Edwin Jones Best, Sr. Collection.

Collection

Identifier: MSC 0272

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Research and writings of Edwin Jones Best, Sr., of Blount County, Tenn. (died 1993). Subjects include Greenback and Maryville, Tenn.; post offices; Civil War; businesses; churches; papers of W. B. Kerr & Company, 1911-1919; account books from East Tennessee businesses; extracts from the Maryville Daily Times; correspondence to Miss Cora Hammontree re: Charles Henly, ca. 1889-1897; J. B. McCollum manuscripts, 1851-1947; U.S. Official Postal Guides, 1880-1904 (some gaps); diaries of Mary Fryar, 1940-1963; diaries of Lillie Hammontree, 1941-1950 (some gaps); programs from Carousel Theatre and other plays; writings, essays, research and notes by Edwin J. Best, Sr. Includes a number of papers he did for and on TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) and his related trip to India. Some photographs are included in the collection.

Dates

Creation: 1889-1950

Conditions Governing Access

Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org

Extent

24 boxes + 13 boxes of account books + 2 boxes of bound newspapers

Additional Description

General

Boxes 1-12 were microfilmed in 1996. McClung Collection has negatives. Two bound volumes of the Maryville and Alcoa Daily Times (Oct. 1944-March 1945, April-Sept. 1945) were microfilmed by TSL&A.