TVA project seeks to preserve artifacts

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Valley Authority is sponsoring a project that aims to digitize photographs, letters and other research material about Native American items that were uncovered beginning in the 1930s, when TVA dams were constructed. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports modern technology is giving the items at the University of Tennessee's McClung Museum a more secure future. In addition to scanning documents, letters, slides and photographs, the original items are being ...