John Biggs "Pat" Alderman Papers
Scope and Contents
The Pat Alderman papers contain many different types of materials. Included are books, plays, articles and music written by Alderman, as well as typed drafts and handwritten notes for his historical works. The music dates from the late 1920s through the 1960s, while the plays and books date from the late 1940s through the 1970s. Incoming correspondence (1920s-1980s), church programs, play programs, autobiographical notes, clippings on music, history, natural history and conservation also are included in the collection. Photographic prints and negative transparencies from his books, and audio tapes have been placed in separate series within the collection. These audio-visual materials have been kept with the collection.
The addition to the collection includes newsclippings, musical scores, programs, correspondence, photographs, slides, miscellaneous printed matter, and memorabilia related to Alderman's varied interests in local history, music and music education, conservation, and civic affairs.
Dates
- 1918 - 1983
Creator
- Alderman, Pat (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
7.50 linear feet (22 boxes, 7 audiotapes, 4 slide carousels, 3 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The Pat Alderman papers are divided into six series: Series 1, Plays and Music; Series 2, Historical Materials; Series 3, Conservation and Natural History; Series 4, Correspondence; Series 5, Community, Educational, Social and Religious Activities; and Series 6, Audio-Visual Materials.
Method of Acquisition
The Pat Alderman Papers were donated to the archives by John Biggs "Pat" Alderman on February 3, 1983.
Accruals and Additions
Additional materials were donated by his daughter, Patsy Tittle, on January 14, 1985. A second addition to the John Biggs Alderman Papers was donated by Gloria J. Harrell of Johnson City, Tennessee, on October 22, 1990 and was opened to researchers in December 1996. A third addition was donated by Patsy Tittle on April 4, 2011.
Separated Materials
Non-Manuscript Materials: Oversize maps, drawings and transparencies have been placed in the map cabinets and filed according to accession number. Pamphlets and brochures on local and regional history have been removed and placed in the Appalachian vertical files. Magazines, among them Tennessee Conservationist, The Plow, Tennessee Wildlife, Watauga Genealogist, and Wolf Laurel Gazette, have been removed and placed in the Appalachian publications vertical files.
All photographic prints, photographic negatives, transparencies, slides and audio tapes have been retained with the collection. Four carousels of slides (#1, "Indians I," #2, "Indians II", #3, "Trees," and #4, "Wildlife") are shelved with the collection. There is also oversize material stored in map cabinets by accession number.
The following maps have been added to the Archives of Appalachia Map Collection:
General Highway Map, Greene County, Tennessee, 1954
Rural Road Map, Unicoi County, Tennessee, 1963
The following books were added to the Archives of Appalachia book collection:
Pearce, J. Winston. Campbell College: Big Miracle at Little Buies Creek (1887-1974).
The Nolichucky
Processing Information
Marie Tedesco completed processing and the collection was opened for research in 1987.
- Alderman, Amariah Biggs, 1819-1889
- Blount, William, 1749-1800
- Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820
- Oconostota
- Sevier, John, 1745-1815
- Ward, Nancy, d. 1822
- Alderman family
- Bald Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Bean, William, 1721-1782
- Big Bald Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Big Mary (Elephant) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Botany -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Campbell College (Buies Creek, N. C.)
- Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
- Cherokee Indians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Church music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dragging Canoe, d. 1792
- Fort Loudon (Tenn. :Fort) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Franklin (State) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogies (histories) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Indian of North America -- Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kings's Mountain, Battle of, S.C.,1780 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Landscape Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Log buildings Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Maps Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Music Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Music--Instruction and study Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Natural History--Unaka Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Negatives (photographic) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- North Carolina--History Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826
- Slides (photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Spring Branch Baptist Church (Sampson County, N. C.)
- Tennessee, East -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tilson Grist Mill
- Tilson family
- Unicoi County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Unicoi County (Tenn.)--History Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Water mills Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Waterfalls Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Women pioneers Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Zoology -- Tennessee -- Unicoi County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Author
- Marie Tedesco
- 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