National Archives at Atlanta

BROWSE ITEMS TAGGED "NORTH CAROLINA"

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Dams Built for War 1940-1945 View	The TVA built three dams in record time to support the increased electric power demand of war industries: Fontana, Cherokee, and Douglas... Tags: Dam Construction \| North Carolina \| Tennessee \| World War II
Fontana Public Facilities ca. 1945 View	These correspondence documents discuss the level of detail TVA planners put into the community of Fontana Village to make it... Tags: City Planning \| North Carolina \| Public Facilities
Fontana Town Map May 1943 View	This is a full map of Fontana Village showing housing, shopping, facilities, recreational areas, and evidence of segregation... Tags: City Planning \| Map \| North Carolina \| Public Facilities
Laundry Building Date View	While electricy was a central feature in all TVA communities, laundry appliances were not yet a household item. These drawings show the plans... Tags: City Planning \| North Carolina
Segregation at TVA Towns January 28, 1935 View	These construction plans depict designs for segregated cafeterias and schools at Pickwick and Fontana Dams... Tags: African Americans \| Cafeterias \| City Planning \| Housing \| North Carolina \| Tennessee
Fontana Housing ca. 1945 View	These photos and floorplans provide a good example of the housing options at Fontana Village... Tags: City Planning \| Housing \| North Carolina
Life at Fontana Dam 1978 View	Written for a publication over thirty years after the completion of the Fontana Dam project, this historical fiction piece describes life for workers... Tags: Dam Construction \| North Carolina \| World War II
Erosion Project 1938-1950 View	This series of photographs depicts the transformation of James C. Ray's property in Buncombe County, North Carolina during a soil erosion project... Tags: Erosion \| North Carolina
Dealing with "Furriners" March 23, 1953 View	In a response to F. Stuart Chapin, Project Director for the Savannah River Urbanization Study, TVA Director Raymond Paty talks about lessons... Tags: North Carolina \| Relocation \| Tennessee
Photographers of the TVA November 3, 1936 View	This image shows TVA photographer Pare Lorenz working in the Great Smoky Mountains as a storm is approaching... Tags: North Carolina \| Tennessee