Elizabethton Star Negative Collection, 1956-1968 | Archives of Appalachia
Title: Elizabethton Star Negative Collection, 1956-1968
ID: 500/AppMs 125
Created by: Elizabethton Star
Arrangement: The collection is comprised of 8 Series, with 3 Subseries in Series 8: Series 1, News Files, 1956-1968; Series 2, Commerce Files, 1956-1968; Series 3, Building, Street and Scene Files, 1956-1968; Series 4, Sports and Recreation Files, 1956-1968; Series 5, School and Church Files, 1956-1968; Series 6, Individual Portrait Files, 1956-1968; Series, 7 Group Portrait Files, 1956-1968; Series 8, Miscellaneous Files, 1956-1968, Subseries 8.1, Miscellaneous Files, 1956-1968, Subseries 8.2, Miscellaneous-History Files, undated, Subseries 8.3, Miscellaneous-Hospital Files, July 1959.
Arrangement is chronological, except that negatives dated 1961-June 1965 and 1968 were received at a later date and were filed after the 1967 negatives. Undated negatives were placed at the end of both groups of negatives received. Once arranged the negatives were assigned individual numbers with series initial and negative number (i.e. A1).
Arrangement is chronological, except that negatives dated 1961-June 1965 and 1968 were received at a later date and were filed after the 1967 negatives. Undated negatives were placed at the end of both groups of negatives received. Once arranged the negatives were assigned individual numbers with series initial and negative number (i.e. A1).
Extent: 14.0 Linear feet
Finding Aid/Inventory
Series 1: News Files (2700 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 2: Commerce Files (1470 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 3: Building, Street and Scene Files (3600 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 4: Sports and Recreation Files (4630 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 5: School and Church Files (1500 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 6: Individual Portrait Files (3650 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 7: Group Portrait Files, 1956-1968
Series 8: Miscellaneous Files, 1956-1968
Series 1: News Files (2700 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 2: Commerce Files (1470 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 3: Building, Street and Scene Files (3600 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 4: Sports and Recreation Files (4630 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 5: School and Church Files (1500 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 6: Individual Portrait Files (3650 negatives), 1956-1968
Series 7: Group Portrait Files, 1956-1968
Series 8: Miscellaneous Files, 1956-1968
Show Subjects (links to similar collections) Show Forms of Material (links to similar genres)Scope and Contents: The Elizabethton Star Negative Collection contains 4 x 5 and 2½ x 2½, black and white safety film negatives of pictures taken by the staff photographers for the Elizabethton Star newspaper. Five glass negatives have been kept with the collection.
The negatives date from 1956 to 1968. The newspaper also kept in its files a few copy negatives made from older pictures which preserve earlier scenes in Elizabethton.
The negatives concern the following subjects: news events; scenes of the city and surrounding area including buildings, landmarks, city streets, and the countryside; commercial and industrial activities such as store fronts and interiors, merchandise displays, and manufacturing operations; sporting events; recreational activities; school and church activities; and individual and group portraits. Nearly half of the collection is classified as group portraits. Engagement and wedding pictures were not included in the collection. Negatives of the construction of Carter County Hospital and of prints used in an issue featuring the history of Elizabethton have been maintained as a separate series.
The negatives date from 1956 to 1968. The newspaper also kept in its files a few copy negatives made from older pictures which preserve earlier scenes in Elizabethton.
The negatives concern the following subjects: news events; scenes of the city and surrounding area including buildings, landmarks, city streets, and the countryside; commercial and industrial activities such as store fronts and interiors, merchandise displays, and manufacturing operations; sporting events; recreational activities; school and church activities; and individual and group portraits. Nearly half of the collection is classified as group portraits. Engagement and wedding pictures were not included in the collection. Negatives of the construction of Carter County Hospital and of prints used in an issue featuring the history of Elizabethton have been maintained as a separate series.