John Fain Anderson Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
The John Fain Anderson Collection consists of 23 scrapbooks created by Anderson. The scrapbooks include newsclippings, brochures, obituaries, correspondence, photographs, postcards, greeting cards and handwritten notes concerning historical events, genealogies of families and biographical information on prominent individuals, political events, and educational institutions in upper East Tennessee. Some subjects covered in the collection include: Washington College Academy, the Civil War, the battle of Kings Mountain, the Republican party, railroads, local histories concerning Greeneville and Jonesborough, Tennessee, and prominent families and individuals such as Samuel Doak, Andrew Johnson, Brownlow family, Blackburn family, Fain family, Joseph Wheeler and Seldon Nelson.
Volume descriptions include a selection of subjects included in that particular volume but are by no means comprehensive. With the exception of the day book, all volumes are prefaced by handwritten indexes, presumably created by Anderson.
Dates
- 1796-1938
Creator
- Anderson, John Fain, 1844-1929 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on the use of the scrapbooks.
Extent
15.00 Boxes (23 Scrapbooks, 1 Folder, 1 Map)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Volume numbers assigned by Fain have been retained whenever possible, and numbers were assigned to unmarked volumes. Loose pamphlets, financial documents and written historical sketches have been removed from the volumes and placed in a separate folder with the first volume.
Method of Acquisition
The papers of John Fain Anderson were donated to the Archives of Appalachia on October 21, 1986 by Janis M. Anderson, L. E. Brabson Jr., Katherine Florence Brabson Vallillo, Margaret Ruth Brabson, Stanley Sylvester Anderson, William Fain Anderson, and David W. Gott.
Volumes 24, 25, and 26 were donated by David L. Brabson and Jo Arnot Brabson, accession 2022-009.
Processing Information
Scott Schwartz, Karen House, Ed Speer, Norma Myers, and Georgia Greer processed the collection in 1987, 1990 and 1997. Jen Bingham incorporated three additional volumes in August 2022.
- Allison, John, 1845-1920
- Brown, Jacob, 1736-1785
- Brownlow, Walter Preston, 1838-1910
- Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
- Doak, John Whitefield, 1778-1820
- Doak, Samuel, 1749-1830
- Hoss, Henry, d. 1836
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Maynard, Horace, 1814-1882
- Mellen, George Frederick, 1859-1927
- Nelson, Thomas A. R., 1812-1873
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
- Ross, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1796-1883
- Taylor, Robert Love, 1850-1912
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
- Anderson family
- Bean, William, 1721-1782
- Blount College
- Chattanooga (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Education -- Tennessee, East Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Elections -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Franklin (State) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Greene County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Greeneville College
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
- Jonesborough (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jonesborough (Tenn.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- King's Mountain, Battle of, 1780 Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Knoxville (Tenn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Maps Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Politicians--Tennessee Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Politicians--United States Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Presidents--United States Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Prohibition Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Religion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Salem Presbyterian Church (Washington County, Tenn.)
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Slavery -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sullivan County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee, East--Genealogy Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tennessee--History Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tennessee--History, Military Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tennessee--Politics and government Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tusculum College
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States--History, Military Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- United States--Industries Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- United States--Politics and government Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Washington College (Washington County, Tenn.)
- Washington County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Washington County (Tenn.)--History Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Title
- Anderson, John Fain, Scrapbooks
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Scott Schwartz, Karen House, Ed Speer, Norma Myers, and Georgia Greer
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
