ORU_Ax054.xml Guide to the Benjamin Hamilton Kizer Papers 1934-1959 Kizer (Benjamin Hamilton) papers Tanya Parlet. Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2013
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-22. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
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Benjamin Hamilton Kizer papers Kizer, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Hamilton), 1878-1978 Ax 054 2.5 linear feet 5 containers 5 manuscript boxes. 1934-1959 Benjamin Hamilton Kizer (1878 - ) was an attorney and a member and official of planning boards/commissions including the American Society of Planning Officials, Northwest Regional Council, and the National Resources Planning Board. The collection (1934-1959) contains reports, documents, and correspondence of boards and commissions to which Kizer belonged and a transcript of the 1949 State Department Round Table discussion on American policy towards China. English .

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 Kizer, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Hamilton), 1878-1978 Northwest Regional Council (Portland, Or.) Spokane (Wash.). City Planning Commission Washington (State). State Board of Education. School District Reorganization Committee Washington State Planning Council Committee for a Boycott Against Japanese Aggression National Farm Chemurgic Council United States. National Resources Planning Board American Society of Planning Officials Bonneville Regional Advisory Council Washington (State)--Economic conditions--20th century Northwest, Pacific--Economic conditions--20th century Columbia River--Power utilization United States--Economic policy--1933-1945 Olympic National Park (Wash.) Regional planning--Washington (State) Civic leaders--United States Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Spokane Lawyers--Washington (State)--Spokane Lawyers--United States Civil service--Oregon Economic assistance, American--China International relief Natural resources--Northwest, Pacific Regional planning--United States Regional planning--Northwest, Pacific Irrigation--Columbia River Watershed Oregon Reports Correspondence

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Benjamin Hamilton Kizer (1878 - ) was an attorney. He was also a member, and often an official, of the American Society of Planning Officials, Northwest Regional Council, National Resources Planning Board, and other planning agencies.

Boards, commissions and organizations represented in the collection include:

American Society of Planning Officials;

Bonneville Regional Advisory Council; Columbia Power Authority and Columbia River and Basin irrigation projects (1949-1951);

Committee for a Boycott Against Japanese Aggression (1938-1939);

National Farm Chemurgic Council (1936-1937);

National Resources Planning Board (1940s) including material on fisheries, a Puget Sound study, and the North Pacific International Planning Project;

Northwest Regional Council and planning (1940s);

City Planning Commission of Spokane;

Washington Board of Education, school district reorganization committee (1939-1944);

Washington State planning Board, Planning Council, and planning council of the Olympic National Park (1930s-1940s).

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