Title: Tennessee Endangered Species Committee Records

Date/Date Range :   1964-1983

Extent: 10.5 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains information in the form of magazine and newspaper articles, correspondence, court proceedings, congressional records and other materials concerning the lengthy battle between the T.E.S.C. and the TVA over the building of the Tellico Dam and the dam's threat to various elements of the local environment, particularly an endangered species of fish, the Snail Darter.

Call number: MS-1328

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated by representatives of the Tennessee Endangered Species Committee (T.E.S.C.).

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Tennessee Endangered Species Committee Records, MS-1328. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of six boxes.

No biographical information could be found.

This collection contains information in the form of magazine and newspaper articles, correspondence, court proceedings, congressional records and other materials concerning the lengthy battle between the T.E.S.C. and the TVA over the building of the Tellico Dam and the dam's threat to various elements of the local environment, particularly an endangered species of fish, the Snail Darter.

• Tennessee Valley Authority.
• Tellico Dam (Tenn.) -- Environmental aspects.
• Endangered species -- Tennessee River Region.
• Snail darter.