KYLE HUDDLE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
1910-30 (most no date)

East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

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

INTRODUCTION

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The 14 black and white photographs of Kingsport were donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Kyle Huddle of Kingsport, Tennessee, in May 1987.

Access: The collection is open for research.

Proccessing Information: The collection was processed by Marie Tedescoand Georgia Greer in October 1989.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Kyle Huddle was founder and president of the Tri-Cities Television Cable Corporation of Kingsport. Founded in 1953, the cable company offered monthly television service on a rental basis to hundreds of homes in the Kingsport area. Those homes "on the cable" received Asheville and Charlotte, North Carolina, and Greeneville, South Carolina stations in addition to the two area stations. The company also offered a high fidelity and stereo music service. Huddle sold the Tri-Cities Television Cable Corporation to Warner Communications in 1966.

Huddle was also president of Huddle Electric Incorporated which sold household appliances.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The 14 black and white photographs depict industry, churches and civic leaders of Kingsport, Tennessee.

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

Churches--Tennessee--Kingsport
Dennis, John B. (John Bartlett), 1866-1947
Horn-Huddle Mill
Industries--Tennessee--Kingsport
Johnson, J. Fred (John Frederick), 1874-1944
Kingsport (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Railroad stations
Water mills

PHOTOGRAPH LIST

KH 1 J. Fred Johnson and John B. Dennis (Kingsport civic leaders and developers), 1910-1920s.
KH 2 Clinchfield Railroad Depot at intersection of Main and Broad Streets, Kingsport, Tennessee 1920.
KH 3 Courtyard of the old Kingsport Inn, Kingsport, Tennessee, ND.
KH 4 First Broad Street United Methodist Church, Kingsport, Tennessee, ND.
KH 5 First Presbyterian Church, Kingsport, Tennessee, 1920s.
KH 6 Church Circle, Kingsport, Tennessee (2 copies), ND.
KH 7 Clinchfield Portland Cement (Penn-Dixie), Kingsport, Tennessee (2 copies), ND.
KH 8 Mead Corporation, Past, Kingsport, Tennessee (2 copies), ND.
KH 9 Mead Corporation, Present, Kingsport, Tennessee, ND.
KH10 Tennessee Eastman (Buildings 3 and 10), Kingsport, Tennessee, ND.
KH11 Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tennessee (2 copies), ND.
KH12 Horn/Huddle Mill (2 copies), ND.
KH13 Horn/Huddle Mill (2 copies), ND.

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