East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, TN 37614-0138
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Title: |
WSJK-TV Collection |
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Collection Number: |
Accession No. 89 |
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Physical Description: |
15 Videotapes |
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Creator: |
WSJK-TV |
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Repository: |
Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University |
Provenance: The WSJK-TV Collection was donated to the Archives of Appalachia on October 1, 1980 by the station management. A one-and-one-half inch reel-to-reel videotape copy of program 9 was donated to the archives by the management of WSJK-TV on September 27, 1990. Three one-half inch reel-to-reel videotapes were removed from the Thomas Burton collection and added to WSJK-TV collection in 2003.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processing Information: The collection was opened for research in the fall of 1980. The Finding Aid was revised in 1993 by Marie Tedesco.
WSJK-TV, located on the campus of East Tennessee State University, operated with state and federal funding to produce community programming and classroom instruction for Channel 22 in Cookeville, Tennessee. When the ETSU station closed on September 30, 1980, most equipment was transferred to the Cookeville station. Twelve program tapes, judged to be of historic value, were duplicated for the Archives of Appalachia. The station destroyed the original tapes after duplication. The archives retains two copies (one circulating and one reference copy) of each program as the WSJK-TV Collection.
The WSJK-TV Collection includes 12 three-quarter inch and three one-half videotapes of programs which focus on the history and culture of East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and western North Carolina. The tapes probably were made in the 1970s.
Organization: The tapes have been placed in one series and arranged alphabetically by title. User copies are stored in the audio-visual room.
Alderman, Pat
Anderson, Eleanor Copenhaver, d. 1985
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941
Cherokee Indians
Fox, John, 1863-1919
Hicks, Ray, 1922-
King's Mountain, Battle of, 1780
Lost Cove (Yancey County, N.C.)
Manners and customs
Overmountain Victory Trail
Railroads
Stuart, Jesse, 1907-
Tilson Grist Mill
Unaka Springs (Tenn.)
Unicoi County (Tenn.)
Unicoi County (Tenn.)--History
Ward, Nancy, d. 1822
Wolfe, Fred
Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938
This series includes 12 WSJK program tapes. The tapes are three-quarter video cassettes. Each are approximately 30 minutes long. The tapes focus on different aspects of southern Appalachian history and culture.
"Pat Alderman on the Cherokee Indians." Regional historian discusses Cherokee Indian tribe native to the Southeastern United States. One 3/4" copy. Color 29.30 min.
"Sherwood Anderson." Robert Higgs and Virginia David, East Tennessee State University, interview Mrs. Sherwood Anderson (Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson) about her husband. Two 3/4" copies. B/W 29.30 min. One original 1/2 inch B/W 41 min. (some tracking problems). One (copy 1) 1/2 inch B/W 42 min. One (copy 2) Betacam SP B/W 41 min. Preservation Master. One (copy 3) VHS B/W 42 min. Access Copy.
"Four Seasons in Unicoi County." Program featuring Pat Alderman, regional historian, and his work with Unicoi County naturalist rallies. Two 3/4" copies Color 28.03 min.
"John Fox." Virginia David, East Tennessee State University, interviews people who knew John Fox, early twentieth-century novelist who described the life of Kentucky mountaineers in such books as Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1908) and Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1903). Two 3/4" copies. Color 29.34 min.
"Ray Hicks." Noted storyteller from Banner Elk, North Carolina is interviewed by Thomas Burton, East Tennessee State University. Two 3/4" copies. Color 28 min.
"Lost Cove and Unaka Springs." Pat Alderman discusses North Carolina ghost town accessible only by rail and by foot. When the railroad ceased to run through the town, the town died. One 3/4" copy. Color 29.30 min.
"Overmountain Victory March." Recreation of the 1780 march by John Sevier and his men from Sycamore Shoals, Tennessee to King's Mountain, North Carolina. At King's Mountain, Sevier won an important battle against Major Patrick Ferguson. Two 3/4" copies. Color 29.20 min.
"Jesse Stuart." Interview by John Tallent, East Tennessee State University, with well-known Kentucky novelist, author of such books as The Thread That Runs So True. One 3/4" copy and one VHS copy. B/W 29.30 min. One original 1/2 inch B/W 30 min.(Stucky Shed, Extreme Brightness). One (copy 1) Betacam SP B/W 30 min. Preservation Master. One (copy 2) VHS B/W 30 min. Access Copy.
"Tilson Mill." Program concerning one of the oldest structures in East Tennessee, recently moved to the Tennessee State Museum. Two 3/4" copies. One 2 Quad reel-to-reel videotape copy. Color 29.08 min.
"Unicoi County: The First 200 Years." History of one of the first areas in Tennessee to be settled. Two 3/4" copies. Color 29.30 min.
"Nancy Ward." Pat Alderman discusses the Cherokee Indian who aided settlers in the Holston and Watauga Valleys during the Revolutionary War period. One 3/4" copy. Color 60 min.
"Tom Wolfe's Brother." Dave McClellan, East Tennessee State University, interviews Fred Wolfe, who resides in Burnsville, North Carolina. Wolfe is the brother of novelist Thomas Wolfe. Two 3/4" copies. B/W 29.30 min.
Program 13:
"Folk Music of East Tennessee." Outlook Show with Dr. John B. Tallent, ETSU. Interview about folk music: "Lolly Toodum," "Johnson City Boy," "Barbara Allen," "The Turtledove," "Aunt Rhody," "The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn." One original 1/2 inch B/W 30 min. (Sticky Shed, Tracking Problems). One (copy 1) Betacam SP B/W 30 min. Preservation Master. One (copy 2) VHS B/W 30 Access Copy.
Program 14:
"Dr. Kermit Hunter." Outlook Show with Dr. Ambrose Manning interviewing outdoor dramatist, Dr. Kermit Hunter "Unto These Hills." One original 1/2 inch B/W 30 min. (Sticky Shed). One (copy 1) Betacam SP B/W Preservation Master. One (copy 2) VHS B/W 30 min. Access Copy.
Program 15:
"Dr. Arthur C. Clarke." Interview with Dr. Clarke by Dr. Robert J. Higgs and Dr. Harry D. Powell. Dr. Clarke is a sci-fi author and scientist. One original 1/2 inch B/W 30 min. (good, some tracking problems). One (copy 1) Betacam SP B/W 30 min. Preservation Master. One (copy 2) VHS B/W 30 min. Access copy.
MTC 09/01 - modified GKY 02/28/02