Margaret Hyder DeVault Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: AppMs-0365

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Margaret Hyder DeVault Collection contains correspondence, periodicals, account ledgers, survey ledgers and notebooks, essays, deeds, bills, receipts promises to pay, and other legal documents, newspaper clippings, estate papers, family genealogy, photographs, and memorabilia documenting the Hyder family and in particular the life and career of Nat E. Hyder. The collection also contains a number of teaching materials and other publications that relate to teaching, specifically those belonging to Annie Gourley Hyder, Mrs. DeVault’s mother.

Dates

1793-1996

Creator

DeVault, Margaret Hyder, 1910-1990 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

5.00 linear feet (8 boxes, 3 oversized folders, 1 scrapbook, 84 photographic prints, 2 negatives, 1 audio disc)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1793-1996 and undated, and Series 2, Audio-Visual Materials, 1920-1961 and undated.

Method of Acquisition

The Margaret Hyder DeVault Collection was donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Oris Hyder, executor of Mrs. Hyder’s estate, on July 1, 1990. An addition to the collection was donated by Mildred Kozsuch, of Johnson City, Tenn., on November 22, 2005.