WILLIAM SULLIVAN COLLECTION
Papers 1864-1911

East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, TN 37614-0138

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INTRODUCTION

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The William Sullivan Collection was given to the Archives of Appalachia on November 12, 1980 by Carolyn D. Moore at the request of Helen Hill Dove and in February 1980 by Helen Hill Dove.

Access: The collection is open for research.

Processing Information: The collection was opened for research on November 13, 1980.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Dr. George Dove, former Dean of Arts and Sciences at East Tennessee State University, is the grandson of William Sullivan. Dr. Dove inherited not only William Sullivan's ledgers and letter, but a manuscript copy of his autobiography. The University of Kentucky holds a copy of this autobiography.

William Thomas Sullivan was born March 28, 1844 in northern North Carolina. As a member of the 57th North Carolina Regiment, Company D, he fought with the Confederate Army in Maryland and Virginia. After the war, he moved to Bristol, Tennessee, where he worked for thirty-three years as a policeman. He died in February 1924.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection reflects aspects of William Sullivan's life, family history, and business 1864-1911. Sullivan's letter from a camp near Fredricksburg, Virginia in 1864 describes his attitude towards the Civil War in that year. Copies of pages from his 1879 ledger outline his police duties for that year and detail his genealogy. (Some copies are illegible.) His 1911 ledger lists accounts for the Mitchell Powers Company and reflects church and business construction for the year 1911.

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

Sullivan, William Thomas, 1844-1924
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

FOLDER LIST

1. Ledger, 1911.
2. Ledger pages 1879 and letter 1864.
3. Unidentified newsclipping 1881 and telephone company receipt 1912.

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