Documenting Community Traditions Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: AppMs-0610

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Documenting Community Traditions Collection consists of course work, student papers, and audio and video recordings of oral history interviews collected by students for the ETSU class “Documenting Community Traditions” (English/APST 5690). The class focused their research efforts on the Vardy community in Hancock County, Tenn., attempting to document the history and culture of this area. Some of the families in the Vardy community had Melungeon ancestry, and this topic is also a subject of the collection. Less extensive materials relate to research selected students did in community history in Butler, Tenn., Hawkins County, Tenn., Johnson County, Tenn., and Unicoi County, Tenn. Material in the collection primarily covers the period of the course in 2000, though some earlier materials was collected as part of the class research efforts. Materials include oral history interviews, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, miscellaneous publications, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates

1890 - 2001

Creator

Lloyd, Tess (Person)
Haskell, Jean, 1947- (Person)
Olson, Ted (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

2.00 linear feet (74 photographs, 32 photographic negatives, 1 floppy disc, 19 audiocassette tapes, 17 compact discs, 3 VHS videotapes, 1 oversized folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1890-2001 and undated, Boxes 1-2 and oversized folder 1; Series 2, Photographs, 2000 and undated, Box 3; and Series 3, Audio-Visual Recordings, 2000 and undated, Box 4.

Method of Acquisition

The Center for Appalachian Studies and Services contributed materials from the first Documenting Community Tradions class on June 30, 2002, accession number 2002-033.

Processing Information

Kirk Hrivnak completed processing the collection in May 2008.

Subjects

Butler (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Church history -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Compact discs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Hancock County (Tenn.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Johnson City (Tenn.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Melungeons Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Negatives (photographic) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Schools--Tennessee--Hawkins County Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Unicoi County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Vardy (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source