Box 1

Addresses
- address lists of CRVA members, state legislators, conservation groups, and others involved in the Groveland Lake controversy

CRVA Annual Meeting
- information and reports from CRVA's 1973 Annual Meeting

1973-1974 Membership
- lists of members
- sign-in sheets for meetings

Conservation Organizations
- information on different conservation organizations

Copies to be Mailed
- copies of letters mailed to Governor Carter re: Groveland Lake Project [1971]

Correspondence to Legislators
- letters to state legislators re: Groveland Lake Project [1971-1975]

Incoming Correspondence from Governor Carter
- letters to CRVA from Governor Jimmy Carter and his staff [1971-1972]

Correspondence to and from Lieutenant Governor Maddox
- correspondence between CRVA and Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox [1971-1972]

Chamber of Commerce
- correspondence with and information about Claxton-Evans County Chamber of Commerce and Evans County Industrial Development Authority (ECIDA) [1971-1973]

Correspondence to Governor Carter
- letters to Governor Carter from CRVA [1971-1973]

Correspondence to and from T. Morris
- correspondence between CRVA and Thornton W. Morris, Atlanta attorney assisting their efforts [1971-1973]

Correspondence to and from GLDA
- correspondence between CRVA and Groveland Lake Development Authority (GLDA) [1971-1973]

Correspondence to and from Congressmen
- correspondence between CRVA and Georgia Congressional delegates [1971-1977]

General Outgoing Correspondence
- correspondence from CRVA to supporters, interested parties, etc. [1971-1975]

Farmland
- news articles from Georgia papers re: farmland [1971-1973]

Correspondence to Governor Carter from Individuals
- letters to Governor Carter re: conservation issues [1971-1973]

General Incoming Correspondence
- correspondence from individuals and organizations to CRVA [1971-1973]

Correspondence - Churches
- correspondence from churches objecting to Groveland Lake Project to various individuals and organizations concerned with the Project [1971-1973]
- minutes of church conferences and declarations from churches re: Groveland Lake Project

Fishing
- news articles from Georgia papers re: fishing [1971]

GLDA Budgets
- GLDA budget reports for FY 1973 & FY 1974

GLDA Land Appraisal Report
- Appraisal Report of Proposed Lake Site, Groveland Lake Development Authority, Claxton, Georgia, by Reno and Powell, Consulting Foresters and Rural Appraisers [10-31-72]
- notes

GLDA Public Meeting: Questions and Answers on Studies
- Groveland Lake - brochure about public hearings on Groveland Lake Project
- notes for questions
- lists of questions and answers from public hearings

Land-Use Planning Public Hearing
- notes and information for public hearing by Georgia Vital Areas Council [1972-1973]
- correspondence with Altamaha-Georgia Southern Planning Commission re: public hearing [1973]

Lists
- various lists of things to do, suggestions, and letters written

Marshlands
- news articles from Georgia papers re: conservation of marshlands [1971]

Mimeographed Material
- newsletters, press releases, notices, etc. - item to be copied for mass distribution [1971-1974]

Minutes
- minutes of CRVA meetings, GLDA meetings, etc. [1969-1974]

News Articles on Evans County
- news articles from Georgia papers re: Evans County [1971]

Articles - General
- news articles on conservation [1971-1972]

River Projects (1)
- booklets, brochures, information re: projects on various Georgia rivers [1969-1974]

River Projects (2)
- news articles re: projects on various Georgia rivers [1971-1972]

Area News
- news articles re: South Georgia [1971]

Pollution
- news articles re: pollution [1970-1971]

Population
- news articles re: population of Georgia and the Southern United States [1971]

Private Property Rights
- news articles on problems between private property owners and government [1971-1972]

Rural Redevelopment
- news articles re: rural redevelopment [1971]

Resolutions
- copies of resolutions by local governments and other organizations expressing disapproval of the Groveland Lake Project [1971-1972]

Reorganization
- news articles and information re: Governor Carter's plan to reorganize state government [1971]

Scenic Rivers
- information re: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Public Law 90-542, passed by United States Congress [1968-1970]
- information re: Georgia Scenic Rivers Act of 1969, Georgia General Assembly [1969]

Tourism and Parks Recreation
- news articles re: Georgia tourism and state parks [1971-1972]

Wildlife
- news articles and information re: Georgia wildlife [1971-1972]

Thoughts
- news articles, statements, notes, and drafts re: conservation and Groveland Lake Project

General Information
- notices, information, and lists of questions re: Groveland Lake Project

Statistics
- statistical information re: Georgia population, housing, economy, and ecology [1970-1971]

Groveland
- news articles and information re: Groveland Lake Project and dam building in the United States [1971-1972]

Canoochee River Valley Association
- correspondence and official documents re: CRVA

Box 2

Ad valorem Tax
- information re: ad valorem taxes in Georgia and their uses [1970-1972]

Annual Meetings
- information re: CRVA's 1972 and 1974 annual meetings

Appropriations Committee
- information re: Appropriations Committees in Georgia General Assembly [1971-1973]

Authority Bills and By-Laws
- legislative bills establishing and dissolving the Groveland Lake Development Authority
- By-Laws of Groveland Lake Development Authority

CRVA By-Laws and Taxes
- CRVA By-Laws - letter re: CRVA corporation taxes [1974]

Chamber of Commerce
- information re: Claxton-Evans County Chamber of Commerce [1973-1974]

Candidates for Office
- correspondence to CRVA from candidates in the 1972 Congressional and Georgia General Assembly elections

GLDA
- Transcript and Proceedings of Groveland Lake Development Authority Public Hearing [4-5-72]
- blank petition circulated against GLDA by CRVA

Georgia Conservancy Newsletters
- newsletters from Georgia Conservancy, Coastal Plains Chapter [1972-1973]

Miscellaneous
- miscellaneous items re: Evans County Grand Jury and Groveland Lake Project

Loose in Box

1) notebook containing newspaper clippings, leaflets, etc. re: controversy over Groveland Lake Project

2) booklet put out by Georgia Department of Transportation - Draft Action Plan For Consideration of Social, Economic and Environmental Effects in Development of Federal-Aid Highway Projects [7/73]

3) Reader's Digest reprint - Needed: A Bill of Rights for Our Rivers, by James Nathan Miller [7/71]

4) brochure - The Georgia Conservancy

5) brochure - Outdoors in Georgia

6) metal box containing names and addresses of CRVA members and people involved in the Groveland Lake controversy

7) box of blank CRVA membership cards

Box 3

Claxton Poultry Company
- information re: proposed lease of land to Claxton Poultry Company from ECIDA [1973]

Correspondence Out
- copies of letters sent by CRVA to various individuals and organizations [1971-1974]

Copies of Letters
- copies of correspondence between CRVA and various individuals and organizations involved in the Groveland Lake controversy [1971-1974]

CRVA Minutes
- minutes of CRVA meetings [1971]

Correspondence In
- correspondence from various individuals and organizations to CRVA [1971-1975]

Georgia Conservancy 1974
- information re: Georgia Conservancy's 1974 conference

Groveland Lake
- information and correspondence re: Groveland Lake Project and the fight against it [1969-1974]

Georgia Conservancy - Coastal Plains
- information re: Georgia Conservancy's Coastal Plains Chapter [1972-1975]

Groveland News Articles
- news articles re: Groveland Lake Project

Groveland - Audits
- audits of and financial information re: GLDA [1971-1974]

GLDA Minutes
- minutes of GLDA meetings [1969-1972]

Groveland Lake Development Authority
- information re: GLDA and its members [1969-1974]

Groveland Act and Related Information
- copy of and information re: act creating GLDA [1969]

Handouts
- handouts re: opposition to Groveland Lake Project

Letters to Answer
- letters to CRVA from various individuals [1972]

Copies of Letters - Public Meeting
- letters to CRVA and GLDA stating opposition to Groveland Lake Project [1972]

Copies of Letters - Governor
- copies of letters to Governor Carter stating opposition to Groveland Lake Project [1972]

Meeting Information
- information for use at CRVA meetings

Maps
- maps of proposed Groveland Lake

Newsletters
- CRVA newsletters [1972]

Groveland Related News Articles
- news articles re: Groveland Lake and conservation

Planning Commission
- information re: Altamaha-Georgia Southern Area Planning and Development Commission [1973]

Public Hearing
- information re: GLDA public hearing in Claxton [4-5-72]

Petitions
- signed petitions against Groveland Lake Project

Resolutions
- resolutions by local governments and other interested groups re: Groveland Lake [1971-1973]

Other Rivers
- information re: attempts to dam other Georgia rivers

Scenic Rivers Report and Related Lake Information
- Georgia Scenic Rivers Report [1970]
- information re: Georgia rivers

Speech Information
- information to be used in speeches and statements by CRVA

Speeches - Kenneth
- drafts of speeches given by Kenneth Durrance, CRVA

Telephone Survey
- results of telephone survey re: Groveland Lake Project

CRVA and GLDA
- information re: CRVA and GLDA

Vital Areas Council
- information re: Georgia Vital Areas Council [1973]

Georgia Heritage Trust
- information re: Georgia Heritage Trust survey [1972]

Educational Materials
- materials from Georgia Conservancy for use in educating the public

Public Hearing Letters (1)
- letters from individuals re: opposition to Groveland Lake Project [1972]

Public Hearing Letters (2)
- letters from individuals re: opposition to Groveland Lake Project [1972]

GLDA Audits
- audits of GLDA for FY 1972 and FY 1973

Miscellaneous
- 2 photographs
- Reader's Digest reprint - Let's Put Brakes on the Highway Lobby [5/69]
- Technical Appendix
- Controversial Groveland Lake, paper by Larry A. Hendrix written for Economics 201, Professor Jim Young [5/72]
- magazine - Nation's Agriculture [3/71]

Box 4

1) 41 brochures on Georgia lakes and state parks

2) map of Mississippi

3) brochure - The Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Conservation [4-15-71]

4) speech on index cards re: Groveland Lake Project

5) postcards - responses to mail survey re: Groveland Lake Project

6) news article re: CRVA

7) memo re: guidelines for Federal Water Resources Projects [1-29-72]

8) Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Savannah National Recreation Area, Georgia and South Carolina [3-1-72]

9) draft of Zoning Ordinance of the County of Evans and the cities of Bellville, Claxton, Daisy and Hagan, Georgia [1971]

10) Federal Register - Water Resources Council: Proposed Principles and Standards for Planning Water and Related Land Sources [12-21-71]

11) Environmental Guidelines for the Civil Works Program of the Corps of Engineers [11-30-70] (2 copies)

12) magazine - Outdoors in Georgia: Heritage Trust Edition [1/74]

13) magazine - Water Spectrum [Fall 1971, Winter 1971-72]

14) Water Resources Development by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in Georgia

15) Mayer, Sudderth and Etheridge, Inc. : Engineering - Planning - Systems

16) Recreation: Civil Works Projects, put out by Army Corps of Engineers

17) Environmental Impact of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal with special emphasis on the Oklawaha Regional Ecosystem [3/70]

18) brochure - Hammer, Greene, Siler Associates

19) Groveland Lake: Economic Impact Study, by Hammer, Greene, Siler Associates [4/70]

20) A World of Experience: Capabilities of Law Engineering Testing Company

21) Ogeechee River Basin, Georgia: Review Report, prepared by U. S. Army Corps of Engineers [1974] - report on Engineers' 1963 study which suggested Groveland Lake Project

22) GLDA report - Groveland Lake: An Evaluation of Hydrology, Soils and Ecology, prepared by Myers, Sudderth and Ethridge, Inc. and Kidd and Associates, Inc. [11/71]

23) envelope mailed to Dr. John Bozeman, GSC, containing information re: Army Corps of Engineers

24) notebook containing copy of Groveland Lake study, with notes, labeled "When you finish, Please Return to Canoochee River Valley Association"

25) notebook containing minutes of GLDA meetings, labeled "Archie Hendrix, Evans County Rep., Claxton, GA 30417"

26) three-ring binders containing information and news articles re: Groveland Lake Project (2)

27) blank receipt book

28) used receipt book

29) spiral notebook filled with notes

30) State of Georgia Executive Budget FY 1973 and Program Summary FY 1973-1978