Materials collected under the subject of Hells Canyon Dam; Hell’s Canyon, New Frontier of the West; Report of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of the Hells Canyon Dam on the Snake River Between Idaho and Oregon; National Hells Canyon Association (1958, annual meeting); Statement of C. Giard Davidson on Behalf of the National Hell’s Canyon Association (1959); clippings, F.P.C. Aide Stirs New Power Issue (1957); The Truth on Hells Canyon Dam (pamphlet); mailer informing residents-“Your Taxes Will Pay for the Idaho Power Company Dams on Snake River”; Army Corps of Engineers Map showing major dams; Resolution 142; Resolution 55; Resolution 5;the Pacific Northwest Public Power Bulletin: Who Will Get Hells Canyon Power?; Hells Canyon Association convention agenda; Come to the Dam Giveaway (card); memo on the progress of Hells Canyon Dams; Straighten the record on Public Power (Denver Post editorial); Hells Canyon Blunder Builds Ike Headache (Pacific Northwest Cooperator); Endorsement of Resolution 1333 – Authorizing Construction of Hells Canyon Dam; Hells Canyon Dam v. Oxbow Dam; Congressional Record “Hells Canyon Dam; misc. notes and data; 28 items.

File — Drawer: 4, Folder: 93

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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.