Washington Public Utility Districts' Association records, 1924-1990. 1939-1978.

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Washington Public Utility Districts' Association records, 1924-1990. 1939-1978.

Papers documenting WAPUDA's role in the history of public power in Washington including correspondence, speeches and writings, the files of Ken Billington including his personal papers, research material, agendas, minutes, statistics, newspaper clippings, testimony, analyses and drafts of state and federal bills and initiatives, newsletters, labor negotiations, financial records, advertisements, press releases, a 16-inch audio transcription disc ("The Public Power Story"), by-laws, and committee records, 1924-1990. Concerns activities of the association on behalf of member PUDs, lobbying, advocating public power projects, and the organization of the WPPSS.

95.7 cu. ft. (129 boxes; 1 sound disc)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7427108

University of Washington. Libraries

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