Mascot (Tenn.)

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Arthur Family Papers (Middlesboro, Ky., and Mascot Tenn.) Alexander A. Arthur (1846- 1912) a Scottish-born engineer and entrepreneur who founded Scottish-Carolina Timber and Land Company; later founder of Middlesboro, Also includes 3 cassette tapes on Normandy World War II and perhaps Arthur family

Scope and Contents Materials on zinc mining and processing operations of the American Zinc Company of Tennessee at Mascot, Tennessee. Also includes information on the American Zinc, Lead, and Smelting Company, the American Limestone Company, and the Graselli Mine. Collection includes annual reports, 1916-1934 (some gaps); drilling reports, 1910-1911; History of Mascot; mining studies and reports; leases-options-deeds, 1910-1940; wage schedules, 1920-1937; labor contracts and strike, 1934-1935; agreements with...

Scope and Contents Ballinger research; 1855 ledger (very damaged); postcards; Sons of Confederate Veterans Tennessee automobile license plate (2008) Brushy Mountain program and photographs 2013; Transcription of audio recording of Earle A. Northern; additional items 8-11-2014 ASARCO, zinc mining, paper, Mascot, token from American Zinc Co. for 1 pt. of milk from Farm; Letter from C. M. Smith, Tampico Mills, to Mrs. L. A. Read, Three Springs about purchase of corn crop 2-7-1900; additional postcards, first day...

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East Knox News. East Knox Area News (newspapers) Published in Mascot, Tenn.

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J. E. McCormick Collection (zinc mining and geology); Kingsport and Mascot formations, Clovis Ordovician, East Tennessee, The Mine La Motte Lead Deposit, Madison County, Mo.

Scope and Contents James H. Polhemus Collection-Mascot, Tenn. Includes material on the American Zinc Company of Tennessee and the community of Mascot in Knox County, Tenn. The collection includes: photographs; slides; 1919 American Zinc Company of Tennessee Labor Report for 1919; Mascot fish trap data, 1921-1923; Miner Notes, August 1963; Catherine Arthur Memorial Library scrapbook; [Library] guest book, 1952-1965; Mascot Community Club minutes, April 1927-April 1929; artifacts (American Zinc Co. Farms dairy...

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Mascot Concentrates, 1919-1920. (Zinc mining publication)

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Mascot Mines, 1912, 2 real photo postcards, almost identical, showing building, water tank, boiler tank, 2 men in work clothes with shovels 2 men in suits, holding oil can and dinner pail. Cards addressed to Mattie Courtney, Whitesburg, and say that "this is me at work", signed Ridden Pinkston.

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QSPC 2004.001a: American Limestone, Holston Quarry. 1953. B&W 16x20” unmounted photographic print. Damage at left. Shows conveyor belt leading out of quarry. QSPC 2004.001b: ‘A Gift from Floyd Brogden. A picture of the Old Holston Quarry at Mascot, Tenn.’ Color. 13x17” mounted on 16x20 board. Shows steam shovel(?) in operation.

Scope and Contents W. S. Maget Papers, 1875-1933. He was a farmer in Mascot, Knox County, T Tenn. The papers were collected by antiques dealer Frances Hileman. Folder 1: Knox County, Tenn. plat, deeds, pamphlets, receipts, letters. Undated; 1875-1889. Folder 2: Knox County, Tenn. receipts, promissory notes, election notice. 1890-1894. Folder 3: Knox County, Tenn. receipts, insurance papers, correspondence, promissory notes. 1895-1899. Folder 4: Knox County, Tenn. receipts, lawsuit documents. 1900-1904. Folder...