Photograph of Cedar Hill Dock from the air, one of the largest of the fishing and recreational docks on Dale Hollow Lake.

Report regarding an airborne radioactivity survey that took place over a 10,000 square mile area around the Oak Ridge National Laboratory near Knoxville, Tennesse. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.

Circular from American Cotton Shippers Association to members providing updates on cotton legislation, export cotton sales, and export-import bank appropriations, and enclosing a copy of the USDA 1962 Cotton Loan Program.

This essay explores the question of what role does the public play in the operations of government, especially considering the bureaucracy of a democratic government.

Charles Howard Blackshear (II) - son of Joe Anderson Blackshear Sr. - Here Charles is on vacation at the Watts Bar Resort, May 1960, age 52. He now resides in Louisville, Ky. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Carl S. Beatus, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Portrait Relief" by E. Rust.

From Introduction: "In this paper are presented the results obtained to date from the inspections of steel pilings. The investigation will be continued by additional inspections of pilings in other parts if the country in order to cover a wider range of soil environments."

Report regarding experiments made to determine the fallout-radiation protection offered by several typical homes in the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, area.

Photograph of J.O. Loftis, SCS technician, watching oxen being hitched by Onva Hargis to a log. Mr. Hargiss uses the oxen for farm work.

This report follows a series of tests run to determine the shielding properties of beryllium oxide, conducted at the Battelle Lid-Tank Shielding Facility. Neutron and gamma penetrations through and behind beryllium oxide were measured.

Results of hydraulic model investigations to study the proposed filling an demptying system for the Cordell Hull Luck on the Cumberland River and Tennessee. It also included tests of a multiport system and provided suggestions for improvement in the design.

Report summarizing "the utilization of the Health Physics Research reactor and a Co60 source during Operation BREN" and offers related meteorological data relating radiation emissions.

From Preface: "The present account summarizes the results of a long investigation of the rocks of the Great Smoky Mountains (1946-55) by geologists of the staff of the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with those of the Tennessee Division of Geology. The technical details of this investigation have already been set forth at length in professional papers of the U.S. Geological Survey. The present account contains the gist of these findings about the rocks of the mountains, and is accompanied by a map and structure sections in which the surface and underground extent of the rocks are displayed."

This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.

The smallmouth buffalo fish, Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque), population of Watts Bar Reservoir, of the Tennessee River down stream from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was investigated in order to describe its age distribution, growth rates, dispersion, and importance as an accumulator of radionuclides. Measurements and scale samples were taken from commercially-caught fish and fish caught in the ORNL tagging operations. Scale impressions were anaiyzed for age and growth phenomena. Dispersion of smallmouth buffalo was investigated by conventional of ging methods and by autoradiographic analyses of scales. Stable and radiochemicsl composition of scales was examined by spectrographic analysis, flame spectrophotometer and radiometric surveys. Calcium was the most abundance element in fish scales with at lease twenty-three other elements present in varying quantities. Fish scaless and bone were found to contain radionuclides of ruthenium, cesium, zirconium, zinc, and cobalt. Radiometric surveys of scales revealed the Watts Bar Reservoir smallmouth buffalo population was a relatively minor accumulator of radionuclides with only 0.08 per cent showing the presence of artificially produced radionuclides. Approximately 6 per cent of the Clinch River fish and 77 per cent of the White Oak Creek fish had accumulations. Limited data on dispersion were determined from conventional tags. Much more dispersion …

Video of an interview with photographer Joe Clark, known as the "Hillbilly Snapshooter." The video appears to have been produced by a Detroit news station, possibly WJBK, although there is no identifying information. Clark is known for his images of his native Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Many images of rural life in Tennessee taken by Clark are featured throughout the interview with instrumental music, including a surf-rock interpretation of a traditional song, played as accompaniment.

Invoice for items sold to H. Kempner Cotton Co. by National Cotton Council of America, including bales of cotton for $456. Stamped paid on February 27th, 1967.

Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to David F. Weston requesting to send a check covering the cost of a camera. Note to T. E. Taylor requesting to credit Jim's account post receival of check.

Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to David F. Weston requesting to send a check covering the cost of a camera. Note to T. E. Taylor requesting to credit Jim's account post receival of check.

Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Edward R. Thompson, Jr. discussing about Edward Jr.'s salary that was deposited for the last half of March, 1960 in the United States National Bank and also, enclosed the deposit slips and receipt for the same.

Letter from Aubrey L. Lockett to the National Cotton Council discussing their next meeting and the state of the council.

Letter from Cotton Council International to its officers and directors discussing reports from annual meetings.

Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner discussing about the equipments and testing machines at Pilot Spinning Laboratory, along with the research work at the mills and suggesting to do business with them.

Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner discussing about the equipments and testing machines at Pilot Spinning Laboratory, along with the research work at the mills and suggesting to do business with them.