Dana Harmon Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Dana Harmon Papers, Ms2011-013, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
Creator:
Harmon, Dana
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.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Dana Harmon Papers, Ms2011-013, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

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 Greeneville, Tennessee. There is also a group of personal papers: receipts, telegraphs, masonic membership items, and a scrapbook of Harmon's run for First District County in Tennessee, documented through newspaper clippings.

Biographical / historical:

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 U. S. 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.

Acquisition information:
The Dana Harmon Papers were acquired by the Special Collection and University Archives prior to 2011.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Dana Harmon Collection was completed in February 2011.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by material type. Correspondence, located in Box 1, is in chronological order.