East Tennessee Historical Society Affiliated Publications

The East Tennessee Historical Society has two major publications, The Journal of East Tennessee History and Tennessee Ancestors. Our publications focus on the capturing the history of East Tennessee through reviews, academic writings, and genealogical research.

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Journal of East Tennessee History

The Journal of East Tennessee History

Established in 1929 as the East Tennessee Historical Society Publications. The publication features essays, edited documents, news and updates, and scholarly book reviews.

Tennessee Ancestors

Tennessee Ancestors

Tennessee Ancestors is a membership benefit of the East Tennessee Historical Society. Current and back issues are also available for purchase.

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

ETHS has a variety of other publications including several books most of which are available through our gift shop.

Book Notes

Book Notes

What Did Southerners Have to Say about the Vietnam War?

Book Note: Joseph A. Fry, ed., Letters from the Southern Home Front: The American South Responds to the Vietnam War (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2023).

Book Notes

Honoring East Tennessee’s Veterans

The East Tennessee Veterans Memorial: A Pictorial History of the Names on the Wall, Their Lives, Their Service, and Their Sacrifice by John Romeiser with Jack H. McCall. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2020. Hardcover, $45.00)