H. H. Wooten papers, 1929-1942 [manuscript].

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H. H. Wooten papers, 1929-1942 [manuscript].

Reports, surveys, photographs, clippings, and other materials gathered by Wooten concerning land use and flood control in the lower Mississippi River Valley and land acquisition by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

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Wooten was an economist with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. From the description of H. H. Wooten papers, 1929-1942 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25224911 Hugh Hill Wooten (born 1894) was an economist with the United States Department of Agriculture. From the guide to the H. H. Wooten Papers, ., 1929-1942, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Tennessee Valley authority

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