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Federal Dyestuff and Chemical Corporation Photographs, c. 1917
KC Manuscript Collection 181 ABSTRACT: The Federal Dyestuff and Chemical Corporation Photographs consists of two images showing the plant in Kingsport, Tennessee. The corporation was incorporated on 4 October 1915. In 1918, the company was sold and renamed Union Dye and Chemical Corporation. The business did not fare well following World War I and went […]
Type: Finding Aids
John W. Reagan Photographs, 1953, 1955-56, and undated
KC Manuscript Collection 180 ABSTRACT: This photograph collection contains various black and white photographs taken in Kingsport, Tennessee. Images are of a Ross N. Robinson Middle School baseball game along with a basketball team photo both from around 1955-56, and several unidentified photographs of bible school students. There is also a photograph of a party […]
Type: Finding Aids
Slides of Historical Buildings and Markers, April 1970
KC Manuscript Collection 179 ABSTRACT: This slide collection consists of images of historical buildings and markers taken during the spring of 1970 in Kingsport, Tennessee. In addition to the slides, there is one negative showing the area of Old Kingsport near Netherland Inn. Slides have images of Netherland Inn, Rotherwood, old homes and buildings, and […]
Type: Finding Aids
King Motor Company Photographs, c. 1925
KC Manuscript Collection 178 ABSTRACT: The collection contains two photographs of King Motor Company taken in the 1920s. King Motor Company was a Studebaker Automobile sales agency opened in 1925 and dissolved in 1930. The first photograph is an exterior shot of the building taken c. 1925. The second is a group photograph (possibly employees). […]
Type: Finding Aids
History of Dunbar Temple #344, 1995, 1997 and undated
KC Manuscript Collection 177 ABSTRACT: The collection consists of one undated leaf of paper documenting the history of Dunbar Temple, no. 344 and two forms listing officers and trustees from 1995 and 1997. The temple affiliated with the Tennessee State Association of the I.B.P.O Elks of World and Kingsport’s Clinch Mountain Lodge, No. 531. Dunbar […]
Type: Finding Aids
Nic Earnest Collection of Newspapers and Publications, June 9, 1855-1967
KC Manuscript Collection 175 ABSTRACT: The collection contains printed materials collected by Nic Earnest. Items consist in part of 19th century newspapers including one from 1855, several dating from 1861, and a prohibition newspaper from 1889. One newspaper article about Andrew Johnson probably dates from 1901. Also included are a pamphlet published in 1860 entitled […]
Type: Finding Aids
Smoky Mountains Hosiery Mills Employee Portrait, January 1949
KC Manuscript Collection 174 ABSTRACT: The Smoky Mountains Hosiery Mills employee portrait consists of one posed image (25.5 x 8 inches) showing the organization’s male and female employees standing outside the plant during January 1949. Individuals in the image are not identified. RESTRICTIONS: There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. […]
Type: Finding Aids
Dr. L. C. and Stella Cox Democratic National Convention Materials, 1956, 1960, and 1964
KC Manuscript Collection 171 ABSTRACT: Dr. L. C. and Stella Cox Democratic National Convention Materials consists of items relating to the elections of 1956, 1960, and 1964. Items belonged to Dr. L.C. Cox, a delegate to the 1956 convention, and his wife Stella, president of the Democratic Women’s Club of Sullivan County. Materials from the […]
Type: Finding Aids
Seaver Family Collection, 1955-1980 and 1999
KC Manuscript Collection 170 ABSTRACT: The Seaver Family Collection contains a scrapbook, loose photographs, a Girl Scout cookbook, and newspaper clippings collected by Geraldine “Gerri” Byrd. Geraldine’s father, Charles Seaver, worked as a guard at Tennessee Eastman. His wife, Leila, created the scrapbook of Tennessee Eastman News clippings. Although the scrapbook dates from the 1970s-1980, […]
Type: Finding Aids
Venus Barnett Collection, 1927-1984
KC Manuscript Collection 167 ABSTRACT: The Venus Barnett Family and Organizations Photographs and Scrapbooks collection contains three scrapbooks and two photo albums created by Kingsport resident Venus Barnett. The scrapbooks detail the early years of her marriage to Clyde Barnett and her involvement in various social groups such as the Woodlawn Garden Club and the […]
Type: Finding Aids
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