Monthly Archives: April 2013
Kingsport: FunFest Preparations
This year’s FunFest is July 12-20 and the Archives of the City of Kingsport is hosting an awesome activity. REDISCOVER KINGSPORT: A SELF-GUIDED TOUR THROUGH TIME. Participants will head to the library for a walking tour map. From the library they … Continue reading
Kingsport: Preservation Week
Update (20 December 2013): I am happy to announce that the items below have found a home with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia. The Kingsport Archives sent inquiry e-mails to three different repositories and received interest from … Continue reading
Kingsport: We ♥ donors
A year or so ago, a lovely gentleman walked into the archives and asked if we would be interested in a panoramic photograph in his possession of the Kingsport Silk Mills. The photo was housed in a beautiful frame he made himself … Continue reading
Kingsport: I’ve Got Plans
I have been working on records of the Kingsport Planning Commission. The bulk of the files range from 1950-1982. They were donated about 10 or more years ago. They looked like this: Everything you see that is light grey (record center … Continue reading
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Kingsport: More Brochure Love
I cannot get enough of the graphics and themes of 1940s-1960s marketing brochures. Even the records of the City of Kingsport Planning Commission have not let me down.
Kingsport: Spring Cleaning
Remember when I commented that not all collections are filled with WWII photographs and love letters? Well, that is definitely true of the City of Kingsport Planning Commission files from the 70s and 80s.
Archives: Writing, an Archivist’s Tool
I have been asked why I decided to go into archives. My answer is that archival science provides me with an academic challenge while combining my love of art, genealogy, and writing. That’s right. Writing!
