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United States Public Works Administration (Idaho) Records, 1932-1940

Overview of the Collection

Title
United States Public Works Administration (Idaho) Records
Dates
1932-1940 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 linear feet, (6 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 024
Summary
Correspondence and reports of J. Vernon Otter, traveling engineer and later Idaho state director for the U.S. Public Works Administration; together with other files from his office, including PWA administrative orders, press releases, project files, project applications, and publications and studies of the PWA and U.S. National Resources Committee.
Repository
Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is available for research.

Languages
English
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Content Description

Correspondence and reports of J. Vernon Otter, traveling engineer and later Idaho state director for the U.S. Public Works Administration; together with other files from his office, including PWA administrative orders, press releases, project files, project applications, and publications and studies of the PWA and U.S. National Resources Committee. Projects represented include dams and other irrigation projects in Idaho and the U.S. National Resources Planning Board's study of the public works needs of Spokane, Wash.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[item description], United States Public Works Administration (Idaho) Records, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of J. Vernon Otter, 1978.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Daily Reports to Regional Office
    Dates: 1938-1939
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1-2
  • Description: Field Trip Report Notes
    Dates: 1934-1935
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3-5
  • Description: Inventory of Office Supplies and Equipment
    Dates: 1935-1937
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: P.W.A. Revenue Financing of Public Enterprises
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: Status of P.W.A. Projects - Idaho
    Dates: 1933-1939
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: General Correspondence
    Dates: 1934-1940
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9-18
  • Description: Interoffice Memoranda
    Dates: 1935-1937
    Container: Box 1, Folder 19
  • Description: Report to the President of the United States
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 1, Folder 20
  • Description: Application for P.W.A. Loan for Bloomington, Idaho
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 1, Folder 21
  • Description: Application for P.W.A. Loan for Dam near Swan Valley, Idaho
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 1, Folder 22
  • Description: Application for P.W.A. Loan for Meat Packing Plant, Idao
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box 1, Folder 23-24
  • Description: Application for P.W.A. Loan for Repair of Magic Dam
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 1, Folder 25
  • Description: Columbia Basin Potential Irrigation Study
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: Dam Site Possibilities - Snake River, Wyoming
    Dates: 1931
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: Determination of Irrigated and Irrigable Lands in Idaho
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: Idaho P.W.A. Programming and Inventory
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: List of Applications - Idaho, Washington, Alaska
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: List of Projects
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: Pacific Northwest Public Works Study
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Planning Boards and Special Districts - Idaho Public Works Department
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: Planning Data for Regional Director
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: Prospective Applications - Idaho P.W.A.
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10-13
  • Description: Spokane Study - National Resources Planning Board
    Dates: 1939-1940
    Container: Box 2, Folder 14-17
  • Description: Vale-Owyhee Irrigation Area as Demonstration Study
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 2, Folder 18
  • Description: Explanation of Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 2, Folder 19
  • Description: Federal Power Act - Revised
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 2, Folder 20
  • Description: Idaho Supreme Court Opinion on Water Conservation Board Case
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box 2, Folder 21
  • Description: Legal Opinions and Laws Concerning Bonds
    Dates: 1933-1934
    Container: Box 2, Folder 22-24
  • Description: Legislative Acts
    Dates: 1930s
    Container: Box 2, Folder 25
  • Description: Administrative Orders
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 2, Folder 26-29
  • Description: Administrative Orders
    Dates: 1934-1936
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1-28
  • Description: Administrative Orders
    Dates: 1936-1939
    Container: Box 4, Folder 1-18
  • Description: Construction Specifications - Idaho, National, Washington
    Dates: 1931-1932
    Container: Box 4, Folder 19-22
  • Description: Directory of Project Addresses
    Dates: 1936-1937
    Container: Box 4, Folder 23
  • Description: Instructions for Resident Engineer Inspectors
    Dates: 1933-1937
    Container: Box 4, Folder 24-27
  • Description: Manual of Questions and Answers Derived from Conference of State Directors
    Dates: 1934
    Container: Box 4, Folder 28
  • Description: Procedure Manual for Closing P.W.A. Loans
    Dates: 1934-1935
    Container: Box 5, Folder 1
  • Description: Sample Engineer and Finance Reports on Applications
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 5, Folder 2
  • Description: Sample Forms and Letters
    Dates: 1934-1937
    Container: Box 5, Folder 3-6
  • Description: Sample P.W.A. Loan Applications and Engineer's Report of Applications
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 5, Folder 7
  • Description: Sample Report Forms
    Dates: 1935-1937
    Container: Box 5, Folder 8
  • Description: Press Releases and Notices
    Container: Box 5, Folder 9-10
  • Description: Radio Programs and Publicity
    Container: Box 5, Folder 11
  • Description: Conference Notes, Minutes, Proceedings
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box 5, Folder 12-14
  • Description: Informational Pamphlet on Idaho Legislative Process
    Container: Box 5, Folder 15
  • Description: 10th Annual Idaho State Chamber of Commerce Meeting
    Container: Box 5, Folder 16
  • Description: Bibliography of Bureau of Mines and Geology Publications
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 5, Folder 17
  • Description: Bibliography of Oregon State Planning Board Reports
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 5, Folder 18
  • Description: County Finance - Boundary County
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 5, Folder 19
  • Description: Directory of Federal Agencies in Idaho
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 5, Folder 20
  • Description: Directory of Federal and State Agencies
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 5, Folder 21-22
  • Description: Drainage Basin Committee Report
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 5, Folder 23
  • Description: Economic Highlights of the Pacific Northwest Region
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 5, Folder 24
  • Description: Land Development, Migration and Public Works - Oregon
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 5, Folder 25
  • Description: Manual of Field Inspection - Idaho Public Works Department
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 5, Folder 26
  • Description: Pacific Northwest Planning Commission
    Dates: 1939-1940
    Container: Box 5, Folder 27
  • Description: Programming of Capital Improvements - Spokane
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 5, Folder 28
  • Description: Public Works in Idaho
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box 5, Folder 29
  • Description: Public Works Planning for Idaho
    Dates: 1940
    Container: Box 5, Folder 30
  • Description: Regional Planning - Pacific Northwest
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 5, Folder 31
  • Description: Report of the Meeting of Federal Agencies in Idaho
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 5, Folder 32
  • Description: Soil Conservation
    Container: Box 5, Folder 33
  • Description: Western Public Works Congress - Pacific Northwest
    Dates: 1940
    Container: Box 5, Folder 34
  • Description: Advance Programming and Budgeting of Municipal Public Works
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 5, Folder 35
  • Description: Federal Power Commission
    Dates: 1930
    Container: Box 5, Folder 36
  • Description: Four-Year Record of the P.W.A.
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 5, Folder 37
  • Description: Grand Coulee Dam
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 5, Folder 38
  • Description: Interior Department Appropriation
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 5, Folder 39
  • Description: Municipalities and Public Works
    Dates: 1933-1939
    Container: Box 6, Folder 1
  • Description: Programming the Public Works of the Federal Government
    Dates: 1940
    Container: Box 6, Folder 2
  • Description: Progress Report of the Drainage Basin Committee - Pacific Northwest
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 6, Folder 3
  • Description: Public Works as a Factor in Economic Stabilization
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 6, Folder 4
  • Description: P.W.A. and Industry - A Four Year Study of Regenerative Employment
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 6, Folder 5
  • Description: P.W.A. Laws and Regulations
    Dates: 1933-1938
    Container: Box 6, Folder 6
  • Description: P.W.A. Provides Modern Hospitals
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 6, Folder 7
  • Description: Realities of Unemployment - W.P.A.
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 6, Folder 8
  • Description: Report on a City Study of Advance Programming and Budgeting of Public Works, Kalamazoo, Michigan
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 6, Folder 9
  • Description: Revenue Financing of Public Enterprises
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box 6, Folder 10
  • Description: Six-Year Program for Municipal Improvements, Nashville, Tennessee
    Dates: 1939-1940
    Container: Box 6, Folder 11
  • Description: Story of the P.W.A.
    Dates: 1936-1937
    Container: Box 6, Folder 12
  • Description: Wages - P.W.A. (How they are Spent)
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 6, Folder 13
  • Description: Works Progress Administration
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box 6, Folder 14
  • Description: National Resources Committee Publications and Studies
    Dates: 1936-1939
    Container: Box 6, Folder 15-34
  • Description: Report of the President's Committee on Administrative Management
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 6, Folder 35
  • Description: County Taxing Statistics, Idaho
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 6, Folder 36
  • Description: Model Court Transcripts for Organizing Special Districts - Idaho
    Dates: 1930s
    Container: Box 6, Folder 37
  • Description: Model University Regents Transcripts for Raising Student Fees - Idaho
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 6, Folder 38
  • Description: Whitney-Nashville Waterworks Company Mortgage - Idaho
    Dates: 1936
    Container: Box 6, Folder 39
  • Description: Explanation of Social Security Act and Unemployment Compensation Pamphlets
    Container: Box 6, Folder 40
  • Description: Report on Economic Conditions of the South
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 6, Folder 41
  • Description: Foreign Address - Radio Address by William E. Borah
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 6, Folder 42

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Subject Terms

  • Dams
  • Dams--Design and construction
  • Public Works

Personal Names

  • Otter, J. Vernon (John Vernon), 1904-

Corporate Names

  • United States. National Resources Committee

Erin Passehl, Cheryl Oestreicher
2008; updated 2023

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