East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company Records
Scope and Contents
The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company Records consist primarily of accounting records of the company. Included are cash books, cash voucher records, general ledgers, general journals, balance sheets and supporting statements, time and wage books, and payroll ledgers.
Dates
- 1868-1970
Creator
- East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The records are open for research.
Extent
57.00 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is divided into four subgroups as follows: Subgroup A, Records of Cranberry Iron and Coal Company, 1880-1940; Subgroup B, Records of Cranberry Iron and Coal Company Subsidiaries, 1868-1942; Subgroup C, Records of Cranberry Corporation and of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company, 1939-1961; and Subgroup D, Records of the Subsidiaries of Cranberry Corporation and of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company, 1939-1966.
Method of Acquisition
The records of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company (ET&WNC Transportation) were given to the archives in two separate donations. In 1980, Cecil D. Bowen, vice-president and general manager of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC Railroad) donated the 19th century records of the railroad and of Cranberry Iron and Coal Company (CIC). In 1988, George and Larry Shoun, the owners of Shoun Lumber Company in Butler, Tenn., donated the financial records of the ET&WNC Transportation Company, including its subsidiaries and original parent, CIC. The Shouns had acquired the records from Red Ball Trucking Company.
Separated Materials
East Tennessee Church Ledger, AppMs 486
Processing Information
Marie Tedesco completed processing of the collection, and it was opened to the public in 1996.
- Matson, Thomas E., 1848-1921
- Pardee, Ario, 1810-1892
- Bus lines -- North Carolina Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Corporation records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Cranberry Corporation
- Cranberry Furnace Company
- Cranberry Iron and Coal Company
- East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Motor Transportation
- East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Transportation Company
- Inter-City Trucking Company
- Ledgers (account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Linville River Railway
- Railroads--North Carolina Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Railroads--Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads--accounting Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tennolina Corporation
- Trucking--North Carolina Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Trucking--Tennessee Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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