James Agee film project photographs, 1875-1956 and undated.

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James Agee film project photographs, 1875-1956 and undated.

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This collection consists of a number of photographs and negatives from northeastern Tennessee. They were donated to or copied by the film project from local Tennessee families and businesses. The images document life in the region during the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. Included are images of Johnson City, Jonesborough, and Washington County showing East Tennessee families, residences, businesses, agriculture, landscapes, buildings, social and cultural activities.

2.5 linear ft. Includes 22 glass-plate negatives, 434 b&w negatives, 456 b&w prints.

East Tennessee State University, TET

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SNAC Resource ID: 6919393

East Tennessee State University, TET

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East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad

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James Agee Film Project

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The James Agee Film Project was founded in 1974 by filmmaker Ross Spears, who was involved at the time in producing a documentary on the life of Tennessee author James Agee (1909-1955). Following the success of the film Agee, the company expanded to produce and distribute documentary films. Productions have included The Electric Valley (on the Tennessee Valley Authority), Tell Me About the South, and Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People. From the des...