Local Libraries and Archives Directory

Archives of Appalachia

Contact:

archives@etsu.edu // 423-439-4338

The Archives of Appalachia collects, preserves, and shares the written words, sounds, and images of the people of Appalachia. They house nearly 18 million manuscripts, 75,000 sound recordings, and 250,000 still and moving images. Topics include:

  • folklore
  • arts & crafts
  • language & literature
  • music
  • landscape
  • agriculture
  • industry
  • railroads
  • food
  • medicine
  • religion
  • etc.

Johnson City Public Library

Contact:

phoneroom@jcpl.net // 423-439-4454

The Tennessee Room at the Johnson City Public Library contains a large collection of historical and genealogical information such as:

  • genealogy how-to’s
  • local folklore
  • family histories
  • American Revolution records
  • land grants
  • census records
  • tax lists
  • wills
  • cemetery records
  • Civil War records
  • Heraldry
  • North Carolina history
  • Virginia history
  • Tennessee history
  • local history
  • genealogy and historical periodicals
  • microfilm copies of the Johnson City Press dated from 1982 to the present
  • etc.

Washington County Archives

Contact:

archives@washingtoncountytn.org // 423-753-1777

A municipal archive that includes materials from pre-Tennessee statehood to the late 20th century, including:

  • chancery court case files, docket books, and minute books
  • probate records
  • circuit court case files, docket books, minutes books, etc.
  • county court minutes
  • deeds
  • election records
  • inventories of the estates
  • bound and loose records
  • justice of the peace records
  • marriage records
  • superior court of law and equity
  • tax books
  • wills
  • history books
  • etc.