Dates: 1939-1954
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 1950-1952; Comissioner, Federal Power Commission, 1952-1954.
The papers of Dale E. Doty consist of briefs, correspondence, dockets, handwritten notes, legislative bills, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and reports related to Dale Doty’s work as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior and as a Federal Power Commissioner.
See also Dale E. Doty oral history.
Size: 8 linear feet.
Access: Open.
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Dale E. Doty was born on February 9, 1915, in California. He joined the staff of the Department of the Interior in June 1939 and served as Assistant Secretary of the Department from June 1950 to May 1952. He was then appointed by President Truman to the Federal Power Commission and served from May 1952 to June 1954. He died on August 19, 1983 in Virginia.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
The papers of Dale E. Doty consist of briefs, correspondence, dockets, handwritten notes, legislative bills, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and reports related to Dale Doty’s work as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior and as a Federal Power Commissioner.
The papers are arranged in four series. The Department of the Interior Reading File consists of correspondence and memorandums related to Dale Doty’s daily activities as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
The Department of the Interior Subject File consists of correspondence, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, an office diary, photographs, printed materials, and reports related to Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management, Indian affairs, the National Park Service, territories, tidelands, gas, power, water resources, and other subjects related to Dale Doty’s work as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
The Federal Power Commission Subject File consists of correspondence, legislative bills, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and reports related to Dale Doty’s work with gas, power, and water resources as a member of the Federal Power Commission.
The Federal Power Commission Docket File consists of briefs, dockets, legislative bills, memorandums, opinions, petitions, press releases, printed materials, and reports related to cases brought before the Federal Power Commission that primarily involved electricity, gas, water, and natural resources.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR READING FILE, 1950-1951 Correspondence and memorandums. Arranged chronologically. |
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| 4-9 | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SUBJECT FILE, 1933-1953 Correspondence, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, an office diary, photographs, printed materials, and reports. Arranged alphabetically. |
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| 10-12 | FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION SUBJECT FILE, 1950-1954 Correspondence, legislative bills, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and reports. Arranged alphabetically. |
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| 13-17 | FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION DOCKET FILE, 1952-1954 Briefs, dockets, legislative bills, memorandums, opinions, petitions, press releases, printed materials, and reports. Arranged alphabetically. |
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR READING FILE, 1950-1951
Box 1
- 1950, January
- 1950, February
- 1950, March
- 1950, April
- 1950, May
- 1950, June
- 1950, July
- 1950, August [1 of 3]
- 1950, August [2 of 3]
- 1950, August [3 of 3]
- 1950, September
- 1950, October
Box 2
- 1950, November
- 1950, December
- 1951, January
- 1951, April [1 of 2]
- 1951, April [2 of 2]
- 1951, May
- 1951, June [1 of 2]
Box 3
- 1951, June [2 of 2]
- 1951, July
- 1951, August
- 1951, September [1 of 2]
- 1951, September [2 of 2]
- 1951, October
- 1951, November
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SUBJECT FILE, 1933-1953
Box 4
- Advisory Boards
- Alaska, General
- Alaska, Departmental Committee on; 1939-1942
- Alaska, Departmental Committee on; 1943-1945
- Alaska, 1941 Departmental Report; comments on
- Alaska, 1941 Departmental Report; Field Investigation
- Alaska, 1941 Departmental Report; Materials
- Alaska, Mantanuska Valley
- Alaska, Surveys and Studies
- Board of Geographic Names
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Bureau of Land Management, General
Box 5
- Bureau of Land Management, Minerals
- Bureau of Land Management, Oil and Gas
- Bureau of Land Management, Surface
- Bureau of Mines
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Carroll, Peggy
- Chapman, Oscar [1 of 2]
- Chapman, Oscar [2 of 2]
- Conservation, General
- Conservation Conference, December, 1947
- Defense
Box 6
- Democratic National Committee
- Department Career Training
- Dinosaur National Monument (Echo Park)
- Distillation of Sea Water
- European Recovery Program
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Grazing Service, Reorganization of
- Hoover Commission, Report
Box 7
- Hoover Commission, Report, Comments on
- Indian Affairs, Attorney Contracts
- Indian Affairs, Conferences and Institutes
- Indian Affairs, Congress
- Indian Affairs, Correspondence
- Indian Affairs, "The Erosion of Indian Rights..."
- Indian Affairs, Printed Material
- Indian Affairs, T.B. Patients at Ft. Logan, Colorado
- Interior Department, "Interior-Agriculture Cooperation"
- Interior Department, Centennial Celebration, 1949
- Interior Department, Reorganization (Gardner Report)
- Interior Department, Miscellaneous
- Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, 1951
Box 8
- Legislative Program
- Legislative Review Committee
- Missouri Basin Program
- National Park Service, Correspondence
- National Park Service, Mr. Newton Drury
- National Park Service, Mr. John Elliott
- Office Diary, 1950-1951
- Office of Land Utilization
- Oil and Gas
- Petroleum Administration for Defense
- Photographs
- Point 4 Program
- Post-War Resources Institute
- Potash
- Power
- Program staff
- "Rebuilding the Rio Grande"
- Rogue River [Oregon] Development
- Secretary's Office
Box 9
- Suspense, 1947 [1 of 2]
- Suspense, 1947 [2 of 2]
- Suspense, 1948 [1 of 2]
- Suspense, 1948 [2 of 2]
- Territories, General
- Territories, Alaska
- Territories, Caribbean
- Territories, Hawaii
- Territories, Pacific
- Tidelands, 1948
- Tidelands, 1949
- Tidelands, 1950
- World Conservation Conference
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION SUBJECT FILE, 1950-1954
Box 10
- Administrative Proceedures Act
- Atomic Energy
- Conference, October, 1952
- Conference, September, 1953
- Congress, 82nd, Senate Bills
- Congress, 83rd, House bills, General
Box 11
- Congress, 83rd, House Bills, H.R.5976
- Congress, 83rd, H.R. 3898 and S.1442
- Congress, 83rd, Senate Bills, General
- Correspondence, Chronological
- Federal Power Act
- Federal Power Commission, General
- Gas, General
- Hells Canyon
- House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
- Laws
- Legislation, General
- Midcentral Conference on Resources for the Future [1 of 2]
- Midcentral Conference on Resources for the Future [2 of 2]
Box 12
- Miscellaneous
- Natural Gas Act
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Personnel
- Policies and Procedures
- Power, General
- President's Materials Policy Commission
- St. Lawrence Seaway
- Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
- Water Programs and Projects
- Water Resources Policy Act, 1952
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION DOCKET FILE, 1952-1954
Box 13
- Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, et al
- Aluminum Company of America, et al
- American Louisiana Pipe Line, et al
- Atlantic Seaboard Corporation, et al [1 of 2]
- Atlantic Seaboard Corporation, et al [2 of 2]
- California Electric Power Company
Box 14
- California-Oregon Power Company [1 of 2]
- California-Oregon Power Company [2 of 2]
- Federal Income Taxes
- Home Gas Company, et al [1 of 2]
- Home Gas Company, et al [2 of 2]
Box 15
- Idaho Power Company
- Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company
- Mississippi River Fuel Corporation
- Namekagon Hydro Company
Box 16
- Panhandle and Eastern Pipe Line Company [1 of 2]
- Panhandle and Eastern Pipe Line Company [2 of 2]
- Pennsylvania Water and Power Company, et al
- Phillip's Petroleum Company, et al
- St. Lawrence Seaway
Box 17
- Shenandoah Gas Company
- Southern Natural Gas Company
- Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, et al
- Texas Gas Transmission Corporation
- Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, et al [1 of 3]
- Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, et al [2 of 3]
- Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, et al [3 of 3]
- Warwick Gas Corporation, et al