THOMAS NANCE DANIEL COLLECTION

THOMAS NANCE DANIEL COLLECTION
1944-67 and undated

East Tennessee State University
University Archives
P. O. Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

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

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INTRODUCTION

Title: Thomas Nance Daniel Collection
Collection Number: Accession No. 50
Physical Description: 1 box
Creator: Thomas Nance Daniel
Respository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Thomas Nance Daniel Collection was transferred to the archives on behalf of the Office of University Relations by Tom Daniel on March 16, 1979. The original donation included over 200,000 primarily black and white photographic prints and negatives mainly of East Tennessee State University. The ETSU prints and negatives have been incorporated into the University Photographic Collection (Accession 66).

Access: The collection is open for research.

Processing Information: M.Tedesco completed processing the collection in 1991, and N.Irwin processed the addition in 1996.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Thomas Nance Daniel was born on March 9, 1911 in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1928, he graduated from Duncan College Preparatory School in Nashville. For the academic year 1928-29, Daniel attended Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, and the following academic year he attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Daniel attended (1930-31) and graduated from the Illinois School of Photography, Effingham, Illinois.

After graduation from photography school, Daniel became a self-employed photographer in Raleigh, North Carolina. He specialized in yearbook photography and served as the official photographer for many area colleges and universities, including North Carolina State University, Wake Forest University, Duke University, North Carolina State Women's College, and Davidson College.

Shortly after United States entry into World War II, Daniel joined the United States Army and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps, assigned to the Army Pictorial Service. He remained in the army from 1942-45, commanding a combat photographic unit and serving in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. In 1946, Daniel opened his own photographic studio in Bristol, Virginia. He closed the studio in 1964 to become ETSU's chief photographer. He remained in this position until retiring in 1977. Daniel was an elder and deacon in the Central Presbyterian Church, Bristol, Virginia. He was a member of the Professional Photographers of America, Elks Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Sullivan County Kiwanis Club of Bristol, Tennessee. Daniel married Mary Vivian Haines of Ewing, Virginia. They had one son, Thomas Nance Daniel, Jr. Daniel died on August 1, 1980 at his home in Bristol, Virginia.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The photographs in this collection depict a number of subjects, including World War II, Appalachian landscapes, events, individuals, and buildings at ETSU, and portraits. The prints are arranged in one series and grouped by subject within this series. Each print is numbered consecutively with a "TD" (Tom Daniel Collection) number.

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

Cologne (Germany)
Culp, D. P. (Delos Poe), 1911
Daniel, Thomas N. (Thomas Nance), 1911-1980
Dossett, Burgin E. (Burgin Estel), 1898-1993
East Tennessee State University--Buildings
East Tennessee State University--Bands
East Tennessee State University--Sports
Germany--History--1933-1945
Grandfather Mountain (N.C.)
Historic buildings--Tennessee--Jonesborough
Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976
Shelbridge (Johnson City, Tenn.)
United States. Army--History--World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945

LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS

FOLDER 1 - Images of Thomas N. Daniel and family