TENNESSEE

A GUIDE TO THE STATE

AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES

FIRST PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 1939

COPYRIGHT 1939 BY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, DIVISION OF INFORMATION

WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
F. C. HARRINGTON, Commissioner
FLORENCE KERR, Assistant Commissioner
HENRY G. ALSBERG, Director of the Federal Writers Project

HYPERTEXT EDITION
NEW DEAL NETWORK
1996

Contents

• PREFACE
• GENERAL INFORMATION
• CALENDAR OF EVENTS
• CROSS SECTION OF A THREEFOLD STATE
• NATURAL SETTING AND CONSERVATION
  • The Record in the Rocks
  • Animal Life
  • Forests and Plant Life
  • Soil Conservation
• THE FIRST AMERICANS
  • Historic Indians
• HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
  • Government
• INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE
• AGRICULTURE
• THE WORKING MAN
• TRANSPORTATION
• TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
• NEGROES IN TENNESSEE
• RELIGION
• EDUCATION
• SPORTS AND RECREATION
• FOLKLORE: THE LIVING PAST
• WRITERS OF TENNESSEE
• ARCHITECTURE
• THE ARTS
  • Painting and Sculpture
  • Music
  • The Theater
• CHRONOLOGY
• SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY