CECIL ROSE COLLECTION
1927, 1947, 1984-1988

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 Cecil Rose Collection was donated to the Archives of Appalachia on November 8, 1988 by Cecil Rose.

Access: The collection is open for research.

Processing Information: Scott Schwartz and Marie Tedesco completed processing, and the collection was opened to researchers in December 1992.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cecil Rose is a resident of Cedar Bluff, Virginia and the grandson of George McGuire, who lived in Tazewell County, Virginia, during the early 1900s. In his retirement Rose has conducted historical research on Southwest Virginia in the early twentieth century.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Cecil Rose collection includes writings by Rose, clippings from magazines and newspapers, and photographs primarily on Southwest Virginia and West Virginia history. Among the subjects covered in the collection are local feuds, mining, and lawmen and outlaws. The five black and white 5" x 7" photographs are copies which have been placed in the appropriate subject file.

Organization: The collection is organized into one series, Subject Files 1927, 1947, 1984-1988 and undated, and arranged alphabetically by subject, or by title of article.

Important subjects include:

Altizer, Noah
Coal mines and mining
Day, Malcolm Malachi, 1873-1925
Hatfield-McCoy Feud
Law enforcement--Appalachian Region
Osborne, Chap
Outlaws--Appalachian Region
Sheffey, Robert Sayers, 1820-1902
Tazewell County (Va.)
Tazewell (Va.)
Whittaker-Altizer Feud
Whittaker, William

SERIES DESCRIPTION AND BOX AND FOLDER LIST

Series I, SUBJECT FILES, 1927, 1947, 1984-88 AND UNDATED, Box 1.

This series consists of writings by Rose, photographs, and newspaper and magazine clippings on various subjects. The collection focuses on the history of Southwest Virginia and West Virginia in the early twentieth century. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject or by title of specific articles.

Box 1

1. "Appalachian Outlaws," May 19, 1988.
2. Coal Mining and Strikes, undated.
3. Crimes, Criminals and Characters of the Cumberlands and Southwest Virginia by Roy Sturgill, 1970.
4. Hatfield-McCoy Feud, undated.
5. Lawmen and Outlaws in Southwestern Virginia and West Virginia, (including information of Malcolm Malachi Day), undated.
6. Lowe, Chap - Interview by Cecil Rose and Susie Shrader, July 2, 1988.
7. Matewan Massacre, undated.
8. Miscellaneous Subjects: Clippings, undated.
9. Miscellaneous Subjects: Notes and Poems by Cecil Rose, 1987 and undated.
10. Miscellaneous Subjects: Other Writings by Cecil Rose, undated.
11. Osborne, Chap - Lawman of Tazewell County, Virginia 1907-27 and undated.
12. Pocahontas, Virginia, undated.
13. Sheffey, Robert Sayers, 1988.
14. Tazewell, Virginia, 1900-1921 and undated.
15. Tazewell County, Virginia, undated.
16. Whittaker-Altizer Feud, 1900-30 and undated.

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