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Accession Number: 81
The Edna Lynn Simms Collection
Papers, 1855-1963
3.6 Linear Feet
Online Catalog
Record (BANC)
Overview & Series Description
History
Series I - Personal / Biographical
Series II - Mountain
Family Documents and Records
Series III - Printed Material
Series IV - Photographs
Series V - Note Cards
Series VI - Scrapbook and Ledgers
| Series
I |
Personal / Biographical |
Box 1 |
This series consists of materials related to Simms' career as
a journalist and founder of The Mountaineer Museum. An article
she wrote for the Mascot Concentrates is included, along with another
from the Christian Science Monitor about her and the Museum. An
account ledger and some other miscellaneous items, such as an invitation
to the 1939 New York World's Fair, are also included.
Box 1
- Simms, Edna Lynn - Correspondence
- Simms, Edna Lynn - Mascot Concentrates
- Simms, Edna Lynn - Christian Science Monitor
- Simms, Edna Lynn - Personal Account Ledger, 1931
- Simms, Edna Lynn - Miscellaneous Papers
| Series
II |
Mountain Family Documents and Records |
Box 1, cont. |
This series consists of pre-Civil War era letters, poems, family
records, legal documents and other papers documenting the Trentham
and Ogle families. Also included is a map of eastern Appalachia
and an address book.
Box 1, cont.
- Map — Eastern Appalachia
- Poems
- Cures and Recipes
- Ogle, Aunt Julie — History of Gatlinburg
- Letters I — Ogle Family
- Letters II — Trentham Family
- Tax Receipts — Isaac N. Trentham
- Trentham — Checks and Receipts
- Trentham Family Papers
- Legal Documents
- Address Book
| Series
III |
Printed Material |
Box 1, cont. |
This series consists of newspaper clippings and notes related
to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park,
local news, poems, obituaries, archeological, and historical findings.
Box 1, cont.
- Newspaper Clippings
- Letters and Notes/ Miscellaneous
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