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History of electric power in the state of Washington interviews, 1962
Overview of the Collection
- Interviewer
- Bell, Lloyd R.
- Title
- History of electric power in the state of Washington interviews
- Dates
- 1962 (inclusive)19621962
- Quantity
- .42 cubic feet including 23 sound tape reels and 16 transcripts (1 box)
- Collection Number
- 0519 (Accession No. 0519-001)
- Summary
- Sixteen interviews related to the history of electric power in the state of Washington
- 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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The transcripts are open to all users. Original analog tapes are not accessible at this time due to preservation concerns.
The interviews were originally recorded on DeJur Stenorette magnetic tape. According to notes from the transcribers, a few interviews are difficult to impossible to understand. Users wanting to listen to the original recordings will need to pay to have the tapes transferred to digital format. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Sixteen interviews conducted by Lloyd R. Bell on the history of electric power in the state of Washington. Interviewees include Ken Billington, Ira Cottom, Bert Heggen, Owen Hurd, Bob Keiser, Charles Heiser, Gus Norwood, Walter Omeg, Lacey Peoples, Mike Pullyan, Harvey McGuire, Malcolm Moore, Elmer Patana, Robert C. Rodruck.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Preservation Note
The interviews were originally recorded on DeJur Stenorette magnetic tape. According to notes from the transcribers, a few interviews are difficult to impossible to understand. Users wanting to listen to the original recordings will need to pay to have the tapes transferred to digital format. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Truman Price, 1990.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| VF | ||
| VF2919 | Ken Billington interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (22
p.)
Clark County Public Utility District history; Washington Public
Utility Districts' Association; Association's relationship with Washington
Public Power Supply System; public power movement and utility districts in the
state; construction of Hanford and nuclear power; Homer Bone, Rufus Woods and
J.D. Ross instrumental in starting public power movement; Operating Agency Law;
demand for power after WWII; Initiative 139 (Let the people vote) sponsored by
private power advocates; Referendum 25 to combine all PUDs in the state;
Initiative 166; fights from private power; Governor Langlie and the Washington
State Power Commission;
|
December 19, 1962 |
| Homer T. Bone interview 5 sound tapes reels (approx. 200 minutes) and 1
transcript
(Tape 1) Restrictions on selling surplus electricity; La Grande
power plant on the Nisqually; damming of the Nisqually; Peninsula Light Company
(the transcription ends abruptly) / (Tape 2) "Bone Bill"; Rocky Reach Power
Plant; The "Insull crowd" and their "glorious larceny"; did he ever have
bodyguards?; private vs public power plants and competition; Bonneville; Grand
Coulee; La Grande power plant, Tacoma / (Tape 3) Development of a power plant
on Hood Canal; bonds; Tacoma and plants on the Cowlitz River; involvement in
National Cancer Institute; Bonneville Act; benefits of public vs privately
owned power plants; Senator Dill; power in Centralia; effects on salmon runs
and the "fish people"; apathy of the people towards violence; Governor Hartley;
Skagit development/J.D. Ross; Rufus Woods; American Light and Power / (Tape 4)
Charles P. Steinmetz; Bonneville, Insull and Hobson and Manns; Aberdeen and the
Depression; National Cancer Institute and cancer; public vs power fight;
conflict with the Superintenant of Public Instruction about benefits of public
instruction publicity; PUD Act / (Tape 5) Bone talks about the beginnings of
electric power in Seattle and Tacoma; J.D. Ross; damming of the Skagit River;
"Local Improvement District bonds (L.I.D.s)"; Samuel Insull and the "Insull
Empire"; Halsey Stuart Company; difficulties of farmers getting electric
power;
|
July 26-27, 1962 | |
| Ira Cottom interview 1 sound tape reel (approx. 15 min.) and 1
transcript (6 p.)
Seattle City Light
|
September 24, 1962 | |
| Senator Bert. L. Heggen interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (12
p.)
Development of power in the Skagit Valley; his defeat to
re-election by private power interests; Bosell & Jacobs; Allan Lafrentz;
president of Washington Public Utility Districts Association; banker Jerry
Ives; interference by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company; Porter Pratt being a "bad
egg"; Harvey Benson; work in Grange programs; 1947 bills against public power
and "Oregon law";
|
October 5, 1962 | |
| Owen D. Hurd interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (9 p.)
Washington Public Power Supply System history; selecting sites
that will handling "peaking" demands; Gus Norwood
|
July 24, 1962 | |
| Bob Keiser interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (13
p.)
|
September 12, 1962 | |
| Charles Keiser interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (10
p.)
|
September 12, 1962 | |
| Gus Norwood interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (15
p.)
|
September 6, 1962 | |
| Walter Omeg interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (15
p.)
|
August 17, 1962 | |
| Lacey Peoples interview 1 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (22
p.)
|
September 17, 1962 | |
| Lacey Peoples interview 2 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (9 p.)
|
September 17, 1962 | |
| Mike Pullyan interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (15
p.)
|
September 18, 1962 | |
| Harvey McGuire interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (13
p.)
|
September 18, 1962 | |
| Malcolm Moore interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (22
p.)
|
September 17, 1962 | |
| Elmer Patana interview 1 sound tape reel and 1 transcript (13
p.)
|
September 17, 1962 | |
| Robert C. Rodruck interview 1 sound tape reel (approx. 25 min.) and 1
transcript (11 p.)
|
September 24, 1962 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Electric power--Washington (State)--Seattle--History
- Electric power--Washington (State)--Seattle--History
- Electric power--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--Sources
- Electric power--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--Sources
- Electric power--Washington (State)--Tacoma--History
- Electric power--Washington (State)--Tacoma--History
- Electric power--Washington (State)--Tacoma--History--Sources
- Electric power--Washington (State)--Tacoma--History--Sources
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Public utilities--Washington (State)--History
- Public utilities--Washington (State)--History
- Public utility districts--Washington (State)--History
- Public utility districts--Washington (State)--History
- Puget Sound Power and Light Company--History
- Puget Sound Power and Light Company--History
- Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company--History
- Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company--History
- Seattle City Light--History
- Seattle City Light--History
- Washington Public Power Supply System
- Washington Public Power Supply System
- Washington Public Utility Districts' Association--History
- Washington Public Utility Districts' Association--History
Personal Names
- Heiser, Charles--Interviews
- Hurd, Owen (interviewee)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938
- Ross, J. D. (James Delmage), 1872-1939
- Ross, J. D. (James Delmage), 1872-1939
Corporate Names
- Puget Sound Power and Light Company--History--Sources
- Puget Sound Power and Light Company--History--Sources
- Seattle City Light--History--Sources
- Seattle City Light--History--Sources
Geographical Names
- Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Washington (State)--History--Sources
Titles within the Collection
- Fast gavel
- Fast gavel
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Bell, Lloyd R (interviewer)
- Bell, Lloyd R (interviewer)
- Bilingtons, Ken (interviewee)
- Billington, Ken, 1916---Interviews (interviewee)
- Billington, Ken, 1916---Interviews (interviewee)
- Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970--Interviews (interviewee)
- Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970--Interviews (interviewee)
- Cottom, Ira (interviewee)
- Cottom, Ira--Interviews (interviewee)
- Cottom, Ira--Interviews (interviewee)
- Heggen, Bert (interviewee)
- Heggen, Bert L., 1894---Interviews (interviewee)
- Heggen, Bert L., 1894---Interviews (interviewee)
- Heiser, Charles (interviewee)
- Hurd, Owen D.--Interviews (interviewee)
- Hurd, Owen D.--Interviews (interviewee)
- Keiser, Bob (interviewee)
- Keiser, Robert--Interviews (interviewee)
- Keiser, Robert--Interviews (interviewee)
- Lloyd, Thedodore--Interviews (interviewee)
- Lloyd, Thedodore--Interviews (interviewee)
- Luce, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1917-2008--Interviews (interviewee)
- Luce, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1917-2008--Interviews (interviewee)
- McGuire, Harvey--Interviews (interviewee)
- McGuire, Harvey--Interviews (interviewee)
- Moore, Malcom M.--Interviews (interviewee)
- Moore, Malcom M.--Interviews (interviewee)
- Norwood, Gus, 1916-2006--Interviews (interviewee)
- Norwood, Gus, 1916-2006--Interviews (interviewee)
- Omeg, Walter--Interviews (interviewee)
- Omeg, Walter--Interviews (interviewee)
- Patana, Elmer--Interviews (interviewee)
- Patana, Elmer--Interviews (interviewee)
- Peoples, Lacey (interviewee)
- Peoples, Lacey--Interviews (interviewee)
- Peoples, Lacey--Interviews (interviewee)
- Price, Truman (collector, donor)
- Price, Truman (collector, donor)
- Pullyan, Michael--Interviews (interviewee)
- Pullyan, Michael--Interviews (interviewee)
- Rodruck, Robert C.--Interviews (interviewee)
- Rodruck, Robert C.--Interviews (interviewee)
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