James Agee Film Project Photographs
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
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Extent
2.50 linear feet (22 glass plate negatives, 434 black and white negatives, 456 black and white prints)
Language of Materials
English
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.
- 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
- Date
- 20071029
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu