UT unveils 112 year old time capsule contents

From left Amanda Richards, a preservation technician, and Alesha Shumar, a university archivist, speak to the media after going over the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall, in the John C. Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee Friday, July 6, 2018.

At center Douglas H. McCarty, president of the architecture and interior design firm McCarty Holsaple McCarty, which has been involved in with multiple new buildings at UT, takes photos of the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall be unveiled, in the John C. Hodges Library at UT Friday, July 6, 2018.

Scenes from a livestream are seen as University of Tennessee staff go through the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall, in the John C. Hodges Library at UT Friday, July 6, 2018.

Duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall on the campus of University of Tennessee, lay on a table in the John C. Hodges Library at UT Friday, July 6, 2018.

At right Douglas H. McCarty, president of the architecture and interior design firm McCarty Holsaple McCarty, which has been involved in multiple new buildings at UT, speaks with friends after watching the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall be unveiled, in the John C. Hodges Library at UT Friday, July 6, 2018.

At center Douglas H. McCarty, president of the architecture and interior design firm McCarty Holsaple McCarty, which has been involved with multiple new buildings at UT, looks at the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall in the John C. Hodges Library at UT Friday, July 6, 2018. The items on the table are not the original contents of the box, but copies of the items which have been stored in UT archives for the past century.

From left Amanda Richards, a preservation technician, and Alesha Shuma, a university archivist, speak to the media after going over the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall, in the John C. Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee Friday, July 6, 2018.

University archivist Alesha Shumar speaks to attendees after showing the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall, in the John C. Hodges Library at UT Friday, July 6, 2018.

University archivist Alesha Shumar points to a yearbook photo after going through the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall, in the John C. Hodges Library at UT Friday, July 6, 2018.

Duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall are displayed in the John C. Hodges Library at UT Friday, July 6, 2018.

From left Amanda Richards, a preservation technician, and Alesha Shumar, a university archivist, speak to the media after going over the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall, in the John C. Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee Friday, July 6, 2018.

Gloves sit at the edge of the room after University of Tennessee staff went through the duplicate contents of a 112-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of Estabrook Hall, in the John C. Hodges Library at UT Friday, July 6, 2018.