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Tennessee Valley Authority Pamphlet Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0631

  • Staff Only

This collection houses over 300 pamphlets describing the TVA's activities between 1933 and 1965.

Dates

  • 1933-1965

Conditions Governing Access

Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Conditions Governing Use

The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Extent

5 Linear Feet (5 record boxes)

Abstract

This collection houses over 300 pamphlets describing the TVA's activities between 1933 and 1965.

Biographical/Historical Note

The U. S. Congress formed the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1933 in order to rectify poor conditions in the Tennessee River Valley, including destructive floods, deforestation, erosion, and periodic unnavigability of the Tennessee River. As an independent agency of the executive department, the TVA is governed by a board of three directors appointed by the President (and subject to Senate approval) who serve for terms of nine years. Among the TVA's various projects are dams (including 26 built by the TVA), electric power, and research into such topics as clean coal, forestry, and wildlife conservation. The TVA is currently headquartered in Knoxville and serves and area of approximately 41,000 square miles.

Arrangement

Collection consists of five boxes divided into eight series:

  1. Series I: General Information on TVA: History, objectives, and operations, 1933-1965
  2. Series II: Internal structures of TVA, 1936-1964
  3. Series III: Social and Economic Impact of the TVA, 1934-1955
  4. Series IV: TVA and Forestry, 1940-1956
  5. Series V: Engineering Data and Research, 1933-1965
  6. Series VI: Agricultural Data and Research, 1933-1957
  7. Series VII: Recreation and Tourism, 1935-1950
  8. Series VIII: Additions Reports, 1934-1964

Repository Details

Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository

Contact:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville TN 37996 USA
865-974-4480