Scope and Contents Tape 1 consists of an Omni Special Edition interview by host Terry Hickson with Mark Winter, TVA records officer and historian, TVA Central District, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The interview was made in conjunction with a travelling exhibit on the TVA which at the time was being displayed at the B. Carroll Reece Museum, ETSU. Winter discussed various topics, among them the history of the TVA in Tennessee, sources of documents for the exhibit, what types of documents TVA saves and the...

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The album pages have been removed from the album binding and placed in original page order in folders. Loose photographs are grouped together in one folder, and loose album pages are placed after loose photographs.

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Boxes 1 and 2 contain correspondence, inventories, purchase contracts, and reports; Boxes 3 and 4 encompass blueprints of telephone poles and lines; and the oversized blueprints and maps are stored in map cabinets by accession number.

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The collection consist of a video recording of a hymn singing led by Grover J. Tharp on Sunday morning at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee in October 1997.

Arrangement The collection is arranged in one series with three subseries: Series 1, Correspondence and Typescript of Projected Book; Subseries 1 Correspondence, 1862-1863; Subseries 2, Correspondence and Papers, 1864-1885; and Subseries 3, Typescript of Honour Letters, Preface, Memoirs, and other Correspondence, 1862-1865.The first two subseries of the Honour collection are facsimiles of the manuscript letters. The third subseries is Honour's typescript copy of the letters, with the preface...

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This collection consists of Thomas P. Field's historical reference map of Kentucky and the Southwest Territory published in 1965 by the University of Kentucky and a copy of the index to the map.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of fourteen letters written to Francis Marion Wilson and his wife, Jennie Ferguson. Most of the letters are from Marion's father, Thomas H. Wilson, but there are also messages from Marion's brothers, William Isaac and Jacob, from Marion's sister, Rebecca, from Elizza Grindstaff and from Daisy Ferguson. Some of these messages are written on the backs of Thomas' letters. All of the letters originated in Doeville, Johnson County, Tennessee. Themes include...

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The photographs in this collection depict a number of subjects, including World War II, Appalachian landscapes, events, individuals, and buildings at ETSU, and portraits.

Scope and Contents Ruth Thomas, an East Tennessee State College faculty member, gave this scrapbook "in appreciation of the work of Dr. And Mrs. Sherrod, who have done more than any others to make the campus of State Teachers College one of the most beautiful in America." She presumably took the photographs, had them colored and assembled the scrapbook, but this is not explicitly stated. The scrapbook has wooden covers bound with a leather thong. Hand-colored photographs of "The College Campus, 1941" and "Near...

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The collection has two series.

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

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The Tobacco Warehouse Collection consists of 17 receipts and tobacco warehouse checks related to the sale of tobacco at local tobacco warehouses in Johnson City, Tenn., between 1929 and 1940. Receipts give the names of the tobacco grower and the tobacco buyer as well as the weight of tobacco sold and the amount paid. Among the tobacco warehouses represented in the collection are the Central Tobacco Warehouse, Cozart & Foxworth Tobacco Warehouse, and Farmers & Merchants Warehouse.

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

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The Tour of Downtown Johnson City Brochure was a product of Transitions, a Junior Achievement company of Science Hill High School, Johnson City, Tennessee. The brochure describes several historic structures in downtown Johnson City, Tennessee. The materials include a copy of the brochure, typed drafts of the text for the brochure, a mockup of the brochure, and eight photographs, most of which were used in the brochure.

Scope and Contents The William S. Trent Video Recording is an MP4 file of regional performances. The content appears to be from three different performances. The first part is a recording of an outdoor "ballad swap" held at an unidentified location in Mars Hill, North Carolina, on October 1, 1988. Most of the performers and songs performed are unidentified; most of the singers performed a cappella, but a few accompanied themselves on guitar. The second part is a recording of Shelia Kay Adams singing and...

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The Dorman E. Tucker Collection consists primarily of 19th century East Tennessee legal documents (including deeds and land grant records), family history, and miscellaneous papers of ancestral families of Tucker, including the Garst and Nave families. The collection includes the only known document with Henry Johnson’s signature. Henry Johnson was the founder and namesake of Johnson City, Tenn.

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The collection contains membership lists and event calendars for the Tuesday Book Club of Johnson City, Tennessee. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, and photographs of the members as well as a scrapbook made by the members.

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The Jack Underwood Photograph Collection consists of seven 35mm copy negative strips, a contact sheet, and photocopies of 16 black and white photographs documenting operations of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway and other Appalachian railroads, including scenes of engines, bridges, workers, and derailments.

Scope and Contents The tape is a 30-minute Omni Celebration '86 program produced by the Division of Broadcasting, Department of Communication, ETSU. The host for this program was Laura James, and the guests were Hazel Gann and Cynthia Burnley. Mrs. Gann and Dr. Burnley briefly discussed the Unicoi County women who were the subjects of the retired teachers association project. Highlights of the association's slide/tape program also were shown. The woman who were the subjects of this study include Minta Carter,...

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The collection is arranged into three series as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1945-2004 and undated; Series 2, Memorabilia, undated; and Series 3, Photographs, 1948 and undated. The materials in the subject files are arranged in alphabetical order by topic.

Scope and Contents The University Center Office Records document the administrative functioning of the office and the management of the D. P. Culp Student Center. The collection consists principally of office files maintained by the University Center director’s office and includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, requisition information, financial records, newspaper articles, concert and entertainment programming information (including the Miss Buccaneer Pageant), drawings, miscellaneous printed matter,...

Arrangement The collection is divided into three subgroups: Subgroup 1, University Affairs Archives (UAA), 1965-1986; Subgroup 2, University Photographic Archives (UPA), 1911-88; and Subgroup 3, The Buccaneer Photographs, 1987-90. UAA is subdivided into three series according to material type: Series 1, Negatives, 1965-86 and undated; Series 2, Contacts, 1965-86; and Series 3, Miscellaneous Materials, 1968 and undated. UPA is divided into four series according to type of...

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The records are organized into two series: Series 1, Administrative Files, 1947-1952 and Series 2, Parent-Teacher Association Records, 1955-1993 and undated.

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Minutes and supporting materials from various university standing committees.

Scope and Contents The Uptegrove Family Collection consists of one file folder containing information relating to the Uptegrove family and the Uptegrove Lumber Company. Included are recollections of William E. and Gifford M. Uptegrove, a photocopy of the fall 1999 issue of the Blue Ridge Steamwinder related to the Uptegrove business operations, transcriptions of various articles about Uptegrove Lumber Company, a photocopy of a 1975 map of "Tweetsie Country" with the Uptegrove Lumber Company railroad incline...

Scope and Contents The papers of the Urban Appalachian Council are a collection reports, publications, and papers dealing with the recent immigrants to Ohio urban areas such as Akron, Toledo, and Cincinnati from neighboring rural Appalachian areas. These documents are focused on the socioeconomic, education, health, and settlement patterns of these people from 1960 through 1978. Race relations, labor distributions, religious preferences, and historical backgrounds are also addressed. The collection includes...