Dana Harmon Papers,
Scope and Content
A collection of papers from Hon. Dana Harmon. The two boxes contain a number of files, containing correspondence, newspaper clippings, receipts, scrapbook, summons for the Grand Jury, and lists of supporters and people asked for support.
A majority of the papers consists of letters written to or from Harmon, often with a response on the verso side. Other types of materials include court expense documents, family and genealogy papers relating to the Harmons, and information on the history of Greenville, TN. There is also a group of personal papers: receipts, telegraphs, masonic membership items, and a scrapbook of Harmon's run for 1st District County in Tennessee, documented through newspaper clippings.
Dates
- Creation: 1885 - 1916
Creator
- Harmon, Dana (Collector, Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Dana Harmon Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Dana Harmon ran as a Republican nominee for Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Tennessee. He ran with Hon. S. B. Kefauver, Republican Nominee for Attorney General of the First Judicial Circuit of Tennessee. In 1916, he ran in the primary for congress as a Republican candidate.
Harmon presided over J.R. Wilson v. C. P. Faw in 1916. He was seen as appealing in error from the Circuit Court of Washington County, making this a leading case of the Court of Civil Appeals in Tennessee.
Full Extent
1 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of papers from Hon. Dana Harmon. They include corespondence, newspaper clippings, receipts, scrapbook, summons for the Grand Jury, and lists of supporters and people asked for support.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type. Correspondence, located in Box 1, is in chronological order.
Acquisition Information
The Dana Harmon Papers were acquired by the Special Collection prior to 2011.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Dana Harmon Collection was completed in February 2011.
- Title
- A Guide to Dana Harmon Papers, 1885-1916
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections
- Author
- Sarah R. Olney
- Date
- © 2011 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu