Kingsport Press, Inc.
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Kingsport Press Strike Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0152
Scope and Contents
The Kingsport Press Strike Collection contains correspondence, reports, pamphlets, photocopies of articles taken from commercial publications, newspaper clippings, speeches, cassette audiotapes, memorabilia, and broadsides documenting the events surrounding the strike between Kingsport Press and its unions between 1961 and 1967. The correspondence and speeches describe events leading up to the strike, chronicles union activities during the strike, and identifies the problems surrounding the...
Dates:
1961-1982
Walter F. Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0119
Scope and Contents
The Walter F. Smith Papers contain agreements, meeting minutes, financial statements, correspondence, news clippings, and memorabilia reflecting Mr. Smith's studies at Knox College, early career and activities during World War I, civic activities in Kingsport, and career with Kingsport Press, Inc. Most of the papers were created by Mr. Smith and his interaction with his business associates. Some material concerning his wife Isla and his children, George and Charlotte, are included in the...
Dates:
1842-1976; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1960
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Walter F. Smith Papers