Public works administration correspondence 1936-1940.

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Public works administration correspondence 1936-1940.

Series documents federal financing and assistance for the construction of the Oregon State Capitol and State Library. Records include correspondence, grant records, instructor bulletins, and instruction manuals. Topics include federal regulation, personnel requirements, consturction, engineering and architecture.

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Oregon State Library

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The Oregon State Library serves to promote the establishment, development, and support of library services to the people of Oregon; to provide library service that assists informed decision-making by the personnel of government; and to encourage cooperation between units of government and among libraries. The library is administered by a seven member Board of Trustees which selects a secretary to serve as state librarian and to administer the state library. The history o...

Oregon. Capitol Reconstruction Commission.

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United States. Public Works Administration

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The Santee-Cooper Navigation and Hydro-Electric Project to improve navigation on and provide hydro-electric power from the Santee and Cooper Rivers was authorized by the South Carolina legislature in 1934. Federal approval for the Project was granted in 1935 and construction takes place from 1939-1941; power generation begins in 1942. Fossil fuel generating stations constructed in 1951, 1966, 1972, 1977 and 1981 and a nuclear plant, in cooperation with South Carolina Electric & Gas, opened i...