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Kai N. Lee papers, 1973-1991
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Lee, Kai N.
- Title
- Kai N. Lee papers
- Dates
- 1973-1991 (inclusive)19731991
- Quantity
- approximately 49.83 cubic ft
- Collection Number
- 4133
- Summary
- Correspondence, trial transcripts, deposition, research files, notes, minutes of meetings, reports, publications, interviews, computer files on diskettes, subject series, and other papers from a professor of physics and board member of the Northwest Power Planning Council
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Kai Lee graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Experimental Physics in 1966 and received his Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton in 1971. After pursing post-doctoral research at UC Berkeley, Lee worked as a professor at the University of Washington from 1973-1991. There, he also served on the board of the Northwest Power Planning Council. Lee left to teach at Williams College in Massachusetts in 1991.
Lee is the author of Electric power and the fate of the Pacific Northwest (1980) among other titles.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, reports, publications, interviews, trial transcripts, deposition, research files, notes, minutes of meetings, legislative files, and a memoir from Lee's work while living in Seattle, Washington.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 5 accessions.
- Accession No. 4133-001, Kai N. Lee papers, 1980-1983
- Accession No. 4133-002, Kai N. Lee papers, 1973-1990
- Accession No. 4133-003, Kai N. Lee papers, 1980-1985
- Accession No. 4133-004, Kai N. Lee papers, 1983-1990
- Accession No. 4133-005, Kai N. Lee papers, 1990-1991
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 4133-001: Kai N. Lee papers, 1980-1983Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence, trial transcripts, deposition, research files, notes, minutes of meetings, and legislative files, ca. 1980-1983.
Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access: Access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Kai Lee, 1989-11-14
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 4133-001 | Incomplete trial transcript |
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| 2-5 | 4133-001 | Documents used to prepare for Kai's testimony
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| 6 | 4133-001 | Transcript of Kai's deposition |
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| 7 | 4133-001 | Documents used in Kai's deposition |
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| 8 | 4133-001 | Documents used in Kai's deposition |
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| 9-12 | 4133-001 | Historical materials
Scope and Content: Culled from plaintiffs' documentary collection, germane to the
trial and the history of the Supply System
|
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| 13-14 | 4133-001 | Electric Power and the Future of the Pacific
Northwest |
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| 15-16 | 4133-001 | 1981 Independent Review of WNP 4/5
Scope and Content: State-sponsored study conducted during the time when the
decision was made to terminate the projects for which bonds had been
issued.
|
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| 17 | 4133-001 | Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and
Conservation Act of 1980, P.L.96-501
Scope and Content: commonly known as the Northwest Power Act
|
1980 |
| 18 | 4133-001 | Bonneville Power Administration "role" environmental
impact statement, draft |
1977 |
| 18 | 4133-001 | Student theses and papers on Pacific Northwest
power |
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| 19 | 4133-001 | "The Path Along the Ridge" |
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| 19 | 4133-001 | Early implementation of the Northwest Power
Act
Scope and Content: Personal files
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| 19 | 4133-001 | Personal files on WPPSS |
Accession No. 4133-002: Kai N. Lee papers, 1973-1990Return to Top
Scope and Content: Minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, publication; 1973-1990.
Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Rita Stockwell, 1991-07-10
Accession No. 4133-003: Kai N. Lee papers, 1980-1985Return to Top
Scope and Content: Writings and publications; ca. 1980-1985.
Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access: Access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Kai Lee via U.S. Mail, 1991-08-27
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 4133-003 | NAS Environmental Studies
Scope and Content: Meeting books, National Academy of Sciences Environmental
Studies Board
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1980-1983 |
| 2 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 1
Scope and Content: KNL draft reports, NAS studies, federal government research
reports.
|
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| 3 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 2
Scope and Content: Federal documents (predating Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982,
pertaining to that act, papers collected for policy studies)
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| 4 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 3
Scope and Content: Federal government and NAS research reports
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| 5 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 4
Scope and Content: Federal government and NAS research reports, Metlay thesis
|
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| 6 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 5
Scope and Content: National Academy of Sciences, Board on Radioactive Waste
Management, meeting books
|
1983-1984 |
| 7 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 6
Scope and Content: National Academy of Sciences, Board on Radioactive Waste
Management, meeting books; Miles, Lee & Carlin monograph file.
|
1984-1987 |
| 8 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 7
Scope and Content: National Academy of Sciences, Board on Radioactive Waste
Management, meeting books
|
1987-1989 |
| 9 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 8
Scope and Content: Documents on low-level radioactive waste, sub seabed disposal,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, technical reports on nuclear waste
isolation.
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| 10 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 9
Scope and Content: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 1984 study
records; sub seabed disposal papers.
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| 11 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 10
Scope and Content: Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, background papers.
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| 12 | 4133-003 | Radioactive waste management - 11
Scope and Content: Battelle studies of human dimensions of radioactive waste,
nuclear safety controversy papers, Wayne Sugai doctoral thesis file.
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| 13 | 4133-003 | NAS Greenhouse
Scope and Content: Meeting books for mitigation panel of panel on policy
implications of greenhouse warming, National Academy of Sciences
|
1989-1990 |
| 14 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 1
Scope and Content: Background to enactment of Northwest Power Act, Northwest Power
Planning Council, pre-1983.
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| 15 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 2
Scope and Content: Background to enactment of Northwest Power Act, energy
conservation.
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| 16 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 3
Scope and Content: Clearing Up, Electricity Journal, Anadromous Fish Law Memo back
issues; Power Council annual reports, Northwest Energy News back issues; The
Inst of Ecology, 1975-77, project on improving science in environmental
assessment.
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1975-1977 |
| 17 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 4
Scope and Content: Fisheries system planning model, historical background on losses
of salmonids from Columbia, 1987 Program issue papers, 1982 Program, fisheries
background papers and books. Power system history: Tollefson, Billington,
official history, Wash. L. Rev. symposium, BPA annual reports.
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| 18 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 5
Scope and Content: Books on Columbia Basin and Pacific Northwest environment and
natural resources
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| 19 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 6
Scope and Content: KNL completed projects, 1973-84, including Kellogg Natl
Fellowship, Seattle City Light search committee, student files
|
1973-1984 |
| 20 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 7
Scope and Content: KNL completed projects, 1988-90, including Colo. L. Rev. paper
(w/Volkman), NW Envl J. paper (w/Halbert), Environment paper
|
1988-1990 |
| 21 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 8
Scope and Content: Lawrence thesis; Power Planning Council compilation of losses of
salmonids from Columbia, supporting documentation; council minutes &
papers, KNL disk files (hard copies); Washington Sea Grant, 1989-91 (incl TFW
work); Forestry, experimental forest; UW student files.
|
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| 22 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 9
Scope and Content: Washington, Lezak theses; Energy 1990 study, FFTF; Snake River
Compensation Plan; fisheries economics; Rev of Power Planning; KNL writings as
Council member, WGA hydro committee, 1988.
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| 23 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 9
Scope and Content: Washington, Lezak theses; Energy 1990 study, FFTF; Snake River
Compensation Plan; fisheries economics; Rev of Power Planning; KNL writings as
Council member, WGA hydro committee, 1988.
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| 24 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries -
10
Scope and Content: Council power planning documents, Congressional hearings.
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| 25 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries -
10
Scope and Content: Council power planning documents, Congressional hearings.
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| 26 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries -
11
Scope and Content: KNL chronological correspondence files, topical files,
officialpersonnel file, interview notes; WGA hydro committee.
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| 27 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries -
12
Scope and Content: Council papers on Columbia salmon (see also box 8), conservation
biology; Natl Acad of Sci DOE reactors study (incl N Reactor); House subcomm
investigation of Hanford site selection for radioactive waste disposal, Council
transition (startup) team report.
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| 28 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries -
13
Scope and Content: Background materials on PNW electric power, NW Energy News
backfile
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| 29 | 4133-003 | PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries -
13
Scope and Content: Background materials on PNW electric power, NW Energy News
backfile
|
Accession No. 4133-004: Kai N. Lee papers, 1983-1990Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, interviews (Kai Lee, interviewer), computer files on diskettes, subject series, 1983-1990.
Restrictions on Access: Access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Kai Lee, 1991-10-01
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council: Correspondence
Restrictions on Access:
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1984-1990 |
| 1 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council: Memoranda |
1984-1988 |
| 1 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council: Reports |
1988-1989 |
| 1 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council: Interviews (Kai Lee,
interviewer) |
1990 |
| 1 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council: Computer
Files |
1987-1990 |
| 1 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council: Subject Series
-Adaptive Management |
1983-1988 |
| 2 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council: Subject Series
-Adaptive Management |
1983-1988 |
| 2 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council: Subject Series
-Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority |
1987-1989 |
| 2 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council. Monitoring and
Evaluation Groups |
1988-1989 |
| 2 | 4133-004 | Northwest Power Planning Council. System Planning
Oversight Committee |
1988 |
Accession No. 4133-005: Kai N. Lee papers, 1990-1991Return to Top
Scope and Content: Memoir, 1990-1991.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Karyl Winn, 1991-10-30
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Greenhouse Warming Implications Panel
- National Academy of Sciences. Radioactive Waste Management Board
- National Research Council (U.S.). Environmental Studies Board
- Northwest Power Planning Council
- Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, 1980
- U.S. Bonneville Power Administration
- UW. Institute for Environmental Studies
- Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Lee, Kai N (creator)
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives
