Archives West Finding Aid

This series includes letters relating to Hoerner-Waldorf, ranging from topics about the pulp mill expansion to the alleged revenue bond fraud. Correspondence with the Internal Revenue Service and experts in the field of air pollution dominate the letters. The series also contains a folder with general correspondence that deals with a variety of topics within the CCQE organization. The series also contains information about the CCQE and the collapse of the organization. The information states how the CCQE helped the environment while the organization was operating. A State of Montana House Bill (HB595) is included in the series. The bill was not supported by the CCQE because of the possible damaging effects of continued air pollution to the Missoula Valley.

The series consists of research done by various people, including Gail Owen, concerning the effects of sulphur on the environment. The research is in the form of notes, statistics, newspaper and journal articles, and correspondence. The main reason for that research being done was to have evidence against the Hoerner-Waldorf Corporation. The topics that were researched included a health study, Hoerner-Waldorf capacities, particulates, sub-microns, water, and wood products emissions.

The series contains the testimony that Gail Owen gave to the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences on August 5, 1975. Also included is a manuscript written by Owen in 1974 titled Ecomania: Adventures on the High Seas of Environmentalism or How I Harpooned a Giant Corporation and Got Drowned in the Process. Two other topics are included in the series: environmental studies lectures, and pollution control/lowering liquid sulfidity at Hoerner-Waldorf.