Maxine Kenny Collection
Scope and Contents
The Maxine Kenny Collection documents Kenny's involvement and interest in environmental issues related to Appalachia and includes subject files (correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, etc.) and material (recorded interviews and transcripts) related to three radio programs produced by Kenny: "Down to Earth: the Appalachian Family Farm," "Dungannon: A Place in History," and "A Time To Reap."
Dates
- 1971-1988 and undated
Creator
- Kenny, Maxine (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
3.00 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1, Subject Files, 1971-82 and undated and Series 2, Program Materials, 1984-88 and undated. The latter series is arranged in two sub-series: Series 2.1, Printed Material, 1985-88 and undated and Series 2.2, Audio Recordings, 1984-87 and undated.
Method of Acquisition
The Maxine Kenny Collection was donated to the Archives of Appalachia on November 7, 1994 by Maxine Kenny, Nickelsville, Virginia.
Separated Materials
The following maps were removed from this collection and added to the Archives of Appalachia map collection:
Blountville Quadrangle, 1978;
Indian Springs Quadrangle, 1978;
Kingsport Quadrangle, 1978
Processing Information
Ned Irwin completed processing, and the collection was opened to researchers in March 1997.
- Silkwood, Karen, 1946-1974
- Agriculture -- Appalachian Region, Southern Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Air -- Pollution Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bumpass Cove (Tenn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Coalition of Appalachian Energy Consumers
- Dungannon (Va.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hazardous waste sites Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hazardous wastes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hazardous wastes -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc
- Nuclear energy Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Pollution -- Tennessee -- Erwin Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pollution--Appalachia Region, Southern Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Pollution--Tennessee Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Pollution--Tennessee--Kingsport Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Pollution--Virginia Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Radiation--Health aspects Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Radioactive wastes Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Sanitary landfills Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Sanitary landfills--Tennessee--Sullivan County Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tennessee Eastman
- Water -- Pollution Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- 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