MODEL VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COLLECTION
1968-1978

East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, TN 37614-0138

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INTRODUCTION

Title:

Model Valley Economic Development Corporation Collection

Collection Numbers:

Accession No. 8
L. C. No. MS 81-588

Physical Description:

2 file folders, 1 envelope of photographs

Creator:

Model Valley Economic Development Corporation

Repository:

Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The papers of the Model Valley Economic Development Corporation were given to the Archives of Appalachia by Shirley Ward of Clairfield, Tennessee, September 25, 1978.

Access: The papers are open for research.

Processing Information: The papers were opened for research in June 1979. the findin aid was revised by Marie Tedesco in 1995.

 

HISTORICAL NOTE

The Model Valley Economic Development Corporation (MVEDC) was incorporated in Tennessee as a non-profit corporation on April 21, 1970.

The corporation aimed to combat economic deterioration and to promote social welfare and improve the delivery of social services in the general vicinity of the Clear Fork Valley of Tennessee and Kentucky and the Laurel Fork Valley of Kentucky. Counties covered included parts of Campbell and Claiborne in Tennessee, and Bell and Whitley in Kentucky. MVEDC maintained its principle office in Clairfield, Tennessee. Model Valley sponsored job retaining programs, provided legal services to individuals, established rural health clinics, and founded the Clairfield Pallet Company. Model Valley also helped residents become home owners by purchasing land and reselling it to local residents for homesites.

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Model Valley Economic Development Corporation (MVEDC) Collection consists of organizational documents, clippings, printed materials on the ninth annual meeting, and color photographs of MVEDC sponsored buildings.

Organization: The materials are organized into one series, with materials arranged alphabetically by document type. The folders are stored with the archives' Small Collections, Box 1. Photographs have been placed in an envelope and stored separately in the photograph storage area by accession number.

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

Appalachian Region, Southern--Economic conditions
Clear Fork River Valley (Tenn. and Ky.)
Clear Fork Valley (Ky.)
Model Valley Economic Development Corporation

 

 

SERIES DESCRIPTION


Series I, MODEL VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MATERIALS, 1968-78.

This series includes the charter of incorporation, by-laws and other organizational documents, together with clippings, printed matter on the ninth annual meeting and color photographs. Materials are arranged alphabetically by document type, with photographs placed after printed materials.

 

 

BOX AND FOLDER LIST


Collection stored in Small Collections, Box 1.

Folder 1:

1. Organizational Documents and Other Printed Materials, 1968-76.
2. Printed Materials: Ninth Annual Meeting, 1978.

Envelope 1:

Photographs, undated.

 

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