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Quillen, James H. (James Henry), 1916-2003

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1916 - 2003

Biography

James Henry Quillen was born in the Wayland community of Scott County, Virginia, on January 11, 1916. One of ten children in the farming family of John Alley and Hannah Chapman Quillen, he attended public schools in Scott County until the family moved to Kingsport, Tenn., in the late 1920s. There he attended city schools and, as he grew up, he held numerous part-time jobs to supplement the family's income. He graduated in 1934 from Dobyns-Bennett High School. The need to help support his family led him to decline an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He began work instead at the Kingsport Times-News and the Kingsport Press.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

First Tennessee-Virginia Development District Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0085
Arrangement

The collection is arranged in 3 series: Series 1, Minutes, April 1966-October 1980; Series 2, Subject Files, March 1965-May 1980; Series 3, Publications, June 1967-August 1980. Series 3 includes 3 subseries: Subseries 3.1, Reports and Program Plans, 1967-1980; Subseries 3.2, Studies and Surveys, 1971-1980; and Subseries 3.3, Newsletters and Public Relations, 1967-1980.

Dates: 1965 - 1980

James H. Quillen Papers

 Collection — Other Roll 1
Identifier: AppMs-0498
Arrangement The papers are arranged into ten series as follows: Series 1, General Office Records, 1945-1997 and undated; Series 2, Legislative Files, 1957-1996 and undated; Series 3, Project Files, 1958-1996 and undated; Series 4, Public Relations Files, 1956-1997 and undated; Series 5, Government Departments and Agencies Files, 1963-1996 and undated; Series 6, Miscellaneous Records, 1928-1996 and undated; Series 7, Memorabilia, 1964-1999 and undated; Series 8, Scrapbooks, c. 1945-1997; Series 9,...
Dates: 1918 - 1999

TEST

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-xxx
Scope and Contents

Scope note

Dates: 1982 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1987

Virgil Q. Wacks Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 500-AppMs 0569
Scope and Contents The Virgil Q. Wacks Collection contains approximately 1,816 reels and clips of motion picture film produced between 1942 and 1986. The collection also includes four audiotape recordings of musical performances, interviews, and business advertisement spots. The film collection documents the people, businesses, and towns of the Appalachian region and beyond. Western North Carolina, southeast Kentucky, East Tennessee, and southwest Virginia are regions represented in the collection. The...
Dates: 1942-1986; 1970-1979

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Photographs 3
Compact discs 2
Corporation records 2
Maps 2
Publications (document genre) 2