Rocky Mount Historical Association Collection

Collection

Identifier: AppMs-0578

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Rocky Mount Historical Association Collection contains newspaper clippings, cartoons, publications, magazines, correspondence, and documents that pertain to World War II. The collection also includes photographs and documents of the Jack Snider Country Store exhibit at Rocky Mount.

The collection spans from 1938 to 1965 but predominantly from 1944 to 1945.

Dates

1938-1965 and undated
Majority of material found within 1944 - 1945

Creator

Rocky Mount Historical Association (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

0.25 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

The collection was originally donated to the Reece Museum by Rocky Mount Historical Association on November 17, 1998. The association donated the material when it was deemed not to fit the Rocky Mount collection focus.

Method of Acquisition

The Rocky Mount Historical Association Collection was transferred to the Archives of Appalachia from the Reece Museum on February 7, 2001.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Brianne Johnson and opened for research in January 2007.

Subjects

Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Phonograph records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Rocky Mount (Piney Flats, Tenn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source