Laura Thornburgh Collection
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, articles, newsclippings, pamphlets, and books concerning author Laura Thornburgh and her book, The Great Smoky Mountains.
Dates
- 1921-1960, undated
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.
Conditions Governing Use
The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (2 record boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, articles, newsclippings, pamphlets, and books concerning author Laura Thornburgh and her book, The Great Smoky Mountains.
Biographical/Historical Note
Laura Thornburgh was born to Jacob Montgomery and Laura Emma (Pettibone) Thornburgh on February 8, 1885 in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was educated at the University of Tennessee, graduating in 1904. She was devoted to the Great Smoky Mountains, where she enjoyed hiking and camping. Thornburgh wrote several books (under the pseudonym Laura Thornborough), including Motion Pictures in Education (1923), Etiquette for everybody: a guide to social usage for old and young (1923), The Etiquette of Letter Writing (1924), Interior decorating for everybody (1925), The Psychologist Keeps House (1930), and her most famous, The Great Smoky Mountains (1937). She died on March 28, 1973 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Arrangement
This collection is in two boxes. The material is arranged into four series.
Acquisition Note
These materials were donated to Special Collections by Laura Thornburgh in 1960.
Removed Materials
Several complete issues of newspapers were removed from this collection during processing, as they can be found elsewhere in the University of Tennessee Libraries holdings, and contained no information directly relevant to Laura Thornburgh. This includes the July 31, 1942 issue of the Gatlinburg News as well as several issues from 1945-1946 of This Week in Gatlinburg (dates listed below).
This Week in Gatlinburg
1945: July 8-14; August 5-11; September 9-15; October 7-13; November 11-17
1946: January 27-February 2; February 3-9; February 17-23; February 24-March 2; March 3-9; March 10-16; March 17-23; 1946 March 24-30; March 31-April 6; April 14-20; April 21-27; April 28-May 4
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository