TVAStateLocal Relationships

Satterfield, M. H. "TVA-State-Local Relationships." The American Political Science Review 40.No. 5

(Oct. 1946): 935-49. JSTOR. Web. 29 Sept. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1949561>.

This article goes into the positive relationship between TVA and state/local entities or
governments.
TVA had been a major asset to farmers through flood control and a source of income for
rural communities.
TVA had increased recreational fishing opportunities and provided waste control for
communities where the river had been polluted.
TVA power has profited in providing electricity to much of the southeast.
The TVA had funded libraries and agricultural colleges.
The article illustrates an equal partnership with federal and state/local government in its
effect on East Tennessee. Not everyone would be so positive.
I chose this article because it illustrated the direct impact that TVA had on East Tennessee
in up until 1946.
Although the correlation was positive, it still demonstrated the impact upon East
Tennessee in ways I would not have even thought of from a first hand source.


The Impact of TVA Upon the Southeast

Cole, William E. "The Impact of TVA Upon the Southeast." Social Forces 28.4 (1950): 435-40.
JSTOR. Web. 08 Oct. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2572255?ref=no-x
route:7dd5dc74a41cb4efcc5fbd9e7e99e479>.

Article goes into the benefits of TVA in the Tennessee Valley and the southeast in general.
TVA gave thousands of southeastern (predominately Tennesseans) steady jobs.
TVA provided electricity to much of the southespecially in rural areas who had never had
electricityTVA modernized the south in a sense through affordable electricity and
providing communities with jobs.
Better-balanced economy was achieved in the development and industrial program
operations of TVA.
Fertilizer production through TVA had produced more productive agriculture by about
60%--especially the corn and cotton crops.
Rural electrification was the largest accomplishment that impacted East Tennessee from
1933 with 500 kilowatts being transmitted to rural households. This revolutionized how
people lived in these rural communities. That is why the article is important to answering
our essential question.








Some Factors Influencing the Psychology of the Tennessee Valley

Foster, Frank C. "Some Factors Influencing the Psychology of the Tennessee Valley." Journal of Educational
Sociology 8.5, Some Educational Implications of the Tennessee Valley Authority (1935): 278-89.
JSTOR. Web. 08 Oct. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2961875?ref=no-x
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Opening quote: But don't let any of these lawyers and engineers fill you up so full of law
and figures that you forget the facts. You can dam all the rivers and creeks from here to
Canada and knock down the cost of electricity until no honest God-fearing man would be
caught without it, but if the people ain't with you, you're just wasting your time and
money. Walter Davenport
This article breaks down the deeply ingrained societal psychological factors that had
developed the portion of resistance to the building of dams in the valley of East Tennessee.
Mainly, there was a deep impression of individualism in the valley against the social
planning the TVA had done.
The relocation of the people of the valley whose property would be destroyed by the dams
and water distribution. The author suggests that the people of East Tennessee will not
allow for the government to take away what was rightfully theirs as land owners and
trustees for a generation.
Relocating a people was an inconceivable idea merely impossible to accomplish
especially to poor farmers and rural land-owners.
This is unlike any of the previous articles I have read where they have been extremely
positive about TVA where this is the negative side of reality of the Valleys inhabitants view
of the TVA take over.

The TVA and the Ordinary Farmer
Droze, W. H. "TVA and the Ordinary Farmer." Agricultural History 53.1, Southern Agriculture Since the Civil
War: A Symposium (1979): 188-202. JSTOR. Web. 09 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/3742869?ref=no-x
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In 1933, farmers during the Great Depression were earning less than 200 dollars a year.
Farmlands were less than 100 acres in size.
Dominant types of farming included: cotton, corn, tobacco, dairy, general livestock, etc.
Famers were offered as little as $2,000 for their farms while the national average for selling
farms was around $7,700.
Families did not have electricity and education went up through the 8
th
grade.
Farmers could not farm the land because of soil erosion and the nutrients being depleted
from years of farming.
The rebuilding of soil was key to fertility through crop rotations and other various
strategies in cropping systems.
TVA supplies farmers with skills to manage their farm and produce crops, supplied farmers
with plant nutrientsphosphate, and improve the farmers accessibility to inputs needed
to operate the farms.
The TVA developed an integration agricultural program to inform farmers.
They programs include electricity for the farm, erosion and flood control, and forestry.