Series 59: People on Little River Behind Hotel,

File — Box: 2, Folder: 8-9, Folder: 10

Identifier: I

Staff Only

From the Collection:

The Derris Slide Collection is composed of approximately 4400 slides from the 1940's through the 1960's of the Great Smoky Mountains region of Tennessee. William Derris was an amateur photographer and owner of the Derris Motel (later the Laughing Horse Inn) in Townsend, Tennessee, which he photographed at length and used the slides of those photographs in a slide show for the entertainment of his guests.

The slides are arranged alphabetically by topic. The collection's originator identified these topical series and they have been maintained. Approximately ninety percent of the individual slides were previously marked with indicators and specific information regarding the content of the slide by Derris.

Dates

circa 1940s-1960s

General Physical Description note

(Slide Tray 1: Slides 12-20; Slide Tray 2: All Slides; Slide Tray 3: All Slides; Slide Tray 4: All Slides; Slide Tray 5: All Slides; Slide Tray 6: All Slides; Slide Tray 7: All Slides; Slide Tray 8: All Slides; Slide Tray 9: All Slides; Slide Tray 10: All Slides; Slide Tray 11: All Slides; Slide Tray 12: All Slides; Slide Tray 13: All Slides)

Conditions Governing Access

Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.