Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region: Valley of the Dams Symposium

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Symposium at the National Archives at Atlanta

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Location: National Archives at Atlanta
5780 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, Georgia

The National Archives at Atlanta is the repository of approximately 13,000 cubic feet of records documenting the impact and legacy of the Tennessee Valley Authority. These historic sources are ripe for new scholarship and discovery. This year's symposium encourages research in these diverse records, features scholars whose published works were based on these holdings, and promotes the discovery of new scholars from universities and colleges across the Southeast and the nation.

Pre-registration is required.
Registration is free and limited to 200 participants. To register online, go to: http://www.archives.gov/atlanta/tva-symposium/
To register by email: atlanta.archives@nara.gov

Presenters include:
	Pat Bernard Ezzell, author of TVA Photography: Thirty Years of Life in the Tennessee Valley and TVA Photography, 1963-2008: Challenges and Changes in the Tennessee Valley. She serves as the TVA's Corporate Historian.
	Micah Cash is an artist and photographer with an MFA from the University of Connecticut. His present work, entitled Dangerous Waters, combines historical research and his unique artistry to interpret the social impact of TVA.
	Caroline Rose Peyton is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of South Carolina Presentation: Nuclear Ghosts: The Tennessee Valley Authority's Nuclear Program
	Dr. Matthew L. Downs, Professor of History, University of Mobile Presentation: "A Democratic Labor": The Tennessee Valley Authority and Economic Development, 1933-1953
	Dr. Abou B. Bamba, Professor of History and Africana Studies, Gettysburg College Presentation: Transatlanticizing the TVA Experiment: Dams, Peoples, and Regional Planning in the U.S. South, France, and Ivory Coast
	Dr. Laura Beth Daws, Professor of Communication, Southern Polytechnic State University Presentation: Where "Wild River" Went Wrong: True Stories of TVA Family Removal in Wheeler & Guntersville Dams' Reservoir Areas

This event is sponsored by the National Archives at Atlanta and the Georgia Humanities Council

2014 Symposium