EMMETT ESSIN PAPERS
1996-1997

East Tennessee State University
University Archives
P. O. Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338

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INTRODUCTION

Title: Emmett Essin Papers
Collection Number: Accession No. 506
Physical Description: 0.75 linear foot
Creator: Emmett Essin
Repository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Emmett Essin Papers were donated to the University Archives on August 12, 1997, by Emmett M. Essin, III, professor of history at East Tennessee State University.

Access: The papers were opened to researchers in August 1997.

Processing Information: E.Speer completed processing the collection in 1997.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Emmett M. Essin, III, was born in Sherman, Texas, in 1940. A 1964 graduate of Austin College, Sherman, Texas, he earned advanced degrees at Texas Christian University (M.A., 1965; Ph.D., 1968). Since 1967, he has served as professor of history at East Tennessee State University, and in 1985 he became director of the university's division of developmental studies.

Essin's Shavetails and Bell Sharps: The History of the U.S. Army Mule was published in 1997 by the University of Nebraska Press.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Emmett Essin Papers consist of drafts of his Shavetails and Bell Sharps: The History of the U.S. Army Mule, published in 1997 by the University of Nebraska Press. Included in the collection are an uncorrected typescript draft of the manuscript, a corrected typescript draft, a photocopy of the typescript draft (with editor's corrections), and galley proofs.
The collection is arranged alphabetically in a single series.

Important subjects of the collection are:

Mules--United States--History
United States. Army--Transportation--History

BOX AND FOLDER LIST

Box 1

1. Draft of Shave Tails and Bell Sharps, folder 1, undated
2. Draft of Shave Tails and Bell Sharps, folder 2, undated
3. Draft of Shave Tails and Bell Sharps (with corrections), folder 1, undated
4. Draft of Shave Tails and Bell Sharps (with corrections), folder 2, undated
5. Draft of Shavetails and Bell Sharps (with editor's corrections), folder 1, 1996 and undated

Box 2

1. Draft of Shavetails and Bell Sharps (with editor's corrections), folder 2, undated
2. Galley proofs, Shavetails and Bell Sharps, folder 1, 1996
3. Galley proofs, Shavetails and Bell Sharps, folder 2, 1997