Thomas Phillips Memoir
Collection — Box: J (Small Collections)
Identifier: AppMs-0722
Scope and Contents
The Thomas Jay Phillips memoir, titled "My Life: A Recollection from Thomas J. Phillips I," is a typescript reminiscence of his life prepared and footnoted by Phillips' great-grandaughter Elizabeth Jane Phillips. In it, Phillips tells his story beginning with his early recollections of life in Cranberry, North Carolina in the 1880s and continuing through his time as an apprentice blacksmith in New Jersey.
Dates
- Creation: 2004
Creator
- Phillips, Thomas Jay, 1874-1960 (Person)
- Phillips, Elizabeth Jane (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
0.05 linear feet (in one folder)
Language of Materials
English
Method of Acquisition
The memoir was donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Elizabeth Phillips on February 22, 2006, accession number 2006-034.
Processing Information
Georgia Greer processed the collection, and it was opened for research in June 2007.
Subject
- Cranberry Iron and Coal Company (Organization)
- Phillips family (Family)
Geographic
- 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
Contact:
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu
