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The www.leonidaspolk.org, most commonly known as Sewanee's On-Line History Museum (www.sewaneemuseum.org), is a non-profit, research oriented educational web site, exploring the diversity of the historical record of THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH; developed by former University Trustee John F. Evans (1998-2003) as a component of the Leonidas Polk Registry Research Project, which is a volunteer affiliate of the Archives of THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.  The Project and this site will digitally record and archive Leonidas Polk and the story of Sewanee in preparation for the upcoming anniversaries.  

The Leonidas Polk Registry Research Project was established in Charleston, South Carolina, during the University Alumni Excursion in 2002.

Memberships ocassionally include: Friends of the Library (Jessie Ball duPont Library), Sewanee Trust for Historical Preservation (Life), Franklin County Historical Society (Life), Maury County Historical Society, Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities, Tennesse Historical Society, LaFourche Historical Society, Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans, Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, Louisiana Historical Society, Kennesaw Historical Society, Kennesaw Museum Foundation, Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society, Atlanta History Center, Cannonball House, Georgia Battlefields Association, Georgia Historical Society, Manuscript Society, Meriwether Society (Life), Company of Military Historians, American Association for State and Local History.

__________________________ Click here to view or sign our Guestbook- add your own family stories and historical research to Sewanee's on-line museum! Submit your own photographs and scans to the museum- send high resolution digital images to info@leonidaspolk.org. ___________________________ Questions? info@leonidaspolk.org.

Menu:  (In order to view this site in proper sequence, start at Home, and then go to Biography, etc., continuing left to right across each row. If images at first do not load, hit Refresh on your browser.) HOME Biography Descendants Bi-Centennial Birthday Bi-Centennial Essay Prize Homes Churches EDOLA Bi-Centennial Apostolic Successions University Sesqui-Centennial Previous Anniversaries "Sword Over the Gown" Leonidas Polk the Christian Columbia Female Institute SQ #1 The New Orleans Letter SQ #2 Polk to Elliott The Leading Founder First Meeting SQ #3 Sewanee as the Site Sacred Cornerstone Secession and War Commands Polk's Corps Flag CSA Family and Relatives June 14, 1864 SQ #4 Funeral Services Christ Church Cathedral Memorialization Anti-Polk Common Fables Founders and Re-Founders/ Eras and Epochs Foundation Prayers Revival Prayers Franklin County Secession Sewanee during the War Sewanee's "Five Generals" More Sewanee Confederates Affiliated Confederates General Robert E. Lee Invited The University Mace Polk and Forrest Together Sewanee Military Academy At Sewanee Sewaneeana Essential Sewanee Library Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ben Chitty Visitor- Submitted Images Sources and Credits About Guestbook

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