World War, 1914-1918

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1782-1998 and undated; and Series 2, Photographs and Videotape Materials, 1918-1995 and undated.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in five series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1855-2005 and undated; Series 2, Publications, 1809-1992; and Series 3, Photographs and Photograph Scrapbooks, 1880-1985 and undated; Series 4, Postcards and Tobacco cards, 1907-1967 and undated; and Series 5, Recordings, 1996-2004 and undated.

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...

Scope and Contents The James Agee Film Project Photographs consist of a number of historical photographs and negatives from the northeastern area of Tennessee that were donated to or copied by the film project from local Tennessee families and businesses. The images document life in the region during the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. Included are images of Johnson City, Jonesborough, and Washington County showing East Tennessee families, residences, businesses, agriculture, landscapes,...

Scope and Contents The Thomas Highley Morris Papers date from 1911 to 1959. The papers include personal records, files created during Morris' law practice, and records accumulated during his tenure as an official of the Johnson City Housing Authority. The records of Morris' law practice include files of World War I veterans who were attempting to recover government life insurance benefits and miscellaneous legal files. The veterans files make up approximately two thirds of the collection. Although the...

Arrangement

The collection is divided into three series according to document type as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1790-2000 and undated; Series 2, Publications, 1849-1941 and undated; Series 3, Photographs, 1880-1974, and undated.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into eight series as follows: Series 1, Personal Papers, 1908-1955; Series 2, Republican National Convention, 1946-1952; Series 3, The Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations, 1953-1960; Series 4, Speeches of B. Carroll Reece, 1920-60; Series 5, Scrapbooks, 1913-1960; Series 6, Photographs and Drawings, 1919-61; Series 7, Commendations and Certificates, 1865-1965; and Series 8, Addendum.

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The papers of Le Roy Reeves consist of letters, military orders, photographs, sketches, newspaper clippings and genealogical data. His experimental sketches of the Tennessee state flag and his correspondence relating to the adoption of the flag are of particular interest to Tennesseans and vexillologists. Other papers document some of his activities as a member of the United States military and the research he conducted for his book Ancestral Sketches.