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Finding Aid for the Albert H. Roberts Letter, 1919 December 20


MS-2225

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 1, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Albert H. Roberts Letter

Date/Date Range :   1919 December 20

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
In a December 20, 1919 letter to N.A. Eubank of Nashville, Governor Albert H. Roberts responds to an editorial regarding strip mining.

Call number: MS-2225

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

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in June 2002.
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], Albert H. Roberts Letter, MS-2225. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of a single folder.


Biography / History

Born July 4, 1868 in Overton County, Albert H. Roberts was a successful lawyer and jurist in Middle Tennessee prior to his election as Governor in 1918. The Democrat alienated many members of his party by creating a state police force which was dispatched to quell strikes in Nashville and Knoxville. Others were alienated by his support of the Nineteenth Amendment, allowing women the right to vote. More controversy came with Roberts' sliding scale tax plan, which resulted in an increase of the tax rates on farm by approximately 260% in one year. In the 1920 election, Republican Alf Taylor defeated the incumbent, who return to practicing law in Nashville. Roberts died at his home on June 26, 1946.


Collection Scope and Content Note

In a December 20, 1919 letter to N.A. Eubank of Nashville, Governor Albert H. Roberts responds to an editorial regarding strip mining in Tennessee. Roberts notes that mining in Tennessee is done strictly with a shaft mine or drift mine, both of which require "a very large percentage of the miners" to be "skilled in their work; otherwise it would be dangerous to the lives of the miners, besides being practically impossible to mine the coal."

Subject Terms

  • Coal mines and mining -- Tennessee -- History.
  • Strip mining -- Tennessee.
Contents List
Folder   1     Item   1    
Letter and envelope from Governor Albert H. Roberts to the Honorable N.A. Eubank in Nashville, 1919 December 20