East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad

Organization

Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James Agee Film Project Photographs

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: AppMs-0471

Scope and Contents The James Agee Film Project Photographs consist of a number of historical photographs and negatives from the northeastern area of Tennessee that were donated to or copied by the film project from local Tennessee families and businesses. The images document life in the region during the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. Included are images of Johnson City, Jonesborough, and Washington County showing East Tennessee families, residences, businesses, agriculture, landscapes,...

Dates: 1875 - 1956; Majority of material found in 1950-1951; Other: Date acquired: 1995-07-11

Found in: Archives of Appalachia

Ridley Wills East Tennessee Postcard Collection

Collection

Identifier: AppMs-0847

Scope and Contents

Ridley Wills began collecting Tennessee postcards in the 1930s, eventually amassing some 30,000 postcards. In 2015, he began distributing them to regional institutions. The cards in this collection represent landmarks in East Tennessee, especially in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and in Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington and Unicoi Counties. There are images of schools, churches, hotels, towns, railroads, scenery and more.

Dates: 1906-1996, undated