Category Archives: Kingsport
Kingsport: Scrapbooks
I just finished processing the Kingsport Altrusa Club Records for the Archives of the City of Kingsport. It is a very large collection that includes about a dozen scrapbooks.
Kingsport: Newsletter Art
I am still working on the Altrusa Records for the Kingsport Archives. The files are processed now and I have gone back to doing some conservation work on the scrapbooks. In the mean time, I am absolutely thrilled to share … Continue reading
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Kingsport: The Sticky Collection
Quick! If you have photo albums in the attic, finish reading this post later and get those albums to a more stable environment, pronto! We have a new collection to process at the Kingsport Archives: The Altrusa Records. I’ve nicknamed it “The … Continue reading
Kingsport: Women at Work
Updated 5 November 2013: The Kingsport Archives has decided to remove the “Women at Work” collection from HistoryPin and instead install it as a board on Pinterest. The clarity of the photographs and the platform for viewing the collection is … Continue reading
Kingsport: A Tour for Archives Month
October is American Archives Month! At the Archives of the City of Kingsport, we have several activities going on, including four new exhibits to see, the Friends of the Archives Annual Meeting and Lecture on October 29, and big additions to our … Continue reading
Kingsport: Fire Department
The summer I turned ten years old, I broke my arm on the Fourth of July. My parents took me to the emergency room across town late at night. There was another patient close by, a burn victim, who had been brought … Continue reading
Kingsport: The Greene Papers
Nearly every collection has a few gems; interesting letters, fascinating photographs, glimpses into a forgotten past, remnants of triumphs, heartaches, and valiancy.
Kingsport: Turn of the Century Medicine
I have been busy all week preparing for a lecture I am giving on Monday, September 9 at 9:30 am for the Kingsport Historical Society on the Muriel C. Spoden Collection. You are all invited!
Kingsport: Buried Treasure
Part of the amazing Thomas McNeer, Jr. Collection (KCMC 106) includes a series of publicity photographs commissioned by the new Ridgefields Country Club in 1948. The images feature a beautiful stone lookout, gorgeous views of the South Fork Holston, and two … Continue reading
Kingsport: “Hello, Chamber of Commerce”
I have begun reprocessing the W.B. Greene collection (KCMC 33) at the Kingsport Archives. William Greene was a successful investor and hardware store owner in Kingsport and the collection is comprised of his financial records and family correspondence. I found a real … Continue reading
