Administrative records, 1935-1939.

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Administrative records, 1935-1939.

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This series contains the administrative records of Chairman Gordon Persons which were used to conduct the daily affairs of the Rural Electrification Authority. The records include: incoming letters; correspondence; reports; forms; contracts; legal documents; maps; engineering blueprints; bulletins; publications; press releases; and minutes. The files are divided by company, department, and subject. Agencies and departments include: Ala. Power Company; other Ala. power companies; General Electric Company; General Construction Corporation; American Steel and Wire Company; Georgia Public Service Commission; Ala. Public Service Commission; Public Works Administration (Washington); Ala. Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University); South Carolina Rural Electrification Authority; Engineering Department; Attorney General's Office; Secretary of State; development division; examining division; and the legal department. Subject files include: publicity; contractors; manufacturers; Tennessee Valley Authority; Auburn Extension Service; rejected contracts; Governor Bibb Graves; Governor Frank Dixon; wiring inspections; state legislation; federal legislation; rates; engineers (by name); personnel; bid forms; directors; officers; salaries; senators; and representatives. There are also alphabetical files which include correspondence with such people as Hugo Black, Lister Hill, Sam Hobbs, and George Huddleston. This series documents the activities of the Ala. Rural Electrification Authority and of the chairman, Gordon Persons.

6 cubic ft.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Hill, J. Lister (Joseph Lister), 1894-1984

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Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–1938) and a U.S. Senator (1938–1969). During his Senate career he was active on health-related issues, and served as Senate Majority Whip (1941–47), and Hill also served as the Chair of the Senate Labor Committee. At the time of his retirement, Hill was the fourth-mo...

Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971

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Hugo LaFayette Black (1886-1971) was a judge for the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 12, 1937; confirmed by the Senate on August 17, 1937; and received his commission on August 18, 1937. He assumed senior status on September 17, 1971, but his service was terminated soon thereafter, with his death on September 25, 1971. ...

Hobbs, Sam 1882-1952.

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Persons, Gordon, 1902-1965

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Gordon Persons was elected Governor of Alabama in 1951. From the description of Letter, 1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122438476 ...

Alabama. Governor (1935-1939 : Graves)

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Alabama. Rural Electrification Authority (1935-1939).

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Huddleston, George, 1920-1971

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Dixon, Frank M. (Frank Murray), 1892-1965

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Dixon was born 1892 July 25 to Frank and Launa Murray Dixon in Oakland, Cal. In 1906 he entered Phillips Academy in Exeter, N.H.; then attended Columbia University for one term. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1916 with an LL.B., and was admitted to the Ala. bar in 1917. That same year he entered the U.S. Army and fought overseas in World War I. He was attached to the French Army as an aerial observer. On 1918 July 21 he was wounded, which caused the amputation of hi...

Alabama. Governor (1939-1943: Dixon).

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Graves, Bibb, 1873-1942

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