Butler Project Collection
Scope and Contents
The Butler Project Collection consists of a carousel of 101 35mm slides, a 60-minute audio cassette narration, and narration notes and slide cues. The program concerns the 1983 draw down of Watauga Lake and the reminiscences of individuals who remember Butler (Old Butler), Tenn., before the Tennessee Valley Authority lake covered the town in 1948.
Dates
- 1983-1984
Creator
- Butler Project (Person)
- Coleman, Bruce (Person)
- Elizabethton (Tenn.) High School (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
0.30 linear feet (1 slide carousel, 1 audio cassette narration, and 1 folder of notes)
Language of Materials
English
Method of Acquisition
The Butler Project Collection was produced by students and donated to the archives by Bruce Coleman, Bluff City, Tennessee on January 24, 1994.
Processing Information
Ned Irwin completed processing, and the collection was opened to researchers in January 1997.
- Butler (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Slides (photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Watauga Lake (Tenn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of Appalachia Repository
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu
