Noble J. Gregory Papers, 1933-1970.

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Noble J. Gregory Papers, 1933-1970.

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Collection consists of official and personal correspondence of United States Representative Noble J. Gregory from 1933 to 1970. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence and records associated with Congressman Gregory's eleven terms as representative of Kentucky's First District from 1936 to 1958. His congressional papers include files on the Tennessee Valley Authority, Cumberland Dam project, military academy appointments, veteran affairs cases and letters from prominent state and national politicians. Also held in the collection are banking and business records, campaign materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, personal items, mementos, ephemera and other related materials.

64 document cases (32 linear ft.)

Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7775638

Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Gregory, Noble J. (Noble Jones), 1897-1971

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Noble Jones Gregory was born in Mayfield, Kentucky on August 30, 1897. He attended local public schools and graduated from Mayfield High School in 1915. After graduation, he briefly studied at Mayfield Business College before being employed by a survey party constructing a road between Mayfield and Paris, Tennessee. In 1917, he began a career in banking as a clerk with the First National Bank of Mayfield. By 1936 Gregory had risen to Trust Officer and Cashier of the bank. From 1923 to 1936, he s...

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, ...