Department of Conservation photograph collection, 1937-1976.

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Department of Conservation photograph collection, 1937-1976.

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Archive of the photographic unit of the department. Contains visual history of Tennessee from the 1930s to the 1970s. Includes images of prominent Tennesseans, mountain craftspeople at work, state parks, historical and cultural areas, wildlife, buildings and structures, and nature.

11,000 photographs and 21,000 negatives.

Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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SNAC Resource ID: 7636750

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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, ...

Tennessee. Dept. of Conservation.

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The department was created in 1937, assuming the responsibilities of the Forestry Division, the Game and Fish Commission, the Geology Division, and the Hotel Inspection Division. New divisions for state parks and state information were added in 1939. In 1937, the department hired Paul A. Moore as photographer to serve all divisions. Other photographers were hired as work load increased. Photographs were printed in the Tennessee conservationist magazine, as well as used throughout state governmen...