Boise State University Special Collections and Archives
United States Public Works Administration (Idaho) Records
MSS 024
6 linear feet
6 boxes
1932-1940
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.
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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.
Gift of J. Vernon Otter, 1978.
Collection is available for research.
[item description], United States Public Works Administration (Idaho) Records, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Otter, J. Vernon (John Vernon), 1904-
United States. National Resources Committee
Public Works
Dams
Dams--Design and construction
Idaho
Public Works
Washington (State)
Spokane
Washington (State)
Daily Reports to Regional Office
1938-1939
1
1-2
Field Trip Report Notes
1934-1935
1
3-5
Inventory of Office Supplies and Equipment
1935-1937
1
6
P.W.A. Revenue Financing of Public Enterprises
1935
1
7
Status of P.W.A. Projects - Idaho
1933-1939
1
8
General Correspondence
1934-1940
1
9-18
Interoffice Memoranda
1935-1937
1
19
Report to the President of the United States
1935
1
20
Application for P.W.A. Loan for Bloomington, Idaho
1933
1
21
Application for P.W.A. Loan for Dam near Swan Valley, Idaho
1933
1
22
Application for P.W.A. Loan for Meat Packing Plant, Idao
1936
1
23-24
Application for P.W.A. Loan for Repair of Magic Dam
1933
1
25
Columbia Basin Potential Irrigation Study
1939
2
1
Dam Site Possibilities - Snake River, Wyoming
1931
2
2
Determination of Irrigated and Irrigable Lands in Idaho
1939
2
3
Idaho P.W.A. Programming and Inventory
1939
2
4
List of Applications - Idaho, Washington, Alaska
1938
2
5
List of Projects
1938
2
6
Pacific Northwest Public Works Study
1939
2
7
Planning Boards and Special Districts - Idaho Public Works Department
1935
2
8
Planning Data for Regional Director
1939
2
9
Prospective Applications - Idaho P.W.A.
1938
2
10-13
Spokane Study - National Resources Planning Board
1939-1940
2
14-17
Vale-Owyhee Irrigation Area as Demonstration Study
1939
2
18
Explanation of Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
1938
2
19
Federal Power Act - Revised
1935
2
20
Idaho Supreme Court Opinion on Water Conservation Board Case
1936
2
21
Legal Opinions and Laws Concerning Bonds
1933-1934
2
22-24
Legislative Acts
1930s
2
25
Administrative Orders
1933
2
26-29
Administrative Orders
1934-1936
3
1-28
Administrative Orders
1936-1939
4
1-18
Construction Specifications - Idaho, National, Washington
1931-1932
4
19-22
Directory of Project Addresses
1936-1937
4
23
Instructions for Resident Engineer Inspectors
1933-1937
4
24-27
Manual of Questions and Answers Derived from Conference of State Directors
1934
4
28
Procedure Manual for Closing P.W.A. Loans
1934-1935
5
1
Sample Engineer and Finance Reports on Applications
1937
5
2
Sample Forms and Letters
1934-1937
5
3-6
Sample P.W.A. Loan Applications and Engineer's Report of Applications
1933
5
7
Sample Report Forms
1935-1937
5
8
Press Releases and Notices
5
9-10
Radio Programs and Publicity
5
11
Conference Notes, Minutes, Proceedings
1936
5
12-14
Informational Pamphlet on Idaho Legislative Process
5
15
10th Annual Idaho State Chamber of Commerce Meeting
5
16
Bibliography of Bureau of Mines and Geology Publications
1944
5
17
Bibliography of Oregon State Planning Board Reports
1933
5
18
County Finance - Boundary County
1937
5
19
Directory of Federal Agencies in Idaho
1937
5
20
Directory of Federal and State Agencies
1939
5
21-22
Drainage Basin Committee Report
1937
5
23
Economic Highlights of the Pacific Northwest Region
1939
5
24
Land Development, Migration and Public Works - Oregon
1939
5
25
Manual of Field Inspection - Idaho Public Works Department
1935
5
26
Pacific Northwest Planning Commission
1939-1940
5
27
Programming of Capital Improvements - Spokane
1939
5
28
Public Works in Idaho
1936
5
29
Public Works Planning for Idaho
1940
5
30
Regional Planning - Pacific Northwest
1939
5
31
Report of the Meeting of Federal Agencies in Idaho
1935
5
32
Soil Conservation
5
33
Western Public Works Congress - Pacific Northwest
1940
5
34
Advance Programming and Budgeting of Municipal Public Works
1939
5
35
Federal Power Commission
1930
5
36
Four-Year Record of the P.W.A.
1937
5
37
Grand Coulee Dam
1937
5
38
Interior Department Appropriation
1937
5
39
Municipalities and Public Works
1933-1939
6
1
Programming the Public Works of the Federal Government
1940
6
2
Progress Report of the Drainage Basin Committee - Pacific Northwest
1939
6
3
Public Works as a Factor in Economic Stabilization
1938
6
4
P.W.A. and Industry - A Four Year Study of Regenerative Employment
1938
6
5
P.W.A. Laws and Regulations
1933-1938
6
6
P.W.A. Provides Modern Hospitals
1937
6
7
Realities of Unemployment - W.P.A.
1935
6
8
Report on a City Study of Advance Programming and Budgeting of Public Works, Kalamazoo, Michigan
1938
6
9
Revenue Financing of Public Enterprises
1936
6
10
Six-Year Program for Municipal Improvements, Nashville, Tennessee
1939-1940
6
11
Story of the P.W.A.
1936-1937
6
12
Wages - P.W.A. (How they are Spent)
1939
6
13
Works Progress Administration
1936
6
14
National Resources Committee Publications and Studies
1936-1939
6
15-34
Report of the President's Committee on Administrative Management
1937
6
35
County Taxing Statistics, Idaho
1933
6
36
Model Court Transcripts for Organizing Special Districts - Idaho
1930s
6
37
Model University Regents Transcripts for Raising Student Fees - Idaho
1935
6
38
Whitney-Nashville Waterworks Company Mortgage - Idaho
1936
6
39
Explanation of Social Security Act and Unemployment Compensation Pamphlets
6
40
Report on Economic Conditions of the South
1938
6
41
Foreign Address - Radio Address by William E. Borah
1939
6
42