Arrangement

The collection is divided into the following series: Series 1, Graduate School Coursework, 1939-49; Series 2, Office Files, 1949-79; Series 3, Teaching, 1949-88; Series 4, Research, 1949-89; Series 5, A University's Story, 1911-1980; Series 6, Professional Service, 1949-88; and Series 7, Other Materials, 1941-92.

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The Fred Waskiewicz Collection contains surveys, deeds, contracts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, engineering and bacteriological reports, land plats and maps. The collection documents operations of the Pittsburg Lumber Company, land and economic development in Carter County, Tennessee, and the Laurel Fork area of Carter County, Tennessee.

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The William F. Freehoff Collection consists of three Mexican documents collected by William F. Freehoff while he was the air and army attache at the Mexican embassy under Ambassador Josephus Daniels. The documents are signed by Antonio López de Santa Anna, Benito Juárez, and Emperor Maximilian among others.

Scope and Contents The Larry A. French Papers document French’s experiences as a soldier in the U. S. Army during World War I. The papers include a typed transcript of French’s reminiscences about his war service conducted as part of an oral history project in 1983. This is supplemented by a wartime letter of his mother’s, copies of military enlistment and discharge papers, issues of the army newspaper Stars and Stripes, souvenir postcards, and photographs. There is also a brief...

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The Fudge Family Papers consist of Fudge Family diplomas (most from East Tennessee State College); a folder of genealogical material including a typed copy of Thompson McGhee's will and a copy of "Traditions of the Fudge Family" by Joe Fudge of Alleghany County, Virginia; and some certificates awarded to Helen Fudge Crabb.

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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 ledger and ledger sheets are arranged first alphabetically by company name and then chronologically by the first date of each folder's date span.

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The George E. Fox Papers consist of typed transcripts of his weekly radio program, "Religion in the News," that aired on WJHL (Johnson City, Tennessee) between 1954 and 1958. Each program consisted of commentary on current events as they related to religion, often with an emphasis on politics and sociology. While the central theme is religion, topics include, but are not limited to, education, race relations, communism, the military, and healthcare.

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The collection is divided into three series: Series 1, Correspondence, 1904-1908; Series 2, Subject Files, c. 1900-1981; and Series 3, Negatives and Photographic Prints, 1912-1919 and undated.

Scope and Contents The Memoirs and Historical Notes of George Frederick Dugger, Sr. cover data from 1766 to 1973. The 211-page work is an account of his genealogical roots as well as his personal life. It includes historic information on the roads and highways of Carter County, Tennessee and a history of the Elizabethton Water System and monument near the courthouse. The work is divided into two sections: chapters 2 through 15 deal with his personal experience as related to his legal and political careers;...

Scope and Contents The Josephine Gernsheimer Papers consist of a bound volume of letters (typescript) written by Gernsheimer (1935-36); correspondence and typescripts of correspondence (1935-36 and 1993); a teacher's class book (1935); student class work; copies of a school newsletter, "Gander Talks"; and photographs and negatives (1935-36). The material documents Gernsheimer's experience as a teacher at Carcassonne Community Center, Gander, Kentucky. There are some letters (typescript copies) received by...

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This collection consists of various materials transferred from the G.L. Carter Railroad Museum at East Tennessee State University.

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The Glenn and Betty Slemp Collection consists of material from the Butler community of Johnson County, Tennessee prior to the 1948 inundation and relocation of the town, the result of the construction of the Watauga Dam. Most of the material is from the Watauga Academy.

Arrangement The Collection is divided into four series as follows: Series 1, Glenn Roberts Firestone Tire Radio Program Recordings, 1972-1976, and undated; Series 2, Bluegrass Festival Recordings, 1975-1981, and undated; Series 3, Home Jamming REcordings, 1968; and Series 4, Non-performance and Compilation Recordings, 1974-1981, and undated. Arrangement in each series is chronological, with tapes of questionable dates or with no dates, placed after the dated materials. Printed materials...

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The photographs are arranged by a number assigned to each in 2007.

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The Golden Days Project contains transcripts, interview summaries, and paperwork related to oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Richard Blaustein’s students or by others under the guidance or supervision of Blaustein over a number of years beginning in the late 1970s and continuing into the late 1980s. A variety of topics are discussed in these interviews, including local history, culture, folklore, and customs of the southern Appalachian region.

Scope and Contents The typescript is titled Life History of Hon. Walter P. Brownlow and Historical Data the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1901-1955. Most of the Brownlow information appears to be cribbed from other documents such as the memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives. The greater portion of the typescript consists of information about what is now the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center and includes descriptions of the...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia created or collected by John Goodin. There is a particular emphasis on Goodin’s World War II military service with the United States Army, including correspondence from friends and family at home in East Tennessee. Goodin was also a railroad enthusiast and collected photographs and railroad ephemera, especially that of the Clinchfield Railroad and other Southeastern United States rail lines. Other Goodin family members...

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Material is organized as a single series and is arranged first alphabetically by subject or material type and then chronologically with undated material following dated material.

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The Mabel and Quinty Gouge interview focuses on the history of the Gouge family in western North Carolina. The interview was conducted by Ernest Burleson, with Ruth Cole. The Gouges discussed the Gouge (Geouge) family of western North Carolina. Quinty Gouge sang an old English ballad, the first line of which is "There Once Was a Woman in London." She also recited poetry.

Scope and Contents The Grandparents Oral History Project began as a result of a conference that Andrew Johnson Elementary School (Kingsport, Tennessee) teacher Betty White attended at ETSU in October 1976. Guest speaker Alex Haley told how the saga of Roots would have gone unwritten if he had not taken the time to sit on the front steps of his grandmother’s home as she recalled stories from his family's past. He reminded the group that now was the time to start collecting local and family histories before they...

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The typescript is a photocopy of the folk tale "Granny Hackle" about a medicine woman in East Tennessee.

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The Gray Family Papers consist of deeds, financial records, photographs and tintypes, a recipe ledger, and miscellaneous printed matter documenting activities of J. S. Gray and family, 1894-1930.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of print and audio material pertaining to the Grayson County Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers Convention in Virginia. The print material includes ten programs from Grayson County Fiddlers Conventions, 1968-2017; three programs from other Virginia conventions; and three 13x19 reprints of festival photographs. The audio consists of thirty-three (33) reels of audiotape recorded by Convention co-founder Wilton Dolinger as well as two copies of a 45-rpm...

Scope and Contents The Edwin T. Greninger Collection documents personal and professional interests during his career as a professor of history at East Tennessee State University, including teaching assignments and administrative work within the department, university committees and the Faculty Senate, and in professional organizations such as the American Association of University Professors. Material in the collection includes correspondence, memoranda, course materials, lecture notes, reports, historical...

Abstract

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

Abstract

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

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The Gump Family Papers document the personal and business interests of the Gump family of Washington County, Tennessee and related families such as the Kennerlys, Craigs, Donaldsons, and Jaffas. There is some material related to Gump Realty and other Gump family businesses.

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The collection consists of recordings of interviews conducted by Gunter's students in connection with his courses on social geography. The interview subjects are primarily from East Tennessee and often discuss topics of regional interest such as music, farm life, coal mining, and foodways. The collection also includes dub sheets for the first eight tapes, partial transcripts of tapes 2, 5 and 6, and summaries of interviews.

Scope and Contents The Guy Despard Goff Collection consist of three bound volumes of typescript copies of correspondence, telegrams, and letters of congratulations related to Goff’s military and political career during and following World War I. Volume I consist of typescripts of personal letters written by Goff to his wife, Anne Baker Goff, between January and July 1919, when he was serving in France on the legal staff of American General John J. Pershing. The letters are edited versions of the...