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Katuah Earth First-Fight King Coal Flyer, September 9-10, 2006
KC Manuscript Collection 153 ABSTRACT: The Katuah Earth First collection consists of one flyer concerning the organization’s plans to protest a meeting of the Eastern Coal Council at Meadowview Convention Center in Kingsport, Tennessee. Activities included a screening of the 90-minute documentary Black Diamonds along with providing information on direct action and legal training. Both […]
Type: Finding Aids
Keep Kingsport Beautiful Collection, 1981-ongoing
KC Manuscript Collection 152 INTRODUCTION Title: Keep Kingsport Beautiful Collection, 1981-Ongoing Collection Number:Kingsport Community Manuscript Collection (KCMC) 152 Physical Description: linear feet or 3 of boxes, folders Creator: various Repository: Archives of the City of Kingsport ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance: Mary Lee on behalf of Keep Kingsport Beautiful donated this collection in August 2006. Access/Restrictions: […]
Type: Finding Aids
A Group of Citizens Interested in Just and Equal Law Enforcement (Political Broadside), c. 1958.
KC Manuscript Collection 151 ABSTRACT: This collection consists of one political broadside regarding Kingsport Sessions Court Judge S.G. Gilbreath’s appropriateness to be reelected around 1958. The publication was released by a group calling itself “A Group of Citizens Interested in Just and Equal Law Enforcement.” Throughout the document, Gilbreath is accused of mistreating citizens and […]
Type: Finding Aids
Ridgefields Garden Club Collection, 1957-ongoing
KC Manuscript Collection 150 ABSTRACT: The collection contains seven scrapbooks created by the Ridgefields Garden Club between 1957 and 1999. The club was organized on February 5, 1956 by a group of nine women “for the study and arrangement of all plant life as it particularly pertains to our homes and community life.” The scrapbooks […]
Type: Finding Aids
Kingsport Hobby Club Scrapbooks, 1945-1997
KC Manuscript Collection 149 ABSTRACT: The Kingsport Hobby Club collection contains two scrapbooks and a sign-in book belonging to the Kingsport Hobby Club. The Hobby club was founded to provide an opportunity for the members to share hobbies such as cooking, sewing, rug making, and painting. Both scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, club yearbooks, correspondence, and […]
Type: Finding Aids
Photograph of Perley S. Wilcox, 1936
KC Manuscript Collection 148 ABSTRACT: The collection consists of a single 9×7 inch portrait of Perley S. Wilcox, dated 1936. A graduate of Cornell University, Wilcox was elected a director and appointed general manager of the newly formed Tennessee Eastman Corporation in 1921. In 1945, he became chairman of the Kodak Board. In 1933, Wilcox […]
Type: Finding Aids
Photograph of Bob Peters, C.K. Koffman, Ross N. Robinson, and Bobby Dodd, 1949
KC Manuscript Collection 147 ABSTRACT: This photograph collection consists of a single 9×8 inch image of Bob Peters, C.K. Koffman, Ross N. Robinson, and Bobby Dodd dated March 15, 1949. All four men are seated and laughing. The image has been damaged somewhat with noticeable rips and creases. RESTRICTIONS: There are no restrictions on use […]
Type: Finding Aids
Mr. Wonderful (Playbill), 1956
KC Manuscript Collection 146 ABSTRACT: Mr. Wonderful was a Broadway musical starring the legendary Sammy Davis, Jr. which ran from March 1956-February 1957. The playbill dates from the week beginning on March 26, 1956. Among the performers was Kingsport native Ann Buckles, in the role of an unemployed actress. Ann was first to appear onstage, as can be […]
Type: Finding Aids
Kingsport Life Saving Crew Booklet, February 19-20, 1966
KC Manuscript Collection 143 ABSTRACT: The Kingsport Life Saving Crew collection contains a booklet for the 1966 Kingsport Life Saving Crew open house that took place on Saturday and Sunday, 19-20 February. The booklet includes photographs of crew members, training activities, and facilities. RESTRICTIONS: There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research […]
Type: Finding Aids
John W. Stiles Collection, 1930-1960
KC Manuscript Collection 142 ABSTRACT: The John W. Stiles Collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, four issues of TEC News, certificates and honorariums, and correspondence relating to the career of the Kingsport resident. Stiles had a long and varied career, serving his country first in the army and then in the private sector where he was […]
Type: Finding Aids
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