[Bristol-Birds] Historical Snippet - March 1956

From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:25:08 -0400
 BBC Snippet  
Members of the ornithological community of Northeast Tennessee have
long been a very significant part of the publication and policy for the
Tennessee Ornithological Society's quarterly journal -- THE MIGRANT. 

First published in 1931, it is one of the
nation's oldest such state journals.
The principal functions of area 
ornithologists have been to edit and 
see that the material members submit 
is printed and distributed to the 
membership and exchanged with other 
ornithological publications, universities
and museums of a similar nature. 

THE MIGRANT provides a permanent 
record of all noteworthy ornithological 
information for Tennessee. Many articles, 
published in other ornithological journals 
and books, regularly cite THE MIGRANT 
as a source of information and reference. 

The journal was printed at Fitzsimmons Printing Company, W. Elk Ave
in Elizabethton during Dr. Herndon's early years.  In December 1968,
it was moved to THE KING PRINTING COMPANY, 109-111 Shelby 
Street, Bristol, TN.  Fitzsimmons was an old "hot type" letterpress
printer.  The company could not set the type for the journal and the
work was subcontracted to a company in Ashville, NC.  It was a very
slow process with much communication and transportation difficulties.

It was moved to The King Printing Company in Bristol in order to gain
speed, go to offset printing capabilities and allow the journal to have
easy access to a larger company with many special capabilities.  The
company later changed its name to Preston Printing and eventually
Mallicote Printing. THE MIGRANT continued to be printed there for 
30 years.

EDITORS OF THE STATE JOURNAL:

    Dr. Lee R. Herndon, Elizabethton 1956-1971
    Dr. Gary Wallace, Elizabethton 1971-1981
    J. Wallace Coffey, Bristol 1992-1996

ASSISTANT EDITORS OF THE STATE JOURNAL:

    J. Wallace Coffey, Bristol   1966-1968
    Dr. Charles R. Smith, Johnson City  1968-1970
    Rick L. Knight,  Johnson City  1992-1996

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS FOR THE STATE JOURNAL:

     Beth E. Hogan, Johnson City 1992-1996
     Amanda Lewis, Bristol  1997-2000
     Richard Lewis, Bristol  1997-2000
     Angela Wampler, Bluff City 1998-Present

COMPILERS TENNESSEE STATEWIDE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS:

     Dr. Richard D. Lura, Johnson City 1976-1981
     Rick L. Knight, Johnson City 1982-1985

STATEWIDE EDITOR "THE SEASON":

     J.  Wallace Coffey, Bristol  1964-1966
     Dr.  Charles R. Smith, Johnson City 1967-1971
     Dr.  Lee R. Herndon, Elizabethton Mar 1971- Jun 1971
     Dr.  Fred Alsop, Church Hill 1971-1981
     Rick L. Knight, Johnson City 1994 - Present

COMPILER CUMBERLAND PLATEAU / EASTERN RIDGE & VALLEY (THE SEASON)

     Richard L. Knight, 1987-Present

COMPILER EASTERN MOUNTAIN REGION (THE SEASON)

    Dr. Brent Rowell, Bristol  1969-1973
    Glen Eller, Elizabethton, 1973-1989
    Richard Lewis, Bristol, 1989-Present



























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[Bristol-Birds] Historical Snippet - March 1956

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