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

  1. Allison, Dr. William Landon, biography and obituary materials, 1991
  2. Baskette, LaWanda C., minutes, activities, and correspondence, 1925-1982-1985-1987
  3. Bulletin, September 1, 1989
  4. Certificates, awards, and proclamations, 1977-1995
  5. Certificate of registration for “80 Years of Enlightenment,” 1997
  6. Correspondence, 1990-1997
  7. Directories, 1976-2000
  8. Directories, 2001-2008
  9. “History of the Tennessee Retires teachers’ Association,” 1975
  10. Membership lists, 1981-1990
  11. Minutes, 1970-1983
  12. Minutes, September 7, 1983- September 13, 1985
  13. Minutes, March 1986-September 1988
  14. Minutes, December 4, 1988-June 14, 1991
  15. Minutes, September 1991-June 1995
  16. Minutes, September 1995-June 1998

 

BOX 2

  1. Newspaper clippings, 1987-1994
  2. Programs, 1993-1995
  3. Scrapbook (compiled by Val Manley), 2003-2007 (1 of 4)
  4. Scrapbook (compiled by Val Manley), 2003-2007 (2 of 4)
  5. Scrapbook (compiled by Val Manley), 2003-2007 (3 of 4)
  6. Scrapbook (compiled by Val Manley), 2003-2007 (4 of 4)
  7. Scrapbook, miscellaneous materials, 1977-1988
  8. Scholarship fund, 1991
  9. Student creative writing essay contest winners,” My Vision of Kingsport in 2017,” undated
  10. Tennessee Retired Teachers’ Association, directory, 1990-1990
  11. Tennessee Retired Teachers’ Association, “Handbook for local RTA Presidents and Public Relations Committee,” 2005
  12. Tennessee Retired Teachers’ Association, miscellaneous papers, 1989-1991
  13. Treasurer reports, 1984-1990
  14. Units of Distinction, 1994 and 2002-2003
  15. Units of Distinction, 2004-2006
  16. 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