James Agee Film Project Photographs

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: AppMs-0471

Staff Only

James Agee Film Project Photographs Digital Collection

Scope and Contents

The James Agee Film Project Photographs consist of a number of historical photographs and negatives from the northeastern area of Tennessee that were donated to or copied by the film project from local Tennessee families and businesses. The images document life in the region during the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. Included are images of Johnson City, Jonesborough, and Washington County showing East Tennessee families, residences, businesses, agriculture, landscapes, buildings, social and cultural activities.

Dates

1875 - 1956
Majority of material found in 1950-1951
Other: Date acquired: 1995-07-11

Creator

James Agee Film Project (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

2.50 linear feet (22 glass plate negatives, 434 black and white negatives, 456 black and white prints)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series, as follows: Series 1, Administrative Files, undated; Series 2, Negatives, 1875-1956 and undated; and Series 3, Prints, 1876-1956 and undated

The project originally assigned an alphanumeric filing arrangement to the images (ex.: A1; B1, etc.). The images have been arranged as much as possible in this order sequential order. However, because of gaps and missing numbers in the sequence, a new alphanumeric numbering system was assigned to each image in order to arrange images in consecutive numerical order. For example, the image identified as “A1” is now listed as “JA-1 (A1)”. Original negatives for which there were no corresponding prints were scanned and printed. These post-donation prints are found in Box 6.

Physical Access Requirements

Users may request to view the copy prints or the digital scans; the glass plate negatives and original prints are restricted due to their fragile status.

Source of Acquisition

Received from Ross Spears and Dale Moore, of Johnson City, Tenn., on behalf of the James Agee Film Project.

Processing Information

Processed by Brianne Johnson and opened for research February 2007.

Subjects

Children -- Appalachian Region Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad
Fire departments -- Tennessee -- Johnson City Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Johnson City (Tenn.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Johnson City (Tenn.) -- Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Jonesboro (Tenn.)--Pictorial works Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Jonesborough (Tenn.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Men--Portraits 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
Railroads--Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Schools--Tennessee--Johnson City Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Schools--Tennessee--Washington County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tennessee, East--Photographs Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Washington College (Washington County, Tenn.)
Washington County (Tenn.)--History Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Washington County (Tenn.)--Pictorial works Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Women--Portraits Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings