Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Anderson County

Anderson County

Anderson County was formed in 1801 from
parts of Knox and Grainger counties

(Private Acts of Tennessee 1801, Chapter 45).

The county seat is Clinton.

 

Selected Published County Histories

Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources:  Anderson County.  The items in the bibliography may not all be available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.  

 

Published Local Records

 

Local Records on Microfilm 

An inventory of microfilmed Anderson County records is available on our website.  Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.

Earliest records include:

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from the Library and Archives:

 

Newspapers on Microfilm 

Newspapers were published in Clinton, Coal Creek, Lake City, Norris, and Oak Ridge.  Scattered early issues are available from 1869, and a complete run begins in 1940.  Microfilms are loaned to Tennessee libraries.  Individual reels may also be purchased.  An Inventory of Newspapers on Microfilm at the Library and Archives is available on our website.   

 

Selected Manuscripts Material

 

Census Records

 

Additional Research Aids for Anderson County

* Indicates this title may be borrowed on interlibrary loan from the Library and Archives.

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Anderson County Formation Act

PRIVATE ACTS OF TENNESSEE 1801, CHAPTER 45:

"An act to reduce Knox County to its constitutional Limits, and to form two new and distinct counties, by taking part of Grainger County."

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, That from and after the passing of this act, Knox County shall be bounded by the following lines, (viz.) Beginning on the south bank of Holston, at the mouth of Little River, and running with the lines as described by an act, entitled, "an act describing and extending the bounds of Knox County," passed at Knoxville, January the fifth, one thousand seven hundred & ninety nine, to the upper end of the first bluff above Boyle's old place, thence along the lines as described by "An act to annex part of Grainger County to the the [sic] county of Knox", thence along the former line of Knox County, to a ridge between Clinch Mountain and Clinch River, known by the name of the Chestnut Ridge, thence along said ridge to the lower line of Henderson and Company's survey; thence along said line to the top of the Copper Ridge, thence along the extreme height of said ridge opposite the first bluff below the mouth of Bull Run, thence to the north bank of Clinch River opposite said bluff, thence along the said north bank to a point, from which south, forty five degrees east, will strike the south bank of Holston River, so as to leave Knox a constitutional county, thence up the several meanders of said river on the south side to the beginning.

SECTION 2. BE IT ENACTED, That all that tract of country lying within the following described bounds, shall be, and is hereby made and constituted a new and distinct county by the name of Anderson, (viz.) Beginning on the Chestnut ridge where the Knox and Grainger line crosses it, thence north, forty five degrees west, to the northern boundary of this state, thence south forty five degrees west, to a point from whence, south, forty five degrees east, will strike Wallen's ridge one quarter of a mile above the gap of the Indian fork of Poplar creek, thence to the double springs on the east fork of said creek, thence on a direct course to Clinch river opposite the mouth of Hickory Creek, thence up the lines of Knox County to the beginning.

SECTION 3. BE IT ENACTED, That all the tract of country lying within the following described bounds, shall be, and is hereby made and constituted a new and distinct county by the name of Roane, (viz.) Beginning at the corner of Knox County, on the south bank of the Holston River, running along said line to Clinch River on the north bank, thence up or down said north bank, as the case may be, to the corner of Anderson County, thence along said line, north forty five degrees west, to the southern boundary of this state, thence east, along said southern boundary of this state, thence east, along said southern boundary to the river Tennessee, on the south side, thence up the several meanders of said river on the south side, to a point opposite the south bank of Holston River, thence to the said south bank, thence up the several meanders on the south side to the beginning.

SECTION 4. BE IT ENACTED, That Knox County shall not extend further down, then to a direct line from the saltpetre cave, below the Chota ford on Holston, to the mouth of Hickory creek, on Clinch river, until the constitution [sic] limits of Knox County shall be ascertained by actual survey, which shall be done by disinterested commissioners appointed by the county court of Knox: Provided also, that if on accurate survey it shall be found, that there are not constitutional bounds for Knox County above the line described in this section, that then and in that case, the deficiency shall be made up, by taking one half thereof from the county of Anderson on the south side, between the Grainger line, and the lower line of Henderson and company's survey; the other half thereof from Roane County, between the ridge [sic] Clinch and Holston, which lines when run shall be the bounds of Knox County, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 5. BE IT ENACTED, That William Lea, Kinza Johnston, William Standefur, William Robertson, Joseph Grayson, Solomon Massingale, and Hugh Montgomery, are hereby appointed commissioners, who or a majority of them shall, as soon as may be, fix on a place the most convenient as near the river Clinch, on the north side as the nature of the case will admit, between the Island ford, and where Samuel Worthington now lives for a court house, prison and stocks, for the use of said county of Anderson: And [sic] after agreeing on the place, they shall proceed to purchase any quantity of land, not exceeding fifty acres, for which they shall cause a deed or deeds to be made to themselves or their successors in office, on which they shall cause a town to be laid off with necessary streets and allies, [sic] reserving two acres as near the center as may be, on which the court house, prison, and stocks shall be erected, which town shall be known by the name of Burrville.

SECTION 6. BE IT ENACTED, That when the town shall thus be laid off, the aforesaid commissioners are further required to advertise for sale, to the highest bidder at a credit of six months, the lots of said town, giving thirty days previous notice, and shall take bonds with sufficient securities, to themselves or successors in office, and shall make titles to the purchasers.

SECTION 7. BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the further duty of the aforesaid commissioners, to contract with suitable workmen, to build a courthouse, prison and stocks, and the monies arising from the sale of said lots, after paying for the land so purchased, shall be applied to pay for said court house, prison and stocks.

SECTION 8. BE IT ENACTED, That should the money arising from the sale of said lots prove insufficient to pay for said public buildings, then, and in that case, a majority of the acting justices of said county of Anderson, shall in term time have power, & are hereby authorized and required to lay an additional county tax, not exceeding twelve and an half cents on each hundred acres of land liable to taxation, twelve and an half cents on each white poll, twenty five cents on each black poll, fifty cents on each stud horse kept for covering mares, and twenty five cents on each town lot; the said tax to be laid from year to year, until a sufficient sum shall be collected to pay for said public buildings, and shall be collected by the collector of public taxes on the same per cent as other county taxes, and shall pay the same to the aforesaid commissioners, and be by them applied to the payment of said public buildings, whose receipts shall be allowed in the settlement of his accounts.

SECTION 9. BE IT ENACTED, That before the said commissioners enter on the duties of their appointment, they shall enter into bond with sufficient security, payable to the governor for the time being, in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of their duty as herein expressed, which shall be lodged in the office of the clerk of the county of Anderson.

SECTION 10. BE IT ENACTED, That so soon as the public buildings shall be completed, the aforesaid commissioners shall lay before the court of Anderson County a just and fair statement of all monies by them received, as well those by them expended, with sufficient vouchers for the same, by virtue of their appointment, and the court shall make them a reasonable allowance for their services; Provided, there shall be five justices present when such allowance is made.

SECTION 11. BE IT ENACTED, That for the due administration of justice, that the court of pleas and quarter sessions, shall be held in and for said county of Anderson on the second Mondays of March, June, September, and December, and the justices for said county shall hold the first court at the house where Joseph Denham, senior, now lives, on the second Monday of December next, and all subsequent courts for said county, on the days above mentioned for holding courts therein, at the same place; until a court house shall be built in and for said county, and then all causes, matters and things depending in said court, and all manner of process returnable to the same, shall be adjourned to such court house, and all courts held in and for said county, shall be held by commission to said justices, in the same manner, and under the same rules and restrictions, and shall have and exercise the same powers and jurisdictions, as are or shall be prescribed, by, and for the courts of the several counties in this state.

SECTION 12. BE IT ENACTED, That the said county of Anderson, be, and is hereby declared a part of Hamilton district, in the same manner, and for all purposes, civil, criminal and military, in as full and ample manner as any county in this state, and shall send three jurors to the superior court of said district.

SECTION 13. BE IT ENACTED, That nothing herein contained, shall be construed as to prevent the collector of public taxes of Knox and Grainger counties to collect the tax for the year 1801, and all arrearages of taxes.

SECTION 14. BE IT ENACTED, That William Hogshead is hereby appointed a commissioner on the part of Anderson County, to act with a commissioner appointed by the county of Claiborne, to run the line between the aforesaid counties, from Clinch river to the Indian boundary, and shall have for his services the sum of two dollars, for each day he may be necessarily employed in running said line, to be paid by the treasurer of Anderson County, out of the county monies, whose receipt shall be good in the settlement of his accounts.

SECTION 15. BE IT ENACTED, That Jesse Roysden is hereby appointed a commissioner on the part of the county of Anderson, to act with a commissioner appointed in the county of Roane to run the line between the aforesaid counties, from the double springs on the east fork of Poplar Creek, to the Indian boundary, and from the aforesaid double springs to Clinch river, and shall receive the sum of two dollars for each day he may be necessarily employed in running said line, and shall employ a marker who shall be entitled to receive one dollar per day, to be paid by the treasurer of Anderson County, out of the county monies, and their receipts shall be good in the settlement of his accounts.

SECTION 16. BE IT ENACTED, That Hugh Helson, John Smith, T. Alexander Carmichael, William Barnett, Paul Harlson, and Zacheus Airs, or a majority of them, are hereby appointed commissioners to agree with a suitable workman to build a court house, prison and stocks, in the town of Kingston, on the lot reserved for that purpose, for the use of said county of Roane.

SECTION 17. BE IT ENACTED, That for the due administration of justice, the court of pleas & quarter sessions shall be held for said county of Roane, on the third Mondays of March, June, September, and the justices for said county, shall hold the first court at the house of Alexander Carmichael in Kingston, on the third Monday of December next, and all subsequent courts for said county, on the days above mentioned, for holding courts therein, at the same place, until a court house shall be built in and for said county, and then all causes, matters and things, depending in said court, and all manner of process returnable to the same, shall be adjourned to such court house, and all courts held in and for said county, shall be held by commission to said justices, in the same manner, and under the same rules and restrictions, and shall have and exercise the same powers and jurisdiction, as are or shall be prescribed by law, for the courts of the several counties in this state.

SECTION 18. BE IT ENACTED, That the said county of Roane, be, and is hereby declared a part of Hamilton district, in the same manner, and for all the purposes, civil, criminal and military, in as full and ample manner as any county in this state, and shall send two jurors to the superior court of Hamilton district.

SECTION 19. BE IT ENACTED, That a majority of the acting justices of the county of Roane, wherein in session, shall have power, and are hereby authorized and required, to in an additional county tax, not exceeding twelve and an [sic] half cents on each hundred acres of land liable to taxation, twelve and an [sic] half cents on each white poll, twenty five cents on each black poll, fifty cents on each stud house kept for covering mares, twenty five cents on each town lot, and ten dollars on each billiard table, the said tax to be laid from year to year, until a sufficient sum shall be collected to pay for said public buildings and shall be collected by the collector of public taxes, on the same per centum, as other county taxes, and shall pay the same to the aforesaid commissioners, whose receipt shall be allowed in the settlement of his account, and be by them applied to the payment of said public buildings.

SECTION 20. BE IT ENACTED, That before the said commissioners enter on the duties of their appointment, they shall enter into bond with sufficient security, payable to the governor for the time being, in the sum of three thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of their duty as herein expressed, which bond shall be lodged in the office of the clerk of said county of Roane.

SECTION 21. BE IT ENACTED, That so soon as the public buildings shall be completed, the aforesaid commissioners shall lay before the court of Roane County, a just an fair statement of all monies by them received, as well as those by them expended, with sufficient vouchers for the same, by virtue of their appointment, and the court shall make them a reasonable allowance for their services. Provided, There shall be five acting justices present when such allowance is made.

SECTION 22. BE IT ENACTED, That Joseph Taylor is hereby appointed a commissioner on the part of the county of Roane, to act with the commissioner appointed on the part of Anderson County, to run the line between the counties of Anderson and Roane, from the double springs on the east fork of Poplar creek, to the Indian boundary, and from the aforesaid double springs, to Clinch river; and shall have the sum of two dollars for each day he may be necessarily employed in running said line, to be paid by the treasurer of Roane County, out of the county monies, whose receipt shall be good in the settlement of his accounts.

SECTION 23. BE IT ENACTED, That John M'Clellan and Joseph Taylor are hereby appointed commissioners to run and mark the line between the counties of Knox and Roane from the saltpetre cave on Holston to the Mouth of Hickory Creek on Clinch River, for which they shall have the sum of dollars & fifty cents, for each day they may be necessarily employed in running said line, and the treasurer of Knox County, is hereby required to pay John M'Clellan for his services in running said line, whose receipt shall be good in the settlement of his accounts; and also the treasurer of Roane County, shall pay Joseph Taylor, for his services in running said line, whose receipt shall be good in the settlement of his accounts.

SECTION 24. BE IT ENACTED, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed, as to prevent the collector of Knox County from Collecting the tax for the year one thousand eight hundred and one, and all arrearages of the taxes.

SECTION 25. BE IT ENACTED, That the election for governor, representative or representatives to congress, and members of the general assembly, shall be held at the court houses of the counties of Anderson and Roane, by the sheriffs or their deputies, under the same rules and regulations as are prescribed by law, and on the days which elections for such purposes are authorized to be held, and those citizens of Anderson and Roane counties, formerly citizens of Knox County, shall be entitled to vote in their respective counties.

SECTION 26. BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of the returning officers of the counties of Anderson and Roane, to meet the returning officer of Knox county, in Knoxville, on the succeeding Monday, with the number of their respective polls, and with him compare the same, and the returning officer of Knox County, shall declare those duly elected members of the general assembly, and give certificates accordingly and it shall be the duty of said sheriff to transmit a just statement of the poll of election, for governor, representative, or representatives to congress, to the speaker of the senate in the same manner as by law directed.

SECTION 27. BE IT ENACTED, That the citizens of Anderson County, formerly part of Grainger, shall have the right of suffrage with the citizens of Claiborne County in all elections for governor, representative or representatives to congress, and members of the general assembly, until the next census be taken.

SECTION 28. BE IT ENACTED, That James White and John Menefee, esquires or either of them, are hereby authorized and required to attend at the first court to be held for the county of Anderson, for the purpose of qualifying the member of said court.

SECTION 29. BE IT ENACTED, That John M'Clellan and Joseph Harden, esquires, or either of them, are hereby authorized and required to attend at the first court to be held for the county of Roane, for the purpose of qualifying the members of said court.

SECTION 30. BE IT ENACTED, That this act shall be in force in the county of Anderson, from and after the thirteenth day of December next, and in the county of Roane, from and after the twentieth day of the same month.

Passed on November 6, 1801

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Anderson County Bibliography

PLEASE NOTE that the Tennessee State Library and Archives does not hold copies of all of the items listed in this bibliography. Please check the Tennessee State Library and Archives Online Catalog or visit the Ask Us a Question! webpage to contact the Library and Archives and verify we have an item in our collection. We will respond to e-mail requests promptly; response time may vary, depending on the amount of research required to answer your question and the unique nature of your request. If you need immediate assistance you may call the reference desk at (615) 741-2764 or visit us in person.

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Anderson County

• Allred, Charles E. Educational status of rural relief families in TN. Knoxville, TN Ag. Exp. Sta., 1936. 41 pp. (its Report #22)
• Allred, Charles E. Effect of industrial development on agriculture. Knoxville, TN Ag. Exp. Sta., 1939. 50 pp. (its Rural research series monograph #97)
• Allred, Charles E. Effect of industrial development on population change. Knoxville, TN Ag. Exp. Sta., 1939. 49 pp. (its Rural research series monograph #96)
• Allred, Charles E. Relation of education to economic & social status of relief clients in TN. Knoxville, TN Ag. Exp. Sta., 1937. 36 pp. (its Report #24)
• Anderson County 1989 guide book. Loudon, Images Pub., 1989. 58 pp.
• Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Anderson County, Preliminary #44-A). Nashville, TSLA, 1974. 45 pp.
• Braden, Beulah B. When grandma was a girl. Oak Ridge, Oak Ridger, 1976. 121 pp.
• Bryant, F. Carlene. The social impact of surface mining in a rural Appalachian community . Knoxville, UT Appalachian Resources Project Publication #46, 1976. 35 pp.
• Calendar Committee.  Anderson County, Tennessee, bicentennial:  200 years of statehood, 1796-1996 [wall calendar, 1996]  1996.  s.n.
• Dowd, John T. The Anderson site: middle archaic adaptation in TN's central basin. Knoxville, TN Anthrop. Assn., 1989. 197 pp.
• Dunaway, Lance. Party politics in Anderson County, TN. Maryville College (undergraduate) thesis, 1972. 101 pp.
• Glenn, Leonidas C. The northern TN coal field included in Anderson [& other] counties. TN Geol. Survey Bull. #33-B. Nashville, 1925. 478 pp.
• Goodspeed's history of east TN (Anderson County, pp. 837-840, 1104-1123). Goodspeed, 1887.
• Heritage of Anderson County, Tennessee, 2000 .  Waynesville, ND Walsworth Pub. Co.  2000.  117 pp.
• Historic sites survey for Anderson [& other] counties. Knoxville, East TN Dev. Dist., 1974. 120 pp.
• Hoskins, Katherine B. Anderson County. Memphis, MSU Press, 1979.130 pp.
• Hoskins, Katherine B. Anderson County historical sketches. Clinton, Courier News, 1987. 431 pp.
• Irwin, John R. The story of Marcellus Moss Rice & his Big Valley kinsmen. Montevallo, AL, Times Print. Co., 1963. 161 pp.
• Knoxville MSA, 1980-1987: an economic analysis. Nashville, TN Dept. Emp. Sec., 1988. 49 pp.
• League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge. Anderson County, TN, a handbook. Oak Ridge, the league, 1974. 66 pp.
• McGhee, Marshall L. Coal mining towns: stories & pictures of Anderson & Campbell counties with a special New River genealogy section by Oscar Phillips. Jacksboro, Action Print., 1993. 212 pp.
• McGhee, Marshall L. (comp.) and Oscar Phillips.  Coal mining towns:  stories and pictures of Anderson and Campbell counties (with a special New River genealogy section).   Action Printing Ltd.,  1995  [2nd ed.].  211 pp.
• McMillan, Fay E. "A biographical sketch of Joseph Anderson. " ETHSP 2 (1930), pp. 81-93.
• Mintz, Robert F. The miners who tore down the walls. U. CA (Berkeley) dissertation, 1974. 308 pp.
• Moore, Dougal. Customs of Scottish origins in southern Appalachia: superstitions & calendar customs. 1974. 17 pp. (student paper, Riedl Collection, UT Library). Interviews with Anderson County residents.
• Oak Ridge League of Women Voters. A guide to Anderson countians, their courts of the TN judicial system. Oak Ridge, the league, 1954. 15 pp.
• Overholt, James. Anderson County, TN: a pictorial history. Norfolk, Donning Co., 1989. 209 pp.
• Page, Bonnie M. Anderson County, its cities, towns, & points of interest as of 1940. Updated 1986. Lake City, the author, 1986. 32 pp.
• Page, Bonnie M. Inventory of historical writings of Anderson [& other] counties. Lake City, the author, 199? 24 pp.
• Pellissippi Genealogical Historical Society.  Anderson County, Tennessee: pictorial history .  Paducah, KY,  Turner Publishing Co., 2001.  144 pp.
• Petracek, Ruth. Album of Anderson County, TN. Santa Anna, CA, the author, 1978. 150 pp.
• Purcell, Violet R. Hello central. Clinton, Courier-News, 1984. 211 pp.
• Ridges & valleys: a mini-encyclopedia of Anderson County, TN. Oak Ridge, Childrens Museum, 1981. 86 pp. (2d ed. 1983, 78 pp.)
• Seeber, R. Clifford. A history of Anderson County, TN. UT thesis, 1928. 116 pp.
• Soil survey of Anderson County, TN. Washington, D.C., US GPO, 1981. 165 pp.
• Study of payments in-lieu-of-taxes by the AEC to Anderson & Roane counties, TN, under the special burdens provision of section 108 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Knoxville, UT, 1973. 219 pp.
• TN Dept. Transportation [county maps ] issued periodically.
• TN Valley Authority. Strip mining in Anderson County, TN. Knoxville, TVA, 1971. 12 pp.
• TN Valley Authority. A survey of legal problems among rural & indigent residents of Anderson & Union counties, TN. Knoxville, UT, 1965. 44 pp.
• TN Valley Authority. Ind. Div. Agricultural-industrial survey of Anderson County, TN. Knoxville, TVA, 1934. var. pp.
• US Geol. Survey [topographic maps ] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Demory, White Hollow, Fork Mountain, Duncan Flats, Lake City, Norris, Big Ridge Park, Petros, Windrock, Clinton, Powell, Bethel Valley, Covell, Bearden.

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Andersonville

• History of Andersonville Baptist Church & Andersonville Institute. Knoxville, Colemans, 1966. 84 pp.

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Briceville

• McGhee, Marshall L. Memories: a folk history of Briceville School, 1960-1987 . Jacksboro, Action Print. Ltd., 1987. 80 pp.
• McGhee, Marshall L. and Gene White. Briceville: the town that coal built. Jacksboro, Action Print., Ltd., 1991. 208 pp.
• Mills, Jesse C. A short history of Briceville. Knoxville, the author, 1973, 1979. 10 pp.
• White, Gene. Briceville -- through the years. Jacksboro, Action Print. Ltd., 1994. 147 pp.

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Clinton

• Adamson, June N. "Few black voices heard: the black community & the desegregation crisis in Clinton, TN, 1956. " THQ 53 (1994), pp. 30-41.
• Anderson, Margaret. "Clinton: children in a crucible. " NY Times Mag. (Nov. 2, 1958), pp. 12 +.
• Anderson, Margaret. The children of the south. NY, Farrar, 1966. 208 pp.
• Barrett, George. "Study in desegregation: the Clinton story. " NY Times Mag. (Sept. 16, 1956), pp. 11 +.
• Brand, John E. Clinton annexation study. Knoxville, UT, 1964. 21 pp.
• Cate, Lee A. History of the St. Mark United Methodist Church, Clinton, TN. Clinton, Courier-News, 1983. 72 pp.
• Cleveland, Mary L. "A Baptist pastor & social injustice in Clinton, TN. " Baptist Hist. & Heritage 14 (1979), pp. 15-19.
• Clinton, an identity rediscovered. Clinton, Courier News, 1985. 80 pp.
• Clinton Municipal Plann. Comm. The Clinton master plan. Clinton, Courier News, 1950. 31 pp.
• Dykeman, Wilma & James Stokely. "Courage in action in Clinton, TN. " Nation (Dec. 22, 1956), pp. 531-533.
• Dykeman, Wilma. "Clinton, TN: a town on trial. " NY Times Mag. (Oct. 26, 1958), pp. 9 +.
• Dykeman, Wilma. "The south in the north. " NY Times Mag. (Apr. 17, 1960), pp. 8 +.
• Halberstam, David. "Town that became everybody's test tube. " Reporter (Jan 10, 1957), pp. 32-36.
• Halberstam, David. "Patching the roof at Clinton High. " Reporter (Sept. 17, 1959), pp. 39-40.
• Koontz, William E. A follow-up study of the Negro students who entered Clinton, TN High School, 1956-1965. UT thesis, 1965. 62 pp.
• McCelland, Janice M.  A Structural analysis of desegregation:  Clinton High School 1954-1958 .  THQ 56  (Fall 1997),  pp. 294-309.
• McMillan, Neil R. "Organized resistance to school desegregation in TN ." THQ 30 (1971), pp. 315-328.
• "Now: dynamite in school unrest. " US News World Rep. (Sept. 20, 1957), pp. 74-76.
• Phillips, Wayne. "Integration: the pattern emerges ." NY Times Mag. (Sept. 29, 1957), pp.
• 19 +.
• Roberts, Snyder E. History of Clinton Senior High School, 1806-1971. Clinton, the school, 197l. 90 pp.
• Rorty, James. "Hate monger with literary trimmings. " Commentary (Dec. 1956), pp. 533-542.
• Rorty, James. "In contempt of the law. " New Rep. (Dec. 17, 1956), pp. 7-8.
• Weaver, Mary. One hundred years, a story of the First Baptist Church. Clinton, TN, Courier-News, 1940. 35 pp.

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Coal Creek / Lake City/Rocky Top

• Bradley, Frank H. Geological report: Coal Creek Mining & Manufacturing Company of TN. NY, David H. Gildersleeve, 1872. 16 pp.
• Coal Creek/Lake City, visions of the past: a history of Lake City, TN & the people & communities of the Coal Creek Valley, 1986. Lake City, Homecoming '86 Committee, 1986. 88 pp.
• Daniel, Pete. "The TN convict war. " THQ 34 (1975), pp. 273-292.
• First Baptist Church, Lake City, TN. First Baptist Church, 1872-1972, centennial celebration. Lake City, the church, 1972. 19 pp. (1960, 9 pp.)
• First Baptist Church, Lake City, TN. Directory. Lake City, the church, 1972. 14 pp.
• Gary, Laura Wilson Locke and Genene M. Smith.  Let me tell you about Coal Creek:  my life, and the history of the Black citizens of Coal Creek, (now Lake City) Tennessee .  Classy Expressions,  2000.  73 leaves.
• Green, Archie. Only a miner: studies in recorded coal-mining songs. Urbana, U. IL Press, 1972. 504 pp.
• Harris, Luther C. An educational survey of Coal Creek community, Anderson County, TN. UT thesis, 1932.
• Hutson, Andrew C., Jr. The coal miners insurrection 1891-1892. UT thesis, 1933. 167 pp.
• Hutson, Andrew C., Jr. "The coal miners insurrection of 1891 in Anderson County, TN. " ETHSP 7 (1935), pp. 103-121.
• Hutson, Andrew C., Jr. "The overthrow of the convict lease system in TN ." ETHSP 8 (1936), pp. 82-103.
• Hutton, Edith W. A promise of good things: Longfield Baptist Church, 1831- 1981. Oak Ridge, Androit, 1982. 919 pp. (Index, 1983, 51 pp.)
• Maynard & Van Rensselaer. Maynard & Van Rensselaer's report of the Waldens Ridge Iron & Coal Co.'s property at Coal Creek, Anderson
• County, TN. NY, Tower, Gildersleeve & Co., 1873. 16 pp.
• Rogers, David & Irene Fox. Reflection in the water, Coal Creek to Lake City: a history of Lake City. Lake City, Lake City High School, 1976. 69 pp.
• Special report of the commissioner of labor & inspector of mines. Nashville, Marshall & Bruce, 1891. 104 pp.
• Tuttle, Della T. Old Coal Creek, its hollows & its people. Clinton, Courier News, 1985. 22 pp.

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Norris

• Associated Planners. Master plan, Norris Dam State Park, prepared for the State of TN Dept. Conservation. Knoxville, Associated Planners, 1970. 210 pp.
• Draper, E.S. "New TVA town of Norris, TN. " Am. City Dec. 1933, pp. 67-68.
• Fields, Linda Felts.  St. Francis Episcopal Church, Norris, Tennessee:  the first 50 years .  St. Francis Episcopal Church,  2001.  22 pp.
• Irwin, John R. The Arnwine cabin: a history of this pioneer dwelling & its contents located at the Museum of Appalachia, Norris, TN. Norris, the museum, 1981. 68 pp.
• Irwin, John R. The history of Rice's old gristmill. N.p., n.d., 19--. 28 pp.
• Irwin, John R. Museum of Appalachia's TN fall homecoming. Norris, Schiffer Pub., 1986. 88 pp.
• Irwin, John R. Musical instruments of the southern Appalachian Mountains: a history of the author's collection housed at the Museum of Appalachia. Norris, the museum, 1979. 95 pp.
• LeMay, Geraldine. The story of a dam. NY, Longmans, Green & Co., 1940. 66 pp.
• McDonald, Michael J. & John Muldowny. "Reburying the dead: disinterment & reinterment at TVA's Norris Dam ." ETHSP 47 (1975), pp. 118-138.
• Norris, TN 1933-1983: Norris kaleidoscope: a not quite complete report of events, activities, people in a not quite typical TN town during its first half century. Clinton, Courier-News, 1983. 64 pp.
• "Norris to be sold by TVA. " Am. City (Aug. 1947), pp. 101+.
• Smallwood, Johnny B., Jr. George W. Norris & the concept of a planned region. UNC dissertation, 1963. 451 pp.
• Soil survey, Norris area. Washington, D.C., US GPO, 1939.
• "Sold for $2,107,500. " Am. City July 1948, p. 7+.
• Stevenson, C. "Contrast in perfect towns: Norris & Kingsport, TN, Federal show case & industry yardstick town." Nation's Business (Dec. 1937), pp. 18-20.
• TN Valley Authority. Norris Dam . Washington, D.C., US GPO, 1936. 39 pp.
• TN Valley Authority. The Norris project: a comprehensive report on the planning, design, construction & initial operations of the TVA's first water control project. Washington, D.C.,US GPO, 1940. 840 pp.

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Oak Ridge / ORNL

• Abelson, Philip H. "A multipurpose national laboratory. " Science 261 (1993), p.1503.
• Adamson, June. "From bulletin to broadside: a history of by-authority journalism in Oak Ridge, TN. " THQ 38 (1979), pp. 479-493.
• Bissell, A. K. "A reminiscence of Oak Ridge. " ETHSP 39 (1967), pp. 71-86.
• Bryan, G.E., Jr. "Youth at Oak Ridge. " Christian Cent. (Dec. 26, 1956), pp. 1515-1516.
• Case, Dale E. Oak Ridge, TN: a geographic study. UT dissertation, 1955.
• "City that atoms built ." Bus. Week (Dec. 27, 1945), pp. 21-22.
• Clinch River MRS Task Force. Recommendations on the proposed monitored retrievable storage facility. Oak Ridge, the task force, 1985. 204 pp.
• Copeland, Bobby J. Oak Ridge the way it was : a non-scientific look at the first 40 years of the Secret City. 2014. 200 pp.
• Creekmore, Betsey B. Arrows to atoms: the story of east TN. Knoxville, UT, 1959. 142 pp.
• Curlin, J.W. Forest management plan, Oak Ridge Reservation. Oak Ridge, ORNL, 1965. 46 pp.
• DeCamp, Dot. Oak Ridge from secret city to science city. N.p., 1971. 28 pp. (rev. ed, Barbara Campbell, 1988).
• Dunn, J. A. C. "The old mill at Guilford. " Country J. 20 (1993), pp. 20-23.
• Fielder, George F. Historic sites reconnaissance of the Oak Ridge reservation, Oak Ridge, TN . Washington, D.C., NTIS, 1977. 95 pp.
• Gailar, Joanne S. Oak Ridge & me: from youth to maturity. Oak Ridge, Childrens Museum, 1991. 151 pp.
• Green, Connie J. The war at home. NY, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1989. 136 pp. (juvenile fiction)
• Groueff, Stephane. Manhattan Project: the untold story of the making of the atomic bomb. NY, Bantam Books, 1967. 429 pp.
• Groves, Leslie. Now it can be told: the story of the Manhattan Project. NY, DaCapo Press, 1983. 464 pp.
• "Guilford's mill grinds on. " So. Liv. 20 (1985), p. 57.
• Industrial directory for the city of Oak Ridge, TN. Oak Ridge, Chamber of Commerce, 1986. 169 pp. (1990, 57 pp.)
• "Is bigger better? " Newsweek 124 (1994), pp. 54-55+.
• Jackson, Charles O. & Charles W. Johnson. "The summer of '44: observations on life in the Oak Ridge community. " THQ 32 (1973), pp. 233-248.
• Jefferson, Jon W. "Report from Atom City ." Newsweek 117 (1991), p. 9.
• Johnson, Charles W. City behind a fence: Oak Ridge, TN 1942-1946. Knoxville, UT Press, 1981. 248 pp.
• Johnson, Leland. ORNL: the first fifty years. Knoxville, UT Press, 1994. 270 pp.
• Lang, Daniel. The man in the thick lead suit . NY, Oxford U. Press, 1954. 207 pp.
• Maienschien, Joyce K. And the fence came down. Oak Ridge, Community Foundation Inc., 1993. 514 pp.
• Marshall, Elliot. "House report blasts DOE on Oak Ridge pollution. " Science 222 (1983), pp. 824-825.
• Marshall, Elliot. "The lost mercury at Oak Ridge ." Science 221 (1983), pp. 130-132, 1338.
• Moneymaker, Dorathy S. We'll call it wheat. Oak Ridge, Androit Print. Co., 1979. 245 pp.
• Oak Ridge, city with a mission (video recording), hosted by Bill Landry. Knoxville, WBIR-TV, n.d. (Heartland Series).
• Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance. A citizens guide to Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge, the alliance, 1989. 34 pp.
• Oldwell, Russell.  Help wanted for secret city:  recruiting workers for the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1942-1946.  THQ 57  (Winter 1998),  pp. 52-69.
• Overholt, James, ed. These are our voices: the story of Oak Ridge, 1942-1970. Oak Ridge, Childrens Museum, 1987. 550 pp.
• Pasternak, Douglas. "Who decides what's safe? " US News World Rept. 116 (1994), p. 52.
• Pollard, William G. ORAU: from the beginning. Oak Ridge, Associated Universities, 1980. 140 pp.
• Present, Thelma. Dear Margaret: letters from Oak Ridge to Margaret Mead . Knoxville, ETHS, 1985. 205 pp.
• Purcell, Violet R. The best kept secret. New York, Vanguard Press, 1963. 188 pp.
• Rada, Joe. "Atomic city turns 50." So. Liv. 27 (1992), p. 36.
• Robinson, George O. The Oak Ridge story: the saga of a people who share in history. Kingsport, Southern, 1950. 181 pp.
• Seaborg, Glenn. Man & atom: building a new world through nuclear technology. NY, E.P. Dutton, 1971. 411 pp.
• Sheahan, Richard D. Origin & development of the Oak Ridge library system during the war years. N.p., 1976. 18 pp.
• Smyser, Richard D. Oak Ridge 1942-1992: a commemorative portrait. Oak Ridge, Community Foundation, Inc., 1992. 182 pp.
• Sparrow, Martha C. The Oak Ridgers. MS State U. thesis, 1980. 154 pp.
• Thompson, Dick. "Living happily near a nuclear trash heap ." Time 139 (1992), pp. 53-54.
• Thompson, Marilou B. Abiding Appalachia: where mountain & atom meet . Memphis, St. Luke's Press, 1980. 95 pp.
• Tyranny at Oak Ridge: an account of how integration was forced upon certain public schools... Nashville, TN Fed. for Const. Govt., 1956. 15 pp.
• US Atomic Energy Comm. Oak Ridge Operations Office. Comm. Aff. Div. Planning for an incorporated Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge, USAEC, 1957. unp.

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Oliver Springs

• Roberts, Pauline. H. History of Oliver Springs post office, 1826-1970 . Oliver Springs, the author, 1971. 19 pp.
• Roberts, Snyder E. Oliver Springs old timers & days back when, fifty to seventy-five years ago. N.p., the author, 1979. 96 pp.
• Roberts, Snyder E. Oliver Springs town government, 1904-1977. N.p., the author, 1977. 94 pp.
• Roberts, Snyder E. Origin of First Baptist Church of Oliver Springs, 1846- 1980 . Oak Ridge, Ridge Print. Co., 1981. 114 pp.
• Roberts, Snyder E. The story of Oliver Springs, TN, & its people. Kingston, Roane County Schools Vocational Education Department, 1982. 4 vols.
• Williams, Frank V. Pictures of the past. Kingston, Roane County Heritage Comm., 1982. 96 pp.

 

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