Quillen, James H. (James Henry), 1916-2003
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
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.
James H. Quillen Papers
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Scope note
Virgil Q. Wacks Collection
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