Maxwell, Clifford A. (Clifford Arthur), 1906-1986

Person

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Dates

Existence: 1906 - 1986

Biography

Clifford A. Maxwell was born in Bristol, Tennessee on June 24, 1906, the son of Arthur Clifford and Bessie Ball Maxwell. As a youngster, he moved with his family to Johnson City, where he attended public school and East Tennessee State Teachers College. In the 1920s Maxwell journeyed to New York, where he found work writing humor for a number of magazines. During the 1930s he returned to Johnson City to begin a photographic career which, except for time spent in the United States Navy during World War II, lasted until 1986.

Maxwell married Ruth Barker in 1950. They had one son, James, who as of this writing resides in Johnson City. Maxwell was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Johnson City, as well as in a number of community organizations, among them the Johnson City/Washington County area Chamber of Commerce, the Watauga Valley Art League, and the Tipton-Haynes Historical Association. He also was a member of both the Tennessee Professional Photographers Association and the Professional Photographers of America.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Clifford A. Maxwell Photographs

Collection

Identifier: AppMs-0297

Scope and Contents The Clifford A. Maxwell Photographs document businesses, events, people, and places in Johnson City, Jonesborough, greater Washington County, and the larger tri-cities region. The negatives and prints in the collection date from the 1940s and continue through the 1980s. However, many of the negatives are surrogates of items from the photographic collections of Burr Harrison and Mildred Kozsuch, among others, and portray subject matter dating as far back as the late 19th and early 20th...

Dates: 1940-1986

Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Clifford A. Maxwell Photographs

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