John A. Jones Almanac and Scrapbook Collection

Collection — other: Boxes 1-15

Identifier: AppMs-0030

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of ninety-three almanacs and thirty-four scrapbooks. The almanacs were published from 1849 to 1929, by a variety of companies and organizations involved in farming, health, literature, medicine, religion, etc. The scrapbooks are items clipped from newspapers, magazines, and books glued in old books. The scrapbooks were given numbers and a completion date by Jones.

Dates

1849 - 1929

Creator

Jones, John Alexander, 1850-1930 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

7.50 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is divided into two series: Series 1, Almanacs, 1849-1929, and Series 2, Scrapbooks, 1865-1881.

Method of Acquisition

The John A. Jones Collection was a part of the 7000 volume John A. Jones book collection purchased by ETSU's Sherrod Library in 1931 from Jones' son, Virgil Jones. The collection was transferred to the Archives of Appalachia in 1979.

Processing Information

The almanacs were processed in March 1985 and the scrapbooks in October 1996.

Subjects

Agriculture -- Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Agriculture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Almanacs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Medicine, Popular Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Planting time--Folklore Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Traditional medicine Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Weather--Folklore Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source