This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
TVA World classroom draws foreign engineers to Knoxville
The Tennessee Valley Authority has become a global teaching ground attracting engineers professors and students from India Brazil Poland Russia Britain France China and more. Visitors study TVA’s river basin planning housing recreation and regional development while borrowing expertise and equipment for their own projects and many countries place orders or seek credit through the Export Import Bank.
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United States
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
India
Brazil
Poland
Russia
Britain
France
China
America
Great Britain
Niger River
French West Africa
Egypt
New Zealand
Chile
Uruguay
Mexico
Turkey
Panama
Ganges
Yangtze
Danube
Amazon
W. L. Voorduin
Peru
Barton M. Jones
Andrew M. Romora
James B. Hays
Commission On Palestine Surveys
E. Harold Hinman
Department of Health
Thomas H. Hall
UNRRA
Cairo
Dudley Reekie
England
Rio Negro
South America
Export-Import Bank
Canyon del Pato
Santo River
War Production Board
Dnepropetrovsk
Moscow
Brayars
WPB
British Isles
Tennessee
Scotland
Tennessee Valley
Lord Halifax