editor
Jennifer C. Core, Tennessee Historical Society
Designer
Renee Butler
Board of Editorial Advisors
Jonathan Atkins, Berry College
Richard J. M. Blackett, Vanderbilt University
Beverly Bond, University of Memphis
Carole Stanford Bucy, Volunteer State Community College
Kent Dollar, Tennessee Technological University
Daniel Feller, The University of Tennessee
John D. Fowler, Dalton State College
Kristofer Ray, University of Hull
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