Fink Mountain Days Manuscript
The collection consists of a typed manuscript, written in 1960 in Jonesboro, Tennessee, by mountaineer and Tennessee historian Paul Fink, entitled “Mountain Days. A Journal of Camping Experiences in the Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. 1914-1938.” An early draft of his 1975 book, Backpacking was the only way, the journal details his experiences exploring the Smoky Mountains and includes accounts of how he helped developed the Appalachian Trail there.
Dates
- 1960
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
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Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 quarter box)
Abstract
The collection consists of a typed manuscript, written in 1960 in Jonesboro, Tennessee, by mountaineer and Tennessee historian Paul Fink, entitled “Mountain Days. A Journal of Camping Experiences in the Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. 1914-1938.” An early draft of his 1975 book, Backpacking was the only way, the journal details his experiences exploring the Smoky Mountains and includes accounts of how he helped developed the Appalachian Trail there.
Biographical/Historical Note
Paul Mathes Fink was born on June 8, 1892. A lifelong resident of Jonesborough, Tennessee, Fink was deeply interested in Tennessee history and devoted to historic preservation. He served as Washington County's official historian, was an active member of the Historic Jonesborough restoration program, and held office in the Tennessee Historical Society, the Tennessee Archaeological Society, and the Tennessee Folklore Society. Fink was also an active mountaineer and conservationist, and was instrumental in establishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee and North Carolina. Fink wrote several books, including That's why they call it (1956), Jonesborough: the first century of Tennessee's first town (1972), Bits of mountain speech (1974), and Backpacking was the only way (1975). He died in March of 1980.
- 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 (N.C. and Tenn.).
- 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.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.).
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository