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Betsy Boyd Collection, 1947-2004
KC Manuscript Collection 194 ABSTRACT: This collection materials was compiled by Betsy Boyd of Kingsport, Tennessee. Boyd served as chairman of the city’s Homecoming ’86 Project Committee. The collection consists of news clippings, correspondence, bumper stickers, and publications such as Homecoming Times created by the Tennessee Homecoming ’86 committee based in Nashville. News clippings consist […]
Type: Finding Aids
Borden Mills and J.P. Stevens Companies Collection, 1948-1988
KC Manuscript Collection 193 ABSTRACT: The Borden Mills and J.P. Stevens Companies collection consists of newspaper clippings and publications. Materials date from 1948 through 1988 and provide details about the opening of Borden Village in Kingsport, Tennessee, company products, the death of Bertram H. Borden, the acquisition of Borden Mills by J.P. Stevens & Company, […]
Type: Finding Aids
Kingsport Postcards and Rotary Club Article, 1923 and undated
KC Manuscript Collection 192 ABSTRACT: This collection consists of two postcards and a newspaper article concerning the chartering of the Kingsport Rotary Club during December 1923. Postcards are of “Kingsport Stores Inc., Kingsport, Tenn.” and “Hotel Kingsport, Kingsport, Tenn.” neither card has been postmarked. The Rotary Club article was printed by the Kingsport Times on […]
Type: Finding Aids
Account Sheets from Eastman and Peerless Coal Companies, 1938-1947
KC Manuscript Collection 191 ABSTRACT: This collection of account sheets from the Eastman Chemical Company and the Peerless Coal Company were for Jack Pippin of Church Hill, Tennessee and Damon Boggs of Kingsport, TN formerly Wise, VA. There are two sheets for Pippin covering 1938-1942 and 1945-1946. Boggs has just one sheet covering the period […]
Type: Finding Aids
Patsy Archer Collection, 1893-1998 and undated
KC Manuscript Collection 190 INTRODUCTION Title: Patsy Archer Collection Collection Number: Kingsport Community Manuscript Collection (KCMC) 190 Physical Description: .5 linear foot (1 box), 1 oversize folder Creator: Patsy Archer Repository: Archives of the City of Kingsport ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance: The Patsy Archer Collection was donated to the Archives of the City of Kingsport by […]
Type: Finding Aids
Charles Andrew and Ernestine E. Bernard Postcard Collection, 1934-1959
KC Manuscript Collection 189 ABSTRACT: The Kingsport Postcards collection compiled by Charles and Ernestine Bernard consists of thirty-two cards. The majority of these items are linen postcards produced during the 1930s. Dates on the collection are based on postmarks. Nineteen of the cards are postally unused. There are a couple of duplicate postcards. RESTRICTIONS: There […]
Type: Finding Aids
Music Materials, 1927-1989 (not inclusive)
KC Manuscript Collection 188 ABSTRACT: This collection of music materials consists of programs, a history, and sheet music with accompanying lyrics created between 1927 and 1989. Programs are from piano and flute recitals conducted during 1943 and 1970. Music and lyrics are from Wallace Boyd, Jr.’s I Get a Kick Out of Kingsport written in […]
Type: Finding Aids
Photographs of Martin Karant, 1942-1973
KC Manuscript Collection 187 ABSTRACT: The collection consists of nine copied black and white images of Martin Karant. Karant was a radio announcer for WKPT radio in Kingsport, Tennessee. He began his career in 1942 and became the signature voice for local news and sports. Karant’s reputation was sealed following his reportage of the Tennessee […]
Type: Finding Aids
Frank Brumit Collection, 1936-2010 and undated
KC Manuscript Collection 184 Archives of the City of Kingsport 400 Broad Street Kingsport, Tennessee 37660 INTRODUCTION Title: Frank Brumit Collection Collection Number: Kingsport Community Manuscript Collection (KCMC) 184 Physical Description: 3 Boxes and 1 Oversize Folder Repository: Archives of the City of Kingsport ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance: The collection was donated to the Archives of […]
Type: Finding Aids
Ridgefields Promotion Flyer, 1951
KC Manuscript Collection 183 ABSTRACT: The Ridgefields Promotion Flyer was produced by Bennett and Edwards, Inc. to publicize the sale of lots in the Ridgefields neighborhood of Kingsport, Tennessee. According to the piece, “the Ridgefields idea started in 1940 in the minds of the Edwards brothers who could foresee the need for a well-planned and […]
Type: Finding Aids
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