United States. Federal Power Commission
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
George W. Miller Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2130
Overview
Correspondence and financial records of a Gilmer County businessman, gas drilling contractor, schoolteacher, and elementary school principal who was involved also with coal, timber, real estate, and water well businesses. The correspondence concerns Miller's business affairs; dealings with government agencies, such as the Federal Power Commission and the Small Business Administration; applications for teaching positions and graduate schools; tax problems; campaign for a seat on the school...
Dates:
1948-1971
Linda Cooper, Environmentalist, Canaan Valley Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3223
Scope and Contents
These records document Linda Cooper's efforts to preserve the environment of Canaan Valley, WV, and to establish a National Wildlife Refuge there. These include reports, brochures, and other material regarding the development and creation of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, correspondence, memoranda, and other material regarding the construction and development of the Davis Pumped Storage Project (a hydroelectric energy storage facility), and newspaper articles, newsletters,...
Dates:
1945-1995
Union Carbide Corporation, Hawk's Nest Project Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1916
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, drafts, briefs, exhibits, reports, and newspaper clippings on the Federal Power Commission's licensing of Union Carbide Corporation's Hawk's Nest and Glenn Ferris power dam projects. Subjects include FPC hearings, history of navigability of the Kanawha River, efforts to dam the Kanawha River, the navigability of the New River, and the New-Kanawha Power Company. Correspondents include H.G. Davis, Russell A. Alger, Homer Adams Holt, Robert C. Byrd, and Jennings...
Dates:
1873-1966
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- Account books 1
- Builders and contractors. 1
- Canaan Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Education 1
- Environmentalism. 1
- Gas industry 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Glenn Ferris (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Maps. 1
- New River (N.C.-W. Va.) 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Taxation 1
- Teachers 1
- Tucker County (W. Va.) 1
- Union Carbide Corporation - Hawk's Nest Project. 1
- Wildlife. 1 + ∧ less
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