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The Ruth Beard Farris Papers consist of one file folder containing the genealogy and family history of Ruth Beard Farris and the Beard family and one VHS videotape of Joyce Harvill’s discussion of Appalachian quilts.

Scope and Contents The S. T. O'Dell Ledger consists of a business ledger that documents the services performed from April 1917 to June 1919 by Seth T. O'Dell for companies and private individuals, including making wagon axles, wagon tires, star drills, and chisels, painting automobiles, repairing locks, wagons, buggies, and automobile bodies, filing saws, grinding axes, and sharpening picks. Each entry in the ledger includes the date, the name of the customer, the services performed, and the charge for each...

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The collection is divided into two series: Series 1, Samuel D. Jackson Papers, 1927-68; and Series 2, William Senter Jackson Papers, undated.

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All or part of the materials described here are unprocessed. Please contact us for information about these materials.

Scope and Contents This is a photocopy of "A Diary of Public events, and Notices of my Life and family - and, Of my private transactions, including Studies, Travels, Readings, Correspondence, business, Anecdotes, Miscellaneous memoranda of men, Literature & c. From Jaunary 1st. 1845 to ____ and Sketch of my Life from Infancy" by Samuel Hervey Laughlin. Appended is genealogical material on the Argo family. In addition, there is one letter dated April 20, 1844 from Laughlin to Major W. J. Whitthorne of...

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The Sapphonian Literary Society Records consist of one bound minute book which contains the constitution adopted on November 15, 1911; bylaws; a revised constitution and bylaws adopted on October 11, 1920; membership lists; and minutes (incomplete) of meetings from September 23, 1915 through January 15, 1927.

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The Eleanor Robertson Scates Tape is one 90 minute audiocassette of an interview conducted with her by Edwin Greninger, department of history, East Tennessee State University. The interview focuses on discussion of her travels, her experiences as a teacher, and her interaction with and opinions of former East Tennessee State Presidents Charles C. Sherrod and Burgin Dossett.

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This collection consists of approximately 29,000 35mm photographic slides by nature photographer Edward H. Schell. Locations vary, but a large number are of East Tennessee and surrounding areas, especially Roan Mountain. National Parks in the American Southwest also figure heavily.

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Audio and video recordings of the Folk Festival of the Smokies (Cosby, Tennessee) and related events.

Scope and Contents The School of Graduate Studies Records contain general incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda, financial documents, committee minutes, reports, newsclippings, and photographs relating to the graduate office's operation and interaction with professional organizations and campus departments and offices. The records also include departmental files which focus on curricula requirements, recruitment of students, enrollment, and accreditation. Materials relating to students include...

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Scope and Contents The eleven reels of 16mm home movies in this collection document the leisure activities of an affluent white family in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Each reel is comprised of several scenes or clips. Much of the footage was shot outside of a large house that has been identified as a residence on Lynwood Avenue in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Other footage documents extensive travel, including trips to Panama, the West Indies, and Atlantic City, New Jersey. There is also footage from a military...

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The Ernest Seeman Manuscripts consist of photocopies of two typed manuscripts: Tobacco Town and Tumbling Creek: Its Past and Its People.

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The collection consists of one photograph album containing photographs showing the construction of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad in the Doe River Gorge near Hampton, Tennessee. The album appears to have been professionally produced, possibly for promotional purposes.

Scope and Contents The George C. Sells Papers contain general histories of the General Shale Products Corporation, a memorandum written by a company official, histories of two companies acquired by General Shale (the Locher Brick Company of Glasgow, Virginia, and the Chattahoochee Brick Company of Georgia), a speech by Douglas Whitlock presented at a brick industry meeting in 1962, a reprint of a magazine article about General Shale, and a master's thesis on the use of convict labor at the Chattahoochee Brick...

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The September 11, 2001 Collection, a campus response to the tragedy, consists of photocopies of a paper chain of remembrance containing comments from ETSU students regarding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, a banner containing student comments, and two other banners containing messages and art work by ETSU students.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series: Series 1, Committee Correspondence and Minutes, 1984-1987; Series 2, Subject Files and Action Plans, 1984-1986; Series 3, Publications, 1985-1986; and Series 4, Audio and Videotapes, 1986.

The addition is arranged alphabetically by topic in one series, Subject Files.

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The materials include meeting and membership information as well as Garden Club programs, photographs, scrapbooks, and a blueprint.

Scope and Contents The Robert M. Shank Collection contains one farmer's account book, newsclippings, newspaper, and a map of Sullivan County, Tennessee. The account book documents Shank's purchase and sale of agricultural products while a Sullivan County farmer and a "debts and records account" of his family's household expenses dating between 1899 and c. 1949. The book also contains a description of home remedies, a mathematical table for calculating the size and weight of different types of farm products,...

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The files are arranged alphabetically by title of composition within a single series.

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The Shelby Family Biographies consist of short histories of six members of the Shelby family: Evan Shelby, Jr.; Evan's sons, Moses and John Shelby; Evan's nephew, Moses Shelby, Jr.; Evan's brother John Shelby; and John's son, John Shelby, Jr. The biographies were compiled and written by Cass Knight Shelby.The collection contains two letters from Cass Knight Shelby to Gordon Aronhime dated August 29, 1959 and November 10, 1959.

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The collection consists of two photographs; the Sherfey Family genealogy, 1751-1963; a letter with information about Magdalena Sherfey; a photocopy of pages from a copybook; a photocopy of Magdalena Sherfey's "Record of Midwifery's Labor"; and a newspaper article about the Sherfey family in East Tennessee during the Civil War.

Scope and Contents The Charles C. Sherrod, Sr. Personal Papers contain biographies, bibliography, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, Sunday School lessons, yearbooks, photographs, and memorabilia documenting Sherrod's career as an educator and administrator. In addition to this material there is correspondence, essays, addresses, and personal research notebooks that were produced by Sherrod during his tenure as president of East Tennessee State Teachers College. The Sunday School lessons were written by...

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....

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The collection is arranged into 8 series: Series 1, Correspondence, 1936-1977; Series 2, Book Collections and Funds, 1959-1971; Series 3, Library Reports and Studies, 1938-1970; Series 4, Status and Work of Librarians, 1969-1977; Series 5, Library Subject Files, 1941-1977; Series 6, Financial Records, 1912-1973; Series 7, Personnel Records, 1960-1970s; Series 8, Library Addition, 1964-1967.

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This collection includes seven photographs and one tintype of Shoun family members. The individual prints are not dated, but it is believed the images date from 1880-1910.