Daniel M. Ogden Jr. Collection

This collection documents the career and academic pursuits of Daniel M. Ogden Jr., a professor of political science and public administration and the husband of former State Senator for Washington, Val Ogden. The first half of the collection centers on a robust archive of political campaign ephemera and strategy, spanning the 1950s through the late 1990s. It features rare artifacts from major presidential campaigns, including posters, buttons, and bumper stickers for candidates like Kennedy, Eisenhower, and Nixon. Notably, the collection includes deep-level primary source material from the 1960 Kennedy campaign, such as "advance man" planning guides, travel itineraries, and unique audio-visual recordings regarding Kennedy's religion and the "Register to Vote" initiatives. These materials are bolstered by Ogden's own scholarly lectures and essays on campaign organization and party participation.

The second half of the collection focuses on Ogden’s dissertation work on the history of public and private utilities and dams in the Pacific Northwest. The rainder of the collection focuses on Ogden’s professional legacy within the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and the Public Power Council. A substantial portion is dedicated to the development of federal power policy in the Pacific Northwest, containing research notes, legislative documents, and power maps that informed Ogden’s dissertation and subsequent books. Additionally, the archive preserves records of his instrumental work in instituting the National Trail System, alongside personal correspondence and memos that detail his influence on public policy. Collectively, the collection serves as a comprehensive resource for the study of mid-20th-century political mobilization, Pacific Northwest resource management, and the evolution of federal administrative history.

Political campaign ephemera makes up the majority of the first series of this collection. Included are posters from the Kennedy and Johnson Campaigns (1960); convention souvenirs from the Republican nomination of Eisenhower in the 1950’s; various pamphlets from individual candidates running for political office (including Fred Harris, Frank Church, Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson, Birch Bayh, Mo Udall, Adlai Stevenson, Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Goldwater, George McGovern, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Dan Ogden; Democratic National Committee booklets and pamphlets from the 1960’s and 1970’s covering issues on labor, education, women, voting and poverty; bumper stickers and other ephemera from Ogden’s campaign as well as from Stevenson, Eisenhower, Kennedy, L.B. Johnson and Nixon, a selection of campaign buttons for presidential campaigns; Nixon, Stevenson, Eisenhower, Magnuson, Taft; 1996 Democratic Party convention materials; papers, essays and lecture notes by Ogden on campaign organization, participating in a political party and other topics in political science; documents, campaign organization records and memos from the 1960 Kennedy campaign including notes from advance men, campaign planning committee guide for the advance men, press supplement, travel itinerary for Kennedy and correspondence; a record (45 rpm) used as theme music in Jack Kennedy's presidential campaign; short audio recording for a "register to vote” campaign and an audio recording with John F. Kennedy regarding his Catholic religion; a video produced by the Advertising Council for a "Register to Vote" campaign and a video produced by the John F. Kennedy Presidential campaign announcing his visit to individual states. The video was used on his campaign; materials from the dollars for Democrats drive; large volume titled “What Nixon Said”, distributed by the Democratic National Committee. Includes statements by Nixon from the 1950’s, 1960’s and early 1970’s; guides for students and young Democrats; 1956 republican Campaign Materials; copies of Democratic Digest, a periodical for the Democratic Party.

Materials relating to the many facets of his career in public power are included in this collection. Many of the materials were collected and arranged for the purpose of Ogden’s dissertation, which is titled "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.

Materials relating to Ogden's work on the Trail System while working in the Department of the Interior are included in this collection. The materials contain documents relating to his work to institute a National Trail System, and includes many ephemera relating to various trails. Materials relating to recognition later in Ogden's life and his work on the Trail System are also included.

Ogden worked for both the Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy. Materials relating to his time serving in both of these roles are included in the collection. Materials included range from personal correspondence, personal notes on various meetings and conferences and publications and memos pertaining to his time spent in both departments.

Materials relating to Ogden's work with the Public Power Council (PPC) are included in the collection. The vast majority of the materials are publications and memos relating to various work done such as the Intertie process for BPA repayment. Power Maps spanning a number of years are also included in this collection.

Various writings by Dr. Odgen, including papers from his time at the State College of Washington, and original drafts from an American Political Parties textbook and Federal Power in the Pacific Northwest Vol. II book are included in the collection.