OH206 Victor Jarvis Oral History

Authors

Dorena Conner

Collection Title

Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - Kentucky Dam Project

Series Number

OH206

Interviewee

Jarvis, Victor

Interviewer

Conner, Dorena

Date Interviewed

March 31st, 1995

Processed by

Benjamin J. Drake

Date Processed

February 4th, 2013

Description

1 sound disc (26 minutes)

Abstract

Victor Jarvis describes the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kentucky Dam Project and its impact on Graves County, Kentucky and the surrounding area. He explains the economic conditions prior to the project and his being hired in 1939. Topics discussed in the interview include daily wages, training received, employees and racial relations, turnover rate and injuries and fatalities during construction. The interview concludes with Jarvis recounting his short time in the military and return to Graves County.

Biographical/Historical Note

Victor Jarvis was born in Symsonia, Graves County, Kentucky on March 25th, 1916. In July of 1939, he began working for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the Kentucky Dam Project and remained there until he was drafted into the Army in 1944. He was discharged after a training accident. Upon discharge he returned to Graves County. He died on December 14th, 2004.

General Information

No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.

Subject Headings/Descriptors

Jarvis, Victor, 1916-2004

Kentucky Dam (Ky.)

Tennessee Valley Authority. Dams - Kentucky.

Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) - History.

Graves County (Ky.)

Recommended Citation

Conner, Dorena, "OH206 Victor Jarvis Oral History" (2025). Kentucky Dam. 16.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-kendam/16