A Guide to the TVA Official Publications Collection , 1931-1958
A Collection in
University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University
Collection number AC 004
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
An appointment for research is required. The collection is open for research. No interlibrary loan.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], TVA Official Publications Collection, Appalachian Collection, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA. TVA Official Publications Collection , Accession # AC 004, University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University
Acquisition Information
Seattle Municipal Archives, May 2010.
Accruals
Additional accruals are not expected.
Custodial History
Materials in this collection were previously housed at the Seattle Municipal Archives in Seattle, Washington, who daccessioned them in May, 2010 and posted an inquiry to an archives listserv asking if another archive would like the collection at no cost. We obtained the collection in May 2010 from the Seattle Municipal Archives.
Biographical/Historical Information
The Tennessee Valley Authority was created in 1933 by the Tennessee Valley Authority Act (TVA Act) as a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The goal of the TVA was to address issues in the Valley such as energy, environmental stewardship and economic development. In the 1940's during World War II, TVA created one of the largest hydropower programs undertaken in the US. In the 1960's the TVA began building nuclear plants and through the 1990's TVA kept wholesale electric power affordable and reliable. The TVA is perhaps best known for it's construction of dams throughout its history. The Authority is still in operation today.
Scope and Content
The TVA Official Publications Collection contains documents relating to the Tennessee Valley Authority. An Atlas of the Tennessee Valley Region from 1936 is available in this collection. As well as, reports on costs of water control systems in the Tennessee River Basin, a report to the nation from the TVA on its first 25 years and the 1948 Annual Report of the TVA. Maps are also present in the collection such as maps of dams and resevoirs of the TVA and federal financing and location of Public Power Projects maps, along with other maps. There is a stastics report of electricity sales from the 1940's-1960's as well as assorted TVA information and publicity pamphlets and booklets.
Arrangement
Folder 1: Atlas of the Tennessee Valley Region: Part 1 - the Natural Series June 1936
Folder 2: Atlas of the Tennessee Valley Region: Part 1 - the Industrial Series June 1936
Folder 3: Muscle Shoals: A Plan for use of the Tennessee River by the Muscle Shoals Commission. 109 page book. 1931
Folder 4: Report on costs of water control system in the Tennessee River Basin. 1949
Folder 5: Map of dams and resevoirs, TVA.
Folder 6: 1946 Annual Report of 138 municipal and cooperative distributors of TVA power
Folder 7: Public Owenership of Public Utilities, Vole XVI, No 9, Sept 1934. Muscle Shoals
Folder 8: 2 Maps: 1) Federal Financing and Location of Public Power Projects, 1933-1939; 2) Transmission and Distrubution system of TVA and Systems
Folder 9: A Report to the nation from the TVA on its first 25 years (1933-1958)
Folder 10: Electricity sales statistics reports, 1940s-1960s.
Folder 11: Assorted TVA information and publicity pamphlets and booklets
Folder 12: Assorted TVA information and publicity pamphlets and booklets
Folder 13: Annual Report of the TVA 1948