Collection Number:
03887
Collection Title: H. H. Wooten Papers, 1929-1942.
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material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National
Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 15 items) |
| Abstract |
Hugh Hill Wooten (born 1894) was an economist with the United States Department of
Agriculture. The collection contains reports, surveys, photographs, clippings, and
other materials gathered by Wooten concerning land use and flood control in the lower
Mississippi River Valley and land acquisition by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Volumes
1-2, 6 contain mounted photographs depicting land use, flood damage, and houses, as
well as images of farmers. Additionally, there are 6 printed reports related to the
Tennessee Valley Authority and North Carolina agricultural topic.
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| Creator |
Wooten, H. H. (Hugh Hill), 1894- |
| Language |
English |
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- No restrictions. Open for research.
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- No usage restrictions.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the H. H. Wooten Papers, #3887, Southern Historical Collection,
The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Acquisitions Information
- Gift of Hugh Hill Wooten in 1969
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
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Hugh Hill Wooten (born 1894) was an economist with the United States Department of
Agriculture.
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The collection contains reports, surveys, photographs, clippings, and other materials
gathered by Wooten concerning land use and flood control in the lower Mississippi
River Valley and land acquisition by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Volumes 1-2,
6 contain mounted photographs depicting land use, flood damage, and houses, as well
as images of farmers. Additionally, there are 6 printed reports related to the Tennessee
Valley Authority and North Carolina agricultural topic.
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H. H. Wooten Papers, 1929-1942.
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Folder 1a
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Folder 1
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Summary report from United States Department of Agriculture Joint Investigation; includes
pull-out map and annotated photographs depicting flood water dangers in the Alluvial
Valley, Miss., as well as cotton farmers, sharecroppers, and rural homes.
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Folder 2
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Report includes hand-colored maps and annotated photographs depicting land use as
well as farmers, houses, and other buildings.
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Folder 3-4
Folder 3
Folder 4
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Two copies of report submitted by Wooten for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Land
Acquisition Division, Appraisal Section; includes pull-out map and chart.
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Folder 5
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Report submitted by Wooten for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Land Acquisition Division,
Appraisal Section; includes pull-out maps and charts.
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Folder 6
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Report submitted by Wooten for the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, Division of Land Economics; includes pull-out map and annotated photographs
depicting the flood damage to farm property and houses.
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Folder 7
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Report submitted by Wooten and Jack W. Hind for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Land
Acquisition Division, Appraisal Section; includes pull-out maps and annotated pictures
of land and houses.
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Folder 8
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Newspaper clippings regarding the floods taken from
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
St. Louis Globe Democrat,
Arkansas Gazette,
Cincinnati Inquirer,
New Orleans Times Picayune, and others.
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Folder 9
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Report from the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agriculture Economics.
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Folder 10
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Printed report from the Tennessee Valley Authority on flooding reduction in Alluvial
Valley of the Lower Mississippi River.
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Folder 11
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Report by L. C. Gray; also included is
Report Submitted by the Department of Agriculture to the Secretary of War on the Valuation
of Property Between the Proposed Protective Levees of the Boeuf and Atchafalaya Basin
and in the Red River Backwater
, November 1930.
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Folder 12
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Folder 13
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Folder 14
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Report includes pull-out maps.
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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, December 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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