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LOB 9

 Container

Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:

McKnight-Flint Scrapbooks, 1928 - 1972

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents This series contains four scrapbooks from the Van Valkenburg family of Athens. Three of these were originally compiled by Athens Town Historian Nellie McKnight and were passed by her to Mr. Amos Flint, son of Orin Flint, prior to her passing in 1956. The compiler of the fourth and latest scrapbook is unknown. McKnight Scrapbook Three contains a selection of interesting manuscript material that predates the period in which the scrapbook was compiled.

Nellie McKnight Athens History Scrapbook One, 1928 - 1930

 Item — Container: LOB 9
Identifier: Item One
Scope and Contents This scrapbook compiled by Athens Town Historian Nellie McKnight contains newsclippings on contemporary events related to social and civic activities in the Village of Athens. Also included within are articles on businesses and local history under the given year they were published. Each year is neatly delineated with an index of subjects for every clipped article contained within.

Nellie McKnight Athens History Scrapbook Two, 1931 - 1934

 Item — Container: LOB 9
Identifier: Item Two
Scope and Contents This scrapbook compiled by Athens Town Historian Nellie McKnight contains newsclippings on contemporary events related to social and civic activities in the Village of Athens. Also included within are articles on businesses and local history under the given year they were published. Each year is neatly delineated with an index of subjects for every clipped article contained within.

Flint-Van Valkenburg Memorial Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2019.0010
Scope and Contents The contents of this collection are primarily handwritten documents donated in three separate accessions in 1995, 2010, and 2021 by grandchildren of Orin Q. Flint. Boxes one and two are organized separately in their own chronological arragements, with some overlap covering the lifetime of Orin Flint himself. The Third accession comprises two boxes sorted chronologically containing primarily documents of the Van Valkenburg Family, and the final series comprises the Flint Diaries in chronological...