Personal papers
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 248 Collections and/or Records:
Abrahms Family Photographs and Correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-242
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of are 202 black and white photographs of Abrahms family members and friends. The photos probably date from the late nineteenth century through the 1930s or 1940s. Most of the subjects depicted in the photographs are not identified. Also included in the collection are three pieces of correspondence, dated November 12, 1886, October 21, 1924 and January 13, 1940. Although the author and recipients of the letters are identified, it is not clear what their...
Arthur D. (John) Adair Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-558
Scope and Contents
The Arthur D. (John) Adair collection includes correspondence from Europe to the United States during WWII from August 1943 – February 1946. The letters are primarily written by Adair to his mother in Alabama. The collection also includes a scrapbook, trip memorabilia, photographs from Europe during WWII, WWII related documents, postcards, one issue of Yank, and newspaper and magazine clippings.
John Biggs "Pat" Alderman Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-149
Scope and Contents
The Pat Alderman papers contain many different types of materials. Included are books, plays, articles and music written by Alderman, as well as typed drafts and handwritten notes for his historical works. The music dates from the late 1920s through the 1960s, while the plays and books date from the late 1940s through the 1970s. Incoming correspondence (1920s-1980s), church programs, play programs, autobiographical notes, clippings on music, history, natural history and conservation also are...
Bertram S. Allen, Jr. Papers
Collection — Other In Box 16
Identifier: AppMs-315
Scope and Contents
The Bertram S. Allen, Jr. Collection documents his military service (1968-1970) with the United States Army's 25th Division during the Vietnamese Conflict and provides information about the history of the 25th Division. The collection contains copies of documents and photographs from the donor's scrapbook. The photocopies include a few pages from Tropic Lightning: A History of the 25th Infantry Division; a letter, dated 30 January 1969, to PFC Bertram S. Allen, Jr., from his father; and...
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Bertram S. Allen, Jr. Papers
Appalachian Alliance Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-524
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1975-1983 and undated, and Series 2, Publications, 1977-1983.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Appalachian Alliance Records
Appalachian Council for the Arts Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 500-AppMs 512
Arrangement
Files in the collection are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Appalachian Preaching Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-194
Scope and Contents
The Appalachian Preaching Mission Records cover the years 1954 to 1980 and concern primarily the Johnson City Mission. The collection includes brochures, correspondence, financial statements, memoranda, and minutes for city and area committee meetings, miscellaneous items connected with each year's mission (e.g. programs, photographs, ribbons, schedules), and tapes of Mission speakers. There also is a brief history of Johnson City's participation in the Mission and a brochure file which covers...
Appalachian-Scottish and Irish Studies Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-326
Arrangement
The collection is divided into five series as follows: Series 1, Course Materials, 1976-97 and undated; Series 2, Student Papers/Projects, 1988-95 and undated; Series 3, Photographs, 1988-97 and undated; Series 4, Audio Recordings, 1957-97 and undated; and Series 5, Video Recordings, 1987-94 and undated. Collection materials are arranged chronologically within series. Undated materials are filed first, followed by dated material. The sequence of box numbers begins over with each series.
Appalachian Writers Association Records
Collection — Other Boxes 1-4
Identifier: AppMs-564
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in one series with material arranged alphabetically by subject. The material in the oversized folder is also arranged alphabetically by subject.
Anne W. Armstrong Typescript: Of Time and Knoxville
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: AppMs-97
Scope and Contents
The Anne W. Armstrong Collection contains a copy of a typescript of an unpublished manuscript entitled "Of Time and Knoxville, Fragment of an Autobiography" written by Armstrong. The manuscript was written sometime between 1947 and 1958 recounts Armstrong's view of growing up in Knoxville in 1880s and 1890s. The dates of the account are 1885 through 1902.
B. Carroll Reece Museum Records
Collection
Identifier: UnivRec-273
Alexander Bonnyman Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-440
Arrangement
Notebooks are arranged chronologically with undated ledger stored last. One folder of oversize documents is housed in the map cabinets by accession number.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Alexander Bonnyman Collection
A. B. Bowman Papers
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-797
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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A. B. Bowman Papers
Bowman Family Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-23
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject or document type.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Bowman Family Collection
Brabson Family Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-167
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...
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Brabson Family Papers
Britton Family Papers
Collection — Other Box 1
Identifier: 500-AppMs 296
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject or document type in a single series. Some of the material in the collection is undated, while the remainder of the collection is dated from 1935 to 1965.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Britton Family Papers
Broadside Television (T.V.) Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-028
Scope and Contents
The Broadside Television Collection includes both manuscripts and tapes. The manuscript documentation includes legal, financial, personnel, publicity and programming records, as well as correspondence and grant proposals. The tapes cover the myriad of topics included among Broadside's programs. Among these topics are local and regional history, environment, aging, medical care, Appalachian folklore, and country music.An addition incorporated into the existing collection includes 36...
A. A. Bruner Journal
Collection — Other Folder 1 in Box I
Identifier: AppMs-528
Scope and Contents
The A. A. Bruner Journal consists of one file folder that contains a photocopy of Bruner’s 1852 journal of his planned travel from Greene County, Tennessee, to the California goldfields. The journal documents Bruner’s travels through North and South Carolina, where he caught a ship at Charleston and sailed to Cuba. Bruner describes his stay in Cuba before sailing on through the Atlantic Ocean bound for California. The journal ends abruptly shortly after leaving Cuba and does not follow Bruner’s...
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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A. A. Bruner Journal
Charles Faulkner Bryan Papers
Collection — Box 1: Series Series 3
Identifier: AppMs-104
Scope and Contents
The collection reflects Bryan's career as a composer, folklore collector, performer, and teacher. The microfilmed portion of the collection includes correspondence, biographical and financial papers, newspaper clippings, programs, teaching notes, folk music and folklore collections, professional publications, and composition scores and scripts.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Charles Faulkner Bryan Papers
Bumpass Cove-Embreeville Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 500-AppMs 108
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in three series: Series 1, General Files, 1972-1981; Series 2, Tennessee Department of Public Health Records, 1971-1981; and Series 3, Scrapbook (copy), 1978-1981.
Beverly Burbage Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-597
Arrangement
The collection is organized into two series as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1856-1997 and undated, Boxes 1-2 and Series 2, Photographic Images, 1898-1989 and undated, Boxes 3-8 and one folder in Small Photograph Collection Box 6.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Beverly Burbage Papers
Butler Project Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 500-AppMs 437
Scope and Contents
The Butler Project Collection consists of a carousel of 101 35mm slides, a 60-minute audio cassette narration, and narration notes and slide cues. The program concerns the 1983 draw down of Watauga Lake and the reminiscences of individuals who remember Butler (Old Butler), Tenn., before the Tennessee Valley Authority lake covered the town in 1948.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Butler Project Collection
Caldwell Family Papers
Collection — Other Folder 1 in Box B
Identifier: 500-AppMs 42
Arrangement
The photocopied documents are arranged in a single file folder. The transcript of the bankruptcy trial is placed at the end of the folder following the wills and deeds.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Caldwell Family Papers
Bernard H. Cantor Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-26
Arrangement
The papers of this collection are arranged in chronological order by record type beginning with the decisions of Mr. Cantor as an arbitrator, 1959-1978 as Series 1, and then the Arbitration Review Board Decisions between the United Mine Workers and the Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, 1975-1978 as Series 2. Series 3 includes several labor contracts of relevance to the arbitration layout decided by Mr. Cantor.Two additions have been added to the collection. These include...
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Bernard H. Cantor Papers
Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railway, Engineering Department Collection
Collection — Other Box 1
Identifier: AppMs-047
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series: Series 1, Office Records of the Engineering Department, 1908-1967; Series 2, Publications, 1909-1968; Series 3, Correspondence, 1909-1978; Series 4, Speeches, 1962-1964; and Series 5, Minutes of the ICC Hearing on Valuation of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, October 28, 1926.
Cass Family Business Collection
Collection — Other Boxes 1-4
Identifier: AppMs-76
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in three series: Series 1, Papers of East Tennessee Medicine Company, 1891-1925; Series 2, Papers of the Ferguson Drug Company, 1916-1921; Series 3, Papers of Joseph W. Cass, 1907-1923. The contents of all series are organized alphabetically by subject, with correspondence being arranged alphabetically by author, and then chronologically when there is more than one piece by an author.
Charles P. Wofford Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-465
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.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Charles P. Wofford Papers
Brian Chisom Research Paper
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-357
Scope and Contents
The Brian Chisom Research Paper is a 23-page research paper and an accompanying 90-minute audio cassette tape recording of commercially produced folk songs that depict the poverty of Appalachia. The paper describes economic, political, and educational issues surrounding the attempts to "revitalize" Appalachia by the federal government during the 1960s.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Brian Chisom Research Paper
Christine Burleson Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 100-UnivRec 146
Arrangement
The collection is organized into two series: Series 1, Subject Files, and Series 2, Photographs, 1955 and undated. Both series are arranged in alphabetical order by subject name.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Christine Burleson Papers
Clan Maxwell Society Records
Collection — Other Box 1-3
Identifier: AppMs-374
Arrangement
The original records were arranged alphabetically into four notebooks: Book I, Maxwell Clan with Maxwell Surname; Book II, Maxwell Clan without Maxwell Surname, A-F; Book III, Maxwell Clan without Maxwell Surname, G-Z; and Book IV, General Genealogical Data. The photocopied records have been placed in acid-free folders and are arranged sequentially according to the original book numbers and then alphabetically by applicant's name.
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Clan Maxwell Society Records
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