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10 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Tennessee Valley Authority.
Joseph C. Swidler papers, 1931-1997
32,200 items. 93 containers. 37.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Attorney and public power industry official. Articles, correspondence, legal papers, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed matter, reports, and speeches relating primarily to Joseph C. Swidler's career as an attorney and government official.
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Hugo LaFayette Black papers, 1883-1976
130,000 items. 513 containers plus 19 oversize. 216 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, United States senator from Alabama, and lawyer. Family and general correspondence, memoranda, reports, notebooks, research materials, case files, legal and subject files, speeches and writings, printed and near-print materials, clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating primarily to Black's service in the Senate (1927-1937) and on the Supreme Court (1937-1971).
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Judson King papers, 1900-1958
21,515 items. 97 containers. 38 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lecturer, writer, and political consultant. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, reports, press releases, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, printed material, charts, maps, photographs, and other material relating primarily to the development of public power policy in the United States and reflecting King's role in the United States Rural Electrification Administration.
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Edmund Cody Burnett papers, 1765-1967
21,550 items. 63 containers. 25.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Historian, editor, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, drafts of writings, speeches, notes, research material, financial records, legal papers, and a project file from Burnett's work as editor of Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, published from 1921 to 1936; including also material on the Burnett family and farm in Tennessee, original and edited Civil War correspondence of the Burnett, Cody, Lightfoot, and McGarity families; and a translation of a cipher used by the Lee family of Virginia.
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Raymond Clapper papers, 1908-1962
75,000 items. 249 containers plus 7 oversize. 116 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries and writings, notebooks, dispatches, press releases, radio scripts, reports, printed matter, scrapbooks, promotional matter, photographs, and reference material chiefly pertaining to the New Deal and World War II.
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Huston Thompson papers, 1908-1965
1,500 items. 9 containers plus 1 oversize. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer and government official. Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, speeches, articles, photographs, and near-print and print material relating to the presidential candidacy of Woodrow Wilson, Thompson's service as legal counsel in the investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s, and his service as mediator in national industrial strike emergencies.
Otto Sternoff Beyer papers, 1905-1951
45,000 items. 129 containers plus 5 oversize. 53 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Engineer, economist, and labor consultant. Correspondence, speech and article file, subject files, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Beyer's career as an engineer and economist in industry and government.
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George Fort Milton papers, 1828-1985
30,000 items. 100 containers. 36 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Editor, historian, advisor to diplomatic delegations, consultant to U.S. government agencies, and special assistant to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, research and historical source material, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and biographical matter relating primarily to Milton’s work as a historian of the Civil War and career as a newspaper editor and in government.
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George W. Norris papers, 1864-1954
256,000 items. 571 containers. 230 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. representative and senator from Nebraska. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, notebooks, subject files, printed materials, scrapbooks, maps, charts, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to Nebraska and national politics. Includes material on conservation, development of river valleys, Norris's political campaigns, role in the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority, his stand on both world wars, and his services as chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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Byron S. Miller papers, 1941-1946
100 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer and public official. Correspondence, reports of congressional hearings, memoranda, notes, drafts of legislation, and printed material relating to the enactment of the Atomic Energy Act, proposed legislation creating the National Science Foundation, and other subjects pertaining to the mobilization of natural resources, atomic energy, and allied scientific information.