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Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Franklin P. Baxter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0175
Scope and Contents The Franklin P. Baxter Papers include numerous commercial publications in several different languages, legal documents, correspondence, reports, pamphlets, and a periodical documenting the diverse collecting activities and interests of Franklin Baxter during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In addition to these documents there are several miscellaneous records that were incorporated into the Baxter Collection by the staff of the B. Carroll Reece Museum prior to the...
Dates: 1797-1931

Brabson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0167
Arrangement The papers are arranged alphabetically by type of material. Please note that all five account books of African-Americans were kept together under the title "Freedman's Books," and placed alphabetically under the letter "F," even though the first two books' titles do not begin with the letter "F." The oversized certificates and photographs have been removed from the collection and placed in oversized storage by accession number. Five books have been removed also and cataloged into Special...
Dates: 1829 - 1941; Majority of material found within 1831 - 1880

DeVault Tavern Collection

 Collection — Box 1-6
Identifier: Acc-839
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of papers recovered from the DeVault property in Jonesborough, Tennessee. It includes letters, deeds, photographs, day books, ledgers, genealogies and newspaper clippings. Much of the material was produced by John DeVault (Davault), the son of Frederick DeVault (Davault).

Dates: 1766-2014

East Tennessee Light and Power Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0156
Arrangement The records contained no organizational charts for the companies, and the arrangement of the records did not appear to reflect the organization of the company. The records are divided into two subgroups: Subgroup 1, Financial Records; and Subgroup 2, Operating Records. Subgroup 1 contains six series including Series 1, Government Tax and Agency Files; Series 2, Subject Files (primarily budgets, legal contracts, account statements, and audits); Series 3 Marketing Files; Series 4,...
Dates: 1898-1945, 1950; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1945

Fred Waskiewicz Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0514
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1906-1968, undated

General Shale Products Corporation Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0307
Arrangement

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.

Dates: 1909-1986

Gordon Aronhime Collection

 Collection — Other Box 1
Identifier: AppMs-0488
Arrangement

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.

Dates: 1837-1981

Gray Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0483
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1894-1930

Harris Manufacturing Company Records and Harris Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0409
Arrangement Sub-Group 1 is arranged into 20 series organized by the records of the various individual companies as well as the Harris Foundation established by the Harris family. Photographs and film related to these enterprises has been housed in a separate Series 20. The Sub-Group 1 series are as follows: Series 1, Harris Manufacturing Company Records, 1903-1990 and undated; Series 2, Harris Flooring Company Records, 1912-1984 and undated; Series 3, Harris Hardwood Company Records, 1919-1984 and...
Dates: 1850-1990 and undated

Harrison and Walker Land Documents

 Collection — Box G (Small Collections)
Identifier: AppMs-0398
Scope and Contents

The Harrison and Walker Family Land Documents contain trust deeds, warranty deeds, rental contracts, land surveys, a receipt, and water easement deeds documenting the purchase and sale of land between the Harrison and Walker families between 1876 and 1967.

Dates: 1876-1967

James William Norris Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0382
Arrangement

The material is arranged into three series: Series 1 Historical Papers-Photocopies and Research Notes, 1777-1981; Series 2, Historical Papers, 1821-1987; and Series 3, Scrapbook Materials, 1789-1975.

Dates: 1777-1987

John Wesley Garland Papers

 Collection — Box F (Small Collections): Series Series 2; Series Series 4
Identifier: AppMs-0342
Scope and Contents

The John Wesley Garland Papers consist of photocopies of correspondence, bonds, a will, a broadside, military orders, contracts, affidavits, and a Congressional report that were acquired by John W. Garland and his family between 1849 and 1889.

Dates: 1849-1889

Alfred Briggs Nix Collection

 Collection — Other Box 1
Identifier: AppMs-0378
Scope and Contents

The Alfred Briggs Nix Collection consists of various documents, primarily from Sullivan and Washington Counties, Tennessee, including original deeds, copies of deeds, information extracted from deeds and land grants (usually descriptions of property conveyed), entries, copies of North Carolina land grants, a Tennessee land grant, surveys, promissory notes, and miscellaneous documents. Some of the documents are undated, while the remainder are dated from the period 1780-1881.

Dates: 1780-1881 and undated

Office of the President Records: Burgin E. Dossett

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UnivRec-0058
Scope and Contents The papers of Burgin E. Dossett reflect the administration of East Tennessee State University during his tenure as university president; his participation in local and state educational organizations; and his interaction with other education professionals and government agencies. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, annual reports, committee reports and minutes, newsletters, and bulletins. The records span from 1949 to 1968. Records...
Dates: 1949-1968; Majority of material found in 1950-1965

Dorman E. Tucker Collection

 Collection — Other Boxes 1-2
Identifier: AppMs-0735
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1826-1968 and undated

Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0276
Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series: Series 1, Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Records, 1826-1948; Series 2, Doe Mountain Mining and Improvement Company Records, 1792-1948; Series 3, Doe Valley Association Records, 1790-1948; and Series 4, Miscellaneous Papers, 1836-1966.

Dates: 1790-1966; Majority of material found within 1835 - 1895

W. B. “Pat” Watson Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0457
Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1, Maps, 1863-1988; Series 2, Printed Materials and Memorabilia, 1860-1958; Series 3, Legal and Financial Papers, 1783-1965; and Series 4, Photographs and Postcards, 1903-1980s.

Dates: 1783-1988