Donald Davidson Papers, 1917-1968.

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Donald Davidson Papers, 1917-1968.

Among the papers of Donald Davidson are correspondence, poetry, manuscripts of books and articles, student papers, speeches and lectures, research notes, class materials, book reviews, photographs, and clippings. Miscellany collected by Davidson include materials about Vanderbilt University, materials on segregation, literature about Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, maps of Tennessee, pamphlets and brochures about the Tennessee Valley Authority, booklets about farming, and literature regarding the social, political, and economic affairs of the South.

16.4 linear ft. (39 Hollinger boxes)

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Vanderbilt University.

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Fugitives (Group)

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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, ...

Davidson, Donald, 1893-1968

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Author, poet, teacher, and editor. Member of the Fugitive and Agrarian Groups. From the description of Donald Davidson Papers, 1917-1968. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 17789409 ...