Kai N. Lee papers, 1973-1991
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Lee, Kai N.
- Title
- Kai N. Lee papers
- Dates
- 1973-1991 (inclusive)19731991
- Quantity
- 49.83 cubic feet, (51 boxes, 1 vertical file)
- Collection Number
- 4133
- Summary
- Correspondence, trial transcripts, deposition, research files, notes, minutes of meetings, reports, publications, interviews, computer files on diskettes, subject series, and other papers from a professor of physics and board member of the Northwest Power Planning Council
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users. Access to portions of the collection is restricted.
Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- Collection materials are in English.
Biographical Note
Kai Lee graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Experimental Physics in 1966 and received his Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton in 1971. After pursing post-doctoral research at UC Berkeley, Lee worked as a professor at the University of Washington from 1973-1991. There, he also served on the board of the Northwest Power Planning Council. Lee left to teach at Williams College in Massachusetts in 1991.
Lee is the author of Electric Power and the Fate of the Pacific Northwest (1980) among other titles.
Content Description
Correspondence, reports, publications, interviews, trial transcripts, deposition, research files, notes, minutes of meetings, legislative files, and a memoir from Lee's work while living in Seattle, Washington.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Organized into 5 accessions.
- Accession No. 4133-001, Kai N. Lee papers, 1980-1983
- Accession No. 4133-002, Kai N. Lee papers, 1973-1990
- Accession No. 4133-003, Kai N. Lee papers, 1980-1985
- Accession No. 4133-004, Kai N. Lee papers, 1983-1990
- Accession No. 4133-005, Kai N. Lee papers, 1990-1991
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Accession No. 4133-001: Kai N. Lee papers, 1980-1983
19 cubic feetScope and Content: Correspondence, trial transcripts, deposition, research files, notes, minutes of meetings, and legislative files related to Lee's work on the litigation known as Multi-District Litigation 551, arising out of the 1983 municipal bond default of the Washington Public Power Supply System. Included among those documents are primary research materials gathered for Electric Power and the Future of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1980) and his 1983 paper "The Path Along the Ridge."
Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Kai Lee, 1989-11-14
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Description: Incomplete trial transcriptContainer: Box 4133-001 Box 1
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Description: Documents used to prepare for Kai's testimonyContainer: Box 4133-001 Box 2-5
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Description: Transcript of Kai's depositionContainer: Box 4133-001 Box 6
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Description: Documents used in Kai's depositionContainer: Box 4133-001 Box 7
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Description: Documents used in Kai's depositionContainer: Box 4133-001 Box 8
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Description: Historical materials
Scope and Content: Culled from plaintiffs' documentary collection, germane to the trial and the history of the Supply System
Container: Box 4133-001 Box 9-12 -
Description: Electric Power and the Future of the Pacific NorthwestContainer: Box 4133-001 Box 13-14
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Description: 1981 Independent Review of WNP 4/5
Scope and Content: State-sponsored study conducted during the time when the decision was made to terminate the projects for which bonds had been issued.
Container: Box 4133-001 Box 15-16 -
Description: Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980, P.L.96-501
Scope and Content: commonly known as the Northwest Power Act
Dates: 1980Container: Box 4133-001 Box 17 -
Description: Bonneville Power Administration "role" environmental impact statement, draftDates: 1977Container: Box 4133-001 Box 18
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Description: Student theses and papers on Pacific Northwest power
Restricted
Container: Box 4133-001 Box 18 -
Description: "The Path Along the Ridge"Container: Box 4133-001 Box 19
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Description: Early implementation of the Northwest Power Act
Scope and Content: Personal files
Container: Box 4133-001 Box 19 -
Description: Personal files on WPPSSContainer: Box 4133-001 Box 19
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Accession No. 4133-002: Kai N. Lee papers, 1973-1990
29 cubic feetScope and Content: Minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, publication; 1973-1990.
Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users. Access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Rita Stockwell, 1991-07-10
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Description: NAS Environmental Studies
Scope and Content: Meeting books, National Academy of Sciences Environmental Studies Board
Dates: 1980-1983Container: Box 4133-003 Box 1 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 1
Scope and Content: KNL draft reports, NAS studies, federal government research reports.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 2 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 2
Scope and Content: Federal documents (predating Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, pertaining to that act, papers collected for policy studies)
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 3 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 3
Scope and Content: Federal government and NAS research reports
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 4 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 4
Scope and Content: Federal government and NAS research reports, Metlay thesis
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 5 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 5
Scope and Content: National Academy of Sciences, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, meeting books
Dates: 1983-1984Container: Box 4133-003 Box 6 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 6
Scope and Content: National Academy of Sciences, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, meeting books; Miles, Lee & Carlin monograph file.
Dates: 1984-1987Container: Box 4133-003 Box 7 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 7
Scope and Content: National Academy of Sciences, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, meeting books
Dates: 1987-1989Container: Box 4133-003 Box 8 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 8
Scope and Content: Documents on low-level radioactive waste, sub seabed disposal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, technical reports on nuclear waste isolation.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 9 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 9
Scope and Content: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 1984 study records; sub seabed disposal papers.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 10 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 10
Scope and Content: Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, background papers.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 11 -
Description: Radioactive waste management - 11
Scope and Content: Battelle studies of human dimensions of radioactive waste, nuclear safety controversy papers, Wayne Sugai doctoral thesis file.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 12 -
Description: NAS Greenhouse
Scope and Content: Meeting books for mitigation panel of panel on policy implications of greenhouse warming, National Academy of Sciences
Dates: 1989-1990Container: Box 4133-003 Box 13 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 1
Scope and Content: Background to enactment of Northwest Power Act, Northwest Power Planning Council, pre-1983.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 14 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 2
Scope and Content: Background to enactment of Northwest Power Act, energy conservation.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 15 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 3
Scope and Content: Clearing Up, Electricity Journal, Anadromous Fish Law Memo back issues; Power Council annual reports, Northwest Energy News back issues; The Inst of Ecology, 1975-77, project on improving science in environmental assessment.
Dates: 1975-1977Container: Box 4133-003 Box 16 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 4
Scope and Content: Fisheries system planning model, historical background on losses of salmonids from Columbia, 1987 Program issue papers, 1982 Program, fisheries background papers and books. Power system history: Tollefson, Billington, official history, Wash. L. Rev. symposium, BPA annual reports.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 17 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 5
Scope and Content: Books on Columbia Basin and Pacific Northwest environment and natural resources
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 18 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 6
Scope and Content: KNL completed projects, 1973-84, including Kellogg Natl Fellowship, Seattle City Light search committee, student files
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Dates: 1973-1984Container: Box 4133-003 Box 19 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 7
Scope and Content: KNL completed projects, 1988-90, including Colo. L. Rev. paper (w/Volkman), NW Envl J. paper (w/Halbert), Environment paper
Dates: 1988-1990Container: Box 4133-003 Box 20 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 8
Scope and Content: Lawrence thesis; Power Planning Council compilation of losses of salmonids from Columbia, supporting documentation; council minutes & papers, KNL disk files (hard copies); Washington Sea Grant, 1989-91 (incl TFW work); Forestry, experimental forest; UW student files.
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Container: Box 4133-003 Box 21 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 9
Scope and Content: Washington, Lezak theses; Energy 1990 study, FFTF; Snake River Compensation Plan; fisheries economics; Rev of Power Planning; KNL writings as Council member, WGA hydro committee, 1988.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 22 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 9
Scope and Content: Washington, Lezak theses; Energy 1990 study, FFTF; Snake River Compensation Plan; fisheries economics; Rev of Power Planning; KNL writings as Council member, WGA hydro committee, 1988.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 23 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 10
Scope and Content: Council power planning documents, Congressional hearings.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 24 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 10
Scope and Content: Council power planning documents, Congressional hearings.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 25 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 11
Scope and Content: KNL chronological correspondence files, topical files, officialpersonnel file, interview notes; WGA hydro committee.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 26 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 12
Scope and Content: Council papers on Columbia salmon (see also box 8), conservation biology; Natl Acad of Sci DOE reactors study (incl N Reactor); House subcomm investigation of Hanford site selection for radioactive waste disposal, Council transition (startup) team report.
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 27 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 13
Scope and Content: Background materials on PNW electric power, NW Energy News backfile
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 28 -
Description: PNW/Columbia Basin power & fisheries - 13
Scope and Content: Background materials on PNW electric power, NW Energy News backfile
Container: Box 4133-003 Box 29
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Accession No. 4133-003: Kai N. Lee papers, 1980-1985
1 cubic feetScope and Content: Writings and publications; ca. 1980-1985.
Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Kai Lee via U.S. Mail, 1991-08-27
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Description: WritingsDates: 1980-1985Container: Box 4133-003 Box 1
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Accession No. 4133-004: Kai N. Lee papers, 1983-1990
.83 cubic feetScope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, reports, interviews (Kai Lee, interviewer), computer files on diskettes, subject series, 1983-1990.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Kai Lee, 1991-10-01
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council: CorrespondenceDates: 1984-1990Container: Box 4133-004 Box 1
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council: MemorandaDates: 1984-1988Container: Box 4133-004 Box 1
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council: ReportsDates: 1988-1989Container: Box 4133-004 Box 1
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council: Interviews (Kai Lee, interviewer)Dates: 1990Container: Box 4133-004 Box 1
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council: Computer FilesDates: 1987-1990Container: Box 4133-004 Box 1
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council: Subject Series -Adaptive ManagementDates: 1983-1988Container: Box 4133-004 Box 1
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council: Subject Series -Adaptive ManagementDates: 1983-1988Container: Box 4133-004 Box 2
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council: Subject Series -Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife AuthorityDates: 1987-1989Container: Box 4133-004 Box 2
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council. Monitoring and Evaluation GroupsDates: 1988-1989Container: Box 4133-004 Box 2
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Description: Northwest Power Planning Council. System Planning Oversight CommitteeDates: 1988Container: Box 4133-004 Box 2
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Accession No. 4133-005: Kai N. Lee papers, 1990-1991
1 vertical fileScope and Content: Memoir, 1990-1991.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Karyl Winn, 1991-10-30
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Description: MemoirContainer: 4133-005 VF2080
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Lee, Kai N (creator)
Corporate Names
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Greenhouse Warming Implications Panel
- National Academy of Sciences. Radioactive Waste Management Board
- National Research Council (U.S.). Environmental Studies Board
- Northwest Power Planning Council
- Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, 1980
- U.S. Bonneville Power Administration
- UW. Institute for Environmental Studies
- Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS)
