Norris Dam (Tenn.)

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18 Real Photos of Knoxville, Tenn., & Norris Dam [decorative stamps, perforated and gummed]

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Broadside: "East Tennessee Leaps Into Action as $40,000,000 Project Become Reality: Senator Norris Lauded as Father of Valley Plan" (mentions Cove Creek Dam)

Scope and Contents The collection includes the papers of Earl Edward Leming of Knoxville, Tenn. He was married to Almeda W. Leming. Subjects include Mr. Leming’s work at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in a number of capacities, including file clerk, Finance Department, and as a Police Officer at Norris, Tenn. He was involved in the building of Norris Dam, served in the U.S. Army during WWII, and became an attorney in Knoxville, Tenn. He argued a winning case before the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to...

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H. A. C. (Hazelwood Albert Calvin) Bradfute (1845-1919) Johnson County Tenn.; Loyston, Tenn. Served in Co. D, 13th Regt Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers, 1864; teacher, pension agent, medical doctor; lived the latter part of his life in Loys Cross Roads [Loyston] Union County, Tenn. His body was removed from Loyston to the National Cemetery at the construction of Norris Dam.

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Brochure for Knoxville: City of the Great Smokies and Norris Dam. Includes black-and-white photographs of Knoxville and vicinity, including Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Norris Dam

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August 12(?), 1935, letter from Marie (Mrs. William M. Coward), 2108 Jefferson Avenue, Knoxville,Tenn., to Clara Coward, St. Louis, Mo. 1 pc. + printed envelope (Knoxville ‘See Norris Dam and Great Smoky Mts. Park. All paved roads.’ with 3 cent stamp. Small snapshot of girl’s face also included. ALS 3 pp. (1 pc.). Re: come home soon, family life.

Scope and Contents Marshall A. Wilson Collection: Norris material: Families of Norris Reservoir Area (Author’s original manuscript copy--some photographs different from copy in McClung Collection); Norris area photographs & negatives ; Norris Reservoir Land Map (TVA, July 1936) (Marshall A. Wilson’s copy, hand colored & marked); “Norris Dam At Night” (panoramic photograph by Rell Clements). Tennessee Land Warrants: John and Landon Carter books, 1778-1784 (now published). Researched, abstracted and...

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Two copy panoramic B&W photographs made from copy negatives purchased by Mary Lynn Gilmore from TVA (negatives were returned to her after being printed by Thompson Photo Products in May 2006). 1. Norris Dam looking west Clinch River at Cove Creek, Tennessee. Feb. 16, 1934. 37 x 9.5”. 1 pc. 2. Carpenter crew on draft tube form, Norris Dam. April 18, 1935. 31 x 9.5” 1 pc. Both photographs taken by Rell Clements.

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SV 2003.002.001: 37573 The Highway across Norris Dam, Tennessee. #33. Keystone View Company. SV 2003.002.002: 37572 The Recreation Area, Norris Dam, Tennessee. #34. Keystone View Company.

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Pamphlets: -Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Gatlinburg map -Fort Loudoun brochure (Vonore) -Tuckaleechee Caverns brochure (Townsend) -Chucky Jack brochures (two) -Skyland Motel brochure (Gatlinburg) -Rawlings Motel brochure (Gatlinburg) -Town Lodge Motel brochure (Knoxville) -Knoxville Airport Transit Service -Norris Dam fact sheet -Smoky Mountain Tours Company (Knoxville)

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William C. George scrapbooks of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) clippings, maps, photographs and publications. Three 3-ring binders. Includes: “TVA Program in text and pictures from the Architectural Forum”; clippings (1950s-1960s); navigation charts / maps; photographs from various dam projects including Wilson Dam, Pickwick, Norris, Hiwassee, Chickamauga, Watauga.