Kingsport Retired Teachers’ Association Collection, 1925-Ongoing
Kingsport Retired Teachers’ Association Collection
1925-Ongoing
KC Manuscript Collection 39
INTRODUCTION
Title: Kingsport Retired Teachers’ Association Collection, 1925-Ongoing
Collection Number: Kingsport Community Manuscript Collection (KCMC) 39
Physical Description: 5 boxes
Creator: Kingsport Retired Teachers’ Association
Repository: Archives of the City of Kingsport
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance: Verna Ruth Abbott donated this collection in 1995. Additions were made in March 2005, February 2007, March and June 2008, and May 2013.
Access/Restrictions: There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Processed by: Brian Wilson processed the collection in 2005. Jeff A. Jenson completed additional processing and developed the finding aid in January 2006. Karen V. Ankabrandt, archives intern, updated the finding aid in September 2007. Brianne Johnson updated the finding aid in June 2008. Kari Roueche processed multiple additions in 2013.
COLLECTION CITATION
This collection should be cited as:
Kingsport Retired Teachers’ Association Collection, 1925-Ongoing. KC Manuscript Collection 39, Archives of the City of Kingsport, Tennessee.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Kingsport Retired Teachers’ Association collection contains a variety of materials including scrapbooks, member directories, reports, correspondence, photographs, minutes, and a history of the organization. The Kingsport branch had its beginnings in May 1968 and the group’s institutional background between 1968 and 1981 is documented in “History of the Kingsport Retired Teachers’ Association.”
SUBJECTS
Kingsport Retired Teachers’ Association
Education–Societies, etc.—Tennessee
Education–Tennessee–Kingsport
Retired teachers–Tennessee–Sullivan County–Kingsport
Teachers—Tennessee
Tennessee Retired Teachers Association
BOX AND FOLDER LIST
BOX 1
- Allison, Dr. William Landon, biography and obituary materials, 1991
- Baskette, LaWanda C., minutes, activities, and correspondence, 1925-1982-1985-1987
- Bulletin, September 1, 1989
- Certificates, awards, and proclamations, 1977-1995
- Certificate of registration for “80 Years of Enlightenment,” 1997
- Correspondence, 1990-1997
- Directories, 1976-2000
- Directories, 2001-2008
- “History of the Tennessee Retires teachers’ Association,” 1975
- Membership lists, 1981-1990
- Minutes, 1970-1983
- Minutes, September 7, 1983- September 13, 1985
- Minutes, March 1986-September 1988
- Minutes, December 4, 1988-June 14, 1991
- Minutes, September 1991-June 1995
- Minutes, September 1995-June 1998
BOX 2
- Newspaper clippings, 1987-1994
- Programs, 1993-1995
- Scrapbook (compiled by Val Manley), 2003-2007 (1 of 4)
- Scrapbook (compiled by Val Manley), 2003-2007 (2 of 4)
- Scrapbook (compiled by Val Manley), 2003-2007 (3 of 4)
- Scrapbook (compiled by Val Manley), 2003-2007 (4 of 4)
- Scrapbook, miscellaneous materials, 1977-1988
- Scholarship fund, 1991
- Student creative writing essay contest winners,” My Vision of Kingsport in 2017,” undated
- Tennessee Retired Teachers’ Association, directory, 1990-1990
- Tennessee Retired Teachers’ Association, “Handbook for local RTA Presidents and Public Relations Committee,” 2005
- Tennessee Retired Teachers’ Association, miscellaneous papers, 1989-1991
- Treasurer reports, 1984-1990
- Units of Distinction, 1994 and 2002-2003
- Units of Distinction, 2004-2006
- Units of Distinction, 2005-2006
BOX 3
1. Scrapbook, 1996-2002
2. Scrapbook, February 2010-May 2012
BOX 4
1. Scrapbook, 1974-88 (with KRTA organizational history)
BOX 5
1. Member Directories, 2006-2008
2. Scrapbook “2006-2009,” 2006 1 of 4
3. Scrapbook “2006-2009,” 2007 2 of 4
4. Scrapbook “2006-2009,” 2008 3 of 4
5. Scrapbook, “2006-2009,” 2009 4 of 4
6. Scrapbook, 2013 1 of 2
7. Scrapbook, 2013 2 of 2