Isabel Gordon Carter Research on Smoky Mountain Families.
Scope and Contents
Isabel Gordon Carter research on Smoky Mountain families. 5x8” handwritten cards. + photocopy of article “Reduction of Variability In An Inbred Population” by Isabel Gordon Carter, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. XI, No. 3, April-June 1928.
Dates
- 1921-1922; 1928
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
1 box
General
A letter from Laura Thornborough dated Sept. 10, 1970 says this material was given in 1960 and identified as “Smoky Mountain Families.” The material was collected in the summers of 1921 and 1922 by Isabel Gordon of Knoxville (in 1970 she was Mrs. Hugh Carter of Washington, DC). She gathered the material as part of her work for a M.A. and Ph. D in Anthropology at Columbia University.
- Gatlinburg (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Great Smoky Mountains Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Isabel Gordon Carter Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Smoky Mountain families Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- “Reduction of Variability In An Inbred Population” Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Isabel Gordon Carter Research on Smoky Mountain Families.
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Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
