Archives of Appalachia

Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials related to McIntyre’s professional and personal interest in bluegrass music. The materials include correspondence, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, articles, photographs, cassette and reel to reel audio recordings, and memorabilia related to bluegrass bands, music festivals, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), "Bluegrass Unlimited," and WAMU radio station. The collection also contains McIntyre’s professional reference materials including...

Overview All or part of the materials described here are unprocessed. Please contact us for information about these materials.

Scope and Contents The Graham Leonard Papers pertain to Leonard's personal and professional life in East Tennessee and the Middle East.

Scope and Contents The Lester Moore documents consist of a single file folder of photocopies of newsclippings about Henry Johnson and the founding of Johnson City.

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Arrangement The Lewis Family Papers are divided into three series; Series 1, Personal Papers, Records and Family History, 1890-1973; Series 2, Enumeration of Scholastic Population, 10th District, Carter County, 1905 and 1916-1918; and Series 3, Lewis Family and Miscellaneous Photographs, c. 1888-c. 1989.

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Overview All or part of the materials described here are unprocessed. Please contact us for information about these materials.

Scope and Contents The collection contains materials relating to Lindner's tenure as Director of the United Mine Workers of America Contract Department. The materials include contract publications, memoranda regarding contact issues, a VHS tape "Out of the Darkness: The Mine Workers' Story," and copies of historical contracts.

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Scope and Contents The London's Hardware Company material consists of photocopies of newspaper advertisements from 1930-1969 and 8 x 10 inch black-and-white photographs of the store, most of which depict the interior of the store and its merchandise and layout.

Arrangement The archivist created the arrangement of this collection due to its arrival without an original order. The arrangement of the collection is in one series of Business Records and includes one box and one oversized folder. The box follows an alphabetical arrangement by folder level with one artifact (a seal) located behind the other folders in both an envelope and a folder. The oversized folder follows an alphabetical arrangement by item level.

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Scope and Contents The Lucy Repass McPherson Collection consists of materials from three scrapbooks, only one of which is intact. Materials from Grace Repass’ scrapbook date from 1939 to 1948. These materials include personal correspondence from friends and family members and correspondence, ephemera, newsclippings, and programs relating to her membership in the Order of the Eastern Star as well as her activities in the United Service Organization, the Jonesboro Presbyterian Church, and the Washington County,...

Arrangement The collection is arranged in two series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1905-1955 and undated; and Series 2, Business Ledgers and Miscellaneous Publications, 1886-1925 and undated.

Scope and Contents M. B. Vance's daybook provides a handwritten record of measurements of cord wood and cross ties for section 14 of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. The daybook records the date, individual's name, quantity and size of ties, and location for each transaction. The volume spans from May 31, 1870 to December 1, 1874.

Arrangement The collection is arranged in nine series: Series 1, Contract Negotiations and Agreements, 1944-1966; Series 2, Correspondence, 1947-1966; Series 3, Subject Files, 1940-1969; Series 4, Management Records, 1944-1969; Series 5, Grievances and Grievance Arbitrations, 1948-1966; Series 6, Insurance Records, 1944-1969; Series 7, Personnel Records, 1944-1969; Series 8, Publications, 1944-1969; and Series 9, Newsclippings, September-October 1941, December 1966-March 1967. For further arrangement...

Arrangement The papers are divided into two series: Series 1, Appalachian Consortium Files, 1970-1979 and Series 2, General Subject Files, 1955-1979.

Scope and Contents This is a collection of maps from various sources. Most pertain to East Tennessee or Southern Appalachia.

Scope and Contents The collection documents Gregg's varied artistic and social interests and activities, including work with the James Agee Film Project documentary film on the Tennessee Valley Authority, Appalachian Women's Cultural Education Committee, the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services projects at ETSU, and environmental issues of East Tennessee, among others. Material in the collection includes clippings, notes, financial records, journals, transcripts, correspondence, photographs, slides, audio,...

Arrangement The collection is arranged into two series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1793-1996 and undated, and Series 2, Audio-Visual Materials, 1920-1961 and undated.

Scope and Contents The Margaret N. Wimberly papers consist of two photocopied, typed speeches made by Wimberly on two separate occasions in the spring of 1983.The March 18, 1983 speech was delivered to volunteers participating in "Leadership Kingsport," a training program for civic leaders, sponsored by the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce. Entitled "Lovedale Lost: The Missing Link," the speech is about a time of close communal life dating back to early settlement. She reflects on an indigenous culture...

Arrangement The video tape and audio tape are stored together.

Scope and Contents The Martha Marshall Collection contains one scrapbook that documents Washington County’s Tennessee Bicentennial Celebration in 1996. The scrapbook contains photocopies of newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, and other printed ephemera collected by Martha Marshall.

Arrangement The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Arrangement The collection is arranged into four series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1899-1975 and undated; Series 2, Memorabilia, 1898-1973 and undated; Series 3, Photographs, c. 1898-c. 1919 and undated; and Series 4, Audio Recording, 1955.

Arrangement The collection is divided into two subgroups: Subgroup 1, Biographical and Supporting Materials, 1935-c. 1955, 1989, Audio Tapes 1-4, Boxes 1-6; and Subgroup 2, Field Recordings, 1935-c. 1955, Discs 1-580 in Boxes 7-15. Subgroup 1 is divided into four series: Series 1, Interview with Tillman Cadle, September 8, 1989, Audio Tapes 1-4; Series 2, Record Jackets (originals and copies) 1925-c. 1955, Boxes 1-4; Series 3, Other Materials, undated and 1989, Box 5; and Series 4, Photographs, 1989 and...

Arrangement The collection spans from 1994 to 2002 and is divided into two series, as follows, Series 1, Subject Files, 2001 and undated, and Series 2, Audiovisual Materials, 1994 and undated.

Arrangement The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject, with material arranged chronologically within folders. Undated material is filed at the back of each folder.