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Dr. George G. Keener Papers, 1903-1960s and undated
KC Manuscript Collection 244 ABSTRACT: The Dr. George G. Keener collection consists of the doctor’s personal papers, professional correspondence, and a medical ledger. Correspondence and papers date primarily from 1909 to 1911 while the ledger covers 1903 through 1917. The ledger provides an account of everyone during those years that received treatment from Keener. It […]
Type: Finding Aids
Kingsport Optimist Club Records, 1984-2002
KC Manuscript Collection 243 ABSTRACT: The Kingsport Optimist Club Records collection depicts a club that was committed to the health, sense of community, and education of young people. Activities and events described in the collection include a Boys/Girls footrace, bowling and tennis events, scholarships and essay contests, and other community-involved events. Up until the Kingsport […]
Type: Finding Aids
National Exchange Club Collection, 1953-1975
KC Manuscript Collection 242 ABSTRACT: The National Exchange Club Collection identifies the local leaders and honorary members of a club that is dedicated to serving the community. Membership is by invitation only, so the Book of Golden Deeds recognizes “honorees,” mostly well accomplished women who are not actually a part of the men’s club. The […]
Type: Finding Aids
Mrs. Margaret Wimberly Newspaper Collection, 1928-1996 (not inclusive)
KC Manuscript Collection 241 ABSTRACT: The Mrs. Margaret Wimberly Newspaper Collection centers for the most part on the history of Kingsport. The Kingsport Times-News articles include information on downtown buildings and the Netherland Inn, Kingsport leaders, and the Heritage 1976 Bicentennial celebration. Organizations such as the Kingsport concert band, the Kingsport Theatre Guild, Leadership Kingsport, […]
Type: Finding Aids
Belt Chatter, May 1928
KC Manuscript Collection 240 ABSTRACT: This collection consists of one issue of Belt Chatter by Slip-Not Belting Corporation of Kingsport, Tennessee. This May 1928 work is Volume 3, no. 2 of a publication only “issued occasionally.” The cover shows a picture of the company’s Assistant Secretary and Associate Editor, Miss Leon Crumley. The publication consists […]
Type: Finding Aids
Kingsport Girls Cotillion Club Scrapbooks, 1941-1978
KC Manuscript Collection 239 ABSTRACT: The Kingsport Girls Cotillion Club Scrapbooks consists of two scrapbooks which have some idiosyncrasies in dating: the first scrapbook dates from 1949 to 1960 while the second dates 1941-1944, 1946 and then 1960 to 1978. As the names suggests, the collection consists mostly of newspaper materials: there are wedding and […]
Type: Finding Aids
Frances Nelle Nelms Scrapbook, 1917-1918
KC Manuscript Collection 238 ABSTRACT: The Frances Nelle Nelms Scrapbook depicts the people of the 1910s through various magazine photographs and magazine illustrations. Nelms appears to have had an interest in fashion as well as the people of her time. The bulk of illustrations and photographs are of soldiers, children, wives, and make-up and fashion […]
Type: Finding Aids
Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1933-1964 and undated
KC Manuscript Collection 237 ABSTRACT: Materials in the Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings collection come from the Kingsport Times-News, the Bristol Herald Courier, and the Knoxville Journal. Aside from a dozen death and funeral notices, the main subjects of the articles include area churches, historical families and their houses, and archaeological finds. Various photographs were also […]
Type: Finding Aids
Tennessee Public Service Company Bus Token, 1936
KC Manuscript Collection 236 ABSTRACT: The collection contains one Tennessee Public Service Company bus token produced during 1936. The token’s color is silver. 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. COLLECTION CITATION: This […]
Type: Finding Aids
.54 Caliber Bullet, c. 1864
KC Manuscript Collection 235 ABSTRACT: The this collection consists of one .54 caliber bullet found near the Rotherwood Elm tree at Rotherwood plantation in Kingsport, Tennessee. It was possibly discharged during the Civil War at the Battle of Kingsport (13 December 1864). RESTRICTIONS: There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. […]
Type: Finding Aids
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