Davidson, C. Girard Papers

1930-1977

Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 1946-1950

See also C. Girard Davidson oral history.

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FOLDER TITLE LIST
CORRESPONDENCE FILE

Box 1

  • A - general
  • B - general
  • C - general (2 folders)

Box 2

  • D - general
  • E - general
  • F - general
  • G - general (folder 1)

Box 3

  • G - general (folder 2)
  • H - general (2 folders)
  • I - general
  • J - general
  • K - general

Box 4

  • L - general
  • M - general
  • Mc - general
  • Mitchell, Hugh
  • N - general
  • O - general
  • P - general

Box 5

  • R - general
  • S - general
  • T - general
  • U - general
  • V - general
  • W - general

Box 6

  • XYZ
CHRONOLOGICAL FILE
  • 1948, March - April
  • 1948, May - June
  • 1948, July - December
  • 1949, January - December
SUBJECT FILE
  • Administrative Procedure Act, 1946
  • Aluminum
  • Americans for Democratic Action

Box 7

  • Block, Ivan - correspondence, 1946-1950 (2 folders)
  • Boy Scouts
  • City Club of Portland, Oregon
  • City Club of Portland, Oregon, Committee on Racial Relations
  • Civil Rights

Box 8

  • Columbia Basin Reclamation Project
  • Columbia Valley Authority - background material
  • Columbia Valley Authority - general memoranda, 1944-50
  • Columbia Valley Authority - hearings, 1946
  • Columbia Valley Authority - legislation, November, 1944 - June, 1945
  • Columbia Valley Authority - legislation (S.460) July - December, 1945
  • Columbia Valley Authority - legislation correspondence, 1946

Box 9

  • Columbia Valley Authority - legislation (S.460) draft, October 30,1945
  • Columbia Valley Authority - legislation (S.460) draft, November 20,1945
  • Columbia Valley Authority - legislation, printed material
  • Columbia Valley Authority - legislation (S.1716) January - April, 1946
  • Columbia Valley Authority - publications by Hugh Mitchell
  • Columbia Valley Authority - questions for governors and hostile witnesses
  • Columbia Valley Authority - releases and publications
  • Columbia Valley Authority - unclassified material
  • Committee on Economic Foreign Policy
  • Community Chest campaign

Box 10

  • Comparison of activities - TVA-BPA
  • Comparison of activities - TVA-BPA
  • Conference - Postwar Resources Institute, November 6, 1945
  • Conference - Postwar Resources Institute, November 8, 1945
  • Conference - Postwar Resources Institute, November 9, 1945
  • Conference - Wildlife, Recreation and Related Resource Problems, December 1, 1947
  • Conference - Wildlife, Recreation and Related Resource Problems, December 2, 1947

Box 11

  • Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • Congressional correspondence re secretary's visits to Pacific Northwest, 1950
  • Davidson, C. Girard - general correspondence, 1947-50
  • Davidson, C. Girard - resignation of Assistant Secretary of Interior, 1950
  • Department of the Interior - Defense Administrations, 1950
  • Department of the Interior - general memoranda, 1949-50
  • Democratic Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 13-15, 1950
  • Democratic National Committee (folder 1)

Box 12

  • Democratic National Committee (folder 2)
  • Democratic National Convention, 1948
  • Democratic Party of Oregon
  • Democratic Party meeting, Pocatello, Idaho, October 22, 1948
  • Douglas, Helen Gahagan
  • Economic Council (Council of Economic Advisers)
  • Energy - program staff
  • Field trip, June 14 - July 5, 1950
  • Foreign policy issues
  • Goldy, Dan L.
  • Governors statements re Tennessee Valley Authority

Box 13

  • Hearings on proposed use by the War Department of public lands in Western Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah, September 12, 1946
  • Heart Campaign, 1950 - Washington, D.C. Heart Association
  • Hoover Commission
  • Idaho - memoranda re
  • The Impact of Foreign Aid Upon the Domestic Economy - Report to the President by Council of Economic Advisers, 1947
  • Invitations to speak or attend - declined
  • Memoranda - general
  • New England Democratic Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, November 20-21,1949 (canceled)
  • New England - New York Resources Survey Commission (S.3707), Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Public Works (Hearing), Reports of Proceedings June 29 and July 5, 1950

Box 14

  • Oregon and California Land Hearings, Eugene, Oregon, January 21-22, 1948
  • Pacific Northwest Coordination Committee - Joint meeting of Departmental and Bureau Representatives, Washington D.C., May 3, 1948
  • Pacific Northwest Coordination Committee - Joint meeting of Departmental and Bureau Representatives, Washington D.C., May 4, 1948
  • Pacific Northwest Coordination Committee - Joint meeting of Departmental and Bureau Representatives, Washington D.C., May 5, 1948

Box 15

  • Personnel data - Department of the Interior (2 folders)
  • Phosphate deposits, proposed regulations for Leasing Public Lands containing - Hearings, Pocatello, Idaho, August 31, 1948
  • Point Four Program
  • Power, 1946-49 (2 folders)

Box 16

  • Power program (people to use)
  • Power report: An Accelerated Power Program for the Pacific Northwest to Meet Defense Production Requirements, February 12, 1951
  • Power report (copies)
  • Power shortages
TRIP FILE

Box 17

  • 1946: June 16-19, Western states visit (2 folders)
  • 1946: June 6-19, Log of Secretary's trip - Western states
  • 1946: September 10-24, visit to Western states
  • 1946: October 7 - Bluefield, West Virginia
  • 1946: November 16 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • 1946: December 4 - New York City, New York

Box 18

  • 1947: February 12 - March 3, Yakima, Washington and Pacific Islands
  • 1947: May 28 - Bellingham, Washington
  • 1947: June 15 - Window Rock, Arizona (Navajo Indian Reservation)
  • 1947: August 16 - Portland Oregon
  • 1947: September 14 - October 6 - Pacific Northwest
  • 1948: January 13-26, Pacific Northwest
  • 1948: March 15-18, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1948: August 30 - September 5, Alaska and Western states
  • 1948: October 21-28, Southwestern Region
  • 1949: February 25-27, Pacific Northwest
  • 1949: April 18-26, Pacific Northwest
  • 1949: June 4-16, Boise, Portland, Seattle, and Corvallis
  • 1949: June 30-July 4, Calais, Maine (Dedication of St. Croix National Monument)
  • 1949: August 12-31, Shreveport, Louisiana and Pacific Northwest
  • 1949: September 15-30, Pacific Northwest
  • 1949: October 24, New York City, New York
  • 1949: November 17-18, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • 1949: December 11-13, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1950: January 18-20, Springfield, Massachusetts
  • 1950: February 2-6, New York City, New York
  • 1950: March 24-Virgin Islands (Inauguration of Governor de Castro)
  • 1950: April 30-May 1, New York City, New York
  • 1950: May 9-10, Princeton, New Jersey and New York, New York
  • 1950: May 14-16, Chicago, Illinois (Democratic Conference)
  • 1950: July 6-8, New York, Boston and Hartford
  • 1950: July 26 - August 2, Pacific Northwest
  • 1950: August 22-24, New York City and Hartford
  • 1950: August 29 - September 4 - Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1950: Notes on trips and conferences for 1950
SPEECHES, STATEMENTS AND ARTICLES

Box 19

  • Addresses, statements and radio broadcasts, 1945-1947
  • Addresses, statements and radio broadcasts, 1948
  • Addresses, statements and radio broadcasts, 1949 (3 folders)

Box 20

  • Addresses, statements and radio broadcasts, 1950 (2 folders)
  • 1945: May 10, Engineers Club of Seattle, Washington
  • 1945: November 6, Postwar Resources Institute Conference, Washington, D.C.
  • 1946: December 4, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York City
  • 1947: May 29, Jefferson Day Dinner, Bellingham, Washington
  • 1947: June 25, Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee, Walla Walla, Washington
  • 1947: July 18, Valley Authority Conference, Washington, D.C.
  • 1947: September 13, Public Ownership League, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1947: September 21, dedication, Marcus Whitman National Monument, Walla Walla, Washington
  • 1947: September 26, Northwest Mining Association, Spokane, Washington
  • 1947: November 15, Young Democratic National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1947: December 10, Subcommittee/Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, D.C.

Box 21

  • 1947: December 17, Press-Radio Wing of American Veterans Committee, Washington, D.C.
  • 1948: March 15, Chalmette National Historical Park Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1948: March 18, Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, Louisiana
  • 1948: April 30, Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C.
  • 1948: May 28, Northwest Mining Association, Spokane, Washington
  • 1948: June 15, House Public Lands Subcommittee, Washington, D.C.
  • 1948: August 31, Hearings on leasing of phosphate lands, Pocatello, Idaho
  • 1948: September 10, City Club, Portland, Oregon
  • 1948: October 25, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 1948: December 4, Northwest Mining Association, Spokane, Washington
  • 1949: January 31-February 7, statements of the Secretary, Under Secretary, and Assistant Secretaries (Department of the Interior) before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, U.S. Senate

Box 22

  • 1949: February 1, Senate Committee on Interior/Insular Affairs, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: March 5, New York Herald Tribune Forum, New York, New York
  • 1949: March 10, House Committee on Public Lands/Subcommittee on Mines
  • 1949: March 12, American Society for Public Administration, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: April 5, Tourist and Resort Conference, Pullman, Washington
  • 1949: April 15, "Blueprint for Boom," This Week magazine
  • 1949: April 22, Young Democrats, Portland, Oregon
  • 1949: April 22, Americans for Democratic Action, Portland, Oregon
  • 1949: April 23, Young Democratic Clubs, Eugene, Oregon
  • 1949: May 10, American Veterans Committee, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: May 13, National Emergency Conference on Resources, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: May 14, Textile Workers Union of America, Worcester, Massachusetts

Box 23

  • 1949: May 20, Inter-Church Fellowship, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: June 7, Oregon Bankers Association, Portland, Oregon
  • 1949: June 9, Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, Washington
  • 1949: June 13, Oregon State Grange, Coos Bay, Oregon
  • 1949: June 21, Senate Public Works Committee, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: July 2, St. Croix National Monument, St. Croix Island, Maine
  • 1949: July 8, Senate Public Works Committee, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: July 14/18, House Committee on Public Works, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: July 25, House Public Lands Committee, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: August 19, Young Men's Business Club, Tacoma, Washington

Box 24

  • 1949: August 26, Public Power Progress Conference, Spokane, Washington
  • 1949: August 27, Debate with Governor Carr, Missoula, Montana
  • 1949: September 17, Izaak Walton League, Bend, Oregon
  • 1949: September 18/19, Western States Democratic Conference, San Francisco (2 folders)
  • 1949: September 22, Debate with Senator Dworshak (CVA), Idaho Falls, Idaho
  • 1949: September 26, Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems, Portland, Oregon

Box 25

  • 1949: September 26, Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon
  • 1949: October 15, Forum discussion on CVA (broadcast), Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: November 4, Bureau of the Budget, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: November 10, Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Vancouver, Washington
  • 1949: November 17, Young Democratic National Convention, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • 1949: December 9, Federation of Civic Associations, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: December 12, Farm Bureau Federation, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1950: January 18, Springfield Public Forum, Springfield, Massachusetts
  • 1950: February 17, Fair Deal Facts Conference (Democratic National Committee), Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: February 27, Program Committee Meeting (Interior Department), Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: March 4, American Institute of Planners, Niagara Falls, Canada
  • 1950: March 17, Debate with Payne Carr (proposed), Seattle, Washington
  • 1950: March 24, Inauguration of Governor de Castro, Virgin Islands

Box 26

  • 1950: March 28, American Power Association, Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: March 29, Harvard University (Public Power), Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 1950: April 24, NCAAP Award, Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: April 30, Virgin Islands Civic Association, New York, New York
  • 1950: May 3/4, U.S. Technical Conference on Air Pollution, Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: May 8, 12, Bureau of Land Management Conference of Regional Administrators, Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: May 12, Program Committee Meeting (Interior Department), Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: May 15, Democratic National Conference, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1950: May 26, UAW-CIO Legislative Institute, Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: May 31, Radio broadcast on northwest problems of natural resources
  • 1950: June 19, Second Institute of Northwest Resources, Corvallis, Oregon
  • 1950: June 23, Grange-AFL Labor meeting, Vancouver, Washington
  • 1950: June 29/30, Lectures-Great Plains Workshop, Bozeman, Montana

Box 27

  • 1950: July 5, Senate Public Works Committee (S. 3707), Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: July 22, Debate with Senator Watkins on CVA (American Forum of the Air broadcast)
  • 1950: July 31, Chamber of Commerce Forum, Pendleton, Oregon
  • 1950: August 30, American Mining Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1950: September 25, Training class (subject: mineral resources), Washington, D.C.
  • 1950: October 23, Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee Banquet, Wallace, Idaho
  • 1950: November 2, Radio KLBM (Hell's Canyon Development), LaGrande, Oregon
  • 1950: Address (canceled), Snohomish County, Washington
  • 1950: Columbia Valley Authority - speech material

Box 28

  • Future speeches - material re
  • Miscellaneous speech material
  • Speech (not given), Methodist Committee for Social Action
  • Speeches prepared for members of Congress re CVA
  • Statement re statehood for Alaska - House Committee on Public Lands
  • Statement - Subcommittee on Royalty oil
  • "Aluminum, Power and Frustration," New Republic, August, 1950
  • Article (proposed) American Forests magazine, June, 1950
  • Journal of the American Institute of Planners - drafts of articles, 1950
  • Material for proposed Argosy magazine article, 1949
  • Published articles
CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS

Box 29

  • Congressional hearings relating to the Department of the Interior (folders 1-5)
PUBLICATIONS FILE

Box 30

  • Miscellaneous printed material
SCRAPBOOK FILE
  • Scrapbooks, 1949-1950 (C. Girard Davidson)
LOYALTY FILE

Box 31

  • Letter from C. Girard Davidson to the Harry S. Truman Library re additional manuscript material, September 17, 1985
  • Loyalty program - 1947-1948 (2 folders)
  • Loyalty program - 1949-1950
  • Loyalty program - newspaper clippings
  • Secretary Oscar L. Chapman - loyalty probe, September 1950
  • Senator Schoeppel's attack on Interior Department personnel
CROSS REFERENCE FILE
  • Material transferred to the book collection, HSTL
  • Certificates [2014 accretion]
  • Memorabilia [2014 accretion]
  • Photographs [2104 accretion]
  • Scrapbook, 1940-1949
  • Scrapbook, 1948-1949
  • Scrapbook, 1949-1953
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