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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



from the archives of the Bristol Bird Club