Smoky Mountains Hiking Club Records
This collection consists primarily of bulletins, photographs, song sheets, member information, and other materials documenting the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. Also included are a few issues of the Georgia Mountaineer, three guidebooks to various areas of the Smoky Mountains, and materials describing the building of a transmountain road in the 1960s and the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Bill.
Dates
- 1926-1969 July
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Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes [1 half, 1 small flat])
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of bulletins, photographs, song sheets, member information, and other materials documenting the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club. Also included are a few issues of the Georgia Mountaineer, three guidebooks to various areas of the Smoky Mountains, and materials describing the building of a transmountain road in the 1960s and the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Bill.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Smoky Mountains Hiking Club began in 1924 as an informal hiking program sponsored by the YMCA boys' camp in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The link with the YMCA was severed when eligibility for membership was expanded and the club's numbers grew rapidly. Over the years, the Club has been active in establishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, performing Appalachian Trail maintenance, and promoting wilderness conservation in addition to organizing hikes and other outings in the Park.
Arrangement
This collection consists of two boxes.
Acquisition Note
Laura E. and Ella Luttrell donated this collection to the Library between 1966 and 1969.
- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Guidebooks.
- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- History.
- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Guidebooks.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- History.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository