Oral history interview with L. J. Hortin [sound recording], 1976 February 20

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Oral history interview with L. J. Hortin [sound recording], 1976 February 20

L. J. Hortin served as an executive officer of the Lower Tennessee Valley Association from 1928 to 1938.

2 sound discs (90 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

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Hortin, Loran Joseph, 1904-1992

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Herndon, Jerry A.

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Hortin, Loren Joseph, 1904-1992.

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L. J. Hortin recites a history of the Lower Tennessee Valley Association, why it was formed and what it accomplished during the 1920s and 1930s. From the description of Oral history interview with L. J. Hortin [sound recording], 1976 February 20 (Murray State University). WorldCat record id: 599730344 ...

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, ...

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