Robertson worked at the University of Washington Applied Physics Lab from 1944 until 1969. As a citizen-activist, he lobbied the state Legislature for passage of the Highway Advertising Control Act (Billboard Act) and Shoreline Management Act. He was a founder of the Washington Environmental Council in 1968 and Citizens' Planning Council in 1961 and served numerous other civic and environmental organizations.
Tape recorded interviews with Robertson, 1993, concerning Robertson's efforts and those of Washington Roadside Council to pass the Washington Billboard Control Act in 1961 and to promote underground wiring; also discusses his activities with other environmental groups and his work at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and his involvement in the tests of the atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. Correspondence, legislation, reports, speeches and writings, minutes, news releases, newsletters, photographs, ephemera, clippings, 1911-1982, (bulk 1960-1982). Documents Robertson's activities on behalf of a number of organizations, including CHECC, Citizens for Outdoor Recreation, Citizens' Planning Council, Forward Thrust, Northwest Fund for the Environment, Urban America and Washington Environmental Council. Includes a small number of records of the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory.
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Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Donated by Jack Robertson., 6/6/1984.
Discusses strategy and lobbying used to get the Washington Billboard Control Act passed in 1961, and subsequent similar legislation.
Including efforts by the billboard industry to weaken it. Primarily documents Robertson’s experiences with the Washington Environmental Council, particularly its efforts in lobbying for legislation which established the Washington Department of Ecology (1970), the Washington Environmental Policy Act (1971), and the Washington Shorelines Management Act (1971).
Includes a description of Robertson’s early work trying to get Seattle City Light to put its wiring underground, and why this project eventually failed. He then talks about the period in which he served on a Citizen’s Policy Advisory Committee for Seattle City Light and some of the problems within that organization. He speaks at length about his involvement with the Department of Energy and his role as a regional director for it. He briefly talks about his relations with Congressmen Henry Jackson and Joel Prichard.
Describes Jack Robertson’s work at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and his involvement in the tests of the atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. He also describes how various billboard companies, taking advantage of his status as an employee of the University of Washington, tried to prevent him from working for billboard control legislation by influencing the University. The end of Side One contains a mention of his work in Forward Thrust.
Includes material by A. Hertzberg, Jack Robertson, and others.
Includes "Plan of Seattle" by Virgil B. Bogue and other
Includes organizational features, correspondence, newsletters, legislation, resolutions, and policy positions
Includes incoming letters, correspondence, award citation, news release, speech, news clippings and other materials
CPC and others
Includes clippings and a file on property owners
Includes a file on the Seattle Planning Commission
WEC and others
WEC and others
Includes files on air pollution, noise pollution, and oil.