MSS 13 Guide to the Daniel L. Goldy Papers 1936-2001 Daniel L. Goldy Papers Finding aid prepared by Erin Passehl and Jerrie Lee Parpart Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Western Oregon University Archives © 2012
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MSS 13 Goldy, Daniel L. (Daniel Louis), 1915- Daniel L. Goldy Papers 1936-2001 1980-1989 7 linear feet 9 boxes Consulting economist whose personal files include correspondence,administrative and subject files, personal publications, testimonies, newspaper clippings, oral history video and sound recordings and transcriptions, and papers related to Oregon economic development. Collection materials are in English Biographical Note

Born in 1915 in Butler, New Jersey, Daniel Louis Goldy attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he graduated with honors in economics in 1936. He then went on the University of Chicago for graduate school. He was a guest lecturer at Northwestern University Graduate School before serving in the United States Navy from 1943-1946 where he was assigned to offices overseeing war production and civilian personnel and industrial relations programs.

Goldy served as an economist under three U.S. Presidents (Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson) and governors of four states on both coasts. He held positions in four departments of federal government – Labor, Commerce, Interior and the Executive Office. He was proudest of his achievements in the public sector, but he secured his independence and influence as a successful business executive, investor and consultant. In his words, "I had to learn what it was that motivated private people to invest their money … how they could accomplish public purpose at the same time that they were accomplishing their private mission."

Goldy tackled labor and trade issues on four continents, yet he left his deepest tracks in the timberlands of the Northwest. Audacious forest management policies that he initiated as a young, mid-level bureaucrat assigned oversight of O and C Railway lands change the rules for government, industry and labor. Although he was a life-long progressive Democrat and passionate environmentalist, his strong held views linking protection of job to management of natural resources alienated many conservationists and liberal activists, while bringing to his side key Republican legislators and business leaders. Goldy passed away at the age of 85 in Portland, Oregon, in 2001.

For an extensive list of positions held by Goldy, see the Daniel L. Goldy Papers finding aid at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, www.trumanlibrary.org/hstpaper/goldy.htm

Text adapted from biographical note in his memoirs, "Convictions, Controversy and Unintended Consequences."

The Dan Goldy Papers documents his experience as Governor Robert Straub’s appointee to Director of Oregon’s Department of Economic Development in 1976. Goldy previously served as an economist for three U.S. Presidents (Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson). He also held positions in four departments of federal government – Labor, Commerce, Interior, and the Executive Office.

This collection includes oral histories on video and tape, as well as transcriptions, recorded by Dan Goldy and Joella Werlin, editor of his memoirs, Convictions, Controversy and Unintended Consequences: Public Service and Private Enterprise the Nation and the Northwest: Memoirs of Daniel L. Goldy. The collection also includes personal files, correspondence, articles written by Goldy, testimonies, clippings, and papers related to Oregon economic development in the late 1970s through the late 1980s.

The collection is arranged in nine boxes and is currently unprocessed. A partial list of contents is available upon request.

Collection is available for research.

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Dan Goldy Papers, MSS 13, Western Oregon University Archives

The collection was donated by Daniel L. and Genevieve (Rusty) Goldy in 2001.

No further accruals expected.

Unprocessed box descriptions available upon request.

Collection related to MSS 1, Robert W. Straub Collection, Western Oregon University Archives

Another manuscript collection on Goldy exists at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, see the Daniel L. Goldy papers Finding Aid, http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hstpaper/goldy.htm

Werlin, Joella. Convictions, Controversy and Unintended Consequences: Public Service and Private Enterprise -- the Nation and the Northwest -- Memoirs of Daniel L. Goldy. Portland, Or: Familore, 2003.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Goldy, Daniel L. (Daniel Louis), 1915-- Archives Oregon. Dept. of Economic Development Salem (Or.) Portland (Or.) Oregon. Dept. of Economic Development--History Oregon--Politics and government United States--Politics and government--20th century--Personal narratives Environmental Activism Forestry and Forestry Products Land Use Laws and Legislation Logging Political Campaigns Politics and Politicians Oregon Portland Salem Correspondence Politicians Economists Werlin, Joella. Convictions, Controversy and Unintended Consequences: Public Service and Private Enterprise -- the Nation and the Northwest -- Memoirs of Daniel L. Goldy. Portland, Or: Familore, 2003.