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Jones, Christine Spivey Subject Files This Finding Aid Was Produced Using Archivesspace on March 05, 2021 Jones, Christine Spivey subject files This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on March 05, 2021. eng Describing Archives: A Content Standard Tennessee Tech University Archives 1100 North Peachtree Avenue PO Box 5066 Cookeville, Tennessee 38505 [email protected] URL: https://www.tntech.edu/library/research/archives Jones, Christine Spivey subject files Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................. 3 Content Description ...................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative Information .......................................................................................................... 3 Controlled Access Headings ......................................................................................................... 4 Collection Inventory ..................................................................................................................... 4 - Page 2 - Jones, Christine Spivey subject files Summary Information Repository: Tennessee Tech University Archives Title: Christine Spivey Jones subject files ID: RG.0000.0116 Date [inclusive]: 1883-1986 Physical 25 Cubic Feet Description: Condition The Thomas Jefferson Barnes scrapbooks are in poor condition Description: and include newspaper. Language of the English . Material: ^ Return to Table of Contents Content Description These are materials acquired initially by Christine Jones during her course of work as a genealogist in Tennessee Tech archives. They include copies and originals of materials dealing with counties, notable families, and a variety of historical topics dealing with the Upper Cumberland. Subject files continue to be added from ongoing acquisitions. This collection also includes numerous scrapbooks from Thomas Jefferson Barnes relating to his family genealogy and dating from 1883-1986. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Tennessee Tech University Archives 1100 North Peachtree Avenue PO Box 5066 Cookeville, Tennessee 38505 - Page 3- Jones, Christine Spivey subject files [email protected] URL: https://www.tntech.edu/library/research/archives ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Obituaries • Genealogical correspondence • Genealogy • Fentress County (Tenn.) • Jackson County (Tenn.) Collection Inventory Title/Description Instances Acuff, Roy newspaper articles, 1972-1998 box 1 folder 1 Language of the Material: English. Adams Patrick murder, 1976 box 1 folder 2 Language of the Material: English. Agee, James articles, 1975 box 1 folder 3 Language of the Material: English. Agrarian reform article, 1995 box 1 folder 4 Language of the Material: English. Agrarianism article, 1996 box 1 folder 5 Language of the Material: English. Agricultural elites 1850-1870, 1993 box 1 folder 6 Language of the Material: English. Agriculture in Tennessee, 1993 box 1 folder 7 Language of the Material: English. AIDS, 1986-1987 box 1 folder 8 Language of the Material: English. Al Gore Jr., 2005 box 1 folder 9 - Page 4- Jones, Christine Spivey subject files Language of the Material: English. Al Gore Sr. and the Vietnam Mistake, 2006 box 1 folder 10 Language of the Material: English. Alamo Original, 1967 box 1 folder 11 Language of the Material: English. Algood School: Yesterday and Today, 1993 box 1 folder 12 Language of the Material: English. Algood, Tenn policies and Govt., 1973-1978 box 1 folder 13 Language of the Material: English. Algood, Tennessee Articles, 1970s box 1 folder 14 Language of the Material: English. One Room School Allardt, Tennessee, 1994 box 1 folder 15 Language of the Material: English. Allen Vance Jr. Papers, undated box 1 folder 16 Language of the Material: English. Alpine Mountain History, 1960 box 1 folder 17 Language of the Material: English. Alvin Cullum York, 1993 box 1 folder 18 Language of the Material: English. Alvin York, undated box 1 folder 19 Language of the Material: English. American Literature Tennessee , 1960s box 1 folder 20 Language of the Material: English. Amish Original, 1967-1999 box 1 folder 21 Language of the Material: English. Anderson Index 1850 Census, 1850 box 1 folder 22 Language of the Material: English. Andrew Jackson's Indian Policy, 2005 box 2 folder 1 Language of the Material: English. Andrew's College familiarly called Buck College , undated box 2 folder 2 Language of the Material: English. Anne Porterfield Rankin, undated box 2 folder 3 Language of the Material: English. The Antimission Movement in Tennessee, 1993 box 2 folder 4 - Page 5- Jones, Christine Spivey subject files Language of the Material: English. Appalachian Center for Craft Pamphlet, undated box 2 folder 5 Language of the Material: English. Appalachian Trail Articles, 2000-2001 box 2 folder 6 Language of the Material: English. ARC Diversified Articles Original , 2001 April 8 box 2 folder 7 Language of the Material: English. Archaeology Tennessee Antiquities , 1972 box 2 folder 8 Language of the Material: English. Architectural Surveys Cumberland County, undated box 2 folder 9 Language of the Material: English. Architecture Tennessee , 1994 box 2 folder 10 Language of the Material: English. Eddy Arnold, 2006 box 2 folder 11 Language of the Material: English. Art Tennessee Articles, 1978 box 2 folder 12 Language of the Material: English. Assorted Manuscripts , undated box 2 folder 13 Language of the Material: English. Austin Peay Normal School, 1939 box 60 folder 1 Language of the Material: English. Automobile Licence Plates , undated box 2 folder 14 Language of the Material: English. Avery Trace Research, c1980 box 60 folder 2 Language of the Material: English. Avery Trace, undated box 2 folder 15 Language of the Material: English. "Avery Trace and Walton Roads", Complied by Gary E. box 52 folder 1 Brewer, Undated Language of the Material: English. B.F. Jones Funeral, 1993 May 7 box 2 folder 16 Language of the Material: English. Baker, Howard Henry, 1967 box 2 folder 17 Language of the Material: English. Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1936 March 15 box 2 folder 18 - Page 6- Jones, Christine Spivey subject files Language of the Material: English. Barnes, Thomas J., Barnes Family Reunion Photograph, box 54 folder 1 1939-06-04 Language of the Material: English. Barnes, Thomas J. Scrapbook Papers, undated box 54 folder 2 Language of the Material: English. Barnes, Thomas J. Scrapbook E Papers, 1883-1956 box 54 folder 3 Language of the Material: English. Barnes, Thomas J. Scrapbook F Papers (1 of 2), 1883-1956 box 54 folder 4 Language of the Material: English. Barnes, Thomas J. Scrapbook F Papers (2 of 2), 1883-1956 box 54 folder 5 Language of the Material: English. Barnes, Thomas J. Scrapbook G Papers (1 of 3), 1883-1956 box 54 folder 6 Language of the Material: English. Barnes, Thomas J. Scrapbook G Papers (2 of 3), 1883-1956 box 54 folder 7 Language of the Material: English. Barnes, Thomas J. Scrapbook G Papers (3 of 3), 1883-1956 box 54 folder 8 Language of the Material: English. Barnes, Thomas J. Scrapbooks (5), 1883-1956 box 55 Language of the Material: English. Battle of Franklin 1864, 1989-1992 box 2 folder 19 Language of the Material: English. Battle of Horseshoe Bend , undated box 2 folder 20 Language of the Material: English. Baxter Seminary by Willis Pirkle , undated box 2 folder 21 Language of the Material: English. Baxter Seminary and Harry L. Upperman, 2004 box 2 folder 22 Language of the Material: English. Baxter Seminary , 1925 box 2 folder 23 Language of the Material: English. Beaty David "Tinker Dave", 1817-1876 box 3 folder 1 Language of the Material: English. Beaufort County Genealogical Society Newsletter, 1989-1991 box 3 folder 2 Language of the Material: English. Bedford County Tenn, 1957 box 3 folder 3 - Page 7- Jones, Christine Spivey subject files Language of the Material: English. Bedford County, Tennessee Materials , 1957 December 4 box 3 folder 4 Language of the Material: English. Bell, Bob President TTU, undated box 3 folder 5 Language of the Material: English. Bell, John , 1964 box 3 folder 6 Language of the Material: English. Bell Witch Legend , 1967-1989 box 3 folder 7 Language of the Material: English. Belmont College Postcard to Miss Keith Ford from Sister, box 3 folder 8 1909 Language of the Material: English. The Benedict Family News, 1993-1995 box 3 folder 9 Language of the Material: English. The Benedicts in Spring Arbor, undated box 3 folder 10 Language of the Material: English. Benton, Thomas Hart, 1975 February 23 box 3 folder 11 Language of the Material: English. Berry George L. Article , undated box 3 folder 12 Language of the Material: English. Bible Records 1, undated box 3 folder 13 Language of the Material: English. Bible Records 2 , undated box 3 folder 14 Language of the Material: English. Bible Records 3, 1692-1887 box 4 folder 1 Language of the Material: English. Bicentennial Tenn , 1976 box 4 folder 2 Language of the Material: English. Bicentennial of Tennessee , 1995 box 4 folder 3 Language of the Material: English. Bicknell Research, Col. Charles A. Nicholson (1 of 8), undated box 56 folder 1 Language of the Material: English. Bicknell Research, Col. Charles A. Nicholson (2 of 8), undated box 56 folder 2 Language of the Material: English. Bicknell Research, Col. Charles A. Nicholson (3 of 8), undated box 56 folder 3 - Page 8- Jones, Christine Spivey subject files Language of the Material: English. Bicknell Research, Col. Charles A. Nicholson
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