East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614
E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone - (423) 439-4338
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INTRODUCTION
Title: JOHN BIGGS ALDERMAN PAPERS, 1918-1983
Collection Number: Accession No. 149
Physical description: 7.5 linear feet, 7 audio cassettes, and 4 slide
carousels
Creator: John Biggs "Pat" Alderman
Repository: Archives of Appalachia
East Tennessee State University
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance: The Pat Alderman Papers were donated to the
archives by John Biggs "Pat" Alderman on February 3, 1983. Additional
materials were donated by his daughter, Patsy Tittle, on January 14, 1985. See
addendum page 30.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processing Information: Marie Tedesco completed processing and the collection was opened for research in 1987.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
John Biggs "Pat" Alderman was born in Dunn, North Carolina on October 31, 1901, the son of A. E. and Sara E. (Williford) Alderman. He had two sisters and a brother. As a youngster Alderman developed a love and appreciation for music, as his whole family somehow was involved in music, either by playing an instrument or singing. Religious music was the preferred genre of the Alderman family. At age 14, the young Alderman toured eastern North Carolina performing evangelistic music.
Alderman attended high school at Buies Creek Academy (now Campbell University), Buies Creek, North Carolina, and undergraduate school for two years at Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University), Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He left Wake Forest to further his music education at the Baptist Bible Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana. From New Orleans, Alderman moved to Troy, Alabama, to assume the position of director for a local church. After a short stay in Troy, he moved to Birmingham, Alabama to attend Howard College and to direct the college glee clubs (1923-27). From 1927 to 1930 Alderman attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music where he earned a master's degree in music.
By the time Alderman received his master's degree, the Great Depression had begun and as a consequence, budget cuts in education eliminated many music positions. Alderman thus returned to Dunn where he organized a number of community sings. In 1932 he was able to secure a position teaching music at the Kennedy Home, a Baptist orphanage in Kinston, North Carolina. It was in Kinston that Alderman met and in 1939 married, Verna Retha Blow, a Kinston native. They had one child, Verna Patricia, born on February 2, 1940.
More change was to characterize Alderman's life. He left the Kennedy Home in 1942, one year after the United States' entrance into World War II. In 1943, Alderman began working for the shipyards at Wilmington, North Carolina. He remained there until the war's end in 1945, when he returned to Dunn for a year. During that time Alderman's father died. Pat--as he had been called since his Buies Creek Academy days--and Verna decided to move away from Dunn, in part for reasons of health. The eastern North Carolina climate aggravated Pat's asthma condition. A former pupil of Alderman's then living in Shouns, near Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee asked him to take charge of music at a church in Shouns. Alderman accepted the offer, and he and Verna moved to East Tennessee. Three years later in 1950 Pat and Verna moved again, this time to Erwin, Unicoi County, Tennessee, where Pat became the director of the choral music department at Unicoi County High School. Alderman remained employed there until his retirement in 1967.
Beginning in the 1950s Alderman developed a keen interest in Appalachian, especially East Tennessee, history. (In subsequent years he became the historian of Unicoi County). As a result of this interest, he not only wrote and directed historical plays and pageants but also wrote books on Appalachian history. Among the plays he wrote and directed are Echoes of the Blue Ridge, Boone, North Carolina (1953), The Overmountain Men (1952) and The Hermit of the Big Bald (1955). Historical books written by Alderman include The Overmountain Men (1958), One Heroic Hour at King's Mountain (1968), Greasy Cove in Unicoi County (1975), and Nancy Ward/Dragging Canoe (1978). The Overmountain Men. Early Tennessee History, 1760-1780 (1970) incorporates as sections "The Overmountain Men," and "One Heroic Hour at King's Mountain."
After moving to Unicoi County, Alderman became very interested in natural history and conservation. The beauty of rural Unicoi County dominated by the Unaka Mountains, inspired Alderman. He wrote two books on natural history and conservation, In the Shadow of Big Bald (1972) and Wonders of the Unakas in Unicoi County (1964). He also took part in activities related to natural history and conservation. For eight years after his retirement, Alderman served as naturalist for the United States Forest Service in the Watauga District, Cherokee National Forest. He also played an important part in the establishment of the Unaka Naturalists Rally sponsored by the Erwin Civitan Club.
Alderman was a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, the East Tennessee Vocal Association, and Rotary International. His political affiliation was as an independent, while his religious affiliation was Baptist. He died on September 9, 1984 at Indian Path Hospital, Kingsport, Tennessee. He was survived by his wife, Verna Blow Alderman, his daughter, Verna Patricia Alderman Tittle, son-in-law, Larry Kenneth Tittle, and two grandchildren, Scotti Lea and Jon Mark Tittle.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Pat Alderman papers contain many different types of materials. Included are books, plays, articles and music written by Alderman, as well as typed drafts and handwritten notes for his historical works. The music dates from the late 1920s through the 1960s, while the plays and books date from the late 1940s through the 1970s. Incoming correspondence (1920s-1980s), church programs, play programs, autobiographical notes, clippings on music, history,
natural history and conservation also are included in the collection. Photographic prints and negative transparencies from his books, and audio tapes have been placed in separate series within the collection. These audio-visual materials have been kept with the collection. See addendum page 30.
The Pat Alderman papers are divided into six series: Series I, Plays and Music; Series II, Historical Materials; Series III, Conservation and Natural History; Series IV, Correspondence; Series V, Community, Educational, Social and Religious Activities; and Series VI, Audio-Visual Materials.
Important subjects covered in the collection include:
Alderman, Pat
Alderman family
Bald Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
Bean, William, 1721-1782
Big Bald Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.)
Blount, William, 1749-1800
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820
Botany--Tennessee--Unicoi County
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Cherokee Indians
Children
Chota Site (Tenn.)
Church music
Dragging Canoe (Cherokee-Chickamauga war chief), 1732-1792
Elephant hanging, Erwin, Tenn., 1916
Fort Loudoun (Tenn.)
Franklin (State)
Frontier and pioneer life
Genealogy
Indian of North America--Social life and customs
Kings's Mountain, Battle of, 1780
Landscape
Log buildings
Music
Music--Instruction and study
Natural History--Unaka Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
North Carolina--History
Oconostota
Sevier, John, 1745-1815
Shelby, Issac, 1750-1826
Tennessee, East--History
Tilson family
Tilson Grist Mill
Unicoi County (Tenn.)
Unicoi County (Tenn.)--History
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Ward, Nancy, d. 1822
Water mills
Waterfalls
Women pioneers
Zoology--Tennessee--Unicoi County
See also Addendum
SERIES DESCRIPTION
10 Manuscript Boxes
5 Flat Boxes
1 Shoe Box
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Series I, PLAYS AND
MUSIC, 1918-69, Boxes 1-5.
This series contains dramatic and musical plays written by Alderman,
programs for plays and musical events attended by Alderman, music written or
arranged by Alderman, music used by Alderman, and articles and clippings about
music theory, plays and musical events. The series is divided into four subseries
as follows: Subseries I-A, Plays written by Alderman, 1952-68; Subseries I-B,
Plays directed/produced by Alderman and miscellaneous play books, 1909-1968;
Subseries I-C, Sheet music; and Subseries I-D, Music and drama related materials.
Subseries I-A,
PLAYS WRITTEN BY ALDERMAN,1952-68, Boxes 1-2.
Included are plays written by Alderman. These are arranged
alphabetically by title of play.
Subseries I-B, PLAYS DIRECTED AND/OR
PRODUCED BY ALDERMAN AND MISCELLANEOUS PLAY BOOKS, 1909-68, Box 2 .
Included are plays directed and/or produced by Alderman for
civic, educational and religious organizations, together with an assortment
of other plays and playbooks. These materials are arranged alphabetically
by title of play, with the miscellaneous play books placed at the end of the
subseries.
Subseries I-C, SHEET MUSIC, UNDATED,
Boxes 3-4
Contained in this subseries is sheet music
Alderman used for pageants, choral programs, church services and high school
and college musical groups and activities. Some of the songs (as noted on
the sheet music) were arranged by Alderman's wife, Verna. Two songs, "A
Meditation," and "Overmountain Men" were written by Alderman.
The collections of music and the individual sheet music have been separated,
with the collections placed first, and the individual sheets second. Both
are arranged alphabetically, by title of book in the case of the collections,
and by title of song in the case of the individual sheets. See Addendum page
32.
Subseries I-D,
MUSIC AND DRAMA-RELATED MATERIALS, 1918-78, Boxes
4-5.
This series contains music and drama related
materials. Clippings about plays and festivals Alderman directed or took part
in, music and church programs, publicity for plays and festivals, and articles
written by Alderman and other authors are included in this subseries. The
programs include both those in which Alderman took part, and those he simply
attended. The clippings date back to the 1920s when Alderman worked as the
music director for the Kennedy Home, Kinston, North Carolina and continue
through his later years (1960s-1970s) when Alderman directed various civic
programs in Erwin, Tennessee. Programs and clippings are arranged chronologically
by decade. See addendum page 33.
Series II,
HISTORICAL MATERIALS, 1970-78, Boxes 5-9.
This series includes a variety of materials which
relate to Appalachian, East Tennessee, personal and family history. Included
are autobiographical writings, genealogical research, drafts and chapters from
Alderman's books, and research and writing on numerous East Tennessee and Appalachian
topics. These materials are arranged alphabetically by subject or book title.
The Nancy Ward/Dragging Canoe chapters are arranged by order of the chapters
as they appeared in that book as published in 1978. Similarly, sections of The
Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History, 1760-1780 (1970) are arranged
according to their order in the book. "The Overmountain Men" and "One
Heroic Hour at King's Mountain" are included here, even though they were
published as separate books. See addendum page 33.
Series III, NATURAL HISTORY AND CONSERVATION, 1964-69, Box
9.
Included here are Alderman's writings on natural history and
conservation, together with clippings and materials on organizations with which
Alderman worked from the 1950s through the 1980s. The folders are arranged alphabetically
by folder title. See addendum page 33.
Series IV, CORRESPONDENCE, 1920-83, Boxes 9-10.
This series contains incoming correspondence, arranged chronologically by decade.
One folder of undated correspondence has been place at the end of this series.
Series V, COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES,
1939-83,
Box 10.
This series contains awards and certificates of merit received by Alderman,
clippings, miscellaneous materials, and speeches and programs Alderman gave
to civic organizations. The folders are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
See addendum page 34.
Series VI, AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS, UNDATED, Boxes
11-16.
Included in this series are transparencies which were used to produce visual
images in Alderman's books, together with slides, negatives, prints, sketches
and drawings and audio cassettes. The transparencies depict historical persons
and events, as well as landscapes, structures and objects. The slides, negatives
and prints cover a variety of images, among them historical persons, artifacts,
flora, fauna and family members. The sketches and drawings include depictions
of historical events, as well as historical maps. The series is divided into
four subseries as follows: Subseries VI-A, Transparencies and Slides; Subseries
VI-B, Photographic Negatives; Subseries VI-C, Prints, Sketches and Drawings;
and Subseries VI-D, Audio Cassettes.
Subseries VI-A, TRANSPARENCIES AND SLIDES, UNDATED, Box
11 and four carousels.
Included here are transparencies used to print visual images in Alderman's
books. These transparencies depict historical events and persons. Some maps
are also included here. The transparencies are numbered 1T-108T and arranged
sequentially by these numbers. The loose slides are numbered 1s-27s, and arranged
sequentially by these numbers. There are four carousels of slides which are
shelved with the collection. These slides are part of three slide-tape programs
written and assembled by Alderman. The carousels are numbered one through
four, and arranged according to number. (See Non-Manuscript Materials for
titles of carousels). See addendum page 34.
Subseries VI-B, PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES, UNDATED, Box 11.
Contained in this subseries are photographic negatives of Alderman, his family
and friends, artifacts, landscapes, flora and fauna, structures, historical
persons and events, and unidentified persons. The negatives are arranged alphabetically
by subject, with each negative protector sheet within a category numbered
1N, 2N, etc.
Subseries VI-C, PRINTS, SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS, UNDATED,
Boxes 12-15.
This subseries contains photographic prints, as well as photomechanical prints.
Subjects covered include Alderman, his family and friends, flora, fauna, artifacts,
landscapes, historical persons and events, plays Alderman directed or viewed,
structures and unidentified persons. The sketches and drawings were those
used in Alderman's historical books. Historical persons, events, and maps
are included here. The prints are arranged alphabetically by subject, while
the sketches and drawings are placed together at the end of the subseries.
See addendum page 34.
Subseries VI-D, AUDIO CASSETTES, UNDATED, Box 16.
Included are seven audio tapes which cover Alderman's life, autobiographical
information, Indian history, flora and fauna. The tapes have been numbered
and arranged by title of tape. All tapes are recorded on one side only (except
tape 7).
Non-Manuscript Materials
Oversize maps, drawings and transparencies have been placed in the
map cabinets and filed according to accession number. Pamphlets and brochures
on local and regional history have been removed and placed in the Appalachian
vertical files. Magazines, among them Tennessee Conservationist, The Plow,
Tennessee Wildlife, Watauga Genealogist, and Wolf Laurel Gazette, have been
removed and placed in the Appalachian publications vertical files.
All photographic prints, photographic negatives, transparencies, slides and audio tapes have been retained with the collection. Four carousels of slides (#1, "Indians I," #2, "Indians II", #3, "Trees," and #4, "Wildlife") are shelved with the collection. There is also oversize material stored in map cabinets by accession number.
Series I, PLAYS AND MUSIC, 1918-69, Boxes 1-5
Subseries I-A, PLAYS WRITTEN BY ALDERMAN, 1952-1968, Boxes 1-2
Box 1
1. Christmas Pageant, Undated
2. Echos of the Blue Ridge, Boone, North Carolina (performed June 30-July 4, 1950), Boone, North Carolina.
3. The Hermit of the Bald 1955, Act I (2 copies).
4. The Hermit of the Bald 1955, Act II.
5. The Hermit of Bald Mountain 1955, (entire play plus various extra sheets).
6. The Hermit of Bald Mountain 1955, (entire play).
7. The Hermit of Bald Mountain 1955, (miscellaneous materials).
8. Nativity play, 1952.
9. Nativity play, 1952.
10. Nativity (performed December 16-18, 1952, Unicoi High School).
11. Under Shelving Rock, 1959.
12. Overmountain Men 1958, Act I (non-musical version) 2 copies.
13. Overmountain Men 1958, Act II (non-musical version) 2 copies.
14. Overmountain Men 1958, Act II (non-musical version) 2 copies.Box 2
1. Overmountain Men, Musical-Act I (version 1), 1958 (?).
2. Overmountain Men, Musical-Act II (version 1), 1958 (?).
3. Overmountain Men, Musical- Act III (version 1), 1958 (?).
4. Overmountain Men, Act I, Book I [scenes through part of eleven] (version 2), 1958 (?).
5. Overmountain Men, Act I, Book II [scenes through end of Act I] (version 2), 1958 (?). Overmountain Men, Act II [scenes through 19] (version 2), 1958.
6. Overmountain Men, Act II, Book III [scenes through finale] (version 2), 1958 (?).
7. Overmountain Men, rough pamphlet, 1958 (?).
8. Overmountain Men, souvenir program (copy), souvenir program (printed), publicity, 1958 (?).
9. Overmountain Men, synopsis, 1958 (?).Subseries I-B, PLAYS DIRECTED AND/OR PRODUCED BY ALDERMAN AND MISCELLANEOUS PLAY BOOKS, 1909-68, Box 2.
Box 2
10. Bums and Babes, 1956.
11. "Dis" and "Dat", 1960; Dixie Jamboree, 1961.
12. Forest of Faith, 1968; Hillbilly Parade, 1959.
13. Jerks and Skirts (2 copies), 1957.
14. The Other Side of Christmas, Undated.
15. Rio Rico or the King of Cocos Isle, 1951.
16. Miscellaneous play books, 1929-1941 (publication dates).
17. Miscellaneous play books, 1909-1944 (publication dates).
18. Miscellaneous play books-operettas, 1909-1947 (publication dates).Subseries I-C, SHEET MUSIC, UNDATED , Boxes 3-4.
Box 3
1. Collections of Music: A-E, Undated.
2. Collections of Music: G-H, Undated.
3. Collections of Music: L-P, Undated.
4. Collections of Music: R-S, Undated.
5. Collections of Music: T-Y, Undated.
6. Sheet Music: A-C, Undated.Box 4
1. Sheet Music: D-G, Undated.
2. Sheet Music: H-K, Undated.
3. Sheet Music: L-O, Undated.
4. Sheet Music: P-S, Undated.
5. Sheet Music: T-Z, Undated.
6. Sheet Music: Sheets with more than one song, Undated.
7. Sheet Music: Unidentified, Undated.
8. Songs Without Music, Undated.Subseries I-D, MUSIC AND DRAMA-RELATED MATERIALS, 1918-78, BOXES 4-5.
Box 4
9. Programs: Church Services, 1937-65.
10. Programs: Musical, 1918-1929.
11. Programs: Musical, 1930-39.
12. Programs: Musical, 1940-49.
13. Programs: Musical, 1951-78.
14. Programs: Musical, Undated and incomplete dates.
15. Performances: Publicity, 1930, 1952 and Undated.
16. East Tennessee Vocal Association, September and October, 1962.
17. Writings and music by Alderman, Undated.Box 5
1. Music/Plays: Clippings, 1920-49.
2. Music/Plays: Clippings, 1950-69.
3. Music/Plays: Clippings, Undated.
4. Miscellaneous music and play materials, Undated.
Series II, HISTORICAL MATERIALS, 1970-78, Boxes 5-9.
Box 5
5. Autobiographical, Undated.
6. Autobiographical: Local History: Scots-Irish, Undated.
7. Biographical Materials, Undated.
8. Campbell-Preston, Undated.
9. East Tennessee History (late 18th-early 19th century).
10. Greasy Cove Race, Undated.
11. Genealogy: John C. Browne Family, Undated.
12. Genealogy: Minta Carter, Undated.
13. Genealogy: Shelton Family, Undated.
14. John Grier Pension Application (1832).
15. Indian Facts and Legends, Undated.
16. Indians (miscellaneous), Undated.
17. Jonesborough, Tennessee, Undated.
18. Miscellaneous, Undated.
19. Miscellaneous, Undated.
20. Miscellaneous Clippings, Undated.
21. Historical: Nancy Ward: Index to Book.
22. Nancy Ward: "Nancy Ward", (1978 All subsequent Nancy
Ward chapters also are dated 1978).
23. Nancy Ward: "Storm Clouds".
24. Nancy Ward: "Childhood".
25. Nancy Ward: "Interim Years".
Box 6
1. Nancy Ward: "French and Indian War".
2. Nancy Ward: Fort Loudoun.
3. Nancy Ward: "Tragic Aftermath"
4. Nancy Ward: "Trouble-Surprises-Treaties".
5. Nancy Ward: "The Indian and His Land".
6. Nancy Ward: "Watauga People".
7. Nancy Ward: "Dragging Canoe Raises His Tomahawk".
8. Nancy Ward: "War Drums".
9. Nancy Ward: "Nancy Ward Sends Warnings".
10. Nancy Ward: "Dragging Canoe Defeated".
11. Nancy Ward: "The Raven of Chota".
12. Nancy Ward: "Old Abram and Fort Watauga/Power of Life and Death".
13. Nancy Ward: "Destruction of Middle Valley and Lower Settlements".
14. Nancy Ward: "Christian's Campaign".
15. Nancy Ward: "The Long Island Treaty".
16. Nancy Ward: "The Chickamauga Raid".
17. Nancy Ward: "Disaster Strikes Again".
18. Nancy Ward: "Cherokee Pawns".
19. Nancy Ward: "The Tomahawk Strikes Again".
20. Nancy Ward: "Southwest Territory".
21. Nancy Ward: "Dragging Canoe: Strong Man of the Nation".
22. Nancy Ward: "Excerpts From the Past".
23. Nancy Ward: "Nancy Ward's Philosophy Bears Fruit".
24. Nancy Ward: "Nancy Ward's Last Council Message".
25. Nancy Ward: "Nancy Ward's Last Home".
26. Nancy Ward: "Death and Burial".
27. Nancy Ward: Bibliography.
28. Nancy Ward: "The Avery Treaty".
29. Nancy Ward: "Cherokee Teaching the Young".
Box 7
1. Nancy Ward: "Defeat at Island Flats". ("After Island
Flats") (Incorporated into: "Dragging Canoe Defeated", "The
Raven of Chota", and "Old Abram and Fort Watauga").
2. Nancy Ward: Dragging Canoe (miscellaneous information).
3. Nancy Ward: "Fading Cultures" (incorporated into first three
chapters of book).
4. Nancy Ward: "Nancy Ward Resigns as Honored Woman".
5. Nancy Ward: "Traders".
6. Nancy Ward: Loose Sheets.
7. Nancy Ward: Loose Sheets.
8. Nancy Ward: Publicity (book and TV documentary).
9. Nancy Ward: Handwritten Notes.
10. Nancy Ward: Handwritten Notes.
11. Nancy Ward/Dragging Canoe (slide lists).
12. Nancy Ward/Dragging Canoe (slide lists).
13. Nancy Ward/Dragging Canoe (slide lists).
14. Nancy Ward/Dragging Canoe (slide lists).
15. Nancy Ward: Printed copies of chapters.
16. North Carolina Regulators, Undated.
Box 8
1. "Overmountain Men" (slide list), Undated.
2. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: Table of contents, 1970
(all subsequent folders from Overmountain Men are dated 1970).
3. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "Overmountain Men".
4. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "Overmountain Men"
(prologue).
5. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History.
6. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "The Overmountain
Men" (Cherokee Indian; Watauga Association).
7. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "One Heroic Hour at
King's Mountain".
8. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "One Heroic Hour at
King's Mountain".
9. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "One Heroic Hour at
King's Mountain" (list of King's Mountain soldiers).
10. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "One Heroic Hour
at King's Mountain".
11. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "One Heroic Hour
at King's Mountain" (King's Mountain and the Revolution).
12. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "One Heroic Hour
at King's Mountain".
13. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "Cumberland Decade".
14. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "Southwest Territory".
15. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History: "State of Franklin".
16. Overmountain Men: Early Tennessee History.
17. Overmountain Men - (miscellaneous), Undated.
18. State of Franklin (miscellaneous), Undated.
19. Southern Highland Churches, Undated.
20. Tilson Grist Mill/Tilson Family, Undated.
21. "Under Shelving Rock", Undated.
22. Unicoi County, Undated.
Series III, NATURAL HISTORY AND CONSERVATION, 1964-69, Box
9
Box 9
5. The Vanishing Wildness, Undated.
6. Washington County: Miscellaneous, Undated.
7. Bays Mountain Park, Undated.
8. Cherokee National Forest, Undated.
9. Clippings on natural history and conservation, 1964-68 and Undated.
10. Ecology, Undated.
11. Energy, Undated.
12. Greasy Cove in Unicoi County, Undated.
13. "A Guide to Environmental Action for Citizens in the Tri-Cities Area,"
Undated.
14. In the Shadow of Big Bald, Undated.
15. In the Shadow of Big Bald, Undated.
16. Miscellaneous, Undated.
17. Overmountain Victory Trail, Undated.
18. Tennessee Conservation League, Undated.
19. Unaka Mountains, Undated.
20. Unaka Naturalist Rally, 1968-1979, and Undated.
21. Wildlife, Undated.
22. Wonders of the Unakas, Undated.
Series IV, CORRESPONDENCE, 1920-1983, Boxes 9-10.
Box 9
23. Correspondence: 1920-29.
24. Correspondence: 1930-39.
25. Correspondence: 1940-49.
26. Correspondence: 1950-59.
27. Correspondence: 1960-69.
Box 10
1. Correspondence: 1970-79.
2. Correspondence: 1980-83.
3. Correspondence: Undated.
Series V, COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES,
1939-83,
Box 10.
Box 10
4. Awards, certificates of appreciation and merit, 1958-83.
5. Bicentennial committees work (United States and Unicoi County), 1976.
6. Clippings, 1939-83; Undated.
7. Education/School Activities, 1952-83 and Undated.
8. Miscellaneous, 1923-75 and Undated.
9. Miscellaneous, Undated.
10. Miscellaneous religious activities, 1938 and Undated.
11. Social activities, 1938, 1952 and Undated.
12. Speeches, programs, service activities, 1950-69 and Undated.
Series VI, AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS, UNDATED, Boxes 11-16.
Subseries VI-A, TRANSPARENCIES AND SLIDES, UNDATED, Box 11 and four carousels.
Box 11
1. Transparencies: Historical, 1T-43T.
2. Transparencies: Landscapes, 44T-53T.
3. Transparencies: Objects, 54T-67T.
4. Transparencies: Places, 68T-72T.
5. Transparencies: Structures, 73T-87T.
6. Transparencies: Unidentified Persons, 88T-103T.
7. Transparencies: Other, 103T-108T.
Slides: 15-275.Subseries VI-B: PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES, UNDATED, Box 11.
Box 11
8. Negatives: Artifacts, 1N-2N.
9. Negatives: Flora and Fauna, 1N-3N.
10. Negatives: Historical, 1N-6N.
11. Negatives: Landscapes, 1N-25N.
12. Negatives: Landscapes, 26N-40N.
13. Negatives: Miscellaneous, 1N-8N.
14. Negatives: Personal/Family, 1N-6N.
15. Negatives: Structures, 1N-4N.
16. Negatives: Unidentified people, 1N-9N.Subseries VI-C: PRINTS, SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS, UNDATED, Boxes 12-15.
Box 12
1. Prints: Alderman/Family/Friends.
2. Prints: Alderman/Family/Friends.
3. Prints: Artifacts.
4. Prints: Flora and Fauna.
5. Prints: Historical.
6. Prints: Historical.
7. Prints: Historical.Box 13
1. Prints: Historical.
2. Prints: Landscapes.
3. Prints: Landscapes.
4. Prints: Landscapes.
5. Prints: Landscapes.
6. Prints: Landscapes.Box 14
1. Prints: Landscapes.
2. Prints: Other.
3. Prints: Other.
4. Prints: Plays.
5. Prints: Plays.
6. Prints: Structures.Box 15
1. Prints: Structures.
2. Prints: Unidentified Persons.
3. Prints: Unidentified Persons.
4. Prints: Unidentified Persons.
5. Prints: Unidentified Persons.
6. Sketches and Drawings.
7. Sketches and Drawings.Subseries VI-D, AUDIO CASSETTES, UNDATED, Box 16.
Box 16
1. Alderman: Recorded notes, re: move to Tennessee from North Carolina.
2. Cherokee Indians: Interview with Sandra Harrison, Librarian at Qualla Boundary Library at Cherokee, North Carolina. Robert Bushyhead on the Cherokee language.
3. "The Indians" (synched with the two "Indians" carousels of slides). (Tape broken - do not use)
4. "Mountainous Green Belt" (Trees) (synched with the "Trees" carousel of slides).
5. "Spring Magic" (Wild Flowers).
6. "Wildlife" (synched with "Wildlife carousel).
7. Alderman: Side 1: Recorded notes. Side 2: Wind blowing around house.
The following items have been removed from the collection and placed in oversized storage by accession number:
FOLDER 1
Oversize Sketches and Drawings/Prints
1. Grist Mill.
2. Map of Big Bald Mountain.
3. Print of Unidentified Persons.
4. Sketches: 2 Indian females and 2 boys using mortar and pestle.
5. Tennessee House of Representatives Resolution expressing appreciation to
Tilson family for donating Tilson Grist Mill to Tennessee State Museum.
FOLDER 2
1. Cherokee National Forest.
2. Greene County Highway Map.
3. Unicoi County, Tennessee: Rural Road Map.
FOLDER 3
1. Map of Big Bald Mountain, Mars Hill, North Carolina, 1971.
2. Street map of Erwin, Tennessee, James A. Goforth Engineering, Erwin, Tennessee,
February 1959.
3. Drawing of musket.
4. Architects drawing, gristmill.
5. Map: Appalachian Corridor "B": State Route 36, U.S. 23 and 19W,
Unicoi, Washington and Carter Counties, Tennessee.
6. Appalachia Trail Relocation, Unaka Mountain Section, Unaka Ranger District,
Cherokee National Forest.
FOLDER 4
Transparencies:
1. Map of U. S. showing its growth 1783-1853.
2. John Ball tax receipts.
3. Indians and frontiersmen, ND.
4. Thomas Sumpter, Francis Marion and Andrew Pickens, ND.
5. Topographical maps - East Tennessee, ND.
6. Indian Treaties Map: East Tennessee, 1767-76.
7. Black and Hawk War - Battle of Bad Axe, ND.
8. Mountain - Unidentified.
9. Sycamore Shoals Treaty, March 17, 1775.
INDEX TO PAT ALDERMAN PAPERS
Afro-Americans: 14-5(p).
Ahouskie High School Band, Ahouskie, North Carolina: 9-25.
Alabama Baptist State Convention: 9-23.
Alderman, Grace: 15:1 (p).
Alderman Home Place - North Carolina: 15-1(p).
Alderman, Leslie (Pat's brother): 9-23.
Alderman, Arnie and Sarah (Pat's parents): 12-2(p).
Alderman, Patsy: 5-5; 9-26; 10-8.
Alderman, Portia: 12-2(p).
Alderman, Sarah (Pat's mother): 9-23.
Alderman, Verna Blow: 5-5; 10-9; 11-14(Neg. sheet 1, 6); 12-1(p); 12-2(p).
Alderman family: 12-1(p); 12-2(p).
Alderman house: 11-14(neg. sheet 4).
Alexander, Governor Lamar: 10-2.
American Revolution: See Revolutionary War, 1775-83.
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission: 10-1.
Amherst, General Jeffrey: 6-2, 3.
Anderson, William P.: 5-8.
Andrews, Samuel-House: 15-1(p).
Appalachian Region-language: 4-12; 5-13; 9-5.
Appalachian Region, Southern-living conditions in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries: 4-12; 5-13.
Appalachian Region, Southern-prehistory: 9-22.
Appalachian Region, Southern-topography: 12-8(p); 13-1(p).
Appalachian Trail: 13-4(p); 14-3(p); 15-6(s).
Apple Blossom Festival, Mountain City, Tennessee: 12-1(p).
Arendall, C. B.: 9-23.
Arnold, General Benedict: 8-10.
Arrowheads: 12-4(p).
Ahakullakulla: 2-1; 2-4; 5-22, 23; 6-5 thru 7, 29; 7-1, 2, 6, 11; 15-5(s).
Avery Treaty: 6-2; 6-28.
Backpacking: 11-6(88T-91T).
Baker, Senator Howard: 9-27.
Bald Mountain Cloggers: 15-4(p).
Bald Mountains, Tennessee: 9-14, 15, 16; 11-7(25s-27s); 11-11(neg. sheet 10-11,
13-17, 23); 13-2(p).
See also Big Bald Mountain, Tennessee.
Baptist Orphanage of North Carolina: 9-25.
Baptist State Convention, North Carolina: 4-9.
Barter Theater, Abingdon, Virginia: 5-3.
Bartram, William: 6-23.
Basketry: 11-8(Neg. sheet 2); 23-3(p).
Battle of Boyd's Creek marker: 11-1(1T).
Bays Mountain Park (Sullivan County, Tennessee): 9-7.
Bean, John: 1-13 thru 14; 6-6.
Bean, Russell: 8-21.
Bean, William: 1-12 thru 14; 2-4; 6-6; 7-11; 8-6.
Bean, Mrs. William: 6-10 thru 11; 7-1.
Bears: 12-5(p).
Beauty Spot, Unaka Mountains, Tennessee: 11-11(neg. sheet 8); 13-2(p).
Beeson, D. R.: 5-19.
Bell Massacre: See Unicoi County-Bell Massacre.
Big Bald Mountain, Tennessee: 9-14, 15, 20; 11-7(23s-24s); 13-2(p); 13-3(p);
13-5(p); 14-1(p).
Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, North Carolina: 9-25.
Blount County-Historical Marker: 12-6(p).
Blount Mansion: 14-6(p).
Blount, Governor William: 1-3; 2-6; 6-20 thru 21; 7-6, 10; 8-22; 13-1(p).
Blow, Mrs. (Verna's mother): 12-2(p).
Blow, Roscoe L. (Verna's father): 12-2(p).
Blue Ridge Mountains-18th Century Settlements: 1-2.
Blue Ridge Parkway: 13-2(p).
Boone, Daniel: 1-2; 1-12; 5-2 thru 3; 6-6; 7-11; 8-6.
Boone, North Carolina: 1-2.
Boone, Rebecca: 1-2.
Bristol Caverns: 14-1(p).
Bristol Kiwanis Club: 9-27.
Brookford Baptist Church, Brookford, North Carolina: 9-25.
Broughton, J. M. - candidate for governor of North Carolina, 1940: 9-25.
Brown, Jacob: 6-6; 8-6.
Brown, John C., Family: 5-11.
Brown, Colonel Thomas: 6-17.
Brown House: 15-1(p).
Browning, Gordon, Governor of Tennessee: 9-26.
Broyhill, Congressman James: 10:1, 2.
Buckeye Waterfall: 11-11(Neg. sheet 1); 13-3 (p).
Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church, Gray, Tennessee: 8-20; 12-6 (p).
Burleson Flats: 14-2(p).
Burnett, Peter Hardeman: 5-9; 11-10(Neg. 6); 12-6(p).
Bushyhead, Robert-Alderman Interview of: 16-Tape 2.
Byrd, Colonel Richard: 6-4.
Caisons: 11-2(66T).
Cameron, Alexander: 6-14 thru 15.
Campbell, Billy: 12-2(p).
Campbell, Colonel Arthur: 5-8; 6-17; 8-11.
Campbell, John: 5-6.
Campbell University (Buies Creek, North Carolina): 10-2.
Camping: 15-2(p).
Candle holders: 12-3(p).
Canoeing: 11-7(105T-106T); 14-1(p).
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway: 5-5; 11-2(58T); 14-2(p), 3(p).
Carter, John: 1-13 thru 14; 8-6.
Carter, Landon: 2-5.
Carter, Minta: 5-12.
Castalian Springs (Bledsoe's Lick), Tennessee: 8-13; 15-1(p).
Caves: 14-2(p) thru 3(p).
Caw Waw Noo Dee (war song): 6-8.
Centenary Methodist Church, Erwin, Tennessee: 4-9.
Central Methodist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee: 4-9.
Charleston, South Carolina: 11-1(33T); 13-6 (p).
Cherokee Alphabet: See Cherokees-syllabary.
Cherokee Baptist Church: 8-20.
Cherokee Country-Map: 15-6(s).
Cherokee Museum, Cherokee North Carolina: 12-1(p).
Cherokee National Forest: 9-8.
Cherokee, North Carolina-Qualla Boundary Public Library: 10-6.
Cherokee-White Relations: 5-23; 6-5 thru 21; 7-9.
Cherokees Agriculture: 6-23; 7-3.
Cherokees-"Black Drink" Ritual: 5-23.
Cherokees-Childhood: 5-24; 7-7.
Cherokees-Colonial Period: 1-12; 2-3 thru 4; 5-22; 6-5 thru 24; 7-15; 8-5, 13;
11-1(25T); Carousels 1 & 2.
Cherokees-Colonial Period - Trade with whites: 5-23, 25; 7-3, 9.
Cherokees-Government: 5-23; 6-29; 7-3, 4, 6; 8-6.
Cherokees-Land cessions: 6-24, 25; 7-6; 15-6(s).
Cherokees-Language: 16-Tape 2.
Cherokees-Legends: 5-15, 24.
Cherokees-Medicine: 7-7; 14-5(p).
Cherokees-Music: 1-2; 4-1.
Cherokees-Physical characteristics of men and women: 5-25; 7-5.
Cherokees-Pre-colonial Period - Ways of Life: 5-23; 7-22; Carousels 1 & 2.
Cherokees-Role of Shaman (Medicine Man): 5-24; 7-7.
Cherokees-Settlements in 18th century, map of: 15-6(s).
Cherokees-Smallpox epidemic, 1738-39: 5-25.
Cherokees-Religious beliefs: 5-24.
Cherokees-Syllabary: 5-16; 11-1(31T).
Cherokees-Wedding customs and rites: 5-23.
Chester Hotel, Jonesborough, Tennessee: 15-1(p); 15-5(s).
Chickamauga Campaign: 8-5, 14.
Chickamauga Creek: 6-15.
Chickamauga Indians-18th century settlements: 6-24; 7-6; 7-15; 8-13.
Chickamauga Settlements: 6-15 thru 15, 18 thru 20.
Chickasaws: 8-13. See also Treaty Oak Chickasaw Treaty, Nashville, Tennessee.
Chief Crowe: 12-1(p).
Chief Hanging Maw: 8-13.
Children: 12-6(p); 13-2(p); 14-5(p); 15-2(p); 3(p), 4(p).
Children's plays: 2-18.
Chippewa war dance: 11-1(37T).
Choral Music: 3-1 thru 6; 4-1, 3, 5.
Chota (Cherokee Capital): 5-22 thru 25; 6-1, 2, 8, 14, 17, 20, 22, 24, 29; 7-11;
8-6; 11-7(1s, 3s thru 6s,
9s thru 17s, 19s thru 21s); 12-7 (p).
Christian, Colonel: 6-14 thru 15, 29; 7-6.
Christmas: 3-1, 4; 4-5; 14-4(p). See also Christmas Hymns and "The Nativity" (play)
Christmas hymns: 1-1; 1-8 thru 1-10; 3-1; 3-4; 4-5.
Church Hill, Tennessee: 14-6(p).
Civil War: 5-13; 9-3, 12; 14-5(p).
Clarke, George Rogers: 8-14.
Clay, Clement Comer: 5-9.
Clinton, General: 6-8.
Clogging: 15-2(p).
Clogoitah: 15-5(s).
Clover Bottom Episode: 8-13.
Cobb House: 5-19.
Conservation: 10-1.
Conway, James Sevier: 5-9.
Conway, Governor John: 12-6(p).
Conway, Governor Elias Nelson: 13-1(p).
Cornstalk (Shawnee Chief): 6-8.
Cornwallis, Lord: 8-6 thru 8, 11.
Covered Wagons: 1-13(Neg. sheet 5).
Cox, John L. (Former Tennessee Governor): 8-22.
Crabtree, William: 6-6.
Crockett, Davy-Birthplace: 11-4(68T); 15-5(s).
Cumberland (Tennessee) settlements: 8-13, 11-1(21T, 23B); 12-6(p).
Cumberland, Tennessee Settlements-Map: 15-6(s).
Darling Jones Log Cabin: 10-6.
Davidson, General: 13-1(p).
Davidson Academy: 8-13.
Davidson County, Tennessee: 8-13.
Davidson (College) Symphonic Band: 9-24.
"Dead Man's Quarry" (Johnson County, Tennessee): 9-27.
Dearborn, Henry (Secretary of War under Jefferson): 6-24.
Deer: 12-5(p).
Devil's Fork Community: 9-3.
Devil's Looking Glass: 11-2(53T).
DeWitts Corner, Treaty of: 6-15.
Dinwiddie, Governor (Royal Governor of Virginia): 6-1.
Discovery of the New World-Effect on Native Americans: 6-5.
Doak, Samuel: 1-11; 8-11, 21.
Donelson, John: 6-17; 8-13.
Dragging Canoe: 2-2; 2-4; 5-22, 23; 6-2, 5, 7 thru 8, 20, 13 thru 16, 18, 21,
24, 28; 7-1, 2, 7. See also Chickamauga Settlements.
Dungan's Mill: 11-5(73T).
Dunn, North Carolina-Musical Groups and Performances: 4-11.
Dwight Institute: 14-2(p).
Dykeman, Wilma: 5-19.
Eagles: 12-5(p).
East Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America: 9-25; 10-6.
East Tennessee Vocal Association: 4-16.
East Tennessee-Maps: 11-1(26T).
Eastern Carolina Music Festival, Kinston, North Carolina: 9-25. See also Kinston
Musical Festival.
Echoes (publication of East Tennessee Historical Society): 5-18.
"Echoes of the Blue Ridge" (play): 5-5; 10-3; 14-5(p).
Ebenezer Methodist Church: 8-20.
Ecology and Wildlife: 5-19; 9-7, 9, 10, 12.
Ehringhaus, John C. B. (Governor of North Carolina): 9-24.
Elholm, George: 8-16.
Elizabethton Male Chorus: 5-2.
Ellington, Governor Buford: 9-26.
Energy: 9-11.
England-Colonization of the New World:
Environmental Education: 9-13.
Erwin, Tennessee Civitan Club: 9-20; 10-12.
Erwin Choral Club: 4-12; 5-2-3.
Erwin Fish Hatchery: 11-13(Neg. sheet 3); 13-2(p); 14-1(p); 14-2(p).
Erwin, Tennessee-elephant hanging: 12-7(p).
"The Eternal Hills"-Book Cover: 11-2(51T).
European influence on Cherokee culture: 7-3.
Falling, William: 1-13 thru 14.
Farming: 12-6(p).
Fauna: 11-9(Neg. sheet 3); 15-6(s); 16-Tape 6; Carousel 4.
Ferguson, Colonel: 8-21.
Fiddles: 14-2(p).
Fink, Paul: 6-6; 10-1.
First Baptist Church, Durham, North Carolina: 4-9.
First Baptist Church, Erwin, Tennessee: 4-9.
First Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, North Carolina: 4-9.
First Baptist Church, Kinston, North Carolina: 4-9; 10-6, 10.
First Baptist Church, Sanford, North Carolina: 4-9.
First Tennessee-Virginia Development District: 9-7.
Fishing: 15-2(p).
Five Killer (Nancy Ward's Son): 6-25.
Flame azalea: 12-5(p).
Flatboats: 15-6(s).
Flora: 9-9, 10; 11-9(Neg. sheets 1 & 2); 16-Tapes 4, 5; Carousel 3.
Flora MacDonald College, Red Springs, North Carolina: 9-25.
Food Preparation-Frontier Style: 15-3(p), 4(p).
"Forests of Faith" (play): 5-2.
Fort Duquesne: 6-1.
Fort Loudoun: 6-1 thru 4, 14; 11-1(30T); 11-4(70T); 13-2(p).
Fort Narborough: 12-7(p).
Fort Patrick Henry: 6-14.
Fort Prince George: 6-2, 3.
Fort Watauga: 6-12, 15.
Foster, Stephen: 3-5.
Foxes: 12-5(p).
France-aid to the Colonies during the Revolutionary War,1775-83: 8-8, 10.
France-colonization of the New World: 6-5.
French Broad River: 6-14; 14-1(p).
French-Indian War: 6-1, 2, 3.
Frontier life: 11-1(2T thru 5T; 9T thru 15T; 21T thru 22T; 24T; 28T thru 29T;
32T; 34T; 38T; 43T); 22- 2(59T); 11-10(Neg. sheet 2); 12-6(p); 13-1(p); 14-4(p);
15-3(p); 15-5(s).
Frontiersmen: 12-6(p); 15-5(s), 6(s). See also frontier Life.
Furniture: 11-2(63T thru 64T); 14-2(p), 6(p).
Gates, Horatio: 12-6(p); 13-1(p).
Geological formations: 9-15, 22.
Gillespie, George-House: 14-6(p).
Golf: 15-2(p).
"Governor's Daughter" (operetta): 3-2.
Grant, Colonel James: 6-3.
Greasy Cove: 9-1, 12, 16.
Greasy Cove District-list of taxables: 8-22; 9-12.
Greasy Cove Race: 5-10; 11-20(Neg. sheet 2).
Great Mortar (Creek Chief): 6-2.
Great Tellico, town of (Cherokee capital): 5-15; 6-22.
Great War for the Empire: See French and Indian War.
Green, General: 13-1(p).
Greene County, Tennessee: 8-13.
Greer, Andy: 1-13 thru 14.
Greer, David: 5-19; 9-22.
Greer, Hog: 9-22.
Greer Ditch: 11-10(Neg. 5); 13-2(p).
Grier, John: 5-14.
Grist Mills: 14-5(p), 6(p).
"Guide to Environmental Action for Citizens in the Tri-Cities Area, A":
9-13.
Haire family: 5-12.
Hamilton, Henry (Lieutenant Governor of Canada and the Northwest Territory):
6-16.
Hammond, Colonel: 6-13; 7-1.
Hard Labor Treaty: 6-4.
Harlan, Ellis: 6-14, 17.
Harrison, Sandra-Alderman interview of: 16-Tape 2.
Hatchets: 12-3(p).
Hawkins, Benjamin: 6-23; 7-10.
Hawkins, Sara: 2-4 thru 5.
Haynes, David: 12-6(p).
Headman, Mary Hoss: 9-26.
Henderson, Richard: 6-6 thru 7; 7-1.
Henry, Governor Patrick: .
Herbal medicine: 9-14.
Hermit of Big Bald Mountain: See David Greer.
Higgins, Holland-cemetery marker: 12-6(p); 12-8(p).
Hiking: 15-2(p).
Hildebrand, John: 6-24 thru 25.
Historical markers: 12-6(p); 12-7(p); 12-8(p).
Hiwassee region: 6-23, 25.
Hiwassee Treaty: 7-9.
Hoey, Governor Clyde: 14-3(p).
Holston Baptist Association: 8-22.
Holston River: 6-14 thru 15, 20.
Holston Treaty: 6-20, 23.
"Home Folks" (Column by Bic Weals): 10-6.
Hopewell, Treaty of : 6-18 thru 20; 7-9.
"Horn in the West" (play): 5-2 thru 3; 14-5(p).
Horseshoe Bend, Battle of: 6-24.
Horseshoe Falls: 13-3(p).
Houghton, Joshua: 1-13 thru 14.
Houston, Sam: 13-1(p).
Howard College Glee Club: 4-10; 4-14 thru 15; 5-1; 9-23; 14-3(p).
H. R. Corey School, Flag Pond, Tennessee: 15-1(p).
Indian smoking pipes: 12-3(p).
Iroquois Confederation: 6-7.
Irwin, John Rice: 10-2.
Isbell, Zacharia: 1-13 thru 14.
Island Flats, Battle of: 6-5, 20, 13; 7-1; 11-1(18T).
Jackson, Andrew: 2-6; 6-24; 7-6; 8-13.
Jackson-McMinn-Meriweather Treaty: 6-25.
Jefferson, President Thomas: 6-4; 6-17, 24.
Jefferson, President Thomas-removal of native Americans west of the Mississippi
River: 6-24; 7-7.
Johnson, Honorable R. E.: 9-23.
Johnson City, Tennessee: 5-5.
Johnson County, Tennessee: 9-27.
Johnson County Music Association: 5-3.
Johnson, Mancil M.: 10-2.
Jonesborough Assembly: 15-5(s).
Jonesborough, Tennessee: 5-17; 5-18.
Keelboats: 11-2(65T).
Kerr Foster Log Cabin: 12:6(p).
Kentucky Historical Society: 9-26.
Kennedy Home: 10-6.
Kennedy Memorial Home, Kinston, North Carolina-musical performances: 4-11 thru
12; 5-3; 9-24.
King, Polly: 10-3.
Kingfisher (Nancy Ward's first husband): 5-22; 6-17, 22; 7-11.
King George III of England: 11-1(41T).
King's Mountain, Battle of: 1-11; 4-13; 5-8; 6-17; 8-4, 7 thru 12; 8-21; 9-12;
10-2, 6; 11-1(20T); 43T);
12-8(p); 13-1(p).
King's Mountain National Military Park: 15-1(p).
Kingston Male Chorus: 5-1, 3.
Kinston Music Festival: 5-1, 3 thru 4; 9-25; 10-3; 14-3(p).
Kinston, North Carolina: 5-1, 3 thru 4; 9-25; 10-3, 6.
Kiwanis Club of Bristol: 9-26.
Kiwanis Club of Erwin: 10-11.
Knoxville, Tennessee (Site of): 6-20. See also White's Fort.
Korean folk songs: 3-5.
"Land of Dreams Come True, The" (operetta): 3-3.
Landscapes-identified: 11-2(44T thru 50T); 11-11(Neg. sheets 2, 4 thru 6, 9,
12, 20 thru 22, 24 thru 25); 11-12(Neg. sheets 26 thru 29, 31 thru 40).
Lawing, Ambrose: 12-2(p).
Liberty Day (October 12, 1918): 4-10.
Lilliard, Ray: 12-1(p).
Limestone Cove: 11-1(Neg. sheets 18 thru 19); 9-12.
Limestone, Tennessee: 14-6(p).
Little Bear (Sioux Chief): 8-22.
Little Carpenter: 6-1 thru 4, 6.
Little Fellow: 6-17.
Little Miss Sunbeam: 14-3(p).
Log structures: 11-2(60T); 11-5(74T thru 77T; 80T thru 82T, 87T); 11-6(99T,
101T); 11-15(Neg. sheet 2); 12-6(p); 14-6(p); 15-1(p), 6(s).
Long Fellow (Nancy Ward's brother): 6-22, 25.
Lockabee Treaty: 6-4.
Long Fellow: 6-17.
Long Island, Treaty of: 6-2, 15; 7-6.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee: 6-15-16.
Louisiana Purchase: 6-14.
Love, Colonel Robert: 5-19.
Lumbering: 5-13.
Lyles, Henry: 1-13 thru 14.
Lyttleton, Governor (of South Carolina): 6-2; 7-11.
McCown, Mary Hardin: 10-1, 2.
McDowell, Charles-home: 15-1(p).
McNabb, Margaret A.: 5-11.
McNairy, Judge John: 12-6(p).
March themes: 3-3.
Marion, Francis: 6-3.
Marshall, North Carolina: 14-1(p).
Mars Hill College-Choral Clinic, 1966: 14-2(p).
Martin, General Joseph: 5-22; 6-15 thru 17, 22 thru 23; 7-7.
Martin, William: 5-22.
Meigs, Jonathan: 6-24; 7-6, 8.
"Memories of Vienna" (Music Score): 3-3.
Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina: 9-25.
"Miami" (Song): 4-3.
Mill Stone: 12-3.
Molasses making: 12-6(p).
Montgomery, Colonel Archibald: 6-2.
Moonshining: 11-7(107T-108T); 12-7(p); 14-4(p), 6(p).
Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina: 5-3.
Moravian Missionaries-work among Cherokees: 6-23, 25, 29.
Mortar and Pestle: 12-3(p), 4(p).
Mount Mitchell, North Carolina: 11-12(Neg. sheet 30); 13-2(p); 14-1(p).
Mountain City, Tennessee: 5-5; 10-12.
Mountain City Rotary Club, Mountain City, Tennessee: 10-12.
Mountain Gap, Tennessee: 13-5(p).
Mountain Life: 1-2; 1-3; 1-4; 1-6. See also Appalachian Region, Southern- Living
Conditions in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
Mountain music: 5-6.
Mountains: See landscapes and names of ranges or individual mountains.
Moytoy of Settico (Cherokee warrior): 6-1.
Mulkey, Jonathan: 6-10; 7-1.
Mullins, Priscilla:
Munsey Memorial Methodist Church, Johnson City, Tennessee: 4-9.
Museum of Appalachia, Norris, Tennessee: 5-6; 10-2.
Musgrove Mill Battleground: 13-2(p); 14-1(p).
Music appreciation and theory: 4-17.
Musical bands and band performances: 9-24, 25.
Musical performances: 9-24, 25.
Muskets: 12-3(p); 12-6(p); 13-1(p); 15-5(s).
Nancy Ward, Publicity about book and documentary: 7-8.
Nash, Governor Abner: 12-6(p).
Native Americans: 11-1(15T thru 17T; 19T); 13-1(p); Carousels 1 & 2. See
also individual tribes.
Native Americans-dancing: 15-6(s).
Native Americans-hand ownerships, concepts of: 6-5.
Native Americans-pre Colonial cultures, North America: 5-15; 6-5; 16-Tape 3;
Carousels 1 & 2.
Native Americans-18th century treaties with: 15-6(s); 16-Tape 3.
Native Americans-warfare with whites: 11-1(32T, 36T); 15-5(s), 6(s); 16-Tape
3; Carousel 1 & 2. See also Cherokees-in the French and Indian War; Chickamauga
Campaign; Chicamaugas-warriors; Creeks-in the French and Indian war; battles
by name of battle and Revolutionary War (American) 1775-83.
Nativity (play): 14-4(p).
Natural history: 9-7-10.
Navaho Indians: 9-14.
Nixon, Richard President: 8-21; 9-26; 13-1(p).
Nolichucky River and Nolichucky Settlements: 6-15; 8-6.
North Carolina Regulators: 7-16.
North Carolina-history: 7-16.
North Carolina-maps: 11-1(39T).
"O Cho San" or "The Stolen Jade" (Operetta): 2-18.
Oconostota: 2-1 thru 2; 2-4; 5-16, 22, 23; 6-2, 3, 5, 7; 6-14 thru 15; 7-1,
9, 11.
Offenbach, Jacques: 3-2.
Ohio Valley-map: 15-6(s).
Old Abram: 6-10 thru 12; 7-1.
Old Netherland Hotel: 15-6(s).
Old Tassel (Cherokee Chief): 5-22; 6-18, 20; 7-7.
One Heroic Hour at King's Mountain-requests for book: 9-27; 10-1.
Onitositah (Corn Tassel): 7-6.
Organ Music: 3-3; 3-5.
Osioota (Cherokee Warrior): 6-8.
Ostenaco: 6-5.
Oukah-Ulah: 15-5(s).
Ounaonoa: 15-5(s).
Overmountain Men: 1-11 thru 14; 2-1 thru 6; 4-3; 6-17; 8-4; 10-1.
"Overmountain Men" (play): 5-2 thru 3; 14-4(p).
Overmountain men-route of: 11-1(6T); 15:6(s).
Over-Mountain Victory Trail: 9-17; 10-3.
Paris, Treaty of (1783): 6-18; 8-10.
Parkenson, Peter: 8-15.
Patriotic songs and music: 3-3; 4-5.
Penland School, Penland, North Carolina: 14-6(p).
Pestle and bowl: 12-3(p).
Peters, Edward, bandmaster, Penderlea Farms: 9-25.
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Shouns, Tennessee: 4-9.
Pocohontas: 7-10.
"Polly Make Believe" (operetta): 2-18.
Popular songs scores: 3-3.
Pottery: 12-3(p).
Preston, General Francis: 5-8.
Priber, Christian: 5-25.
Price, Edyth (Unicoi County artist): 10-6.
Pritchard, Jeter Conley: 5-11.
Proclamation Line of 1763: 6-4, 6.
Quaker Meadows: 15-1(p).
Querns: 11-2(67T).
Radio music: 3-4.
Rattlesnake Ridge: 13-2(p).
Raven (Cherokee Warrior): 6-7, 10 thru 11, 14 thru 15; 7-1.
Reece, Congressman B. Carroll: 9-26.
Reeves, William: 1-13 thru 14.
Religious hymns and music: 3-1; 3-4 thru 6; 4-1 thru 2, 4 thru 6.
Removal of Native Americans to land west of the Mississippi River: 6-24.
Revolutionary War (American), 1775-83: 1-11; 4-13; 5-8; 5-14, 22; 6-5 thru 17;
8-4, 7-12; 11-1(18T);
12-6(p); 13-1(p); 15-5(s).
Rhododendron: 14-1(p).
Rice's Mill: 15-1(p).
Rifle stocks: 11-13(Neg. sheet 6).
Rivers: See landscapes and names of individual rivers.
Riverside landfill: 14-2(p).
Roan Mountain, Tennessee: 11-4(71 thru 72T). See also Roan Mountain State Park.
Roan Mountain State Park, Tennessee: 9-9. See also Roan Mountain.
Robertson, Charles: 1-13 thru 14; 2-3 thru 5; 8-6.
Robertson, Charlotte (wife of James Robertson, founder of Nashville): 11-6(96T);
11-10 (Neg. sheet 1).
Robertson, James: 1-13 thru 14; 2-2; 6-6, 15 thru 17; 8-5, 23; 12-6.
Robertson, James-home: 14-6(p). See also "Traveler's Rest".
Robison, Dan M.-state librarian and archivist: 9-26.
Rock Creek: 11-11(Neg. sheet 3);12-1(p); 14-2(p), 3(p).
Rocky Mount, Tennessee: 12-6(p); 15-5(s).
Rolling pins: 12-3(p).
Ross, John: 6-24.
Rotary Club of Kingsport: 9-26.
Rotherwood Elm: 15-1(p).
Russell, George: 1-13 thru 14; 6-6.
Russell, John: 6-6.
Russell, Colonel William: 6-14.
Rutherford, General: 6-13.
Saint John's Mill, Watauga, Tennessee: 15-1(p).
Salem Church: 8-20.
"Samarkand" (opera): 4-10.
Satterwhite, Gladys: 10-2.
Savannah, Georgia-during Colonial period: 11-1(35T).
Scotch-Irish - orgins of: 5-6.
Seeman, Ernest: 9-27.
Sevier, Bonnie Kate: 13-1(p).
Sevier, John: 1-13 thru 14; 2-2 thru 6; 5-9; 5-12, 13, 18, 19, 22; 6-9, 14,
17; 7-2; 8-6, 7, 10 thru 12; 8-15, 21; 9-12, 26; 11-10(Neg. sheet 4); 12-6(p).
Sevier cabin: 14-6(p); 15-1(p).
Sevier family: 5-9; 9-26.
Sharkey, William Lewis: 5-9.
Shaub, Earl L.: 9-5.
Shawnees: 6-8; 8-13.
Shelby, Colonel Evan: 5-8; 6-16; 8-6, 14.
Shelby, Isaac: 1-13 thru 14; 2-2; 5-8; 8-5, 11, 21; 11-10(Neg. sheet 1); 12-6(p).
Shelby Settlement: 6-6.
Shelton family: 5-13.
Shelton Laurel: 5-13.
Shelving Rock, Tennessee: 8-11, 21.
Sherrill, Catherine: 6-10; 7-1.
Shouns, Tennessee: 5-5.
Sims, Vernon: 5-5.
Sinking Creek Baptist Church: 8-20.
Skalilosken: 15:5(s).
Smithfield, North Carolina Kiwanis Club: 9-24.
Snakes: 12-5(p).
Social Security Income: 9-27.
Southern Highland Churches: 8-19.
Southwest Territory: 5-20; 7-9, 10.
Spain-colonization of the New World: 6-5; 8-16.
Spring Branch Chorus, Dunn, North Carolina: 15-5(p).
Spruce Pine, North Carolina Railroad Depot: 14-2(p).
State of Franklin: 1-2; 5-6, 9, 19; 6-18 thru 19; 7-10; 8-15 thru 18; 11-1(42T).
Stone tools: 12-3(p).
Strother, David H.: 9-14.
Strother, John: 8-22.
Stuart, Henry: 6-5; 7-11.
Stuart, John: 6-5 thru 5, 8.
Stunts: 2-16 thru 17.
Sunbeam Bread truck: 14-3(p).
"Sunny of Sunnyside" (play): 2-18.
Superior Home Corporation: 15-1(p).
"Sword of Gideon" (play); 4-13.
Swords: 12-3(p), 4(p).
Sycamore Shoals: 6-17; 7-1, 2; 8-21.
Taliwa, Battle of: 5-23; 6-9; 7-11.
Tarboro, North Carolina flag exhibition: 12-1(p).
Tathtowe: 15-5(s).
Taylor, Christopher home: 15-1(p).
Taylor's Meeting House: 8-20.
Tennessee Conservation League: 9-18.
Tennessee Education Commission: 10-7.
Tennessee '86 Homecoming: 10-12.
Tennessee Historical Commission: 10-1.
Tennessee Library Association: 10-2.
Tennessee State Library and Archives: 10-1.
Tennessee-early maps: 11-1(6T thru 8T).
Thomas, Isaac: 5-9; 6-8 thru 9.
Tilson Cove: 8-20.
Tilson family: 5-6, 19; 8-20; 10-1; 12-2(p); 14-1(p); 14-2(p).
Tilson genealogy: 8-20.
Tilson, George: 12-2(p).
Tilson, George-homesite: 13-5(p).
Tilson home: 5-19; 8-20.
Tilson, John Squibb-cabin: 14-6(p); 15-1(p).
Tilson Mill: 5-6, 19; 8-20; 11-15(Neg. sheet 1); 12-1(p); 14-2(p), 6(p); 15-6(s).
Tilson Mountain: 13-6(p).
Timberlake, Lieutenant Henry: 6-4; 7-9.
Tipton, John: 2-5; 5-9; 8-7, 15.
Tipton-Haynes, Johnson City, Tennessee: 13-5(p); 14-6(p); 15-5(s).
Tories: 8-6, 7.
Tourism: 9-8, 9, 19.
Transylvania Agreement: 7-6.
Transylvania Company: 6-7 thru 8.
Transylvania land transaction at Sycamore Shoals, March 1775: 6-8.
Traveler's Rest, Tennessee: 14-6(p).
Treaty Oak, Chickasaw Treaty, Nashville, Tennessee: 12-8(p).
Tri-Cities Region-environmental action: 9-13.
Tugaloo (Cherokee Capital, South Carolina): 5-25.
Tugaloo River, South Carolina: 6-22.
Tumbling Creek, Tennessee: 9-14; 11-2(52T); 13-1(p).
Twaddell, William Powell, Director, Department of Music, Durham City Schools,
Durham, North Carolina: 9-25.
Ukwaneequa: See Attakullakulla.
Unaka Mountains: 9-9, 19, 22; 11-1(Neg. sheet 1); 13-3(p).
Unaka Mountain-flora: 9-19, 20.
Unaka, Naturalist Rally, 1968-74 and undated: 9-9, 20.
Unaka Springs: 5-5.
"Under Shelving Rock" (play): 14-4(p).
Unicoi County Apple Festival, 1981: 5-6.
Unicoi County Bicentennial Committee: 10-1.
Unicoi County Day: 10-5.
Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 5-6; 10-12.
Unicoi County High School Glee Club: 4-13; 5-2 thru 3; 14-6(p).
Unicoi County Historical Society: 5-6; 10-1, 6, 12.
Unicoi County-Bell Massacre: 9-3.
Unicoi County-flora and fauna: 9-21.
Unicoi County-history: 5-19; 8-22; 9-1 thru 3, 21; 10-6.
Unicoi County-land grants: 8-22.
Unicoi County-natural history: 9-21.
Unicoi County-post office and post master: 8-22; 9-4.
Unicoi County-schools: 9-12.
United States Bicentennial: 5-19; 10-5.
"Unto These Hills" (play): 5-2.
Upper East Tennessee Bicentennial Committee: 10-5.
Ustanali (Cherokee capital which replaced Chota): 6-19.
Vance Home (North Carolina): 14-6(p); 15-5(s).
Vann, Joseph: 6-5.
Vaudeville Skits: 2-16.
Vice for making chairs; 12-4(p).
Ward, Betsy: 6-15 thru 16.
Ward, Bryant: 5-22; 6-2, 22.
Ward, Nancy: 1-12; 5-22 thru 25; 6-2, 4, 8 thru 10, 17, 18, 20, 22 thru 25,
29; 7-1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11; 8-6; 12-8(p).
Ward, Nancy-historical marker: 12-6(p).
Washington, President George: 6-20; 7-10; 8-7 thru 8, 10; 13-1(p).
Washington County, Tennessee: 8-6; 9-6; 13-2(p).
Watauga Association: 8-3, 4, 6, 13. See also Watauga Settlements.
Watauga Association of Genealogists: 10-3.
Watauga Settlement: 1-2; 6-6, 8; 7-2.
Waterfalls: 13-2(p); 13-3(p); 13-5(p); 13-6(p); 14-1(p).
Water mills and wheels: 11-5(79T; 84T thru 85T); 11-15(Neg. sheets 1, 3); 14-6(p);
15-1(p).
Watts, John: 6-20.
Weapons: 12-3(p), 4(p). See also muskets and swords.
Western North Carolina-Colonial History: 1-2.
Western North Carolina-Description: 9-15.
Westminster Choir School, Princeton, New Jersey: 5-6.
Whale-Oil Lamp: 12-3(p).
Whaley, Martha: 10-2.
White's Fort (Site of Knoxville, Tennessee): 6-20.
Wildlife: 12-5(p).
Wild turkeys: 12-5(p).
Williams, Colonel Joseph: 6-14.
Williamson, Colonel Andrew: 6-13; 7-1.
Winchester, James: 2-3; 11-6(97T); 11-10(Neg. sheet 1); 13-1(p).
Wolf Laurel, North Carolina: 11-1(Neg. sheet 18); 13-2(p); 14-1(p); 15-1(p).
Womanless wedding-Mountain City, Tennessee: 14-2(p).
Women-frontier life: 12-6(p); 13-1(p); 14-4(p), 5(p); 15-3(p), 4(p), 5(p), 6(s).
Wonders of the Unakas: 9-22.
Woodward, Grace Steele: 6-9.
Young, Robert: 8-15.
Yunwi-Usago-Se-Ti (Cherokee Chief): 6-24.
JOHN BIGGS ALDERMAN PAPERS
ADDENDUM
1912-83 and undated
1 linear foot
Accession Number 149
PROVENANCE
The addition to the John Biggs Alderman Papers was donated by Gloria J. Harrell of Johnson City, Tenn., on October 22, 1990 and was opened to researchers in December 1996.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The addition contains material which fall within the following existing collection series/subseries: Series I-C, Sheet Music; Series I-D, Music and Drama-Related Materials; Series II, Historical Materials; Series III, Natural History and Conservation; Series IV, Correspondence; Series V, Community, Educational, Social and Religious Activities; Series VI-A, Transparencies and Slides; and Series VI-C, Prints, Sketches and Drawings.
Included are newsclippings, musical scores, programs, correspondence, photographs, slides, miscellaneous printed matter, and memorabilia related to Alderman's varied interests in local history, music and music education, conservation, and civic affairs. Arrangement is noted under series descriptions.
Important subjects included in the addition are:
Alderman, Amariah Biggs, 1819-1889
Alderman, Pat
Alderman family
Botany--Tennessee--Unicoi County
Campbell College (Buies Creek, N. C.)
Church music
King's Mountain, Battle of, 1780
Music
Music--Instruction and study
Natural History--Unaka Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
Spring Branch Baptist Church (Sampson County, N. C.)
Tennessee, East--History
Tilson Grist Mill
Unicoi County (Tenn.)
Unicoi County (Tenn.)--History
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Water mills
SERIES/SUBSERIES DESCRIPTION
Series I-C, SHEET MUSIC, c. 1948 and undated, Box 17.
Series I-C consists of sheet music and song sheets arranged alphabetically by title.
Series I-D, MUSIC AND DRAMA-RELATED MATERIALS, 1926-83 and
undated, Box 17.
Series I-D includes newspaper clippings, programs, and miscellaneous printed
matter related to Alderman's activities in music and drama production. Material
is arranged chronologically with undated material filed after dated material.
Series II, HISTORICAL MATERIALS, 1958-83 and undated, Box 17.
Series II includes newspaper clippings, notes, copies of reviews of Alderman's books, a booklet on Amariah Biggs Alderman, and miscellaneous printed ephemera. Material is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically within folders, with undated material filed after dated material.
Series III, NATURAL HISTORY AND CONSERVATION, 1964-83 and
undated, Box 17.
Series III includes newspaper clippings, a National Forest Service study on
the proposed Unaka Mountain Scenic Area, and fliers on the Unaka Naturalist
Rallys led by Alderman. Material is filed alphabetically by subject and then
chronologically within folders, with undated material filed after dated material.
Series IV, CORRESPONDENCE, 1924-82 and undated, Box 17.
Series IV consists of correspondence primarily to Alderman and is arranged chronologically.
Series V, COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES, 1912-83 and undated, Box 18.
Series V includes school catalogs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous printed matter related to Alderman's varied civic and personal interests. Material is filed alphabetically by subject and then chronologically within folders, with undated material filed after dated material.
Series VI-A, TRANSPARENCIES AND SLIDES, undated, Box 18.
Series VI-A consists of 56 slides of historical personages, scenes, events, etc.
Series VI-C, PRINTS, SKETCHES and DRAWINGS, 1925-42 and undated, Box 18.
Series VI-C consists of 76 photographic prints gathered by Alderman. The majority of these prints relate to his personal life, family, and friends. Also included are two photographs of the Unicoi County High School chorus (1951 and 1952) and a drawing of Kivett Hall at Campbell College (undated). These three items have been placed stored in the map cabinets by accession number 149, oversize folder 1.
BOX AND FOLDER LIST
Series I-C, SHEET MUSIC, c. 1948 and undated, Box 17.
Box 17
1. "Down In The Valley," by Kurt Weill, c. 1948.
2. "Hymns of the Church" [series 2-5], undated.
3. Miscellaneous Song Sheets (contains "Caisson Song," "The Marines'
Hymn," and "When Icicles Hang By the Wall"), undated.
Series I-D, MUSIC AND DRAMA-RELATED MATERIALS, 1926-83 and undated, Box 17.
Box 17
4. Clippings, 1926-83 and undated.
5. Miscellaneous material, 1935-40 and undated.
6. Programs, 1927-68 and undated.
Series II, HISTORICAL MATERIALS, 1958-83 and undated, Box 17.
Box 17
7. Addresses, 1969 and undated.
8. Amariah Biggs Alderman by John Thomas Alderman, undated.
9. Autobiographical/biographical materials, 1977-83 and undated.
10. Buie's Creek Academy/Campbell University, 1981-83 and undated.
11. Clippings, 1975-81 and undated.
12. "Mississippian Gorgets," undated.
13. Miscellaneous materials, 1971-78 and undated.
14. Notes, undated.
15. Reviews of Alderman's Works, 1958-75 and undated.
16. Spring Branch Baptist Church, 1795-1970, undated.
17. Unicoi County, Tennessee, 1975-78 and undated.
Series III, NATURAL HISTORY AND CONSERVATION, 1964-83 and undated, Box 17.
Box 17
18. Clippings, 1964-83 and undated.
19. Recreation Area Management Plan: Unaka Mountain Scenic Area, 1965.
20. Unaka Naturalist Rallys, 1973 and 1975.
Series IV, CORRESPONDENCE, 1924-82 and undated.
Box 17
21. Correspondence, 1924-82 and undated.
Series V, COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES, 1912-83 and undated, Box 18.
Box 18
1. Catalogs, 1912-82 [Buie's Creek Academy, 1912-13; Roosevelt University,
1981-82; Westminster Choir School, 1934-35; The Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina, 1939]
2. Church and religious-related activities, 1935-68.
3. Clippings, 1950-83 and undated.
4. Education-related activities, 1955 and undated.
5. King's Mountain, 1958-75 and undated.
6. Memorabilia, 1940.
7. Miscellaneous papers, 1949-76 and undated.
8. Scrapbook [miscellaneous pages], 1938 and undated.
9. Tilson's Mill, 1981.
10. Unicoi County High School Glee Club notebook, 1964-65.
Series VI-A, TRANSPARENCIES AND SLIDES, undated, Box 18.
Box 18
11. Slides. Historical, undated.
Series VI-C, PRINTS, SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS, 1925-42 and undated, Box 18.
Box 18
12-13. Alderman family, friends, etc., 1925-42 and undated.
14. Historical, undated.
15. Landscapes, undated.
Oversize Folder
An illustration of Kivett Hall at Campbell College (undated) and two prints of the Unicoi County High School chorus (1951 and 1952) have been stored in the map cabinets by accession number 149, oversize folder 1.