C. H. Lyle Papers
Scope and Contents
The C. H. Lyle Papers documents Lyle’s personal and extensive business activities in Johnson City, Tenn., especially as owner of the newspaper The Comet. Material in the collection includes correspondence, post cards, income tax forms, receipts, school report card and other personal items, miscellaneous publications, printed ephemera, and business ledgers for the newspaper The Comet.
Dates
- 1886-1955 and undated
Creator
- Lyle, Cyrus H., b. 1863 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
4.50 linear feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1905-1955 and undated; and Series 2, Business Ledgers and Miscellaneous Publications, 1886-1925 and undated.
Method of Acquisition
The C. H. Lyle Papers were transferred to the Archives of Appalachia from the Reece Museum on May 17, 2001.
Processing Information
Mary Dykes and Ned Irwin completed processing the collection in March 2008.
- Comet (Johnson City, Tenn.: 1884)
- James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Johnson City (Tenn.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ledgers (account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Newspaper publishing--Tennessee--Johnson City Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Author
- Mary Dykes and Ned Irwin
- 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
