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Biography of Dr. and Mrs. A.S.N. Dobson of Limestone R.F.D. Tenn.
Collection — Box: C (Small Collections)
Identifier: AppMs-0139
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a photocopy of the typewritten Biography of Dr. and Mrs. A. S. N. Dobson of Limestone R.F.D. Tenn. According to the title page, Dobson wrote the biography between 1910 and 1914, and his son, Roy Calvin, edited the document in 1915. The Dobson autobiography covers aspects of Dobson's life from his conscription into the Confederate army in 1862, through his postwar career as a medical doctor in the Broylesville area. Inserted at the conclusion of the biography are...
Dates:
1982
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
John Curtis Higgs, Sr. Autobiography
Collection — Box: E (Small Collections)
Identifier: AppMs-0225
Scope and Contents
The John Curtis Higgs, Sr. Autobiography is a bound typescript of Higgs' memoirs. The manuscript covers a span of eighty-one years from May 12, 1902 to December 1983 and includes recollections of life on a farm in Marshall County, Tennessee, working in various roles for the Tennessee State Highway Department, the Great Depression, the Volstead Act, and raising his family.
Dates:
1983
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
Ronald McConnell Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0636
Scope and Contents
The collection contains information and a sound recording relating to the musical career of Doc Addington and Carl McConnell (Doc and Carl, The Virginia Boys). There are biographies and autobiographies as well as an article about the Carter Family with Chet Atkins and a second article about Chet Atkins. The sound recording is an audiocassette of four shows aired by WRNL Radio in Richmond, Virginia. The audiocassette was made by a man named A.C. Griffith from WRNL transcription disks that...
Dates:
1946-2003
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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