Geographers and the Tennessee Valley AuthorityFootnote^*

* I wish to thank Marion E. Marts, Gilbert F. White, Chauncy D. Harris, and Geoffrey Martin for critical guidance in the early stages of the study. I also owe a special debt to the many people who provided information in letters and interviews, as well as to Edwin J. Best, reference librarian of the Tennessee Valley Authority, for verifying all the writings of geographers while at the TVA. I wish to thank particularly the three anonymous reviewers of this article for their helpful advice. Thanks also to Dominic Williamson and Andrew Rodman, Instructional Technology Services, Seattle Pacific University, for preparing the illustrations for publication. Finally, I would like to thank the editors of the Geographical Review, Douglas Johnson and Viola Haarmann, for all their assistance.

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