Finding Aid for the Carson Brewer Articles, 1959-1992
MS-2435 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 13, 2006.
Summary Information
Carson Brewer Articles
Date/Date Range : 1959-1992
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains 44 items, mainly articles written by Carson Brewer for the Knoxville News-Sentinel from 1959 to 1992. Most of the articles contain local stories about history and people's experiences or activities.
MS-2435
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of Item], Carson Brewer Articles, MS-2435. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
Carson Brewer (1920-2003) attended Maryville College and the University of Tennessee and served during World War II. In 1945, he joined the Knoxville News-Sentinel staff, covering federal beat, city hall, and the courthouse. In 1949, he married journalist Alberta Trulock, who bore his son Carson T. "Kit" Brewer, Jr. He began in the 1950s a weekly column, which expanded to three columns per week. Through this column, he supported local folklore and the region's natural resources. He wrote several books on the Smokies and Tennessee, including one with Alberta, and won several awards for his journalism and conservationism. He retired in 1985 but continued to write for the paper.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains 44 items, 42 of which are articles written by Carson Brewer for the Knoxville News-Sentinel from 1959 to 1992. Most of the articles contain interesting local stories about history and people's experiences or activities. Some of the people mentioned more than once are: Mayor Dempster (2), the Dockerys (2), Lem Ownby (3), Ivan Racheff's gardens (4), "Chief" R.S. Reynolds (5), and Bob Barker (7). One item is a 1978 letter with an attached article on Granville Calhoun, from Pauline Kindley to Brewer. Another item is the advertisement for Brewer's wife Alberta, playing at a dulcimer concert in Gatlinburg, TN.
See a more comprehensive collection of Brewer's articles and papers in MS-2048: The Carson Brewer Collection.
Subject Terms
- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- History.
- Journalism -- Tennessee.
- Brewer, Carson, 1920-2003.
Contents List
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"This is Your City: Mayor [Dumpster] Needs Foam Padding for Telephone Ear-Bangers," undated
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"Stella [Ball] has a Ball in Politics," 1959 May 3
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"This is Your City: Dempster's Long-Handles Come Up Short for Keef [Kefauver]" , 1959 November 15
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"Garden Clubs Honor Ivan Racheff" and "This is Your Community: Chief Finds Neither Brains Nor Pot Lids Beat Squirrels" , 1960 July 31 -1962 May 13
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Card advertising "The Dulcimer Hour with Alberta Trulock Brewer" , 1964 June 8
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"This is Your Community: Mountaineer's Life" , 1968 July 28
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"Coffin Ready 20 Years: John Dotson, 95, Dies in Mountains" and "This is Your Community: Eastern State Swings" , 1968 October 22-1968 November 14
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"This Is YOUR Community" about Buffalo Bill and freedman Cal Johnson in 1900, 1971 January 21
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"This Is YOUR Community" about flower-shop owner Karl Baum, 1971 February 22
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"With the Springtime: Donor Revisits His Gift" about Ivan Racheff's gardens at the former Knoxville Iron Co., 1971 April 15
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"This Is YOUR Community" about "Chief" R.S. Reynolds' 90th birthday, 1971 April 18
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"This Is YOUR Community" about former Smokies resident Lem Ownby's 84th birthday, 1973 January 17
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"This Is YOUR Community" about Bob Barker story, 1973 May 37
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"This Is YOUR Community" about horse apples, 1973 June 3
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"This Is YOUR Community" about "Chief" R.S. Reynolds and John Kmet, Jr., 1973 June 4
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"This Is YOUR Community" about Bob Barker story, 1973 June 17
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"This Is YOUR Community" about "Chief" R.S. Reynolds, 1973 August 30
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"This Is YOUR Community" about hound dog Hobo Jack, 1974 August 16
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"Chief's Woodpile Dwindles" , 1974 September 29
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"This Is YOUR Community" about Bob Barker, 1975 February 2
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"This Is YOUR Community: Tombstone Inscriptions" from Bob Barker, 1975 February 3
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"This Is YOUR Community" about food stories, 1975 June 29
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"This Is YOUR Community: Copper Search on Silers Bald" , 1976 May 30
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Article about cattle, 1976 June 27
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"This Is YOUR Community: Mountaineer [Bass Dockey] Reminisces" , 1976 August 8
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"This Is YOUR Community: Callie Dockery - a Worker" , 1976 August 9
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"This Is YOUR Community: First Animal Shelter?" , 1976 November 15
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"History Recaptured by Hotel Directory" , 1977 June 12
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"Reader Leaves Folklore Legacy" , 1978 January 29
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"[Granville] Calhoun was Fountain of Great Smokies Lore" and "Scattering Corn Leads to Clearing of Road" , 1978 May 14-1978 August 20
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Letter to Brewer from Pauline C. Kindley about her relative Granville Calhoun, with article from the Asheville Citizen about him, 1978 May 29
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"Readers Help Find Star of 1920s Movie" and "Bob Barker's Tombstones Still Rise for Veterands - of All Kinds" , 1979 June 3-1979 August 6
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"Life of Great Smokies Oldtimer [Lem Ownby] Winds Down in Unhurried Grace" , 1980 June 15
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"No Welcome Mat at This Little House" , 1980 June 30
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"Joe Diehl - Dog Lover, Plumber, Repairman, Cooper, and Miner" , 1980 August 3
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"Retired Lawyer [Bob Barker] Writes about Narrow Escape" , 1980 September 8
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"No Pawpaws on Record Size Tree" , 1982 August 19
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"No Pawpaws on Record Size Tree," "Mountain Camellia Champion Topped" , and "The Steelmaker's [ Ivan Racheff's] Garden Grows for Other Springs" , 1982 August 19-1982 September 26
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"Ole Bert [Garner] Gives Glimpse Into Living - in Paradise" , 1982 October 24
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"Ivan Racheff Leaves Behind a Memorial of Beauty in Park" , 1982 October 28
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"Old Shovel Stirs Stories of Charlie [Garland]" , 1983 February 13
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"Last Smokies Park Lifer, [Lem] Ownby, Dies" , 1984 January 17
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"Bob Barker: The tales he told were true" , 1985 January 20
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"John R. Neal was Maverick in his time" , 1992 October 19
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Correction on the John R. Neal photograph, circa October 1992
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