World War II in East Tennessee Collection

Collection

Identifier: AppMs-0268

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection relate to the World War II (1941-45) work of the Holston Ordnance Works, Kingsport, Tennessee. Included in the collection are photographic prints of the works, photo exhibit captions from the ETSU history department exhibit on Holston, informational materials and posters.

Dates

1985

Creator

Baxter, Colin F., 1942- (Person)
Schmitt, Dale (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

2.00 Boxes (1 flat storage box; 1 legal document box; 1 oversize folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is divided into two series: Series 1, Photographic Prints; and Series 2, Other Materials. All the photographic prints are included in Series 1, with the balance of the materials included in Series 2.

Method of Acquisition

The World War II in East Tennessee materials were given to the archives by Colin Baxter, Department of History, East Tennessee State University, on November 14, 1985.

Processing Information

Marie Tedesco completed processing and the collection was opened for research in March 1988.

Subjects

Kingsport (Tenn.)--Industries Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source