Brianne Johnson, City Archivist

Archives of the City of Kingsport

400 Broad Street

Kingsport, TN 37660

Phone: 423-224-2559

Fax: 423-224-2691

Email:

kingsportlibrary@wrlibrary.org

bjohnson@wrlibrary.org

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What is an AR'kuv-ist?
Archives are "documents or records relating to the activities, rights, claims, treatises, constitutions, etc., of a family, corporation, community, nation or historical figures; [and]...a place where public records or other historical documents are kept." (Random House Unabridged Dictionary). The Archivist is the caretaker and promoter of such archives.