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Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Contact Information:University Libraries
P.O. Box 90001
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia 24062-9001
USA
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Email: specref@vt.edu
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/
Processed by: Sarah R. Olney, Student Assistant, Special Collections
2011 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
Administrative Information
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.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Dana Harmon Papers, Ms2011-013, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
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.
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.
Scope and Content
The collection contains papers by and about 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.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type. Correspondence, located in Box 1, is in chronological order.