"Immigrants to East Tennessee, 1845-1925" is next Brown Bag Lunch

KNOXVILLE -- Pack a "brown bag" lunch and join the next Brown Bag Lecture at East Tennessee History Center on Wednesday, November 14 at noon.

Led by Natalie Hansen, this month's lecture is "Immigrants to East Tennessee, 1845-1925". Learn more about the second large wave of immigrants that took place between 1845-1925.

East Tennessee's early settlement is well documented and familiar to most. These immigrants were composed largely of people from Eastern and Southern Europe, including French and German Swiss, Italians, Czechs, Hungarians, Polish, Russians, Jewish, and other populations, who, like the first immigrants, came here in search of opportunities for a better life.

As part of her work to develop a new student education program for use at East Tennessee Historical Society, Natalie Hansen has researched immigrant trends and populations in East Tennessee for the period, uncovering some fascinating individual stories along the way. Ms. Hansen is a graduate student in information science at the University of Tennessee and worked as a practicum student with the East Tennessee Historical Society in 2012.

The program is sponsored by 21st Mortgage Corp and is free and open to the public. The lecture will begin at noon at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville. Soft drinks will be available. For more information on the lecture, exhibitions, or museum hours, call 865-215-8824 or visit the website at www.EastTNHistory.org.

Published November 3, 2012