Frederick S. Heiskell Papers
Scope and Contents
The Frederick S. Heiskell Collection includes drafts of letters that were sent to Senator John Bell of Tennessee, 1848-1860; Heiskell family biographies and genealogies; political, family, and general correspondence, and financial records. The collection also contains documents relating to the Civil War, Knox County Ebenezar Church, livestock pedigrees, correspondence on railroads dating between 1838 and 1849, and Charleston Stock Market reports. Eight scrapbooks include newsclippings containing poetry, anecdotes, news events, agricultural topics, household affairs, and political, historical and humorous writings dating between c. 1789 and 1882.
Dates
- 1789 - 1882
- Majority of material found within 1832 - 1882
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The copies of correspondence in Box 2, Folder 13 are restricted. The originals are housed at The Southern Historical Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Permission to quote from this folder would have to be secured from the Southern Historical Collection.
Otherwise, the papers are open for research.
Extent
8.00 linear feet (Consisting of 9 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The papers are arranged into two series: Series 1, Papers of Frederick S. Heiskell, 1810-1882, and Series 2, Scrapbooks, c. 1789-1882.
Method of Acquisition
The papers of Frederick S. Heiskell were purchased by Sherrod Library in July 1971 from Ms. J. T. Howard, granddaughter of Heiskell, and Dale A. Marion of Blountville, Tennessee. The Frederick S. Heiskell Papers were transferred to the Archives of Appalachia in the fall of 1978. Edward M. Steel, Jr. donated additional materials in November 1991 and May 1993, accession numbers 1991-069 and 1992-112.
Processing Information
The papers were opened for research in 1979. Georgia Greer completed processing the addition in 1996.
- Blount, William, 1749-1800
- Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
- Wallace, Alexander McGhee
- Abolitionists -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agricultural prices Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agricultural productivity -- Tennessee, East Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Antislavery movements -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bell, John, 1797-1869
- East Tennessee State University
- East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company
- Ebenezar Presbyterian Church (Knox County, Tenn.)
- Heiskell family
- Hiwassee Railroad Company
- Judicial districts--Tennessee Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Ledgers (account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Livestock--Marketing Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Livestock--Pedigrees Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Newspaper publishing--Tennessee, East Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Presidents--United States--Election--1836 Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Presidents--United States--Election--1848 Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Railroads Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- S. Wyatt & Co.
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Slavery -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery--Tennessee--Anti-slavery movements Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tariff--United States Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tennessee Deaf and Dumb School
- Tennessee, East--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tennessee--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Union Bank of the State of Tennessee
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States--Centennial celebrations, etc. Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- United States--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Western and Atlantic Railroad
- Whig Party (Tenn.)
- Author
- Georgia Greer
- 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
