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Finding Aid for the Laura Thornburgh Collection, 1926-1946


MS-0195

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 13, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Laura Thornburgh Collection

Date/Date Range :   1926-1946

Extent: 3.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, articles, newsclippings, pamphlets, and books concerning Laura Thornburgh and her book, The Great Smoky Mountains.

Call number: MS-0195

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Laura Thornburgh donated these papers to the Special Collections Library in 1960.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Laura Thornburgh Collection, MS-0195. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of three boxes.


Biography / History

Laura Thornburgh was born to Jacob Montgomery and Laura Emma Pettibone Thornburgh on February 8, 1885 in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was educated at the University of Tennessee, graduating in 1904. She was devoted to the Great Smoky Mountains, where she enjoyed hiking and camping. Using the name Laura Thornborough, she wrote several books, including Motion Pictures in Education (1923), Etiquette for everybody: a guide to social usage for old and young (1923), The Etiquitte of Letter Writing (1924), Interior decorating for everybody (1925), The Psychologist Keeps House (1930), and her most famous, The Great Smoky Mountains (1937). She died on March 28, 1973.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, articles, newsclippings, pamphlets, and books concerning Laura Thornburgh and her book, The Great Smoky Mountains.

Subject Terms

  • Cherokee Indians -- Tennessee -- History.
  • Women authors, American -- Southern States.
  • Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.).
Contents List
Box   1      
Papers, 1942-1946

Scope Note:
  1. Newspaper articles concerning the Smokies, some written by Miss Thornburgh.
  2. Gatlinburg News, 1942-1946.
  3. Pamphlets, booklets, papers, articles concerning the Smokies.
Box   2      
Papers, 1926-1937

Scope Note:
  1. 2 copies of Great Smoky Mountains by Miss Thornburgh.
  2. Drafts for the book.
  3. Correspondence concerning Great Smoky Mountains, 1926-1937.
Box   3      
Papers, undated

Scope Note:
  1. Unorganized letters, articles, booklets and newsclippings concerning the Smoky Mountains and Miss Thornburgh's book.