Bumpass Cove (Tenn.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bumpass Cove-Embreeville Collection
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0108
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
Benjamin J. Cramer Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0490
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
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Benjamin J. Cramer Collection
Maxine Kenny Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0461
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
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Maxine Kenny Collection
Russell P. Rogers Videotape
Collection — Videotape 1
Identifier: AppMs-0105
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...
Dates:
1980
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Russell P. Rogers Videotape