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Carter County (Tenn.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Autobiography, or Memoirs of Dr. A. Jobe

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: AppMs-0464
Scope and Contents The Autobiography, or Memoirs of Dr. A. Jobe consists of an original bound volume; a poem and a letter found inside the volume; photocopies of two documents about Dr. Abraham Jobe and his autobiography; and a photocopy of a typed transcript of the autobiography. Dr. Jobe wrote his memoirs between 1849 and 1904 to document his youth in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama; his medical and surgical practice in northwestern North Carolina and northeast Tennessee; and his Civil War...
Dates: 1849-1904, 1948, 1962, 1972
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Autobiography, or Memoirs of Dr. A. Jobe

Elizabethton Star Negative Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0125
Scope and Contents The Elizabethton Star Negative Collection contains 4 x 5 and 2½ x 2½, black and white safety film negatives of pictures taken by the staff photographers for the Elizabethton Star newspaper. Five glass negatives have been kept with the collection.The negatives date from 1956 to 1968. The newspaper also kept in its files a few copy negatives made from older pictures which preserve earlier scenes in Elizabethton.The negatives concern the following subjects: news events;...
Dates: 1956-1968
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Elizabethton Star Negative Collection

James Tipton Ellis Journal

 Collection — Box G (Small Collections)
Identifier: AppMs-0448
Scope and Contents

The James Tipton Ellis Journal consists of a photocopy of the original journal used by Ellis for keeping personal and business accounts. Journal entries include information on Carter County, Tennessee marriages (some of which he performed as a justice of the peace) and deaths, as well as for purchases of goods.

Dates: 1895-1910
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / James Tipton Ellis Journal

George F. Dugger Autobiography

 Collection — Box E (Small Collections)
Identifier: AppMs-0245
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;...
Dates: 1973
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / George F. Dugger Autobiography

Nat E. Hyder Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0259
Scope and Contents The Nat E. Hyder Papers contain five account books, genealogical notes, newspapers, correspondence, photographs, legislative bills, a Congressional report, a claim for damages, 125 powers of attorney, memorabilia, and miscellaneous publications. In addition to these documents, there are miscellaneous records that were incorporated into the Hyder papers by the staff of the B. Carroll Reece Museum prior to the collection's transfer to the archives. The documents date from 1802 to 1930, but the...
Dates: 1802-1930; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1900
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Nat E. Hyder Papers

Lewis Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0325
Scope and Contents The Lewis Family Papers contain correspondence, photocopies of an account book, a newsclipping, and an enumeration of the scholastic population of the 10th District, Carter County schools.The collection also includes black and white photographs and a VHS videocassette tape containing images of the Lewis homestead and a family history narrated by Richard Lewis. The materials document the general business activities and operation of the family's general store and cobbler shop circa 1890 to...
Dates: circa 1820-1988; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1918
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Lewis Family Papers

Mary Hardin McCown Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0468
Scope and Contents The collection consists of clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, booklets/pamphlets, correspondence, journals, typed notes by Mary Hardin McCown on local history, women, War of 1812 soldiers and veterans in Tennessee, Civil War in Tennessee, Tennessee Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, Johnson City Kiwanis Club, E. A. Galbraith and Galbraith's Springs in Hawkins County, Tenn., genealogy, historical preservation, and patriotic organizations. The collection also contains issues of...
Dates: 1790-1985
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Mary Hardin McCown Collection

Watauga Historical Association Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0088
Scope and Contents

Among the various types of documents are articles of agreement, bills of sale, bonds, declarations, depositions, indentures, indictments, interrogatories, inventories, judgments, list of jurors, minutes of the court, notices, oaths, orders, petitions, pleas in abatement, promissory notes, receipts, securities, recognizances, references and writs.

Dates: 1796 - 1891
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Watauga Historical Association Collection

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