NTE2cg349.xml Guide to the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records 1946-1976 Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2022 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 349 Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records 1946-1976 6.5 Linear feet of shelf space 6 Boxes Administrative, financial and membership records, correspondence, committee and section records, and photographs and other newsletter editorial materials of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association, an anti-pollution association affiliated with the Water Pollution Control Federation. Collection materials are in English

Concerned over the growing pollution of the rivers and streams of the north-west, a number of individuals in business and industry, public health and academia, met in Eugene, Oregon in May 1934 and established an organization to promote clear waters and public awareness regarding pollution problems. The first annual meeting of the Northwest Conference on Stream Pollution, as the organization was called, met in Lewiston, Idaho on May 15, 1935. At this first annual meeting, the members adopted a constitution and elected Carl E. Green president.

From its initial meeting in 1934 the organization has grown steadily from 20 members to over 1,200 in 1975. The organization has experienced a number of name changes during its history which indicated the changing attitudes and concerns toward the problem of pollution. At the first annual meeting in 1935, the membership changed the organizational name from the Northwest Conference on Stream Pollution to the Pacific Northwest Sewage Works Association. The scope of the organization broadened in 1951 when it became the Pacific Northwest Sewage and Industrial Waste Association. The final name change came at the annual meeting in 1959 when, in an attempt to stimulate public interest in the problems of pollution, the membership voted to change the organizational name to the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association (PNPCA).

The records of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association include both material from the office files and from the newsletter editor files. The collection includes material from the period 1946 through 1976, with the bulk of the material covering the period from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

In all, there are seven major series.

The first series, the administrative records of the organization, is divided into four sub-series: general information, including the constitution and by-laws, past officers, and history of the organization during the period from 1960 to 1970; executive committee and annual business meetings, including minutes and treasurer's reports from 1965 to 1971; financial records, including bills, cancelled checks, and receipts from 1964 to 1976; and membership records, including lists and membership applications from the period 1963 through 1976. Also included is the official history of the association, Clear the Waters!, written and published by the organization in 1976 (Box 1, Folder 19).

The second series, correspondence, is divided into three sub-series: general correspondence for the period 1967 through July 1976; officer's correspondence from 1967 to 1972; and correspondence with the national organization, the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF), during the period 1965 through 1971.

The third series deals with committees of the PNPCA. Material in this series includes some correspondence, lists of committee officers, awards, minutes of meetings, and committee business. This material includes the period from 1963 to 1971 with the bulk of the material covering the period 1967 through 1971.

The fourth series deals with the regional divisions of the PNPCA; members from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia are organized into four regional areas which in turn are divided into sections. There are eleven sections in the PNPCA. The material in the section series includes some correspondence, lists of officers, and minutes of section meetings.

The fifth series is composed of material concerned with the annual meeting. This series includes an annual meeting manual, arrangement and program correspondence, financial and business information, annual programs from 1946 through 1970 and 1975-1976, papers presented at annual meetings, 1966-1971, a registration book from 1950, and registration forms and receipts from 1955.

The sixth series includes material from the newsletter, such as correspondence (1965-1971), a mailing list from 1968-1969, the newsletter in manuscript form from April 1969 through December 1976, and in published form from April 1956 through December 1976 (with the exception of some of the later issues).

The seventh series is that of photographs of various events, such as annual meetings and awards presentations sponsored by the PNPCA.

The Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association papers are arranged in seven major series with appropriate subseries. Since there was no general order to the accession, the processor was forced to combine elements scattered throughout the collection to construct the series and subseries. The original filing labels of the material, however, have been retained. The collection has been arranged chronologically with the most recent entries in a series or sub-series filed first. This system has been employed throughout the collection with four notable exceptions. In the Committee Series, the material has been arranged alphabetically by the subject or title of the committee. In dealing with the eleven PNPCA sections, the three states and one Canadian province have been arranged alphabetically. In the Newsletter in Manuscript Form subseries, the original order has been maintained, i.e., chronologically from April 1969 through December 1976. And, in the Published Newsletter subseries, the newsletters have been arranged chronologically in their published sequence beginning with Volume 1, Number 2, April 1956.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1946-1976 (Cage 349)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The records of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by the organization, and received from Gerald P. Calkins, Secretary-Treasurer, in May 1977 (77-22), and from Dr. William H. Funk, editor of the newsletter, in February 1978 (78-4).

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1974-1977 (Cage 465)

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1974-1981 (Cage 465a)

Preliminary Guide to the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1934-1991 (MS 2003.08)

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.

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association -- Records and correspondence Water Pollution Control Federation Water -- Pollution -- Northwest, Pacific Pollution -- Northwest, Pacific Environmental Conditions Environmental Activism Water and Water Rights Series 1: Administrative Records 1960-1976 General Information 1960-1974 1 1 Constitution, Amendments, and By-Laws 15 items 1 2 PNPCA Memoranda 1974-1975 15 items 1 3 Reports of the President and Treasurer 1964 5 items 1 4 PNPCA Past Presidents 1965, 1968 20 items 1 5 PNPCA Minutes, Secretary-Treasurer 1969-1971 5 items 1 6 Secretary-Treasurer, Instructions 1969 60 items 1 7 Secretary Data 1964-1967 25 items 1 8 Inventory 1967, 1968, 1971 3 items 1 9 State Directory Nominations 1969-1970 40 items 1 10 Idaho State Director 5 items 1 11 Oregon State Director 2 items 1 12 Washington State Director 5 items 1 13 National Directors 1969-1971 15 items 1 14 National Directors 1969 2 items 1 15 Section Directors 1969-1970 5 items 1 16 PNPCA, Miscellaneous 1975 20 items 1 17 PNPCA, Miscellaneous 1964-1969 55 items 1 18 Reference and Yearbooks 1960, 1963 2 items 1 19 PNPCA History, Clear the Waters 1976 1 item 1 20 PNPCA History, Rough Draft 1 item 1 21 Scrapbook Material 15 items Executive Committee and Annual Business Meetings 1965-1971 1 22 PNPCA Board 1971 95 items 1 23 Business 1970 15 items 1 24 Executive Committee Meetings 1969-1970 30 items 1 25 PNPCA, Executive Committee Business Session 1969 10 items 1 26 Annual Business Meeting 1969 2 items 1 27 Executive Business Meetings October 1968-June 1969 35 items 1 28 Executive Committee April 1965-November 1969 60 items 1 29 Executive Committee Meeting 1968 8 items 1 30 Annual Business Meeting 1968 5 items 1 31 Annual Business Meeting October 1967 1 item 1 32 Executive Committee Meeting 1967 June 3, 1967 October 28 10 items 1 33 Executive Committee Meeting June 1966 20 items 1 34 Annual Business Meeting 1966 20 items 1 35 Annual Business Meeting 1965 3 items Financial Records 1964-1976 1 36 Receipts August 1975-January 1976 45 items 1 37 Bills November 1969-October 1971 40 items 1 38 Bills and Bank Statements 1970-1971 90 items 1 39 Financial Reports 1968-1971 30 items 1 40 Purchasing November 1967-July 1971 40 items 1 41 Receipts and Bills 1969-1971 65 items 1 42 Financial Reports 1963-1969 15 items 1 43 Purchasing, Current Bills, Receipts and Checks 1968-1969 80 items 2 44 Cancelled Checks, Peoples Bank 1967-1968 20 items 2 45 Accounts Paid 1967 60 items 2 46 Deposits and Statements, Washington Trust 1967 10 items 2 47 Purchasing 1967 35 items 2 48 Receipts and Checks 1965 20 items 2 49 Cancelled Checks, Washington Trust 1965 22 items 2 50 PNPCA Accounts 1964 50 items 2 51 Accounts Payable 1964 75 items Membership Records 1963-1976 2 52 Membership List November 18, 1976 1 item 2 53 Membership List October 6, 1975 1 item 2 54 Membership Count 1974-1975 9 items 2 55 Membership List December 6, 1974 1 item 2 56 Membership List December 13, 1973 1 item 2 57 Membership List December 4, 1972 1 item 2 58 Membership 1970-1971 100 items 2 59 Membership 1970-1971 100 items 2 60 Membership 1970-1971 60 items 2 61 Membership 1970-1971 125 items 2 62 Membership Applications 1970 100 items 2 63 Membership Applications 1970 100 items 2 64 Membership Applications 1970 100 items 2 65 Membership Applications 1970 95 items 2 66 Membership Applications 1969-1970 105 items 2 67 Membership 1969 20 items 2 68 Address Changes 1969 20 items 2 69 Membership Advanced Payments 1969 2 items 2 70 Membership Applications, Invoices and Requisitions 1969 100 items 2 71 Membership Applications, Invoices and Requisitions 1969 155 items 2 72 Membership 1968-1969 10 items 2 73 Life Members 1968-1969 10 items 2 74 Membership 1968 20 items 2 75 Quarter Century Club Information 1 item 2 76 Membership 1967 65 items 2 77 Membership 1967 35 items 3 78 Membership 1966 75 items 3 79 Membership (Check Receipts) 1965 30 items 3 80 Membership 1965 80 items 3 81 Membership 1964 75 items 3 82 Membership Lists 1964 35 items 3 83 Membership 1963 105 items 3 84 Membership Lists and Business Records 1963 10 items Series 2: Correspondence 1965-1976 PNPCA Correspondence 1967-July 1976 3 85 January-July 1976 15 items 3 86 October 1974-May 1975 105 items 3 87 March-October 1974 90 items 3 88 October 1973-March 1974 100 items 3 89 January-October 1973 140 items 3 90 October 1972-April 1974 80 items 3 91 July-October 1972 60 items 3 92 September 1971-June 1972 190 items 3 93 November 1970-October 1971 55 items 3 94 1971 60 items 3 95 April 1969-July 1971 25 items 3 96 Incoming 1969-1970 40 items 3 97 Outgoing 1969-1970 75 items 3 98 Incoming 1968 30 items 3 99 Outgoing 1967-1968 PNPCA officers' Correspondence 1967-1972 3 100 Association President 1970-1972 15 items 3 101 Association President 1969-1971 25 items 3 102 Association President 1968-1969 50 items 3 103 Association President 1967-1968 35 items 3 104 Association Vice-President November 1967-November 1968 3 items 3 105 Association Secretary-Treasurer (T.P. Schacher) 1968-1969 95 items 3 106 Association Secretary-Treasurer (T.P. Schacher) October 1968-October 1969 30 items 3 107 Board of Directors Correspondence 1968-1969 4 items Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) 1965-1971 3 108 November 1971-September 1972 125 items 3 109 Canham (Ex. Sec.) November 1970-September 1971 10 items 3 110 Fuhrman (Ex. Sec.) November 1967-November 1970 95 items 3 111 WPCF Notices January 1967-September 1970 95 items 4 112 August 1968-February 1969 8 items 4 113 WPCF Meetings 1965-1966, 1968 5 items 4 114 WPCF Highlights 1966-1967 4 items 4 115 WPFC Films 1969 2 items Series 3: PNPCA Committees 1963-1970 4 116 Committee Lists 1969-1970 1 item 4 117 Committee Lists 1967 25 items 4 118 PNPCA Committee Report 1964 1 item 4 119 Committee Reports October 1963-October 1964 10 items 4 120 Committee on Auditing November 1969-November 1970 6 items 4 121 Committee on Auditing October-November 1968 2 items Awards: 4 122 Committee on Special Awards April 1967-September 1971 45 items 4 123 Committee on Bedell and Hatfield Awards November 1966-April 1971 25 items 4 124 Lyman Ketcham Award 1971 5 items 4 125 Committee on Student Awards 1966-1967, 1971 10 items 4 126 Committees, Operator of the Year 1969-1970 3 items 4 127 Committee on Operations Awards October 1965-October 1970 20 items 4 128 Operator of the Year Award June 1966-June 1970 10 items 4 129 Awards 1969 8 items 4 130 Special Awards Committee October 1968-February 1969 4 items 4 131 Operator of the Year October 1968-March 1969 6 items 4 132 Morgan Award 1965, 1969 5 items 4 133 Bedell and Hatfield Awards Committee October-November 1968 5 items 4 134 Individual Distinguished Achievement Award 1968 2 items 4 135 Awards Material 1964 2 items 4 136 Committee on Government Affairs 1969 2 items 4 137 Industrial Committee January 1968-November 1970 10 items 4 138 Industrial Committee November 1968-August 1969 9 items 4 139 Local Arrangements Committee, Registration List of PNPCA Annual Meeting 1970 2 items 4 140 Local Arrangements Committee November 1967-September 1971 20 items 4 141 Local Arrangements Committee November 1968-November 1969 6 items 4 142 Local Arrangements Committee 1966 15 items 4 143 Local Arrangements Committee 1965 20 items 4 144 Committee on Manufacturers Association November 1967-March 1971 15 items 4 145 Manufacture Committee October 1968 2 items 4 146 Committee on Membership October 1967-June 1971 40 items 4 147 Membership Committee November-December 1968 8 items 4 148 Nominating Committee 1967-1971 10 items 4 149 Nuclear Siting Committee 1969, 1971 2 items 4 150 Operator Training and Certification Committee December 1966-September 1971 35 items 4 151 Operator Training and Certification Committee October 1968-April 1969 4 items 4 152 Operator Certification Program April 1967 1 item 4 153 Plan Operator Training Task Force Committee July 1969 9 items 4 154 Program Planning 1970-1971 25 items 4 155 Committee on Programs September 1964-July 1971 40 items 4 156 Program Committee October 1968-November 1969 30 items 4 157 Public Relations Committee November 1968-August 1971 25 items 4 158 Public Relations Committee October 1968-June 1969 5 items 4 159 Public Relations Committee 1967 5 items 4 160 Public Relations Report October-November 1967 3 items 4 161 Research Committee November 1967-July 1971 10 items 4 162 Research Committee October 1968-March 1969 3 items 4 163 Safety Committee February 1967-September 1971 45 items 4 164 Safety Committee October 1968-March 1969 5 items 4 165 Safety 10 items 4 166 Committee on Scientists January 1968-November 1970 8 items 4 167 Secretary-Treasurer Adhoc Committee Meeting 1968 4 items 4 168 Session Committee October-November 1968 1 item 4 169 Voluntary Sewage Works Operators Certification Committee July 1969 2 items 4 170 Sewer Construction and Maintenance Committee November 1967-February 1969 15 items 4 171 Sewer Design, Construction and Maintenance Committee January-October 1968 3 items 4 172 Student Committee October 1968-March 1969 2 items Series 4: PNPCA Sections 1962-1971 4 173 Minutes 1970-1971 75 items 4 174 Minutes 1969-1970 60 items 4 175 Officers 1969 10 items 4 176 Officers 1968 25 items 4 177 Officers 1967 10 items 4 178 Sections, General February 1966-January 1969 25 items 4 179 Sections 1966 50 items 4 180 Sections 1965 25 items 4 181 British Columbia 1966-1970 10 items 4 182 Idaho 1969 1 item Oregon Sections: 4 183 Northeast Oregon 1969 4 184 Northwest Oregon 1969 12 items 4 185 South Central Oregon 1968-1970 7 items 4 186 South West Oregon 1967, 1969 4 items Washington Sections: 4 187 Columbia Basin 1968 1 item 4 188 Northwest Washington 1969 2 items 4 189 Southwest Washington 1966 2 items 4 190 Puget Sound 1968-1969 4 191 Yakima Valley 1962, 1969-1970 4 items Series 5: Annual Meetings 1946-1976 4 192 Annual Meeting Manual (Revised 1965) 1 item 4 193 Registration List 1972 1 item 4 194 Arrangements, Supplies and 1970 Program 20 items 4 195 Correspondence 1970 30 items 4 196 General 1969 20 items 4 197 General 1969 25 items 4 198 Program 1969 20 items 4 199 Program 1969 25 items 4 200 Information 1968-1969 20 items 4 201 Registration Requests 1968 5 items 4 202 Receipts for Annual Meeting 1968 70 items 4 203 Information 1967 7 items 4 204 Program 1967 4 items 4 205 Bank records, accounts, and program 1966 5 items 4 206 Correspondence 1966 4 items 4 207 Correspondence and General Information 1966 125 items 5 208 Correspondence and General Information 1966 105 items 5 209 General Information 1965 4 items 5 210 Expenses 1964 25 items 5 211 Annual Meeting Programs 1946-1970, 1975-1976 30 items Papers Presented at Annual Meetings: 5 212 1971 11 items 5 213 1970 13 items 5 214 1969 9 items 5 215 1968 11 items 5 216 1967 10 items 5 217 1966 9 items 5 218 Non-PNPCA, Papers 5 items 5 219 Receipt Book from 1950 Annual Meeting May 1950 1 item 5 220 Registration forms and Receipt Book for 1955 Annual Meeting October 27-29, 1955 190 items Series 6: Newsletter Correspondence 1965-1975 5 221 Correspondence 1971-1975 8 items 5 222 Correspondence (Editor William H. Funk) February 1969-September 1971 55 items 5 223 Correspondence 1969 15 items 5 224 Correspondence, Incoming 1965-1968 7 items 5 225 Mailing List 1975 2 items 5 226 Newsletter Items 1968-1969 10 items Newsletters in Manuscript Form April 1969-December 1976 5 227 April 1969 20 items 5 228 April 1970 20 items 5 229 April 1970 45 items 5 230 August 1970 45 items 5 231 August 1970 65 items 5 232 April 1971 50 items 5 233 August 1971 45 items 5 234 December 1971 55 items 5 235 December 1971 60 items 5 236 April 1972 40 items 5 237 Abstracts 1972 1 item 5 238 August 1972 50 items 5 239 August 1972 45 items 5 240 December 1972 35 items 6 241 Outdate 20 items 6 242 April 1973 25 items 6 243 April 1973 60 items 6 244 August 1973 40 items 6 245 August 1973 35 items 6 246 December 1973 40 items 6 247 April 1974 35 items 6 248 December 1974 50 items 6 249 1975 April, 1975 August 105 items 6 250 inc. Photographs April 1975 80 items 6 251 December 1975 30 items 6 252 December 1975 80 items 6 253 Expenses, Paid 1968-1974 70 items 6 254 April 1976 50 items 6 255 inc. Abstracts August 1976 7 items 6 256 August 1976 3 items 6 257 August 1976 90 items 6 258 December 1976 35 items Published Newsletters April 1956-December 1976 6 259 Volumes 1-3 11 items 6 260 Volumes 4-6 9 items 6 261 Volumes 7-8 6 items 6 262 Volumes 9-10 6 items 6 263 Volumes 11-12 6 items 6 264 Volumes 13-14 6 items 6 265 Volumes 15, 16, No. 3, 17 7 items 6 266 Volumes 18, 19, 20, No. 2-3 8 items 6 267 Volumes 21, 22, No. 1 4 items Series 7: Photographs circa 1955-circa 1975 6 268 Photographs 265 items