Britton Family Papers
Scope and Contents
The Britton Family Papers contain newsclippings, correspondence, playbills from Barter Theatre (Abingdon, Virginia), single copies of periodicals, an almanac, a church bulletin, a paper written by Mrs. Britton for a college public speaking course, lists of children's records published by Victor Records, the script of a radio program, and a manuscript copy (carbon typescript) of a play. The collection provides information about business in Kingsport, Tennessee; St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Kingsport, Tennessee; Girl Scouts in Kingsport; the Kingsport Life-Saving Crew; the University of the South's Sewanee Summer Music Center; and a blizzard in New England (February 1940).
Dates
- 1935-1965
Creator
- Britton Family (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Extent
0.25 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Method of Acquisition
The Britton Family Papers were donated to the Archives of Appalachia on March 26, 1987 by Nancy Britton, Kingsport, Tennessee.
Processing Information
Ed Speer completed processing and the collection was opened to researchers in January 1997.
- Almanacs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Barter Theatre (Organization : Abingdon, Va.)
- Girl Scouts -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Girl Scouts -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kingsport (Tenn.)--Commerce Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Kingsport (Tenn.)--Drama Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Kingsport Lifesaving Crew (Radio program) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Status
- Completed
- 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