Spencer Rex Gervin Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: AppMs-0403

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Spencer Rex Gervin Collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, legal documents, publications, and printed ephemera documenting the life, career, and personal interests of Mr. Gervin. The largest part of the collection concerns his interest in the civic, political, and governmental affairs of Jonesborough, Tenn., during the 1980s when he had retired to the town and wrote for the local newspaper, the Jonesborough Herald and Tribune.

Dates

1903-1988

Creator

Gervin, Spencer Rex, 1915-1990 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

5.75 linear feet (12 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversized folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series, as follows, Series 1, Subject Files, 1903-1988 and undated and Series 2, Photographs, c. 1940s-c. 1960s. Oversized documents have been placed in a map folder and stored in the map cabinets by accession number.

Method of Acquisition

The Spencer Rex Gervin Collection was donated to the archives by Mr. Gervin’s daughter, Anne Gervin Koehler, Johnson City, Tenn., on April 24, 1992.

Processing Information

The collection processing was completed and opened for research in September 2006 by Allison Wilson and Ned Irwin.

Subjects

Church history -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Jonesborough (Tenn.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Jonesborough (Tenn.) -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Jonesborough United Methodist Church (Jonesborough, Tenn.)
Maps 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
Washington County (Tenn.)--Politics and government Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source