Papers, [ca. 1848]-1960, 1923-1960 (bulk).

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Papers, [ca. 1848]-1960, 1923-1960 (bulk).

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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, studies, plans and proposals, clippings, speeches, articles, notebooks, desk diaries, press releases, and other materials, 1923-1960, relating to his work with the Federal Power Commission, 1939-1960, concerning his appointment hearings, wartime activities, court cases, river basin studies, power market surveys, and the natural gas industry; with the President's Water Resources Policy Commission, 1950-1951; with the New England-New York Inter-Agency Committee, 1951-1960, concerning survey of land and water resources; with the Public Affairs Institute, 1953-1959, concerning their research studies on atomic energy, power project at Hell's Canyon, and dispute involving Dixon-Yates Company; with the Energy Research Associates, 1954-1961, concerning "giant power" companies and a study of South Dakota rates; and with the Saint Lawrence Advisory Commission, 1939-1953, concerning the Seaway Project and hydroelectric power.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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