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Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Ala. and Miss.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Blount International Supervisory Training Program Guide

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-374
Scope and Contents

Training manual for Blount International supervisors and managers on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Lock "C" project. Included is material reflecting Blount's commitment to the open-shop concept and instructions to its managers to discourage labor unions.

Dates: circa 1979-1980

Kenneth Drake Embry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MPC-036
Scope and Content

The papers of Kenneth Drake Embry consist of genealogical records of the Embry family, partial maps of Oktibbeha County, various photographs, and a congressional record of the speech of John E. Rankin on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Inland Waterway. The content spans from1786-1954 with the bulk falling in the 1870s and 1950s.

Dates: 1786 - 1954; Majority of material found within Bulk Dates

Embry (Kenneth Drake) Papers

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: CPRC-036
Dates: 1786 - 1954; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1950

Sam Wilhite papers

 Collection
Identifier: CPRC-137
Scope and Content The collection documents the activities of Sam Wilhite (1919-1998), who served as executive assistant to Mississippi Governor Hugh White in his second term (1952-1956) and was deeply involved in Democratic political work on the state, regional, and national levels during the late 1940s and 1950s. Among the candidates for whom he campaigned were Adlai Stevenson, John C. Stennis, and Hugh White. Wilhite also worked with the chambers of commerce in Florence, Alabama, and in West Point and...
Dates: 1871 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1976