Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1946-1976

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association
Title: Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records
Dates: 1946-1976 (inclusive)
19461976
Quantity: 6.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (6 Boxes)
Collection Number: Cage 349 (collection)
Summary: Administrative, financial and membership records, correspondence, committee and section records, and photographs and other newsletter editorial materials of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association, an anti-pollution association affiliated with the Water Pollution Control Federation.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Concerned over the growing pollution of the rivers and streams of the north-west, a number of individuals in business and industry, public health and academia, met in Eugene, Oregon in May 1934 and established an organization to promote clear waters and public awareness regarding pollution problems. The first annual meeting of the Northwest Conference on Stream Pollution, as the organization was called, met in Lewiston, Idaho on May 15, 1935. At this first annual meeting, the members adopted a constitution and elected Carl E. Green president.

From its initial meeting in 1934 the organization has grown steadily from 20 members to over 1,200 in 1975. The organization has experienced a number of name changes during its history which indicated the changing attitudes and concerns toward the problem of pollution. At the first annual meeting in 1935, the membership changed the organizational name from the Northwest Conference on Stream Pollution to the Pacific Northwest Sewage Works Association. The scope of the organization broadened in 1951 when it became the Pacific Northwest Sewage and Industrial Waste Association. The final name change came at the annual meeting in 1959 when, in an attempt to stimulate public interest in the problems of pollution, the membership voted to change the organizational name to the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association (PNPCA).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association include both material from the office files and from the newsletter editor files. The collection includes material from the period 1946 through 1976, with the bulk of the material covering the period from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

In all, there are seven major series.

The first series, the administrative records of the organization, is divided into four sub-series: general information, including the constitution and by-laws, past officers, and history of the organization during the period from 1960 to 1970; executive committee and annual business meetings, including minutes and treasurer's reports from 1965 to 1971; financial records, including bills, cancelled checks, and receipts from 1964 to 1976; and membership records, including lists and membership applications from the period 1963 through 1976. Also included is the official history of the association, Clear the Waters!, written and published by the organization in 1976 (Box 1, Folder 19).

The second series, correspondence, is divided into three sub-series: general correspondence for the period 1967 through July 1976; officer's correspondence from 1967 to 1972; and correspondence with the national organization, the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF), during the period 1965 through 1971.

The third series deals with committees of the PNPCA. Material in this series includes some correspondence, lists of committee officers, awards, minutes of meetings, and committee business. This material includes the period from 1963 to 1971 with the bulk of the material covering the period 1967 through 1971.

The fourth series deals with the regional divisions of the PNPCA; members from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia are organized into four regional areas which in turn are divided into sections. There are eleven sections in the PNPCA. The material in the section series includes some correspondence, lists of officers, and minutes of section meetings.

The fifth series is composed of material concerned with the annual meeting. This series includes an annual meeting manual, arrangement and program correspondence, financial and business information, annual programs from 1946 through 1970 and 1975-1976, papers presented at annual meetings, 1966-1971, a registration book from 1950, and registration forms and receipts from 1955.

The sixth series includes material from the newsletter, such as correspondence (1965-1971), a mailing list from 1968-1969, the newsletter in manuscript form from April 1969 through December 1976, and in published form from April 1956 through December 1976 (with the exception of some of the later issues).

The seventh series is that of photographs of various events, such as annual meetings and awards presentations sponsored by the PNPCA.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1946-1976 (Cage 349)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association papers are arranged in seven major series with appropriate subseries. Since there was no general order to the accession, the processor was forced to combine elements scattered throughout the collection to construct the series and subseries. The original filing labels of the material, however, have been retained. The collection has been arranged chronologically with the most recent entries in a series or sub-series filed first. This system has been employed throughout the collection with four notable exceptions. In the Committee Series, the material has been arranged alphabetically by the subject or title of the committee. In dealing with the eleven PNPCA sections, the three states and one Canadian province have been arranged alphabetically. In the Newsletter in Manuscript Form subseries, the original order has been maintained, i.e., chronologically from April 1969 through December 1976. And, in the Published Newsletter subseries, the newsletters have been arranged chronologically in their published sequence beginning with Volume 1, Number 2, April 1956.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by the organization, and received from Gerald P. Calkins, Secretary-Treasurer, in May 1977 (77-22), and from Dr. William H. Funk, editor of the newsletter, in February 1978 (78-4).

Related Materials

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1974-1977 (Cage 465)

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1974-1981 (Cage 465a)

Preliminary Guide to the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1934-1991 (MS 2003.08)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1960-1976Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		General Information	1960-1974
Box	Folder
1	1	Constitution, Amendments, and By-Laws 15 items
1	2	PNPCA Memoranda 15 items	1974-1975
1	3	Reports of the President and Treasurer 5 items	1964
1	4	PNPCA Past Presidents 20 items	1965, 1968
1	5	PNPCA Minutes, Secretary-Treasurer 5 items	1969-1971
1	6	Secretary-Treasurer, Instructions 60 items	1969
1	7	Secretary Data 25 items	1964-1967
1	8	Inventory 3 items	1967, 1968, 1971
1	9	State Directory Nominations 40 items	1969-1970
1	10	Idaho State Director 5 items
1	11	Oregon State Director 2 items
1	12	Washington State Director 5 items
1	13	National Directors 15 items	1969-1971
1	14	National Directors 2 items	1969
1	15	Section Directors 5 items	1969-1970
1	16	PNPCA, Miscellaneous 20 items	1975
1	17	PNPCA, Miscellaneous 55 items	1964-1969
1	18	Reference and Yearbooks 2 items	1960, 1963
1	19	PNPCA History, Clear the Waters 1 item	1976
1	20	PNPCA History, Rough Draft 1 item
1	21	Scrapbook Material 15 items
		Executive Committee and Annual Business Meetings	1965-1971
Box	Folder
1	22	PNPCA Board 95 items	1971
1	23	Business 15 items	1970
1	24	Executive Committee Meetings 30 items	1969-1970
1	25	PNPCA, Executive Committee Business Session 10 items	1969
1	26	Annual Business Meeting 2 items	1969
1	27	Executive Business Meetings 35 items	October 1968-June 1969
1	28	Executive Committee 60 items	April 1965-November 1969
1	29	Executive Committee Meeting 8 items	1968
1	30	Annual Business Meeting 5 items	1968
1	31	Annual Business Meeting 1 item	October 1967
1	32	Executive Committee Meeting 10 items	1967 June 3, 1967 October 28
1	33	Executive Committee Meeting 20 items	June 1966
1	34	Annual Business Meeting 20 items	1966
1	35	Annual Business Meeting 3 items	1965
		Financial Records	1964-1976
Box	Folder
1	36	Receipts 45 items	August 1975-January 1976
1	37	Bills 40 items	November 1969-October 1971
1	38	Bills and Bank Statements 90 items	1970-1971
1	39	Financial Reports 30 items	1968-1971
1	40	Purchasing 40 items	November 1967-July 1971
1	41	Receipts and Bills 65 items	1969-1971
1	42	Financial Reports 15 items	1963-1969
1	43	Purchasing, Current Bills, Receipts and Checks 80 items	1968-1969
2	44	Cancelled Checks, Peoples Bank 20 items	1967-1968
2	45	Accounts Paid 60 items	1967
2	46	Deposits and Statements, Washington Trust 10 items	1967
2	47	Purchasing 35 items	1967
2	48	Receipts and Checks 20 items	1965
2	49	Cancelled Checks, Washington Trust 22 items	1965
2	50	PNPCA Accounts 50 items	1964
2	51	Accounts Payable 75 items	1964
		Membership Records	1963-1976
Box	Folder
2	52	Membership List 1 item	November 18, 1976
2	53	Membership List 1 item	October 6, 1975
2	54	Membership Count 9 items	1974-1975
2	55	Membership List 1 item	December 6, 1974
2	56	Membership List 1 item	December 13, 1973
2	57	Membership List 1 item	December 4, 1972
2	58	Membership 100 items	1970-1971
2	59	Membership 100 items	1970-1971
2	60	Membership 60 items	1970-1971
2	61	Membership 125 items	1970-1971
2	62	Membership Applications 100 items	1970
2	63	Membership Applications 100 items	1970
2	64	Membership Applications 100 items	1970
2	65	Membership Applications 95 items	1970
2	66	Membership Applications 105 items	1969-1970
2	67	Membership 20 items	1969
2	68	Address Changes 20 items	1969
2	69	Membership Advanced Payments 2 items	1969
2	70	Membership Applications, Invoices and Requisitions 100 items	1969
2	71	Membership Applications, Invoices and Requisitions 155 items	1969
2	72	Membership 10 items	1968-1969
2	73	Life Members 10 items	1968-1969
2	74	Membership 20 items	1968
2	75	Quarter Century Club Information 1 item
2	76	Membership 65 items	1967
2	77	Membership 35 items	1967
3	78	Membership 75 items	1966
3	79	Membership (Check Receipts) 30 items	1965
3	80	Membership 80 items	1965
3	81	Membership 75 items	1964
3	82	Membership Lists 35 items	1964
3	83	Membership 105 items	1963
3	84	Membership Lists and Business Records 10 items	1963

Series 2: Correspondence, 1965-1976Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		PNPCA Correspondence	1967-July 1976
Box	Folder
3	85	January-July 1976 15 items
3	86	October 1974-May 1975 105 items
3	87	March-October 1974 90 items
3	88	October 1973-March 1974 100 items
3	89	January-October 1973 140 items
3	90	October 1972-April 1974 80 items
3	91	July-October 1972 60 items
3	92	September 1971-June 1972 190 items
3	93	November 1970-October 1971 55 items
3	94	1971 60 items
3	95	April 1969-July 1971 25 items
3	96	Incoming 40 items	1969-1970
3	97	Outgoing 75 items	1969-1970
3	98	Incoming 30 items	1968
3	99	Outgoing	1967-1968
		PNPCA officers' Correspondence	1967-1972
Box	Folder
3	100	Association President 15 items	1970-1972
3	101	Association President 25 items	1969-1971
3	102	Association President 50 items	1968-1969
3	103	Association President 35 items	1967-1968
3	104	Association Vice-President 3 items	November 1967-November 1968
3	105	Association Secretary-Treasurer (T.P. Schacher) 95 items	1968-1969
3	106	Association Secretary-Treasurer (T.P. Schacher) 30 items	October 1968-October 1969
3	107	Board of Directors Correspondence 4 items	1968-1969
		Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF)	1965-1971
Box	Folder
3	108	November 1971-September 1972 125 items
3	109	Canham (Ex. Sec.) 10 items	November 1970-September 1971
3	110	Fuhrman (Ex. Sec.) 95 items	November 1967-November 1970
3	111	WPCF Notices 95 items	January 1967-September 1970
4	112	August 1968-February 1969 8 items
4	113	WPCF Meetings 5 items	1965-1966, 1968
4	114	WPCF Highlights 4 items	1966-1967
4	115	WPFC Films 2 items	1969

Series 3: PNPCA Committees, 1963-1970Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
4	116	Committee Lists 1 item	1969-1970
4	117	Committee Lists 25 items	1967
4	118	PNPCA Committee Report 1 item	1964
4	119	Committee Reports 10 items	October 1963-October 1964
4	120	Committee on Auditing 6 items	November 1969-November 1970
4	121	Committee on Auditing 2 items	October-November 1968
		Awards:
Box	Folder
4	122	Committee on Special Awards 45 items	April 1967-September 1971
4	123	Committee on Bedell and Hatfield Awards 25 items	November 1966-April 1971
4	124	Lyman Ketcham Award 5 items	1971
4	125	Committee on Student Awards 10 items	1966-1967, 1971
4	126	Committees, Operator of the Year 3 items	1969-1970
4	127	Committee on Operations Awards 20 items	October 1965-October 1970
4	128	Operator of the Year Award 10 items	June 1966-June 1970
4	129	Awards 8 items	1969
4	130	Special Awards Committee 4 items	October 1968-February 1969
4	131	Operator of the Year 6 items	October 1968-March 1969
4	132	Morgan Award 5 items	1965, 1969
4	133	Bedell and Hatfield Awards Committee 5 items	October-November 1968
4	134	Individual Distinguished Achievement Award 2 items	1968
4	135	Awards Material 2 items	1964
Box	Folder
4	136	Committee on Government Affairs 2 items	1969
4	137	Industrial Committee 10 items	January 1968-November 1970
4	138	Industrial Committee 9 items	November 1968-August 1969
4	139	Local Arrangements Committee, Registration List of PNPCA Annual Meeting 2 items	1970
4	140	Local Arrangements Committee 20 items	November 1967-September 1971
4	141	Local Arrangements Committee 6 items	November 1968-November 1969
4	142	Local Arrangements Committee 15 items	1966
4	143	Local Arrangements Committee 20 items	1965
4	144	Committee on Manufacturers Association 15 items	November 1967-March 1971
4	145	Manufacture Committee 2 items	October 1968
4	146	Committee on Membership 40 items	October 1967-June 1971
4	147	Membership Committee 8 items	November-December 1968
4	148	Nominating Committee 10 items	1967-1971
4	149	Nuclear Siting Committee 2 items	1969, 1971
4	150	Operator Training and Certification Committee 35 items	December 1966-September 1971
4	151	Operator Training and Certification Committee 4 items	October 1968-April 1969
4	152	Operator Certification Program 1 item	April 1967
4	153	Plan Operator Training Task Force Committee 9 items	July 1969
4	154	Program Planning 25 items	1970-1971
4	155	Committee on Programs 40 items	September 1964-July 1971
4	156	Program Committee 30 items	October 1968-November 1969
4	157	Public Relations Committee 25 items	November 1968-August 1971
4	158	Public Relations Committee 5 items	October 1968-June 1969
4	159	Public Relations Committee 5 items	1967
4	160	Public Relations Report 3 items	October-November 1967
4	161	Research Committee 10 items	November 1967-July 1971
4	162	Research Committee 3 items	October 1968-March 1969
4	163	Safety Committee 45 items	February 1967-September 1971
4	164	Safety Committee 5 items	October 1968-March 1969
4	165	Safety 10 items
4	166	Committee on Scientists 8 items	January 1968-November 1970
4	167	Secretary-Treasurer Adhoc Committee Meeting 4 items	1968
4	168	Session Committee 1 item	October-November 1968
4	169	Voluntary Sewage Works Operators Certification Committee 2 items	July 1969
4	170	Sewer Construction and Maintenance Committee 15 items	November 1967-February 1969
4	171	Sewer Design, Construction and Maintenance Committee 3 items	January-October 1968
4	172	Student Committee 2 items	October 1968-March 1969

Series 4: PNPCA Sections, 1962-1971Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
4	173	Minutes 75 items	1970-1971
4	174	Minutes 60 items	1969-1970
4	175	Officers 10 items	1969
4	176	Officers 25 items	1968
4	177	Officers 10 items	1967
4	178	Sections, General 25 items	February 1966-January 1969
4	179	Sections 50 items	1966
4	180	Sections 25 items	1965
4	181	British Columbia 10 items	1966-1970
4	182	Idaho 1 item	1969
		Oregon Sections:
Box	Folder
4	183	Northeast Oregon	1969
4	184	Northwest Oregon 12 items	1969
4	185	South Central Oregon 7 items	1968-1970
4	186	South West Oregon 4 items	1967, 1969
		Washington Sections:
Box	Folder
4	187	Columbia Basin 1 item	1968
4	188	Northwest Washington 2 items	1969
4	189	Southwest Washington 2 items	1966
4	190	Puget Sound	1968-1969
4	191	Yakima Valley 4 items	1962, 1969-1970

Series 5: Annual Meetings, 1946-1976Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
4	192	Annual Meeting Manual (Revised 1965) 1 item
4	193	Registration List 1 item	1972
4	194	Arrangements, Supplies and 1970 Program 20 items
4	195	Correspondence 30 items	1970
4	196	General 20 items	1969
4	197	General 25 items	1969
4	198	Program 20 items	1969
4	199	Program 25 items	1969
4	200	Information 20 items	1968-1969
4	201	Registration Requests 5 items	1968
4	202	Receipts for Annual Meeting 70 items	1968
4	203	Information 7 items	1967
4	204	Program 4 items	1967
4	205	Bank records, accounts, and program 5 items	1966
4	206	Correspondence 4 items	1966
4	207	Correspondence and General Information 125 items	1966
5	208	Correspondence and General Information 105 items	1966
5	209	General Information 4 items	1965
5	210	Expenses 25 items	1964
5	211	Annual Meeting Programs 30 items	1946-1970, 1975-1976
		Papers Presented at Annual Meetings:
Box	Folder
5	212	1971 11 items
5	213	1970 13 items
5	214	1969 9 items
5	215	1968 11 items
5	216	1967 10 items
5	217	1966 9 items
Box	Folder
5	218	Non-PNPCA, Papers 5 items
5	219	Receipt Book from 1950 Annual Meeting 1 item	May 1950
5	220	Registration forms and Receipt Book for 1955 Annual Meeting 190 items	October 27-29, 1955

Series 6: NewsletterReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Correspondence	1965-1975
Box	Folder
5	221	Correspondence 8 items	1971-1975
5	222	Correspondence (Editor William H. Funk) 55 items	February 1969-September 1971
5	223	Correspondence 15 items	1969
5	224	Correspondence, Incoming 7 items	1965-1968
5	225	Mailing List 2 items	1975
5	226	Newsletter Items 10 items	1968-1969
		Newsletters in Manuscript Form	April 1969-December 1976
Box	Folder
5	227	April 1969 20 items
5	228	April 1970 20 items
5	229	April 1970 45 items
5	230	August 1970 45 items
5	231	August 1970 65 items
5	232	April 1971 50 items
5	233	August 1971 45 items
5	234	December 1971 55 items
5	235	December 1971 60 items
5	236	April 1972 40 items
5	237	Abstracts 1 item	1972
5	238	August 1972 50 items
5	239	August 1972 45 items
5	240	December 1972 35 items
6	241	Outdate 20 items
6	242	April 1973 25 items
6	243	April 1973 60 items
6	244	August 1973 40 items
6	245	August 1973 35 items
6	246	December 1973 40 items
6	247	April 1974 35 items
6	248	December 1974 50 items
6	249	1975 April, 1975 August 105 items
6	250	inc. Photographs 80 items	April 1975
6	251	December 1975 30 items
6	252	December 1975 80 items
6	253	Expenses, Paid 70 items	1968-1974
6	254	April 1976 50 items
6	255	inc. Abstracts 7 items	August 1976
6	256	August 1976 3 items
6	257	August 1976 90 items
6	258	December 1976 35 items
		Published Newsletters	April 1956-December 1976
Box	Folder
6	259	Volumes 1-3 11 items
6	260	Volumes 4-6 9 items
6	261	Volumes 7-8 6 items
6	262	Volumes 9-10 6 items
6	263	Volumes 11-12 6 items
6	264	Volumes 13-14 6 items
6	265	Volumes 15, 16, No. 3, 17 7 items
6	266	Volumes 18, 19, 20, No. 2-3 8 items
6	267	Volumes 21, 22, No. 1 4 items

Series 7: Photographs, circa 1955-circa 1975Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
6	268	Photographs 265 items

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