Johnson City Press Newsclippings
Scope and Contents
The Johnson City Press newsclippings consist of clipped newspaper articles maintained by Johnson City Press staff writers and reporters on local, regional and national topics. Also included are daily and by-line columns of the paper. Lists of articles written on envelopes which contained the clippings have been kept and filed with the appropriate subject. Three oversize folders are listed at the end of the box/folder list. These folders contain clippings removed from the boxes. Each folder notes the contents and from which box/folder the clippings were removed.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1987
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1967-1987
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
24.00 linear feet (39 boxes, 7 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
There are two series: the original accession and an accrual. Within each series, the files are arranged alphabetically by subject or title of column.
Method of Acquisition
The Johnson City Press Newsclippings were donated to the Archives of Appalachia on December 23, 1986 by editor Carl Jones, Jr. An addition to the collection was donated by Phyllis Brown in May 1986.
Separated Materials
One report, "History of Memorial Hospital, Inc.," prepared by Anna Katheryn Berry, Secretary to the Board of Directors, July 1, 1960, was removed and placed in the Archives' Appalachian Vertical Files.
Processing Information
Betty Davis, Roy Webb, Donise Strong completed processing and the collection was opened for research in April 1988.
Subject
- Tennessee Education Association (Organization)
- Tennessee Valley Authority (Organization)
- Texas Instruments (Organization)
- Gordons (Organization)
- Jarl Extrusions (Organization)
- Beaunit Corporation (Organization)
- Great Lakes Research Corporation (Organization)
- Tennessee Eastman (Organization)
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America (Organization)
- Boys Club (Organization)
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society (Organization)
- Tennessee Higher Education (Organization)
- Educational Excellence (EXCEL) Program (Organization)
- Appalachian Regional Commission (Organization)
- Ku Klux Klan (Organization)
- Johnson City Medical Center Hospital (Organization)
- East Tennessee State University (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Carter County (Tenn.)
- Elizabethton (Tenn.)
- Erwin (Tenn.)
- Greene County (Tenn.)
- Johnson City (Tenn.) -- Commerce
- Jonesborough (Tenn.)
- Kingsport (Tenn.)
- North Carolina
- Sullivan County (Tenn.)
- Unicoi County (Tenn.)
- Washington County (Tenn.)
- Watauga (Tenn.)
Topical
- AIDS (Disease)
- Agriculture--Tennessee, East
- American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776 -- Tennessee -- Washington County
- Banks and banking -- Tennessee, East
- Beauty Contests
- Child abuse
- Community theater -- Tennessee
- Day care centers
- Girl Scouts -- Tennessee
- Metro Government
- Political campaigns
- Politics and Culture
- Pornography
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Referendum
- Republican Executive Committee
- Rhododendron Festival (Roan Mountain, N.C. and Tenn.)
- Sexual battery
- Special Olympics
- Tournaments
- Unemployment
- Vocational education
- Wooly Worm Festival (Banner Elk, N.C.)
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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