DIVISION OF GEOLOGY RECORDS 1893-1973
Transcript of DIVISION OF GEOLOGY RECORDS 1893-1973
State of Tennessee
Department of State
Tennessee State Library and Archives
Department of Environment and Conservation,
Division of Geology Records,
1893-1973
RG 427
COLLECTION SUMMARY
Creator:
Tennessee. Division of Geology
Inclusive Dates:
1893-1973
Scope & Content:
Consists of reports, analyses, maps, photographs, diagrams, charts, and
correspondence. Many of the collection’s maps are USGS topographical maps
with varying annotations. The photographs folder contains early images of the Mt.
Pleasant area, East Tennessee manganese mines, limestone quarries, and kilns.
Series II includes what appears to be an early draft of Dr. K. C. McMurry’s
dissertation on the economic geography of Tennessee’s Central Basin. The draft
includes a number of map excerpts, original photographs, and hand-painted
watercolor maps. Series III contains maps, diagrams, reports, data, and drawings
relating to the Upper Mississippi Embayment area located in West Tennessee.
Series IV is entirely linen-backed maps, most likely for use in the field. Oversized
material, primarily geologic folios, comprises Series V. Series VI holds a large
collection of photographic negatives dating from the 1900s until the 1930s.
Physical Description/Extent:
20.75 cubic feet
Accession/Record Group Number:
RG 427
Language:
English
Permanent Location:
RG 427; M-19-13; VII-B-5v - VII-B-6v
Repository:
Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee,
37243-0312
Administrative/Biographical History
The Tennessee Geological Survey encourages and promotes the prudent
development and conservation of Tennessee’s geological, energy, and mineral
resources by developing and maintaining data bases, maps and technical services;
providing accurate geologic hazard assessments; and disseminating geologic
information through publications and educational outreach activities.
The Tennessee General Assembly established the first Tennessee Geological
Survey in 1831 and appointed Gerard Troost as the first State Geologist. This
makes it one of the oldest geologic service and research organizations in the
country. The survey advises other state agencies and federal and local
organizations on matters relating to Tennessee geology.
(From Department of Environment and Conservation website:
https://www.tn.gov/environment/program-areas/tennessee-geological-
survey.html)
Organization/Arrangement of Materials
Collection is arranged in the order originally transferred to the Tennessee State
Library and Archives.
Conditions of Access and Use
Restrictions on Access:
No restrictions.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction:
While the Tennessee State Library and Archives houses an item, it does not
necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the
item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible
for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other
permissions and paying associated fees that may be necessary for the intended
use.
Index Terms
Corporate Names/Organizations/Government Bodies:
Tennessee. Department of Environment and Conservation
Tennessee. Division of Geology
Subjects:
Formations (Geology) -- Tennessee
Geological mapping -- Tennessee
Groups (Stratigraphy) -- Tennessee
Mines and mineral resources -- Tennessee
Quarries and quarrying -- Tennessee
Geographic Names:
Mississippi Embayment
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Nashville (Tenn.) -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Tennessee -- Maps -- 19th century
Tennessee -- Maps -- 20th century
Tennessee -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Sources
Tennessee -- Politics and government -- 21st century -- Sources
Document Types:
Administrative reports
Black-and-white transparencies
Correspondence
Drafts (documents)
Geological maps
Maps (documents)
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs
Acquisition and Appraisal
Provenance and Acquisition:
The Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Geology
Records, 1893-1973, RG 427, were transferred to the Tennessee State
Library and Archives in various years.
Processing and Administrative Information
Preferred Citation:
Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Geology
Records, 1893-1973, RG 427, Tennessee State Library and Archives,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Processing Information:
Completed by Zachary Keith, April 2020.
DETAILED COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
SERIES I. – Mineral Resources
Series Scope and Content: Consists of correspondence, reports, maps, locations, and
analyses of Tennessee’s mineral resources.
Series Arrangement: Documents in this series are arranged alphabetically.
Contents/Item Title Date Box Volume/Folder
Analyses -- Sedimentary rock of United
States
1952-1955 1 1
Barite 1937-1953 1 2
Baukite 1938-1953 1 3
Bauxite 1922-1952 1 4
Bentonite 1922-1963 1 5
Bleaching Earth 1933-1943 1 6
Celestite 1942-1944 1 7
Chert 1933-1944 1 8
Clay 1926-1931 1 9
Coal 1935-1941 2 1
Copper 1939 2 2
Diatomite 1933-1936 2 3
Dolomite 1933-1943 2 4
Feldspar 1926-1953 2 5
Flint 1940-1942 2 6
Fluorspar 1937-1942 2 7
Galena 1951 2 8
General Resources 1934 2 9
Germanium 1953 2 10
Gold 1927-1930 2 11
Gypsum 1951-1960 2 12
Hematite 1941-1954 2 13
Indian Head 1941-1942 2 14
Iron Ore 1936-1954 2 15
Kaolin 1929-1943 2 15
CONTAINER LIST
Knox Dolomite 1935-1943 2 16
Lorettoite 1965 3 1
Limestone 1937-1960 3 2
Light Weight Products 1935-1953 3 3
Loess 1941 3 4
Manganese 1928-1954 3 5
Marble 1946 3 6
Mica 1941-1952 3 7
Oil and Gas 1937-1954 3 8
Peridotite 1944 3 9
Potash 1941 3 10
Quartzite 1940-1949 3 11
Rock Wool 1945 3 12
Salt 1942-1953 4 1
Sand 1927-1945 4 2
Shale 1950-1953 4 3
Slate 1937-1949 4 4
Sphalerite 1970 4 5
Steel 1895 4 6
Strategic Minerals 1941-1942 4 7
Tripoli 1934-1943 4 8
Uranium 1948-1955 4 9
SERIES II. – State Geologist’s Files
Series Scope and Content: Consists of documents accrued and stored by the State
Geologist’s office. Items include correspondence, reports, maps, locations, photographs
and analyses of Tennessee’s mineral resources. Reports to accompany USGS quadrangle
maps make up much of Series II.
Series Arrangement: Documents in this series are arranged in in the order originally
transferred to the Library and Archives.
Contents/Item Title Date Box Volume/Folder
Building Stones 1933-1940 5 1
Caves 1954-1963 5 2
Cretaceous, Paleocene, and Lower Eocene by
G. R. Stearns
1957 5 3
Geologic Sections (C. W. Wilson) undated 5 4
Pamphlets -- Electricity 1929 5 5
Charts undated 5 6
Quarries Sampled undated 5 7
Quarries, East Tennessee 1937 5 8
Quarry Locations -- Tennessee Highway
Department
undated 5 9
Limestone and Dolomite Quarries in
Tennessee
undated 5 10
Sampling undated 5 11
Analyses -- East Tennessee undated 5 12
Quarry Site Investigations Prior to 1946 undated 5 13
Samples in Process of Analysis undated 5 14
Correspondence undated 5 15
Wolf Creek Dam Limestones undated 5 16
Bibliography undated 5 17
Uses undated 5 18
Limestone Industries undated 5 19
Railroad Ballasts undated 5 20
Publication Correspondence undated 5 21
Manuscripts undated 5 22
Cement Plants undated 5 23
Rock Products undated 5 24
Cowee undated 5 25
Copper Basin undated 5 26
Phosphates undated 5 27
Phosphates undated 5 28
Aerial Photographs 1920s 5 29
Indian Creek (Hardeman County) report undated 5 30
Inventory Space undated 5 31
Library and Archives 1964-1965 5 32
Licensing Law for Geologists undated 5 33
Magnetic Data undated 5 34
Magnetometer undated 5 35
Manufacturer’s Record on Tennessee undated 5 36
Map Information undated 5 37
Map of Ocoee District undated 5 38
Maps -- Civil War Areas undated 5 39
Maps -- Geologic, Tennessee, and
Physiographic
undated 5 40
Map Companies and Engravers undated 5 41
Map -- Topographic Information undated 6 1
Mineral Resources -- Bedford County undated 6 2
Mineral Resources Index A.I.M.E undated 6 3
Mineral Statistics undated 6 4
Nashville Geologic Society Directory undated 6 5
Nichols Laboratory undated 6 6
Oil and Gas -- SB 965 - 1943; SB 163 - 1953 1943-1953 6 7
Oil Possibilities and Geology by Gene Perry 1923 6 8
Parks -- State undated 6 9
Penitentiary Area undated 6 10
Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy undated 6 11
Photographs undated 6 12
Report to Conservation Commission,
September 3, 1953
undated 6 13
Reports -- unpublished by F. M. Alexander 1958 6 14
Reports -- Miscellaneous undated 6 15
Roan Iron Company Land Grants undated 6 16
Severance Tax -- Tennessee undated 6 17
Strip Mining undated 6 18
TVA -- History, Etc undated 6 19
TVA Reservoir Elevation undated 6 20
Technical Services undated 6 21
Tennessee Academy of Science undated 6 22
Tennessee-Cumberland River Development
Association
undated 6 23
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Geological
Section
undated 6 24
Topographic Map in Plant Site Studies undated 6 25
U.S.G.S. -- Reports undated 6 26
U.S.G.S. -- Long Range Program undated 6 27
U.S.G.S. -- Personnel undated 6 28
U.S.G.S. -- Scribing undated 6 29
U.S.G.S. -- Folios undated 6 30
U. S. Weather Bureau undated 6 31
Western Highland Rim Development
Association
undated 6 32
Siam Property - Carter County undated 6 33
Taylor Valley Mine (Newton’s Map) undated 6 34
Hutchens, O. D. - Carter County undated 6 35
Johnson City Chamber of Commerce Report undated 6 36
Magnetic Separation Tests undated 6 37
Report on Manganese in East Tennessee 1939 6 38
Correspondence on Deposits, Developments,
Etc. (Manganese)
undated 6 39
East Tennessee Manganese - Miscellaneous
Reports
undated 6 40
General Correspondence undated 6 41
Memorandums undated 6 42
Lists of Manganese Operators undated 6 43
Price Schedules undated 6 44
Questionnaires 1937-1939 6 45
Reicharts Manganese Report undated 6 46
U. S. Bureau of Mines Monthly Reports undated 6 47
Mining and Beneficiation -- Appalachian
Mines
undated 6 48
Embreeville -- Manganese Ores undated 6 49
Water - Coffee County undated 6 50
Upper Ordovician and Silurian Stratigraphy
by Milici and Wedow, 1973
1973 7 1
Trace Element of the Knox Group in Three
Wells in Central TN by James L. Poule
undated 7 2
Silurian Correlation Chart undated 7 3
Maps -- U.S.G.S. Quadrangle Maps -- Heavy
Mineral Areas
undated 7 4
Writings -- Logs of Drill Prospecting of
Sedimentary Kaolins in Carroll County by
TVA
1941 7 5
Writings -- Tennessee Clay Industry undated 7 6
Writings -- Summary Report: Pre-
Chattanooga Stratigraphy of the
Goodlettsville, White House, Cottontown,
and Hendersonville Quadrangles by A. E.
Miles and J. Claude Wertz, Jr.
undated 7 7
Wilcox - Heavy Minerals undated 7 8
Maps -- Sailor’s Rest, Clarksville undated 7 9
Alexandria, 318SE undated 8 1
Aspen Hill, 59SE undated 8 2
Auburntown., 319SE undated 8 3
Ashland City, 304SE undated 8 4
Appleton, 59 SW undated 8 5
Antioch, 311SW undated 8 6
Alpine, 334 NW undated 8 7
Baileyton, 180SE undated 8 8
Bald Knob, 332SW undated 8 9
Bath Springs, 23NE undated 8 10
Baxter, 326NW undated 8 11
Beans Creek, 87SW undated 8 12
Beech Grove, 85NW undated 8 13
Belleville, 72SE undated 8 14
Bellwood, 317 SW undated 8 15
Belvidere, 87NW undated 8 16
Bethpage, 313 NE undated 8 17
Bodenham, 59 NW undated 8 18
Booneville, 79SW undated 8 19
Brick Church, 65SW undated 8 20
Big Sandy, 20NE undated 8 21
Boonshill, 73NW undated 8 22
Burgess Falls, 326SE undated 8 23
Billingsley Gap, 110NW undated 8 24
Beaverdam Springs, 41 NE undated 8 25
Bruceton, 20SW undated 8 26
Boyds Creek, 156NW undated 8 27
Block, 128SE undated 8 28
Bonnertown, 52SE undated 8 29
Brockdell, 103SE undated 8 30
Buffalo Valley, undated 8 31
Burns, 48SE undated 8 32
Bumpus Mills, 28SE undated 8 33
Bethesda, 63SE undated 8 34
Belfast, 72NW undated 8 35
Bedford, 72NE undated 8 36
Buena Vista, 10SE undated 8 37
Byrdstown, 333SW undated 8 38
Cardiff, 123NW undated 8 39
Campbellsville, 58SW undated 8 40
Campbell’s Station, 65NW undated 8 41
Camden, 20SE undated 8 42
Cassville, 327NE undated 8 43
Charlotte, 48NE undated 8 44
Campaign, 327 SW undated 8 45
Cookeville East, 331NW undated 8 46
Cookeville West, 236NE undated 8 47
Craigfield, 56NW undated 8 48
Claybrook, 446NW undated 8 49
Counce, 13SE undated 8 50
Cottontown, 310NE undated 8 51
Camp Forrest, 86SW undated 8 52
Clifton, 33NW undated 8 53
Cheatham Dam, 304SW undated 8 54
Center Hill Dam, 322SE undated 8 55
Chewalla, 4SW undated 8 56
Chapel Hill, 71NW undated 8 57
Centerville, 49SW undated 8 58
Chesterfield, 11NE undated 8 59
Carters Creek, 64NW undated 8 60
Cornersville, 65SE undated 8 61
Columbia, 57SE undated 8 62
Collinwood, 43NW undated 8 63
College Grove, 70SW undated 8 64
Clinton, 137SW undated 8 65
Chattanooga, 105SE undated 8 66
Cumberland City, 38NW undated 8 67
Cumberland Furnace, 302SE undated 8 68
Cumberland Springs, 70SE undated 8 69
Daniels Landing, 31SW undated 8 70
Dibrell, 323SE undated 8 71
Dickson, 48SW undated 8 72
Dellrose, 66SE undated 8 73
Deerfield, 51SW undated 8 74
Deason, 78SW undated 8 75
Dover, 29NE undated 8 76
Dillton, 315SE undated 8 77
Daisy, 112NW undated 8 78
Dixon Springs, 317SE undated 8 79
Dry Valley, 331SW undated 8 80
Duncan Flats, 129NE undated 8 81
Eagle Creek, 33SW undated 8 82
Ellis Mills, 38SE undated 8 83
Erin, 38SW undated 8 84
Evensville, 118SW undated 8 85
Ethridge, 51SE undated 8 86
Elkton, 66SW undated 8 87
Frankewing, 66NE undated 8 88
Franklin, 63NE undated 8 89
Fosterville, 78NW undated 8 90
Farmington, 714SW undated 8 91
Fairmount, 105NE undated 8 92
Fountainhead, 312 SW undated 8 93
Fort Oglethorpe, 106NE undated 8 94
Flintville, 80SW undated 8 95
Fayetteville, 83NE undated 8 96
Fairview, 56NE undated 8 97
Glendale, 64SW undated 8 98
Godwin, 57NE undated 8 99
Gordonsburg, 50SW undated 8 100
Graves Spring, 41SW undated 9 1
Graysville, 111NE undated 9 2
Greenfield Bend, 50NE undated 9 3
Gladeville, 314SW undated 9 4
Gassaway, 323NW undated 9 5
Grassy Cove, 117SW undated 9 6
Goodlettsville, 310SW undated 9 7
Gallatin, 313NW undated 9 8
Hurricane Mills, 31NE undated 9 9
Hunters Point, 313SE undated 9 10
Hermitage, 311NE undated 9 11
Henryville, 51NW undated 9 12
Henrietta, 304NW undated 9 13
Hilham, 330NW undated 9 14
Hustburg, 31NW undated 9 15
Holladay, 21SW undated 9 16
Hartsville, 317NW undated 9 17
Hendersonville, 310SE undated 9 18
Hillsdale, 317NE undated 9 19
Hollow Springs, 85NE undated 9 20
Huntland, 80SE undated 9 21
Hebron, 440NW undated 9 22
Henry, 9NW undated 9 23
Hookers Bend, 23SW undated 9 24
Jackson South, 438SE undated 9 25
Jeannette, 22NE undated 9 26
Jones Knob, 116NW undated 9 27
Joppa, 155NE undated 9 28
Juno, 446 NE undated 9 29
Kimmins, 41SE undated 9 30
Lascassas, 315NE undated 9 31
Leatherwood, 33NE undated 9 32
Lawrenceburg, 52NE undated 9 33
Laguardo, 313SW undated 9 34
Long Branch, 52NW undated 9 35
Livingston, 330NE undated 9 36
Luttrell, 155NW undated 9 37
Lynnville, 58NE undated 9 38
Lyles, 49NE undated 9 39
Loretto, 52SW undated 9 40
Littlelot, 49SE undated 9 41
Lewisburg, 65NE undated 9 42
Leipers Fork, 63NW undated 9 43
Lebanon, 314NE undated 9 44
Lafayette, 316SE undated 9 45
La Vergne, 311SE undated 9 46
Lois, 80NE undated 9 47
Lincoln, 73SE undated 9 48
Linden, 32SE undated 9 49
Liberty, 322SW undated 9 50
Manchester, 86NE undated 9 51
Martins Mills, 34NW undated 9 52
Melvine, 110NE undated 9 53
Milton, 319NW undated 9 54
Milky Way, 58SE undated 9 55
Mulberry, 80NW undated 9 56
Moodyville, 333SE undated 9 57
Michie, 13SW undated 9 58
McEwen, 39SW undated 9 59
Morristown, 163NE undated 9 60
Mount Joy, 50SE undated 9 61
Mount Pleasant, 57SW undated 9 62
Murfreesboro, 315SW undated 9 63
Martha, 314NW undated 9 64
Maynardville, 145SE undated 9 65
Morgan Springs, 110SE undated 9 66
Manleyville, 20NW undated 9 67
Masseyville, 12-ANW undated 9 68
Nolensville, 70NW undated 9 69
New Middleton, 318NE undated 9 70
Noah, 85SW undated 9 71
Normandy, 79NE undated 9 72
Nashville East, 311NW undated 9 73
Nashville West, 308NE undated 9 74
Needmore, 38NE undated 9 75
Norma, 128SW undated 9 76
Oak Hill, 308SE undated 9 77
Ovoca, 86NW undated 9 78
Okalona, 330SE undated 9 79
Ovilla, 42SE undated 9 80
Olive Hill 23SE undated 9 81
Paris Landing. undated 9 82
Petersburg, 72SW undated 9 83
Powder Springs, 154SW undated 9 84
Pennine, 118NW undated 9 85
Parsons, 22NW undated 10 1
Pope,32SW undated 10 2
Purdy, 4NE undated 10 3
Perryville, 22SE undated 10 4
Pitcher Ridge, 87SE undated 10 5
Poplar Creek, 19SE undated 10 6
Pittsburg Landing, 13NE undated 10 7
Pulaski, 59NE undated 10 8
Pikeville, 110SW undated 10 9
Primm Springs, 56SW undated 10 10
Rally Hill, 64NE undated 10 11
Reagan, 11SE undated 10 12
Readyville, 319SW undated 10 13
Ridgetop, 307NE undated 10 14
Riverside, 42NE undated 10 15
Rockvale, 70 SE undated 10 16
Rover, 71NE undated 10 17
Roddy, 117SE undated 10 18
Sparta, 332SW undated 10 19
Slayden, 302SW undated 10 20
Shelbyville, 79NW undated 10 21
Sardis, 12NE undated 10 22
Sandy Hook, 58NW undated 10 23
Smyrna, 70NE undated 10 24
Soddy, 111SW undated 10 25
Soddy Island, 111SE undated 10 26
Spring City, 118NE undated 10 27
Spring Hill, 63SW undated 10 28
Standing Rock, 29NW undated 10 29
St. Joseph, 43SE undated 10 30
Summertown, 51NE undated 10 31
Stantonville, 13NW undated 10 32
Sampson, 103NE undated 10 33
Spencer, 103NW undated 10 34
Sunrise, 50NW undated 10 35
Silerton, 439SE undated 10 36
Smithville, 323NE undated 10 37
Sligo Bridge, 327NE undated 10 38
Short Mountain, 323NW undated 10 39
Shop Springs, 318NW undated 10 40
Scottsboro, 308NW undated 10 41
Scotts Hill, 22SW undated 10 42
Seventeen Creek, 21NW undated 10 43
Sugar Tree, 21SE undated 10 44
Silver Point, 326SW undated 10 45
Talbot, 163NW undated 10 46
Tarpley, 66NW undated 10 47
Tennessee City, 39SE undated 10 48
Texas Hollow, 49NW undated 10 49
Tharpe, 116NE undated 10 50
Three Churches, 34NE undated 10 51
Thurman, 23NW undated 10 52
Turners Station, 312SE undated 10 53
Twin Bridges, 28SW undated 10 54
Unionville, 74SE undated 10 55
Vanleer, 48NW undated 10 56
Verona, 64SW undated 10 57
Vine, 314SE undated 10 58
Whites Creek, 307SE undated 10 59
White House, 310NW undated 10 60
Westmoreland, 316SW undated 10 61
Waynesboro, 33SE undated 10 62
Watertown, 318SW undated 10 63
Windle, 330SW undated 10 64
Wartrace, 78SE undated 10 65
Waverly, 30SE undated 10 66
Webbs Jungle, 78NE undated 10 67
Westpoint, 43NW undated 10 68
White Hollow, 145SW undated 10 69
Whitten, 43SW undated 10 70
Williamsport, 57NW undated 10 71
Walterhill, 315NW undated 10 72
Waverly, 30SE undated 10 73
West Sandy Dike, undated 10 74
Welchland, 328NE undated 10 75
Woodbury, 319SE undated 10 76
Vertebrate undated 11 1
Writings -- Central Tennessee - Born undated 11 2
Writings -- Devonian General - Born undated 11 3
Writings -- Byrdstown Geology - Campbell undated 11 4
Writings -- The Physical Features of
Tennessee - Ashley
undated 11 5
Writings -- Results of a Microscopic
Examination of the Tennessee Phosphorites
or Phosphate Rocks - Rogers
undated 11 6
Writings -- Erosion and Sedimentation -
Sebroeder
undated 11 7
Writings -- Stratigraphy, Structure, and
Origin of Wells Creek Basin, Tennessee -
Bucher
undated 11 8
Writings -- The Stratigraphy and Geologic
History of Tennessee - Jenkins
undated 11 9
Writings -- Geology of Nashville and
Immediate Vicinity - Jones
undated 11 10
Writings -- Economic Geography of Central
Basin of Tennessee - McMurry, KC
undated 11 11
Writings -- General Conditions of Bauxite -
Pardue
undated 11 12
Writings -- Certain Knox Dolomite Belts in
East Tennessee - Oder
undated 11 13
Writings -- Chattanooga Shale of Eastern
Tennessee - Swartz
undated 11 14
Writings -- Correlation of St. Peter Sand undated 11 15
Writings -- Silurian and Devonian Sections in
Wayne County, Tenn. - Miser
1913-1914 11 16
Writings -- Insoluble Residues in Mississippi
Limestone - Martin
undated 11 17
Writings -- Insoluble Residues, Chip Sections undated 11 18
Writings -- Cumberland River Basin - Hall undated 11 19
Writings -- Summary of Observations from
Walden Creek, Wear Cove, Thunderhead
Quadrangles - King
1953 11 20
Writings -- Southwest End of the Mountain
City Window - Lowry
undated 11 21
Writings -- Geology of Whiteacre Area -
Hardeman
undated 11 22
Writings -- Reports on Clays in Stewart
County - Whitlach
undated 11 23
Selma undated 11 24
General undated 11 25
Invertebrate undated 11 26
Howell Structure undated 11 27
Map -- Wells Creek Dolomite - Ollie Smith undated 11 28
Writings -- Subsurface Stratigraphy of
Silurian of North Central Tennessee - Dickey
undated 11 29
Writings -- Kimmswick limestone - Born undated 11 30
SERIES III. – Embayment Stratigraphy
Series Scope and Content: Maps, diagrams, reports, data, and drawings relating to the
Upper Mississippi Embayment area located in West Tennessee.
Series Arrangement: Documents in this series are arranged in in the order originally
transferred to the Library and Archives.
Contents/Item Title Date Box Volume/Folder
Maps -- Isopach and Sand Distribution Maps 1954 12 1
Publication Data Sheets 1954 12 2
Diagrams -- Structure Centers 1954 12 3
Sand Count Data Sheets and Maps 1954 12 4
Fence Diagram 1954 12 5
Contour Sketch Maps 1954 12 6
Electric Log Correlations 1954 12 7
Original Data Sheets 1954 12 8
Sand Count Data Sheets 1955 12 9
Data Sheets for Paleogeography Maps 1956 12 10
Drawings -- Embayment History 1956 12 12
Maps -- Isopach and Sand Distribution Maps 1956 12 13
Maps -- Cretaceous Structure of Western
Highland Rim
1959 12 14
Data Sheets for Knox Wells from Ollie
Smiths
1956 12 15
Maps -- Isopach Sketch Maps 1956 12 16
Original Structure and Section of Extra Data
on Geologic History
1956 12 17
West Tennessee Report Extra Copies 1957 12 18
Illustrations of Pennsylvania Deposition 1959 12 19
Writings -- Wilson, Corrected Manuscript undated 12 20
Writings -- Pennsylvania Deposition Paper undated 12 21
Writings -- Original Structure of Plateau undated 12 22
Preliminary Sketch Maps for Corrected Paper 1959 12 23
Writings -- Compaction Paper 1959 12 24
Gravity Survey - Alamo, Maury City -- Raw
Data and Maps
undated 12 25
Gravity Survey - West Tennessee 1976 13 1
Gravity Survey Field Data 1986 13 2
Gravity Survey -- West Tennessee undated 13 3
Text Figures undated 13 4
Geophysical Field Data undated 13 5
SERIES IV. – Maps
Series Scope and Content: Linen-backed USGS maps showing geologic, structural, and
economic features of each quadrangle.
Series Arrangement: Documents in this series are arranged in in the order originally
transferred to the Library and Archives.
Contents/Item Title Date Box Volume/Folder
Maps -- Asheville 1904 14 1
Maps -- Briceville 1899 14 2
Maps -- Bristol 1899 14 3
Maps -- Chattanooga 1899 14 4
Maps -- Cleveland 1893 14 5
Maps -- Columbia 1903-1905 14 6
Maps -- Cranberry 1902 14 7
Maps -- Crossville 1899-1911 14 8
Maps -- East Tennessee 1922 14 9
Maps -- Estillville 1894 14 10
Maps -- Frankfort 1922 14 11
Maps -- Great Smoky Mountains National
Park
1934 14 12
Maps -- Greeneville 1904-1905 14 13
Maps -- Hardin 1931 14 14
Maps -- Hollow Springs 1923 14 15
Maps -- Kingston 1893 14 16
Maps -- Knoxville 1895 14 17
Maps -- Knox Dolomite 1938-1943 14 18
Maps -- Loudon 1895 14 19
Maps -- McMinnville 1895-1939 14 20
Maps -- Morristown 1896 14 21
Maps -- Mount Mitchell 1905 14 22
Maps -- Nantahala 1896 14 23
Maps -- Pikeville 1899 14 24
Maps -- Ringgold 1899 14 25
Maps -- Roan Mountain 1907 14 26
Maps -- Sewanee 1894 14 27
Maps -- Standingstone 1896-1899 14 28
Maps -- Stevenson 1895 14 29
Maps -- Wartburg 1897 14 30
Maps -- West Tennessee 1932 14 31
Maps -- Woodbury 1925 14 32
SERIES V. – Oversize Material
Series Scope and Content: Maps, writings, and diagrams too large to fit in normal
Hollinger or Paige boxes. Most of the maps are USGS Geologic Quadrangle folios. The
writings also contain original photographs.
Series Arrangement: Documents in this series are arranged in in the order originally
transferred to the Library & Archives.
Contents/Item Title Date Box Volume/Folder
Writings -- The Age, Stratigraphy, and
Economic Possibilities of the Chattanooga
Black Shale - Swartz
1920s OV 1
Maps -- Greeneville Folio (x2) 1905 OV 2
Maps -- Maynardville Folio (x2) 1901 OV 2
Maps -- Nantahala Folio 1907 OV 2
Maps -- Columbia Folio 1903 OV 2
Maps -- Ellijay Folio 1913 OV 2
Maps -- Roan Mountain Folio 1907 OV 2
Maps -- Mount Mitchell Folia 1905 OV 2
Maps -- Asheville Folio 1904 OV 2
Maps -- Sewanee Folio 1894 OV 2
Maps -- Chattanooga Folio 1894 OV 2
Safford Centennial Society Charter 1969 OV 2
Maps -- Cumberland River Survey for
Navigation, Flood control, Power
Development, and Irrigation - Main Stream
Valley, sheet 43
1932 OV 2
Maps -- Chattanooga and Vicinity by G. M.
Hopkins
1914 OV 2
Maps -- Tennessee. by Rand McNally and
Co.
1909 OV 2
Scrapbooks -- Geology Clippings 1939-1947 OV 2
Maps -- Mason Wells Quadrangle 1940 OV 2
Maps -- Stewarts Ferry Reservoir Folio 1945 OV 2
Maps -- Cumberland River Survey for
Navigation, Flood control, Power
Development, and Irrigation - Main Stream
Valley, sheet 68
1931 OV 2
Maps -- General Highway Map Clay County,
Tennessee
1931 OV 2
Maps -- Briceville Folio (x2) 1896 OV 3
Maps -- Briceville Folio 1897 OV 3
Maps --Bristol Folio (x2) 1899 OV 3
Maps -- Cranberry Folio (x3) 1903 OV 3
Maps -- Sewanee Folio (x2) 1894 OV 3
Maps -- Kingston Folio 1894 OV 3
Maps -- Columbia Folio 1903 OV 3
Maps -- Topographic Atlas of the United
States - Physiographic Types
1900 OV 3
Maps --Wartburg Folio (x2) 1897 OV 3
Maps -- Estillville Folio 1896 OV 3
Maps -- Knoxville Folio (x2) 1895 OV 3
Maps -- Loudon Folio (x2) 1896 OV 3
Maps -- Cleveland Folio (x2) 1895 OV 3
Maps -- McMinnville Folio (x2) 1895 OV 3
Maps -- Pikeville Folio (x2) 1895 OV 3
Maps -- Stevenson Folio 1895 OV 3
Maps -- Morristown Folio (x3) 1896 OV 3
Maps -- Standingstone Folio 1899 OV 3
Maps -- Distribution of Devono-
Carboniferous Black Shales in the United
States
1922 M-19-
13
Maps -- West Tennessee embayment
stratigraphy and map
undated M-19-
13
Maps -- Eastern Part of Clay County,
preliminary farm location
1923 M-19-
13
Maps -- Geologic Map of Tennessee
transparency
undated M-19-
13
Maps -- Isopach map of the Wells Creek
Dolomite in Middle Tennessee (x5)
1959 M-19-
13
Maps -- Aeromagnetic map of New Madrid,
project no. 1021 transparency
1963 M-19-
13
Maps -- Arkansas county dry hole maps folio 1951 M-19-
13
Maps -- Tennessee Transportation Map - 7
sheets
1950 M-19-
13
Maps -- Oil and Gas in Middle Tennessee 1943 M-19-
13
Maps -- Oil and Gas in Northern Cumberland
Plateau (x2)
1945 M-19-
13
Maps -- Lookout Mountain 1963 M-19-
13
Maps -- Tellico Project 1965 M-19-
13
Maps -- Navigation Chart Cumberland River
Lake Barkley
1967 M-19-
13
Maps -- Cumberland River Watershed Obey
River Tennessee Kentucky, Dale Hollow
Reservoir folio
1942 M-19-
13
Maps -- Map of Clay County, Tennessee 1938 M-19-
13
Charts -- Tentative Correlation of the Named
Geologic Units of Tennessee - 4 sheets
1929 M-19-
13
Maps -- Geologic cross sections of parts of
Cumberland, Scott, Fentress, and Morgan
counties
1945 M-19-
13
Maps -- Index of Aerial Photographs for
Quadrangle 112-SE (Ooltewah Quadrangle)
undated M-19-
13
SERIES VI. – Photographic Negatives
Series Scope and Content: Photographs and photographic negatives of varying topics
around the state. Most are identified, however many are not. A majority document
geology and mineral resources around the state, but many contain early 20th century
views of towns and cities. Main streets, town square scenes, and specific building
photographs are available for Monteagle, Kingsport, Harriman, Memphis, Sewanee,
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap, Harrogate, Sweetwater, Tullahoma, Cleveland,
Chattanooga, Pikeville, Jackson, Nashville, Henderson, Bemis, Columbia, Gainesville,
and Jonesborough. A number of colleges and universities are also photographed, dating
from the 1920s including the University of the South, Vanderbilt University, the
University of Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State Normal School (later Middle
Tennessee State University), West Tennessee State Normal School (later University of
Memphis), Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Normal School (later Tennessee State
University), Lane College, Lincoln Memorial University, Freed-Hardeman College, and
Union College. Other schools include St. Andrews School and Tennessee Military
Institute. A series of photographs show the 1912 Nashville reservoir break and its
aftermath. Interior and exterior shots of the Signal Mountain Hotel outside Chattanooga
record its appearance in the 1920s. A handful show convict labor in road construction.
Series Arrangement: Documents in this series are arranged alphabetically by city and
county; some photographs were not identified and those are arranged at the end of this
series.
Contents/Item Title Date Box Volume/Folder
Photographs -- Various geology (identified) undated 15
Photographs -- Mineral resources undated 16
Photographs -- Mineral resources undated 17
Photographic negatives -- Cities -- Bemis-
Knoxville
undated 18
Photographic negatives-- Cities -- Memphis-
Nashville
undated 19
Photographic negatives -- Cities -- Pikeville-
Sewanee
undated 20
Photographic negatives -- Counties --
Anderson County - Putnam County
undated 21
Photographic negatives -- Counties -- Roane
County -Wilson County
undated 22
Photographic negatives -- Unidentified undated 23
Photographic negatives -- Unidentified undated 24