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Ridley Wills East Tennessee Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0847
Scope and Contents
Ridley Wills began collecting Tennessee postcards in the 1930s, eventually amassing some 30,000 postcards. In 2015, he began distributing them to regional institutions. The cards in this collection represent landmarks in East Tennessee, especially in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and in Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Washington and Unicoi Counties. There are images of schools, churches, hotels, towns, railroads, scenery and more.
Dates:
1906-1996, undated
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
Charles C. Sherrod Presidential Papers
Collection
Identifier: UnivRec-0059
Scope and Contents
The papers of Charles C. Sherrod concern all aspects of the administration o£ East Tennessee State Teachers College during his term as president, 1925-1949. Records relating to ongoing subjects frequently were carried forward to succeeding administrations by the office of the president. Therefore, records of President B. E. Dossett should be checked for records of President C. C. Sherrod; likewise, the Sherrod Papers may include items from his predecessor's (Sidney Gilbreath) administration....
Dates:
1919-1956
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
Frank P. Smith Papers
Collection — other: Boxes 1-2
Identifier: AppMs-0176
Scope and Contents
The Frank P. Smith Papers contain personal research notes, reports, photographs, and East Tennessee State Normal School yearbooks and literary publications documenting the personal activities of Frank P. Smith while both a student at East Tennessee State Normal School and a Tennessee educator between 1919 and 1967. The reports and personal research notes describe frontier culture; these were used possibly by Smith for a research project while a student at East Tennessee State Normal School....
Dates:
1920-1967, undated
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia