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Bumpass Cove (Tenn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Bumpass Cove-Embreeville Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-108
Scope and Contents The Bumpass Cove-Embreeville Collection includes the materials community members accumulated to deal with a serious problem in their community. Included is information on organizations which dealt with environmental and health issues, as well as the involvement of these organizations with the community. Documents related to the establishment of the Bumpass Cove Citizens Group are contained in the collection, as is Roxy Wilson's scrapbook of newsclippings, which details the history of the...
Dates: 1971-1981
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Bumpass Cove-Embreeville Collection

Benjamin J. Cramer Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-490
Scope and Contents The Benjamin J. Cramer Collection contains research done by Cramer on the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway (CC&O) and its operations around the communities of Lost Cove, North Carolina, and Bumpass Cove, Tennessee. The research includes an interview with Jack Hawkins, who worked for CC&O for forty years, photographic prints of Lost Cove, North Carolina, and one VHS videotape about the Bumpass Cove landfill.
Dates: circa 1995-1996
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Benjamin J. Cramer Collection

Maxine Kenny Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-461
Arrangement The collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1, Subject Files, 1971-82 and undated and Series 2, Program Materials, 1984-88 and undated. The latter series is arranged in two sub-series: Series 2.1, Printed Material, 1985-88 and undated and Series 2.2, Audio Recordings, 1984-87 and undated.
Dates: 1971-1988 and undated
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Maxine Kenny Collection

Russell P. Rogers Videotape

 Collection — Videotape 1
Identifier: AppMs-105
Scope and Contents The black and white videotape, "There is No Place Like Home," was taken in February 1980 by Russell P. Rogers. The music for the tape was performed by Robert Story. The forty minute (approximately) tape concerns the controversy which surrounded Waste Resources of Tennessee's dumping of hazardous chemicals into the Bumpass Cove landfill. Citizens active in the fight against Waste Resources explain why they joined the fight against the company. Also included on the tape are scenes of the landfill...
Dates: 1980
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Russell P. Rogers Videotape

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