Letters, 1936-1946, to Lewis Mumford.

Lilienthal, David E. (David Eli), 1899-1981

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David Eli Lilienthal (July 8, 1899 – January 15, 1981) was an American attorney and public administrator, best known for his Presidential Appointment to head Tennessee Valley Authority and later the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He had practiced public utility law and led the Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission. Later he was co-author with Dean Acheson (later Secretary of State) of the 1946 Report on the International Control of Atomic Energy, which outlined possible methods for internati...

Draper, Earl Sumner, 1893-

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Augur, Tracy Baldwin, 1896-1974.

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City planner. Tracy B. Augur (Cornell University Class of 1917) was the principal planner for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) from 1933-1948. He also worked for the Urban Renewal Administration and the Housing and Home Finance Agency. From the description of Tracy Baldwin Augur papers, 1921-1960, 1931-1946 (bulk). (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64071639 ...

Wank, Roland A. (Roland Anthony), 1898-1970

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Tennessee Valley authority

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The TVA was created in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act creating a federal agency to develop the Tennessee Valley region, then suffering from soil depletion, flood damage, and economic depression. Fifty years later, over 30 electricity-producing dams controlled the Tennessee and its tributaries, and a navigation channel had been created from Paducah, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. In addition TVA had carried out programs to prevent pollution, improve forest and farm management, ...