W. B. “Pat” Watson Collection
Scope and Contents
The W. B. “Pat” Watson Collection consists of a variety of materials relating to East Tennessee, personal interests, and the Watson family. The collection also includes a significant number of documents from James F. Beals, Watson’s maternal grandfather, who lived in Blount County, Tennessee. Beals served as administrator of several estates in Blount County during the nineteenth century, and estate settlements and legal obligations are documented in the collection. Postcards, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial and legal documents, pamphlets, and memorabilia document education and business development in Johnson City and the surrounding region during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection spans from 1783 through 1988.
Dates
- 1783-1988
Creator
- Watson, Wolford B. "Pat" (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Extent
2.50 linear feet (6 boxes, 3 oversized folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1, Maps, 1863-1988; Series 2, Printed Materials and Memorabilia, 1860-1958; Series 3, Legal and Financial Papers, 1783-1965; and Series 4, Photographs and Postcards, 1903-1980s.
Method of Acquisition
Herstyn Watson of Gadsen, Alabama, donated the W. B. “Pat” Watson Collection to the Archives of Appalachia on October 13, 1994, March 3, 1995, and May 9, 1996.
Processing Information
Norma Myers processed the collection in 2001.
- Beals, James F.
- Asheville (N.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bayless family
- Beals family
- Bristol (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chattanooga (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Deeds Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad
- Farm equipment Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friendsville (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friendsville Academy
- Knoxville (Tenn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Ledgers (account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Maps Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Railroads Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Southwest Virginia Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Western North Carolina Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Author
- Norma Myers
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of Appalachia Repository
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu