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Misc. materials related to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and advisory council; clippings, “Advisory Council Meets With BPA Head Monday” (Spokane Daily Chronicle Nov. 8, 1955), “Home-rule Sentiment Spurred in Northwest’s Power Project” (Christian Science Monitor Dec. 27, 1952; correspondence re: Paul Raver; articles, Pacific Northwest Federal Power Program and the Public Welfare…by Samuel Moment (Pacific Northwest Industry); Supplementary Notes to 1952 Advance Program for Defense; Dean lee Raps Critics of Raver Power Policy; Government Action and Private Enterprise in River Valley Development: A Public Administrator’s View by Paul J. Raver; BPA advisory council attendance records, meeting locations and agenda items from 1944-1952; outline of advisory council organization; 21 items.

 File — Drawer: 5, Folder: 113

Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates

  • 1948-1978; 1996 1996-2006

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Linear feet

Repository Details

Part of the Washington State University Vancouver, Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave
Vancouver WA 98686 United States
360-546-9249