Miami, Ohio, Conservancy Dam Project
name: label: Creator
content: Tennessee Valley Authority
place: label: Place
content: Miami Conservancy District (Ohio)
topic: label: Topic
content: Dams
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Acquired from Tennessee Valley Authority, through Donald W. Newton, Flood Hydrology Section, between October 1966 and July 1968.
creator: label: Creator
content: Tennessee Valley Authority
setName: label: See more items in
content: Miami, Ohio, Conservancy Dam Project
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the construction of the Miami Conservancy Dam in Ohio.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .15 Cubic feet (1 box )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1918-1926
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1547
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection was processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 2023. Finding aid encoded by Audrey Willius, intern, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of black and white photographic prints documenting the construction of the dam, surrounding buildings, housing, machinery, and employees. Most of the photographs have hand written notes including the dates. The materials are arranged in chronological order.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution


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Other Repositories


Wright State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives

Miami Conservancy District Records, MS-128