The Bralley Family Collection, 1840-2013
INTRODUCTION
Title: Bralley Family Collection
Collection Number: Kingsport Community Manuscript Collection KCMC 595
Physical Description: 3 Boxes, 2 linear feet
Creator: Edgar Mitchell (Russ) Bralley
Repository: Archives of the City of Kingsport
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance: The Bralley Family collection was donated to the Archives of the City of Kingsport by Russ Bralley in August, 2016.
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: This collection was processed by Kari Roueche and opened for research in November 2016.
COLLECTION CITATION
This collection should be cited as:
Bralley Family collection, 1840-2013. KC Manuscript Collection 595, Archives of the City of Kingsport, Tennessee.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE
As noted on the title page of Family History, “The Bralley Family originated in Northern Ireland in Londonderry. They settled permanently in Wytheville County, Virginia, in 1769, after a stay in Chester County, Pennsylvania and Cecil County, Maryland. In 1905, John Sanders Bralley brought his family to Kingsport, Tennessee, on the promise of a boom town being established there by his cousin George L. Carter.”
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Bralley Family collection consists of photographs; certificates, both military and scholastic; original and photocopied documents of birth, death, and marriage; written narrative; mementos; programs; newspaper clippings; and extensive genealogical information.
SURNAMES
Aker
Arnold
Bolin
Bralley
Brownlow
Carter
Cox
Eversale
Fisher
Hardy
Harris
Jackson
Jones
Keeney
Landreth
Logan
MacRobert
Martin
Miller
Neal
Perry
Samples
Schufflebarger
Seal
Shaffer
Showalter
Tarter
Umberger
Waller
Williams
ARRANGEMENT
The collection is arranged in three boxes. The first box is mainly photographs of family members and Kingsport and a few keepsakes. The folders are arranged alphabetically. Boxes 2 and 3 contain one large album, divided, of family history. It is in the creator’s original order.
BOX AND FOLDER LIST
Box 1
- Cracker Jack prizes, 1925-1945
- Early Kingsport photographs, c. 1915-1930s
- Family Bible inserts, c. 1900-1930
- Family Photographs, after c. 1930
- Family photographs, before c. 1930
- Family photographs (copies), undated
- Family photographs (matted), c. 1899-1940 & undated
- Family photographs previously framed for a reunion (copies), undated
- “Frances Keeney Brawley Family” (booklet), 1981
- International Order of Oddfellows rank jewel, undated
- Orphan Wytheville photographs given to family by James Spraker, undated
- Orphan Wytheville photographs given to family by James Spraker, undated
Box 2
“The Bralley Family Collection” by Edgar Mitchell (Russ) Bralley, Part I, 2016
Box 3
“The Bralley Family Collection” by Edgar Mitchell (Russ) Bralley, Part II, 2016
