Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – Kentucky Dam Project
Series Number: OH210
Interviewee: McGehee, Jack F.
Interviewer: Hosking, Michael
Date interviewed: October 30, 1995
Processed by: Processed by Benjamin J. Drake in April 2013
Date processed: April 17, 2013
Description: 1 sound disc (47 minutes)
Abstract: Jack F. McGehee discusses his time of employment with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the construction of Kentucky Dam from 1941 to 1946. He described his work experience prior to being employed by the TVA and the process by which he was hired. He recalls the daily tasks and worksite conditions, including wages, racial and gender relations and worker safety. The interview concludes with McGehee providing a list of names of possible individuals to interview at a later date.
Biographical / Historical note: Jack F. McGehee was born November 18, 1914. He graduated from E. W. Grove High School in 1932 and began working for the Golden Peacock Corporation, a cosmetics firm, while residing in Paris, Tennessee. In the spring of 1941, he began work for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in the Construction Department on the Kentucky Dam project doing clerical work. As the construction phase neared completion, McGehee was transferred back to Paris and worked in the Payroll Office until April of 1955. After leaving the TVA he worked for an insurance company until his retirement. Jack McGehee died on August 11, 1996.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
McGehee, Jack F., 1914-1996.
Kentucky Dam (Ky.)
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Dams – Kentucky.
Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) – History.
Paris (Tenn.)
