Show and Tell is right around the corner!

Monday, March 16, 2014, 6:30PM, Carriage Lane Reception House, 337 East Burton Street:  This is our fun night to show and tell about items of historic interest.  This year we will not have a covered dish – a meal will be furnished, but it is not necessary to come for the meal.  Afterwards, around 7:15 pm, the Show and Tell part of the meeting will take place.

If you plan to enjoy the meal you will need to make a reservation –  the cost is $5.  Baked Ziti, a salad & dressing, assorted desserts, iced tea (sweet & unsweetened) or lemonade.  If you plan to have the meal, send your check for $5 (per person) made to: RCHS, P.O. Box 906, Murfreesboro, TN 37133-0906.

Deadline: March 10, 2015!  RSVP to Joyce Johnson at 867-7254 or brujohn@comcast.net.

Our annual Show and Tell meeting is right around the corner!

NEW: RCHS Logo Items

Did you know the Rutherford County Historical Society is offering logo items for sale?  We will have three items for sale at Monday night’s meeting, January 19.  Ask your friends to join the Society so they too can enjoy the benefits of membership while supporting our local history.

Currently these items are not available for purchase online so be sure to attend Monday night’s meeting and/or visit the Ransom School House Museum Saturday mornings from 9AM-noon.

Member prices for hats $10, coffee mugs $8, one pencil FREE with purchase!

NEW: Rutherford Ramblings by Greg Tucker

This is the latest stories and tales from Rutherford County that our County Historian has collected.  The book is now available for purchase. “Rutherford Ramblings” by Greg Tucker. Here are the latest stories and tales from Rutherford County that our County Historian has collected.  Cost: $24 + $6 shipping and handling.  Send check made to RCHS, P. O. Box 906, Murfreesboro, TN 37133-0906.

Ransom School House is open on Saturday Mornings

The Eliza and Belle Ransom School House

The Ransom School House is now open on Saturdays, 9AM-12AM (noon).  If you would like to come and do research using our publications, purchase any of our publications, or just take a tour of the 1920s classroom and the building itself, someone will be there to greet you and assist you. We also need members to greet visitors. For further information or to sign up, contact: Gwen Boyd – 895-0028 Please tell your friends to visit the Ransom School House at 717 North Academy Street soon!

RCHS Publications 1-39 are now available online!

The Rutherford County Historical Society put out publications of the county’s history from the first year the Society was formed.  During the first years two publications a year were produced and available to dues-paying members. The publications were about 80-100 pages in length. Later because of printing costs, there was just one publication per year; then every other year, until Publication 39.  Frow Chips as a 10-page newsletter/history periodical which began in 2003 replaced these publications. Publications 1-39 were to be mailed to members who had paid dues, which proved to be expensive and mailing was discontinued, and is why we still have some of them on hand in our storeroom at the Ransom School Museum. Some of Publications 1-39 are out of print, but we still have others which can be purchased for 50¢.  MTSU’s digital library has made all these publications available on-line at: http://digital.mtsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/rchshttp://digital.mtsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/rchs

Our Rutherford County Archive

Please click on the above logo to visit the Rutherford County Archive site.

The Archives’ staff can assist you with researching county government records, genealogy requests, historical property information, class assignments, and so much more.

Information and/or requests concerning actual copies of court records may be obtained from the Rutherford County Archives, 435 Rice Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130, (615) 867-4609 or http://www.rutherfordcountytn.gov/archives/index.htm

Rutherford County Historical Society Officers:

President: Joyce Johnson
Vice-President: Jeff Adcock
Secretary: Teresa Wrather Kant
Treasurer: Gwendolyn Hopkins Boyd
Program Chairmen: Dr. E. C. Tolbert and Bruce Johnson
Editor: Susan G. Daniel
Web Master: Frank Caperton

Board Members:

Jonathan Fagan
James “Toby” Francis
Vicki Norton
Greg Tucker
Ben Weatherford
Nell Blankenship (Emeritus)
Ernest K. Johns (Emeritus)
Alice N. Ray (Emeritus)

Rutherford County Historical Society Chairmanships

Museum Coordinator:  Gwen Boyd
Membership Chairman:  Sandra Campbell
Hospitality Chairman:  Jeff Adcock
Chairman of Committees:  Jonathan Fagan
Landscape Chairman:  E.C. Tolbert
Publication Chairman:  Vicki Norton

2014-2015 Rutherford County Historical Society Board