TVA Collection | UNA Archives and Special Collections

By Dixie Norwood

Collection Overview

Title: TVA Collection

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Arrangement: Selected photographs from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Collection have been digitized and made available online at UNA's Digital Commons repository at the following links: https://roar.una.edu/tva/ and https://roar.una.edu/nitrateplant/. Other collections on Digital Commons, such as the Hardy Evans Collection (https://roar.una.edu/evans_collection/), Shoals History Collection (https://roar.una.edu/shoals_history_images/), and William Lindsey McDonald Collection (https://roar.una.edu/mcdonald_images/) also include searchable images that often pertain to the TVA's impact in the Shoals, Alabama.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains drawings and photographs of TVA Materials, including Wilson Dam, U.S. Nitrate Facilities, and the Muscle Shoals Canal.

Administrative Information

Repository: UNA Archives and Special Collections

Use Restrictions: The Collection or portions thereof may be exhibited, photographed or otherwise reproduced and studied. All exhibits, reproductions and studies shall credit teh Depositor, and read as follows; "Courtesy of the Tennessee Valley Authority." The Repository agress to provide the Depositor with copies of any resulting publications.

Other URL: https://roar.una.edu/nitrateplant/

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Drawings],
[Series 2: Photographs],
[All]

Series 1: Drawings

Item 1: Drawer 1-1: Drawings 1-179 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Water Filtration Works}, 1917-1919; 1936; 1941
Item 2: Drawer 1-2: Drawings 180-387 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No. 2; Water Filtration Works; TVA Greenhouse Complex; Construction Village No. 2; Construction Camp; Muscle Shoals Reservation}, 1917-1919; 1936; 1940-1941; 1947; 1949; 1961; 1970; 1972
Item 3: Drawer 1-3: Drawings 388-529 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No. 2; Construction Village No. 2; Muscle Shoals Reservation}, 1918; 1928; 1944
Item 4: Drawer 1-4: Drawings 530-597 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No. 2}, 1918
Item 5: Drawer 1-5: Drawings 598-812 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No. 2; Construction Camp; Construction Village No.2}, 1917-1918
Item 6: Drawer 1-6: Drawings 813-870 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Muscle Shoals Reservation}, 1918; 1941; 1943-1944; 1949
Item 7: Drawer 1-7: Drawings 871-1000 {Construction Village No.2; U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Construction Camp}, 1917-1918
Item 8: Drawer 1-8: Drawings 1001-1162 {TVA Greenhouse Complex; Water Filtration Works; Phosphate Develpment Works; Muscle Shoals Reservation; Construction Camp; U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2}, 1918-1918; 1944; 1948; 1951; 1958; 1961; 1976
Item 9: Drawer 1-9: Drawings 1163-1222 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Constuction Camp}, 1918
Item 10: Drawer 1-10: Drawings 1223-1317 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2}, 1917-1918
Item 11: Drawer 2-1: Drawings 1318-1392 {Water Filtration Works; U.S. Nitrate Plant No. 2}, 1918; 1942-1943
Item 12: Drawer 2-2: Drawings 1393-1547 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2}, 1917-1918
Item 13: Drawer 2-3: Drawings 1548-1665 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2}, 1917-1918
Item 14: Drawer 2-4: Drawings 1666-1766 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Construction Village No.2}, 1918-1920
Item 15: Drawer 2-5: Dawings 1767-1868 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No. 2}, 1920
Item 16: Drawer 2-6: Drawings 1869-1973 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Water Filtration Works; Muscle Shoals Reservation}, 1917-1918; 1942-1944
Item 17: Drawer 2-7: Drawings 1974-2128 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2}, 1917-1919
Item 18: Drawer 2-8: Drawings 2129-2289 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2}, 1917-1918
Item 19: Drawer 2-9: Drawings 2290-2391 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2}, 1917-1918
Item 20: Drawer 2-10: Drawings 2392-2443 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Construction Camp}, 1918-1919
Item 21: Drawer 3-1: Drawings 2444-2493 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Phosphate Development Works; TVA Greenhouse Complex; Muscle Shoals Reservation; Construction Village No.2}, 1918; 1961; 1971; 1983
Item 22: Drawer 3-2: Drawings 2494-2548 {U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Muscle Shoals Reservation}, 1917-1918; 1947-1948; 1950
Item 23: Drawer 3-3: Drawings 2549-2645 {Muscle Shoals Reservation; U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2}, 1942; 1947-1949; 1965
Item 24: Drawer 3-4: Drawings 2646-2703 {Muscle Shoals Reservation}, 1947-1949; 1963
Item 25: Drawer 3-5: Drawings 2704-2763 {Muscle Shoals Reservation}, 1947-1950; 1961; 1963; 1969
Item 26: Drawer 3-6: Drawings 2764-2834 {Muscle Shoals Reservation; U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2}, 1918; 1943; 1947-1949
Item 27: Drawer 3-7: Drawings 2835-2892 {Muscle Shoals Reservation; U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2; Construction Village No.2; Construction Camp}, 1917-1919; 1934; 1943-1944; 1949; 1963; 2018

Series 2: Photographs

Item 1: Drawer 3-8: Photographs

Item 2: Drawer 3-9: Photographs

Item 3: Drawer 3-10: Photographs

Box 4

Folder 1: Wilson Dam photographs 1.1-1.243a
Folder 2: Muscle Shoals Photographs 1.243b-1.400
Folder 3: Wilson Dam Photographs 1.401-1.514
Folder 4: NFERC (Muscle Shoals Chemical Plant) Photographs 1.515-1.599
Folder 5: NFERC Photographs 1.600-1.870 (save larger photographs 1.867-1.869)
Folder 6: NFERC Photographs 1.886-1.917
Folder 7: Nitrate Building 4A, Research amd Engineering Office, Boiler House & negatives, Wash & Locker House #5 & Negatives 1.515-1.530
Folder 8: NFERC Oversized Photographs #1.867-1.869
Folder 9: TVA Photos Compiled by TVA Retirees, 2006 (CD-ROM)
Folder 10: Legend of the Mass Grave on the Tennessee Valley Authority's Land at Muscle Shoals, Alabama {Prepared by Dr. Thomas O. Maher, 2011}
Folder 11: Wilson Village Number Two (1918-1950) Oral History Project {Gail King, 2010-2011}
Item 12: TVA Wilson Dam Baseline Bridge Photos and Technical Drawings

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