Blanket Primary Articles; Washington’s Popular Primary by Daniel M. Ogden Jr. (1951); Recent Washington Experience with the Blanket Primary by Daniel M. Ogden Jr. (ca. 1948); A Model Primary System by Joseph P. Harris; letters from National Municipal League pertaining to Ogden’s article on the blanket primary (1949, 1950); letter to Ogden from John L. King of the Washington State Grange (1950); correspondence between Ogden and Hugh A. Bone regarding blanket primary (1950); letters from John Harris, University of California, and Ogden (1950); Spokane County Republican Central Committee requesting information from Ogden on survey data discussed in the Spokesman Forum column (1953); Ogden’s reply to Spokane County Republican Central Committee; clipping Forum article in the Spokesman “Blanket Primary Favored”; clipping “Blanket Primary critics Refuted”; letter to the League of Women Voters from Ogden (1954); misc. notes and draft responding to blanket primary; Secretary of State draft of a proposal to change the Washington State primary ballot (ca. 1948).

File — Drawer: 2, Folder: 69

Staff Only

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From the Collection:

The collection includes political campaign ephemera compiled by Dr. Daniel M. Ogden during his time as a Political Science professor at Washington State College and during his time as an advance man for John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign in the 1960s.

Materials relating to the many facets of Ogden’s career in public utilities are included in this collection including those used for the purpose of Ogden’s dissertation, “The Development of Federal Power Policy in the Pacific Northwest.” Included are pamphlets, ephemera, public and private power reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, research notes, legislative documents and the dissertation. Materials on Public/Private Power issues collected after completion of Ogden’s dissertation in 1949 are also included.