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Manuscript Collections
The manuscript collections listed below contain materials about the Great
Smoky Mountains region. The formats include letters,
books, articles, clippings, photographs, county records, and maps.
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Adams: Paul Jay Adams Papers,
1918-1962 (pdf) Tennessee
State Library Archives, Archives and Manuscripts
Adams: Paul Jay Adams Papers,
Addition 1, 1912-1977 (pdf) Tennessee
State Library Archives, Archives and Manuscripts
Adams: Paul Jay Adams Papers,
Addition 1A, 1951-1981 (pdf) Tennessee
State Library Archives, Archives and Manuscripts
Albright: Horace Marden Albright
Papers, 1918-1972 California Digital Library, Online Archive of
California Search "albright" to view catalog entry.
Select "entire finding aid" to view contents. Scroll down to
see Box 75- Great Smoky Mountains.
Anderson: John Fain Anderson
Collections, 1796-1938 East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia
Appalachian Museum collection,
1889-1980 Berea College, Hutchins Library, Special
Collections and Archives
Atkins: James Atkins Papers,
1874-1931 The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill,
Wilson Library Manuscripts Department, Southern Historical
Collection Includes materials on Haywood County, NC,
schools.
Austin-Brooks Photograph
Collection, 1914-1924 The University
of North Carolina at Asheville, D. Hiden Ramsey Library,
Special Collections & University Archives Click on
Collection title in list.
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Ball: Ewart W. Ball Photographic
Collection, 1918-1969 The University
of North Carolina at Asheville, D. Hiden Ramsey Library,
Special Collections & University Archives Click on
Collection title in list.
Barden: Graham Arthur Barden
Papers, 1934-1960 Duke
University, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library Includes photograph of proposed Clingman Dome
tower, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Box 20, Folder
117.
Baumann: J. Fred Baumann Jr.
Collection, 1839-1999 The
University of Tennessee, Special Collections Library
Beeson: D.R. Beeson, Sr. Papers,
1830-1980 and undated (predominantly 1913-1970) East
Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia
Blount Co: Historic American
Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record
The
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Prints
and Photographs Reading Room Click on Blount County to
view images.
Blount Co: Tennessee Library and
Archives, Historical and Genealogical Information Tennessee
State Library and Archives, Archives and Manuscripts
Rolls 73, 80, 139 and 148.
Brewer: Carson Brewer
Collection, 1949-1995 The
University of Tennessee, Special Collections Library
Burton: Thomas G. Burton
Collection, 1967-91 East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia
Interview by Vikki Ganger, "Creation of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park," June 28, 1986, of Frank C. Davis, in
Box 1 Folder 2, and Box 2 Tape 4.
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Cherokee Documents in Foreign
Archives Western Carolina University, Hunter Library,
Special Collections
Cherokee Maps, 1580-1863
Western Carolina University, Hunter Library,
Special Collections
Cherokee People and Great Smoky
Mountain People and Structures, 1931-1937 The Library
of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Prints and
Photographs Reading Room
Chiltosky: Dr. Louis D. Silveri
Oral History Collection: Mary Chiltosky, April 1978 The University
of North Carolina at Asheville, D. Hiden Ramsey Library,
Special Collections & University Archives
Claxton: Philander P. Claxton
Papers, 1890-1955 The
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
Pigeon River and Townsend photographs in Box 105. Also
includes numerous photographs of the outlying Great Smoky
Mountains region.
Cochran: William C. Cochran
Family Papers, 1839-1936 Oberlin College Library Special Collections
Great Smoky Mountains photographs, Subgroup II, Series 7.
Cochran: William Cox Cochran Great Smoky Mountains Photographic Collection, 1886
The University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
Digital Version: William Cochran Digital Collection
Cocke Co.: Historic American
Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record
The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Prints
and Photographs Reading Room Click on Cocke County to
view images.
Cocke Co.: Tennessee State
Library and Archives, Historical and Genealogical
Information Tennessee State Library and Archives, Archives
and Manuscripts
Colvard: Dean W. Colvard Papers,
1949, 1952 North Carolina State University, D.H. Hill
Library Special Collections
Cornwell: Ilene Jones Cornwell
Collection, 1923-1994 The
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
Craft Revival: Shaping Western North Carolina Past and Present
Western Carolina University, Hunter Library,
Special Collections
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District Courts: Records of the
District Court of the United States, 1716-1988 National Archives and Records Administration
Southeast Region, East Point, GA Scroll to Record
Group 21. Tennessee's Eastern District records of 1852-1988
include materials on land condemnation cases for the Park.
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Fox: Leroy G. Fox Collection,
1927-1999 The University of Tennessee Special Collections
Library
Fox: George Washington Fry
Collection, 1911-1973 The
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
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Ganier: Albert F. Ganier
Photographic Collection, 1900-1955 Tennessee
State Library and Archives, Archives and Manuscripts
Choose Subject search. Under "Browse by Subject", enter "ganier". Choose "Ganier, Albert F." then "Albert F. Ganier photographic collection".
George: Jean Craighead George
Papers, 1948-1995 University of Minnesota Libraries, Children's
Literature Research Collections Production materials for The Moon of the
Bears.
Graham Co.: The North Carolina
County Photograph Collection, Graham County The
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Wilson Library,
North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (John Peine)
Collection, 1982-1990 The
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
Green: Archie Green Papers,
1929-1988 The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill,
Wilson Library, Southern Folklife Collection Scroll down to "Green, Archie."
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Hammer: J. M. Hammer's
History of Sevier County, 1876 Tennessee State Library and Archives, Archives
and Manuscripts Click Title and enter "History of Sevier
County".
Haywood Co.: The North Carolina
County Photograph Collection, Haywood County, 1910-1950s
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Wilson Library, North Carolina Collection Photographic
Archives
Haywood Co.: Historic American
Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, Haywood
County (NC) photographs The Library
of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Prints and
Photographs Reading Room Scroll down to "NORTH
CAROLINA--Haywood County."
Haywood County (NC) Records,
1786-1978 (pdf) North Carolina State Archives See pages
168-171.
Hogue: Charlene N. Hogue
Collection, 1989 The University of North Carolina, Manuscripts
Department, Southern Folklife Collection Enter "Charlene N. Hogue" in catalog search box.
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Jennings: Joe Jennings Collection, 1802-1967 East Tennessee State University Archives of Appalachia
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Kennedy: Frank Hunter Kennedy
Papers, 1789-1985 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
D. H. Wilson Library, Manuscripts Department, Southern
Historical Collection Materials on Mellinger Edward
Henry, folders 207-9.
Kephart: George S. Kephart
Family Papers, 1789-1985 Cornell
University Library, Carl A. Kroch Rare & Manuscript
Collections Search "george s. kephart family papers"
in Title. Collection includes "correspondence of Horace
Kephart and printed material pertaining to his work as a
naturalist and early advocate for establishing the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
Kephart: Horace Kephart
Collection, 1895-1948 Western Carolina University, Hunter Library
Special Collections
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LeCompte: L. C. LeCompte
Postcard Collection, 1910-1977 The University
of North Carolina at Asheville, D. Hiden Ramsey Library,
Special Collections/University Archives See postcards
61-111.
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Map of GSMNP: Shaded relief map
of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, produced by the U.S.
National Park Service, 1995 The University of Texas at Austin,
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Map of GSMNP: Park map of Great
Smoky Mountains National Park, produced by the U.S. National
Park Service, 1999 (pdf) The University of Texas at Austin,
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Map of GSMNP: Trail map of Great
Smoky Mountains National Park, produced by the U.S. National
Park Service, 1999 (pdf) The University of Texas at Austin,
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Maps of Great Smoky Mountains
National Park The Library of Congress Geography and Map
Division, Geography and Map Reading Room
Masa: George Masa Photographs
Pack Memorial Library North Carolina Collection
Enter "George Masa" in the 'Subjects or Keywords' box. Choose "Image" in the 'Collections or Images or Newspapers or Map' dropdown box.
Masa: George Masa Collection,
1915-1933 Western Carolina University, Hunter Library
Special Collections
McCoy: George William McCoy
Papers, 1922-1955 The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, D.
H. Wilson Library Manuscripts Department, Southern Historical
Collection Collection includes a typed manuscript by
McCoy entitled Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park.
Moses: Edward P. Moses Papers,
1901-1948 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
D. H. Wilson Library Manuscripts Department, Southern
Historical Collection Some materials concern land
acquisition, legislation, and development of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, 1932-1940s.
Mountain View Hotel
(Gatlingburg, TN) Register, 1927-1933 The
University of Tennessee, Special Collections Library
Mumford: Lewis Mumford Papers,
1905-1987 University of Pennsylvania, Van Pelt Library, The
Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript
Library Letters from Harvey and Anne Broome, some
concerning the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, Box 7 Folder 610.
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NPS: Records of the National
Park Service, 1785-1990 National Archives
and Records Administration, National Archives Building,
Washington, DC See record group 79.3.2 and 79.15 for
the records of Horace M. Albright, Arno B. Cammerer, and a
silent film on the Park.
NPS: Records of the National
Park Service, 1865-1949 National Archives and Records Administration,
Southeast Region, Atlanta, GA See record group 79.
NPS: Records of the National
Park Service, 1910-1967 National Archives and Records Administration,
Mid-Atlantic Region, Philadelphia, PA See record group
79.
Nothstein: Dr. Louis D. Silveri
Oral History Collection: William Nothstein (1902-), August
1977 The University of North Carolina at Asheville, D.
Hiden Ramsey Library, Special collections/University
Archives
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Panoramic Photographs The Library
of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Prints and
Photographs Reading Room Search for "waynesville" and "cherokee carolina" to see sample photographs. Click here to view a description of the collection.
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Quillen: James H. Quillen
Papers, c. 1918-1999 and undated East
Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia
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Records of the Committee on
Public Lands, 1816-1921, and the Committee on Public Lands and
Surveys, 1921-46 Library of Congress, National Archives
Unprinted transcripts document "hearings from the 1941
investigation of J. Ross Eakin, the superintendent of the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park" (77A-F27). Scroll down
the page for this entry.
Reece: B. Carroll Reece Papers,
1865-1971 East Tennessee State University Archives of
Appalachia May 13, 1937 speech about the Park, Box 22
Folder 26.
Ritter: W.M. Ritter and Ritter
Lumber Company, 1920-1983 Western Carolina University Hunter Library,
Special Collections
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Sevier Co.: Historic American
Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
The
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Prints
and Photographs Reading Room Click on Sevier County to
view images.
Sevier Co.: Tennessee State
Library and Archives, Historical and Genealogical
Information Tennessee State Library Archives, Archives and
Manuscripts
Sierra Club Members Papers,
1892-1996 University of California at Berkeley, The
Bancroft Library See Series 1, 38, 44, and 63.
Sierra Club Legislative Office
Records, 1960- University of California at Berkeley, The
Bancroft Library See Subseries 2.12 and 2.30.
Sierra Club Records,
1891-1991 University of California at Berkeley, The
Bancroft Library Photographs from Ms. Simms'
collection.
Sing Along with Appalachia
Collection, 1930s, 1969-70, and undated East
Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia
Smoky Mountain Railroad
Collection, 1938-1963 The
University of Tennessee, Special Collections Library
Smoky Mountains Hiking Club
Collection, 1924-1999 Knox County Public Library System, Calvin M.
McClung Historical Collection
Stephens: George Erwin Gullett
Stephens Papers, 1884-1968 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
D. H. Wilson Library, Manuscripts Department, Southern
Historical Collection
Stephens: Dr. Louis D. Silveri
Oral History Collection, George Meyers Stephens, 1904-1976
The
University of North Carolina at Asheville, D. Hiden Ramsey
Library, Special Collections/University Archives
Stephens: George Meyers Stephens
Papers, 1924-1979 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
D. H. Wilson Library, Manuscripts Department, Southern
Historical Collection
Swain Co.: The North Carolina
County Photograph Collection, Swain County, 1910-1940
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
D. H. Wilson Library, Manuscripts Department, North Carolina
Collection
Swain Co.: Historic American
Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
The
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Prints
and Photographs Reading Room Click on Swain County to
view images, index continues on next page.
Swain Co. Records, 1871-1970 (pdf)
North
Carolina, Office of Archives and History, State Archives
See pages 326-327.
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Tanner: James Taylor Tanner
Papers, 1935-1990 Cornell
University, Carl A. Knoch Library Rare and Manuscript
Collections Search the Library Catalog for "james
taylor tanner" as Title. The collection includes "field notes
on Junco study in the Great Smoky Mountains."
Taylor: Papers of Congressman
Roy Arthur Taylor, 1959-1977 The University
of North Carolina at Asheville, D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives Cherokee
Information, D-178; Gatlinburg spur road information, 16-4-1.
Tennessee Department of
Conservation Photograph Collection, 1937-1976 (pdf) Tennessee
State Library and Archives, Archives and Manuscripts
Includes four volumes (15, 15a, 15b, 15c) of photographs
of the Great Smoky Mountains, Boxes 34-38.
Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains
Park Commission, 1927-[1931]-1937 (pdf) Tennessee
State Library and Archives, Archives and Manuscripts
Tennessee Post Card Collection,
1966 Cleveland Public Library Search for "tennessee post card collection" in Keyword Search.
Tennessee State Library and
Archives Post Card Collection Tennessee
State Library and Archive, Archives and Manuscripts
Alphabetical list, look for regional locations such as
Gatlinburg, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Thomas: William Holland Thomas
Collection, 1796-1956 Western Carolina University, Hunter Library
Special Collections
Thompson: James Edward Thompson
Photographs, ca. 1924 Colorado College, Tutt Library Special
Collections and Archives Search "views in the great
smok" for catalog record.
Thornburgh: Laura Thornburgh
Papers, 1926-1946 The
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
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Weakley: S. A. Weakley Papers
and Genealogical Collection, 1795-1971 Tennessee
State Library and Archive, Archives and Manuscripts
Select "TN Public Library Catalog", select "Begin", search "weakley papers" in
Keyword Search.
Weaver: Zebulon Weaver
Collection, 1850-1960 Western Carolina University, Hunter Library
Special Collections
Whaley: Writings on "Aunt" Lyddy
Whaley, 1925-1929 Tennessee
State Library and Archive, Archives and Manuscripts
Click Begin. Then search "lyddy whaley" in Keyword Search.
Whittaker: Robert Harding
Whittaker Papers, 1940-1984 Cornell
University, Carl A. Knoch Rare and Manuscript Collections
Search "robert harding whittaker" as Title. Includes
materials related to "an effort to obtain measurements of the
biomass and productivity of the forest communities along an
elevation gradient in the Great Smoky Mountains."
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