Inter-Mountain Newsletter Collection, 1929-1947 [not inclusive]
Sullivan County Manuscript Collection 0078
Archives and History Division
Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism
3425 Highway 126, Suite 100
Blountville, Tennessee 37617

TITLE
Inter-Mountain Newsletter Collection, 1929-1947 [not inclusive]


COLLECTION NUMBER
Sullivan County Manuscript Collection 0079.


EXTENT
1 Box.


CREATOR
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company.


LANGUAGE
Material in English.


REPOSITORY
Archives and History Division, Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism, Blountville, Tennessee.


PROVENANCE
The collection was donated by Larry Biddle to the Archives and History Division, Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism in January 2009.


COPYRIGHT STATUS
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.


PROCESSING HISTORY
Shelia Steele Hunt processed the collection and developed the finding aid in December 2009.


ACCESS AND RESTRICTIONS
There are no restrictions on use of this manuscript collection for research purposes. It is the responsibility of the individual user to ascertain copyright restrictions, obtain permissions and to prepare proper citation and credit statements. The researcher assumes all legal responsibility for observing laws of copyright and common law literary rights.


COLLECTION CITATION
This collection should be cited as:
Inter-Mountain Newsletter Collection, 1929-1947 [not inclusive]. MSS 0079, Archives and History Division, Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism, Blountville, Tennessee.


SCOPE AND CONTENT
This collection is comprised of company newsletters dated 1929-1947 (not inclusive) published by Inter-Mountain Telephone Company.  The initial slogan for Inter-Mountain Telephone Company was, "For the Purpose of Creating a Closer Fellowship Among Our Employees".  The initial name for the newsletter was the "Inter-Mountain Developer" and was later changed to "Inter-Mountain News".  The collection is highly significant for historical and genealogical researchers in that the issues contain numerous photographs and genealogically-related tidbits on people in Sullivan County and surrounding areas of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. The collection includes numerous military photographs, photographs of historically significant places, historical articles, birth and death notices, and wedding announcements of Bristol, Kingsport, Johnson City, Jonesborough, Abingdon, Galax, Roanoke, and other cities.


SUBJECTS
Sullivan (Tenn.)--Genealogy.
Sullivan (Tenn.)--Photographs.
Tennessee--Newspapers.


BOX LIST
1. Inter-Mountain Newsletter Collection, 1929-1947 [not inclusive].

Numerous other collections are currently "in processing".

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