The Johnny Waters Photograph Collection features places in and around the Sevierville area, including local political figures whom Waters knew during his tenure as Chairman of the TVA Board of Directors. Waters (1929-2018) served as Director for the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1984 through 1993. President George H. W. Bush appointed him as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1991.

These photographs are on loan to the Maples History Center.

Card game on Smoky Mountain Queen
Smoky Mountain Queen
Smoky Mountain Queen
Circa 1920’s flood in Sevierville
Circa 1920’s flood in Sevierville
Circa 1920’s flood in Sevierville
Circa 1920’s flood in Sevierville
Circa 1920’s flood in Sevierville
Circa 1920’s flood in Sevierville
Bruce Street, downtown Sevierville, flooded in 1963 or 1964.
Sevierville Court Street flood 1963 or 64
Sevierville Court House Bruce Steet side flood 1963 or 64
Flood Forks of the Rivers Sevierville 1963 or 64
Sevierville Forks of the River
Bridge in Sevierville
1946 SCHS Glee Club
Murphy College Swevierville
Sevierville Grain & Feed Company
Central Hotell
Lines Spring Resort
Line Springs Hack
Johnny Waters (right) with President Richard Nixon (center) and Tennessee Senator Howard Baker (left).
Johnny Waters (right) with Lamar Alexander (center) and President Gerald Ford (left).
Richard Nixon, Patsy and John Waters
Patsy and John Waters
John Waters
Alex Haley, John Waters
John Waters and Ronald Reagan
John Waters and Richard Nixon
John Waters and Howard Baker
Jimmy Quillian, John Waters, Howard Baker
Downtown Sevierville
Downtown Sevierville
J B Waters new car
Mr and Mrs JB Waters
Myrtle Paine 9 months b 25 Dec 1891
unknown, Judge Ambrose Miller Paine, Rev. Smith Ferguson Paine
JB Waters
JB Waters fair grounds in Sevierville
David Waters 1935 on wagon
David Waters 1927
David Waters 1925

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