The Story of the Washington Water Power Company 1889-1930; Facts About Your Tacoma City Light; Puget Sound Power and Light Company (publication documenting maximum lighting rates); District Power Bill (laws from 1941 and 1945) Washington State Grange; A Half Century of Continuous Service: Washington Power 1889-1939; Power: A Dramatic Story of the Crusade for Public Power, Culminating in Bonneville.

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.