James Cecil Nelson Papers, 1934-1975

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Nelson, James Cecil
Title
James Cecil Nelson Papers
Dates
1934-1975 (inclusive)
Quantity
35 containers., (24.5 linear feet of shelf space.), (8950 items.)
Collection Number
Cage 369
Summary
Correspondence, reports, government documents, statistics, unpublished papers, reprints, clippings, memoranda, student papers, and other materials related to teaching, researching, writing, and consulting about transportation economics, particularly railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Professor Emeritus James Cecil Nelson, internationally known transportation economist, was born in Bickleton, Washington, on October 5, 1908. Nelson received his B.A. from the University of Washington in 1930, his M.A. from Ohio State University in 1931, and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1934. Nelson was a Dupont fellow, 1932-1934, and also a research fellow at the Brookings Institution from 1933 to 1934. After receiving his doctorate, Nelson served on the faculties of several universities and also worked for more than a year with the Washington Department of Public Service. In 1938 Nelson joined the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, as a senior transportation economist. In 1941 he became the principal transportation economist with the National Resources Planning Board.

During the Second World War, Nelson worked with a number of Federal agencies. He served first as assistant director in charge of regulatory policy studies, Division of Economic Studies, Board of Investigation and Research (1941-1944), and later as assistant director, Division of Review and Special Studies, Office of Defense Transportation (1944-1945). Before returning to academic life in 1947, he served as chief of the Transportation Division, Office of Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce (1945-1947).

In 1947 Nelson joined the faculty of Washington State University as professor of economics and transportation in the Department of Economics, a position he held until his retirement in September 1974. In addition to his teaching, research, and writing at WSU, Nelson served as a consultant for the Washington State Legislature's Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets, and Bridges, as well as the Legislative Research Committee of the North Dakota Legislature (1948-1952). He also served as a consultant for, among others: the Royal Commission on Transportation, Alberta, Canada (1960); the Federation of Nigeria (1960-1961); the Royal Government of Afganistan (1963); Pembina Pipe Line Limited, Calgary, Alberta (1961, 1962); A.T.and S.F.; Railway (1961-1968); American Automobile Manufacturers Association (1966); and the Pacific Island Tariff Bureau (1969). In 1956-1957, Nelson was a senior staff member at the Brookings Institution. He also served as visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin (1964), University of British Columbia (fall, 1975), and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (1975). Nelson's research has resulted in numerous articles in professional journals and a number of books, among which are: Railroad Transportation and National Policy (1959), Transportation Problems and Policies in the Trans-Missouri West (1967), The Future of American Transportation (1971), Perspectives on Regional Transportation Planning (1973), Perspectives on Federal Transportation Policy (1975), and Railway Pricing under Commercial Freedom: The Canadian Experience (1977).

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 369, James Cecil Nelson Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The papers of James Cecil Nelson are arranged in four series: Research Files, 1934-1947; Correspondence and Student Placement Files, 1938-1975; Instructional Material and Related Research Files, 1932-1974; and Professional Activities, 1947-1975. The first series, Research Files, 1934-1947, is divided into two subseries: Academic and State Appointments, 1934-1938; and the Federal Service, 1938-1947. Included in the Academic and State Appointments subseries are a transportation bibliography, employment correspondence for 1938, and a field book compiled by Nelson when he worked for the Washington Department of Public Services in 1936. The second series, Federal Service, 1938-1947 is arranged chronologically by the positions Nelson held with the federal government, that is, with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1938-1941, the Board of Investigation and Research, 1941-1944, and the Department of Commerce, 1944-1947. This material is arranged alphabetically within each of these groups. Included in this subseries are some correspondence, reports, research materials, publications, and memoranda.

In the second series, Correspondence and Student Placement Files, 1938-1975, is divided into two subseries: Correspondence, 1938-1967, and student Placement Files, 1952-1975. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by subject and includes both incoming and outgoing letters to individuals, professional and business organizations, federal agencies, state legislative committees, and publishers. The student placement files are arranged alphabetically by the name of the firm or corporation involved, such as Great Northern, New York Central, and Shell Oil. Included in this subseries are letters from Nelson to personnel officers and other executives on behalf of various students, as well as. information on the various companies and their policies and opportunities.

The third series, Transport Economics Courses and Research Files, 1932-1974 is arranged by course number. The material collected for use and research in the various courses is arranged alphabetically by subject within each particular course. The material for the ten different courses includes correspondence, reports, memoranda, published documents (federal, state and private), newspaper and magazine clippings, trade journals, court and Interstate Commerce Commission decisions, statistical surveys and professional reference papers, analysis of almost every aspect of transportation, research notes, projects, addresses, studies and student papers. One of Dr. Nelson's primary interests was rail transportation; consequently, the course entitled Land Transportation Agencies (Economics 464) which deals at length with rail transportation, comprises the majority of the material in this series.

The fourth series, Professional Activities, 1947-1975, is composed of two subseries: Consultation and Testimony, 1951-1967; and Publications, 1947-1975. The first subseries, Consultation and Testimony, is arranged alphabetically by subject and consists of material pertaining to Dr. Nelson's consulting work for private business, professional organizations, foreign countries, Canadian provinces, and states, as well as his testimony before various federal committees and commissions. This subseries includes Nelson's testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Small Businesses (1955) and the Interstate Commerce Commission (1970), consulting work for the Royal (Canadian) Commission on Transportation and the Province of Alberta, as well as documents, reports, legal decisions, correspondence, notes, publications, railroad rate information, and notes pertaining to both consultation and cases in which Dr. Nelson was interested. The second subseries, Publications, 1947-1975, pertains to Dr. Nelson's writing and publishing. The conferences are listed alphabetically by the sponsoring organization. The publications or papers which Nelson reviewed are listed alphabetically by author or generating body. Conference papers presented by Dr. Nelson are arranged alphabetically by the title of the paper, except under the folder heading "Conference Papers presented by Nelson, 1941-1973" in which the papers are arranged chronologically. Accompanying some of the conference papers are various research materials. Nelson's publications and accompanying research papers are arranged alphabetically by the title of the publication. With the majority of Dr. Nelson's publications are also correspondence (either with publisher, critics, or research sources), manuscripts, galley proofs, and other research material.

Acquisition Information

The James Cecil Nelson papers were donated br Dr. Nelson to the Washington State University Libraries in January 1977 (UA 77-2).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Research Files, 1934-1947Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Academic and State Appointments
 1934-1938
Box Folder
1 1
Bibliography, Transport Topices
14 items.
 1934-1937
1 2
Employment Correspondence
16 items.
 1938
1 3
Field Book, Washington Department of Public Service
1 item.
 1936
Federal Service
 1938-1947
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
 1938-1941
Box Folder
1 4
Freight Rates Behavior and Structure, ms. by John D. Summner
13 items.
 1939
1 5
Interterritorial Rate Problem
16 items.
 1939
1 6-7
Morrison, Hunter. Motor Carrier research and ms.
54 items.
 1940-1941
1 8-13
Motor Freight Carrier Cases
60 items.
 1938-1940
2 14
Motor Freight Rate Proceedings of I.C.Q.
1 item.
 undated
2 15
Motor Rate Study
10 items.
 1940
2 16
Rate Policy
28 items.
 1939-1940
2 17
Transportation Research Suggestions
23 items.
 1939-1940
2 18
Trucking Industry, Economic Characteristics
46 items.
 1940
Board of Investigation and Research
 1941-1944
Box Folder
2 19
Freight Rates: Outline
30 items.
 1942-1943
2 20
Interstate Rate Problem Material
40 items.
2 21
Railroad Financing Report
1 item.
 1941
2 22-24
Rate Policy
45 items.
 1941-1943
2 25
Research Program
10 items.
 1942-1943
United States Department of Commerce
 1945-1947
Box Folder
2 26-28
Air Cargo Service Survey, Field Office Returns
3 items.
 February-March 1947
2 29-30
Air Transportation Research
45 items.
 1946-1947
2 31
Mountain-Pacific Traffic Flows
220
 1946-1947
2 32-33
Publications, Transportation Division
65 items.
 1946-1947
3 34
Rate and Traffic Pattern Analysis
95 items.
 1945-1946
3 35
Transportation Economics Research Notebook
1 item.
 1946-1947
3 36
Western United States Industrial Development
60 items.
 1945-1947

Series 2: Correspondence and Student Placement Files, 1938-1975Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Correspondence
Box Folder
3 37-38
American Association of University Professors
95 items.
 1952-1955
3 39
American Council on Education, Highway Research Board
6 items.
 1951-1952
3 40-42
American Economic Association
80 items.
 1948-1950; 1954-1956
3 43
Carll, Richard
15 items.
 1954-1955
3 44
Clay Committee Report
30 items.
 1956
3 45
Commerce, U.S. Department
40 items.
 1948-1957
3 46-47
Dodge, William
70 items.
 1951-1955
3 48
Econometric Society
20 items.
 1955
3 49
Highway Research Board: Current Committee on Highway Taxation and Finance
70 items.
 1950-1957
3 50
Mater, Dan. H.
25 items.
 1947-1948
3 51
Pacific Logging Congress
5 items.
 1950
3 52
Pacific Northwest Trade Association
40 items.
 1955
3 53
Publishers
60 items.
 1938-1949
3 54
Sillcox, L. K. Visit to WSU for American Society of Mechanical Engineers
20 items.
 1951-1954
3 55
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
8 items.
 1956
3 56
Transportation, Department of. Office of Economics, Research Program
1 item.
 1967
3 57
Washington. Legislature, Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets, and Bridges
70 items.
 1949-1951
3 58
Washington State University. Committees and Correspondence
10 items.
 1951-1953
3 59-60
Western Economic Association
65 items.
 1949-1955
Student Placement
Box Folder
4 61-67
Placement Files
235 items.
 1952-1975

Series 3: Transport Economics Courses and Research Files, 1932-1974Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Econ. 165: Current Transportation Problems:
Box Folder
4 68
Agricultural Commodities Rates, publications
6 items.
 1934-1952
4 69-70
Canned Goods Rates, Northwest Canners Association
20 items.
 1948-1952
4 71
Lumber Rate Structure, Pacific Northwest
13 items.
 1952
4 72
Student Reports, Current Transportation Problems
10 items.
 1952
4 73-74
Western States Council
45 items.
 1948-1952
Econ. 167: Air and Water Transport:
Box Folder
4 75
Student Paper: The Brief History of Through Routes and Joint Rates for Grain and Petroleum on the Columbia River, Erle O. Anderson
1 item.
 1952
Econ 184: Advanced Economic Theory:
Box Folder
4 76
Student Papers
6 items.
 1948; 1952
Econ 197: Problems in Economics:
Box Folder
4 77
Student Papers, Economics of Navigation Subsidy in the Mid-Columbia River, James B. Willis
1 item.
 1952
Econ. 364: Transport Economics:
Box Folder
4 78
Railroad Problems and Progress
40 items.
 1948-1969
4 79
Student Papers, Inland Waterway Transport
2 items.
 1959; 1968
4 80
Transport Economics Readings
10 items.
 1962-1971
Econ. 463: Current Transportation Problems:
Box Folder
4 81
Rate Structure, Rates, Traffic Flow
20 items.
 1947-1962
Econ. 464: Land Transportation Agencies:
Box Folder
5 82-85
Congressional Documents on Transportation
27 items.
 1932-1963
5 86
Economic and Business Research, Bureau of. Distribution and Service Industries Washington Transportation
25 items.
 1955-1964
5 87
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
 1956-1958
Foreign Transport Files:
Box Folder
5 88
Bolivia and South America: Role of Transport in Development
20 items.
 1963-1965
5 89
Nigerian Transport
25 items.
 1961-1969
5 90
Pakistan Transport
6 items.
 1959-1963
5 91
Transport in Foreign Countries
30 items.
 1958-1966
5 92
Transport in Less Developed Countries
45 items.
 1958-1962
Box Folder
5 93
Highway Research Board: Committee on Highway Taxation and Finance
12 items.
 1960-1965
5 94
How Rails Can Meet Competition
60 items.
 1961; 1963
5 95
Inland Freight Traffic Service, Transportation Digest
60 items.
 1967-1974
Intermodal Transport:
Box Folder
6 96
Clipping File
1 item.
 1967-1969
6 97
Columbia River Barge Transport; Rates and Traffic
20 items.
 1933-1965
6 98
Columbia River Navigation Improvement
20 items.
 1958-1959
6 99-100
Containerization
110
 1966-1971
6 101
Fair Sharing ICC Decisions - Rail Roads
60 items.
 1957-1965
6 102
Federal Maritime Commission Documents
20 items.
 1970-1974
6 103-104
ICC Documents
15 items.
 1970
6 105
Overmyer, Daniel. Intermodal Transport Coordination
50 items.
 1961-1969
6 106
Pipeline Transport
20 items.
 1946-1952
6 107
Sea-Land, Seatrain Rate Case Decisions
8 items.
 1961-1963
6 108
Sea-Land, Seatrain Rate Case Supreme Court Decisions
15 items.
 1960-1967
6 109
Shipping week
5 items.
 1969
Box Folder
6 110
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp.
25 items.
 1960-1965
6 111
Land Transportation Agencies, Notes
1 item.
 1958-1962
7 112
Mater Testimony and ICC Report in Ex Parte No. 166
2 items.
 1947-1951
7 113
McGillivary, Robert. Transport Economics Papers
9 items.
 1969-1974
Motor Transportation:
Box Folder
7 114
Highway Finance - Date
30 items.
 1948-1955
7 115
Highway Studies, General
3 items.
 1948-1962
7 116
Highway System, U.S.
40 items.
 1946-1955
7 117
Highway Transport Economics
15 items.
 1947-1954
7 118
Motor Freight Rates Studies and Investigations, Washington
5 items.
 1948-1953
7 119
Motor Rate Increase Cases, General
25 items.
 1947-1966
7 120
Pacific Northwest Trucking Investigation
4 items.
 1947-1951
7 121
Public Roads, Bureau of. Highway Capacity Studies
10 items.
 1949-1971
7 122
Trucking Industry
10 items.
 1954-1965
7 123
Trucking Rate Decisions, WPSC and ICC
55 items.
 1949-1954
Box Folder
7 124
National Transportation Act of 1969 and Surface Transport Act of 1972
15 items.
 1969-1972
8 125
Pacific Northwest, developments
10 items.
 1949-1966
8 126-127
Pacific Northwest Transportation Economics Publications
20 items.
 1926-1965
Rail Transportation:
Box Folder
8 128
Commuter Railroads
1 item.
 1958-1972
8 129
Finance and Regulations Publications
8 items.
 1934-1963
8 130
Freight Car Shortages Conference
10 items.
 1971
Freight Rate Problems, Pacific Northwest:
Box Folder
8 131
Bull, Alex, M. Analysis for Mr. J. J. Frawley of Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission Which Resulted in the Present Adjustment of Transcontinental Rates to Spokane, Washington
1
 1947
8 132
Burns, Bartlett. Economic Study - Mountain-Pacific Territory: re. Docket No. 28300,
1
 undated
8 133
Class Rate Investigations: ICC Notices and Reports
55
 1948-1957
8 134
Class Rate Problem of Pacific Northwest
10
 1947-1948
8 135-136
Class Rates, Mountain Pacific Case
15
 1945-1955
8 137
Davey, V. H., Spokesman Review Data
20
 1958-1960
9 138-139
Fourth Section Material
105
 1911-1961
9 140
Grain Transport Related Studies
4
 1951-1972
9 141
Intercontinental Rate Traffic and Rail Rate, Western Traffic Association Research Committee
10
 1959-1960
9 142
Milwaukee Road Grain Rates, Rosalia to Seattle
55
 1968
9 143-144
Northern Pacific Multiple Car Grain Rates
35
 1966-1968
9 145
Rate Bureaus: Department of Justice
20
 1942-1946
9 146
Rate Problems: Pacific Northwest
50
 1947-1955
9 147
Rate Research: Class Rates in Pacific Northwest - Dan Mater and WSU
15
 1948-1949
9 148
Tolan, Fred. Freight Traffic Consultant on Grain Hauling Rates
15
 1965-1967
Box Folder
9 149
Full Crew Laws Investigation
1 item.
 1960
9 150
High Speed Ground Transport, N.E. Corridor
60 items.
 1960-1967
Interstate Commerce Commission Documents:
Box Folder
9 151
Discontinuance of Service
6
 1966; 1970
9 152
Increased Freight Rates
4
 1968-1970-1971
9 153
Increased Rail Passenger Fates
5
 1960
10 154
Ingot Molds Case: Competition between Railroads and Water Carriers
4
 1966
10 155
Mountain Pacific Class Rates
2
 1952
10 156
Per Diem
2
 1965
10 157
Rail Costs and Rate Studies
3
 1954-1961
10 158
Rail Costs Finding Procedures
12
 1948-1967
10 159
Rail Traffic Compared with Production
6
 1937-1952
10 160
Southeastern Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners vs. A.T. and S.F.
2
 1959-1962
Box Folder
10 161
Northern Pacific Railway Discovery Trip,
30 items.
 1969
10 162
Passenger Deficit Problem
11 items.
 1951-1964
10 163
Passenger Problems
85 items.
 1968-1971
11 164
Passenger Trains
100
 1966-1972
11 165
Penn Central Reorganization
6 items.
 1973
Piggyback Transport:
Box Folder
11 166
Addresses and Reports
70
 1958-1966
11 167
Carrier Facilities, Methods, Innovations
20
 1961-1963
11 168
Forgash, Morris
15
 1958-1962
11 169-170
ICC and Other Documents
30
 1961-1964
11 171
Lundy, Robert F. Ph.D. Project
8
 1963
11 172
Regulatory Cases and Issues
35
 1960-1972
11 173
Studies
20
 1959-1964
11 174
User Reaction
50
 1960-1963
Box Folder
11 175
Rail Line Solutions
35 items.
 1969-1972
11 176
Rail Problems and Potentials
65 items.
 1958-1970
11 177
Railpax Clipping File
1 item.
 1971
11 178
Railroad Management, Pacific Northwest
1 item.
 1970-1973
11 179
Railroad: Operation of Trucks, Pipelines, etc.
30 items.
 1954-1957
11 180
Railway Labor: Rules, Issues, Articles
25 items.
 1949-1962
12 181-182
Railway Express Agency
40 items.
 1954-1965
12 183
Rand Paper Clippings
1 item.
 1970-1971
12 184
Rates and Pricing: Dr. Ford Edwards
7 items.
 1950-1955
Rate Topics:
Box Folder
12 185
Agreed Rates: NYC Rug Case and Others
15
 1959-1960
12 186
Canned Goods Rates Between Pacific Coast and East
20
 1954-1965
12 187
Cargill Case
5
 1966-1967
12 188
Competitive Rate Cases
20
 1957-1961
12 189
Competitive Rates and Decisions
1
 1959-1960
12 190
Impact of Competition on Railroads, Transcontinental Cases
50
 1947-1961
12 191
Interterritorial Freight Rates
30
 1929-1947
12 192
Quantity Rate Discount and Incentive Rate Cases
50
 1960-1970
13 193
Rail Rate Cases
40
 1950-1964
13 194
Rail Revenue Distribution, Contribution by,Commodity Groups
15
 1941-1965
13 195
Rail Traffic Flow and Rates, Publications
15
 1951-1960
13 196
Rail Level Cases
15
 1944-1962
13 197
Whitten, Herbert O. Testimony in Paint Case
15
 1955-1959
Box Folder
13 198
St. Lawrence Seaway and Related Projects
35 items.
 1953-1959
13 199
Technology
1 item.
 1958-1966
13 200
Transport Efficiency and Productivity
12 items.
 1954; 1970-1972
Box Folder
13 201
Regional Transportation: New England
20 items.
 1945-1954
13 202
Transport Data and Statistics, Current Trends
30 items.
 1966-1971
14 203
Transport Research Foundation
10 items.
 1957-1966
14 204
Transport Technology - New Developments, Implications for Progress and Social Welfare
50 items.
 May 19 1975
14 205
Transport Theory Publications
20 items.
 1958-1969
14 206
Transportation Association of America. Transportation Facts and Trends
9 items.
 1964-1972
14 207
Transportation, Department of
70 items.
 1966-1967
14 208
Transportation Events
60 items.
 1965-1970
14 209
Transportation Policy Questions
11 items.
14 210
Transportation Regulatory Modernization Act
5 items.
 1972
14 211
Transportation Research: General Sources
25 items.
 1957-1967
Econ. 465: Air and Water Transport:
Box Folder
14 212-213
Air Transport
40 items.
 1950-1973
Civil Aeronautics Board Document Files
 1944-1971
Air Carriers
Box Folder
14 214
Foreign, Temporary. Cases
4
 1962
14 215-218
Large Irregular. Investigation
34
 1952-1965
15 219
Large Irregular
14
 1950-1954
15 220
Military Contract
2
 1962
15 221
Nonscheduled. Historical Files
70
 1948-1952
15 222-225
Supplemental
45
 1960-1968
Box Folder
15 226
Air Freight Cases
3 items.
 1965
15 227
Air Freight, Domestic. Study Publication
15 items.
 1957-1973
15 228
Air Service, Domestic. Cases
4 items.
 1947-1962
15 229
Air Taxi Service, Regulations
 1970-1972
Air Transport:
Box Folder
15 230
Connecticut General Public Symposium, Papers
20
 1961-1967
15 231
Federal Policy Reports
8
 1954-1961
15 232
Resource File
7
 1953-1954
16 233
Western Regional Reports
4
 1951-1970
Airlines:
Box Folder
16 234-235
Merger Cases
26
 1947-1964
16 236-237
Nonscheduled. Regulations and Cases
130
 1946-1955; 1966-1971
Box Folder
16 238
Airport and Air Service Study, Washington State
25 items.
 1972
16 239
Alaskan Air Transport File
8 items.
 1947-1949
Coach-type Service Case:
Box Folder
16 240-241
Interstate
11
 1949-1950
16 242
Transcontinental
13
 1949-1951
Box Folder
16 243
Enforcement Proceedings
8 items.
 1958-1964
16 244
Hawaii Common Fares Case
4 items.
 1950; 1962
16 245
Mail Payments to Domestic Air Carriers, Administrative Separation of Subsidy
4 items.
 1952-1953
16 246
North Atlantic Charter Service
5 items.
 1969
16 247
North Atlantic Route Case
1 item.
 1945
16 248
Northwest Airlines Domestic Operation
2 items.
 1947 and 1952
17 249-250
Pacific Northwest-Southwest Service investigation, re-opened
7 items.
 1964-1968
Passenger Fare Investigation:
Box Folder
17 251-252
Domestic
5
 1970-1972
17 253-255
General
11
 1953-1959
Box Folder
17 256
Quad-Cities Airport Historical File
75 items.
 1971-1972
17 257
Regional Airports, New England Master Plan, Summary Report
2 items.
 1961
17 258
Short Haul Coach Fare Investigation
1 item.
 1953
17 259
Southern Service to the West Case
9 items.
 1951-1954
18 260
Southern Transcontinental Service Case
2 items.
 1961
18 261
Transpacific Service Cases
15 items.
 1946-1966
18 262
Twin Cities-Milwaukee Long Haul Investigation
6 items.
 1969-1970
18 263
United States-Europe-Middle East Cargo Service Case
1 item.
 1950
18 264-265
West Coast File
40 items.
 1944-1966
18 266
West Coast-Hawaii Service Cases
2 items.
 1948; 1955
Box Folder
18 267-269
Federal Maritime Board Documents
145 items.
 1941-1963
18 270
Water Transport (Ocean), Economics
65 items.
 1964-1974
Econ. 468: Public Utility Economics:
Box Folder
19 271
California Public Utilities Documents
3 items.
 1958
19 272
Federal Documents on Public Utilities
3 items.
 1944; 1959
19 273-274
Federal Power Commission Documents
30 items.
 1945-1955
19 275
Financial Problems of Public Utilities Seminar
22 items.
 1959-1961
19 276
Public Utility Economics Seminar
1 item.
 1962
19 277
Public Utility Topics
2 items.
 1958-1963
Econ. 564: Rail Management Seminar:
Box Folder
19 278
Material for Rail Management Seminar
30 items.
 1963-1968
Box Folder
19 279
Graduate and Senior Level Economics Papers (no course association)
2 items.
 1953; 1964

Series 4: Professional Activities, 1947-1975Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Consultation and Testimony
 1951-1971
Box Folder
19 280
Alberta and Canada Freight Rates
4 items.
 1960
19 281
Auto Manufacturers Association, Consultation
3 items.
 1966
19 282
Canadian Transport Policy
40 items.
 1960-1963
19 283
Economic Effects of Changes in Legal Vehicle Weights and Dimensions on Highways, NCHRP Project Proposal
9 items.
 1970-1971
19 284
Highway Improvement, Report on Economic Impact of
1 item.
 1959
19 285
North Dakota Highway Finance Study
5 items.
 1951
Rail Mergers:
Box Folder
19 286
B and O - C and O Case
20 items.
 1960-1963
Documents:
Box Folder
19 287
Barringer, John W. Testimony
3
 1961
19 288
Crippen, C. E. Testimony
5
 1966
20 289-293
Interstate Commerce Commission Rail Merger Documents
45
 1956-1969
20 294
Supreme Court Briefs and Judgements
3
 1969-1970
Box Folder
20 295
Great Northern-Northern Pacific Case
25 items.
 1965-1967
20 296
Norfold and Western-Nickle Plate-Wabash Case
25 items.
 1962-1964
21 297-299
Publications
12 items.
 1960-1967
21 300
Southern Clipping File
12 items.
 1962-1965
Royal Commission on Transportation:
Box Folder
21 301
Long-Short Haul Discrimination, Alberta
22 items.
 1958-1962
21 302-303
Submissions of Provinces, Reports on Freight Regulation Effects
8 items.
 1960
21 304
Submissions of Provinces
2 items.
 1949
21 305
Testimony, James C. Nelson
25 items.
 1960
Box Folder
21 306
Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Testimony
1 item.
 1955
21 307
Statement by J. C. Nelson before the Interstate Commerce Commission
1 item.
 1970
21 308
Transportation Improvements in Underdeveloped Countries, Publications
10 items.
 1952-1971
21 309
Utah Study in Western Pacific Case
8 items.
 1961
21 310
Volume Rates, Agreed Rates
20 items.
 1956-1959
21 311
Western Pacific Acquisition of Control Case
30 items.
 1961-1965
Publications
 1947-1975
Conferences
Box Folder
21 312
American Economic Association, Boston Transportation and Research Forum
55 items.
 December 1964.
21 313
Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Educator's Tour
15 items.
 June 18-24, 1960
21 314
Committee for Economic Development Transit Policy Discussion, Developing Metropolitan Transportation Policies
15 items.
 May 1965
22 315
Forum on Optimizing Transport Potential
15 items.
 September 1966
22 316
Industrial and Economic Development Conference, 5th Annual, Transportation, Walla Walla, WA
15 items.
 October 3-4, 1963
22 317
Washington State University, Wheat Marketing in the Northwest, 2nd Annual Workshop
25 items.
 January 1963
Papers and Publications Reviewed by Nelson
Box Folder
22 318
Dearing, Charles L. Transportation and Communications. Chapter XVI of Government Expenditures Study
2 items.
 1956
22 319
Papers reviewed by Nelson
3 items.
 undated
22 320-321
Pendleton, William C. Economic Impact of Highway Improvement
45 items.
 1958
22 322
SARC, Cost Based Freight Rates Study
1 item.
 1966-1967
Papers Presented by Nelson
Box Folder
23 323
The Challenge of Transportation, Washington State University Invited Address
45 items.
 1966
23 324-326
Conference Papers Presented by Nelson
50 items.
 1941-1973
23 327-328
Freight Trends and Policies and Some Implications for Metropolitan Regions, Conference on Urban Transportation at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York; with accompanying research
20 items.
 March 29, 1971
23 329-332
Some Continental Transport Problems Facing the Pacific Northwest, General Conference of the Pacific Northwest Trade Association, Seattle, Washington; with accompanying research
50 items.
 October 31, 1955
Publications and Research:
Box Folder
23 333-337
Control of Entry into Surface Transport Under the Interstate Commerce Act, U.S. Government Sponsored Study. Manuscript and research
500
 1959
24 338
A Critique of Governmental Intervention in Transport, for proposed anthology: Regional Transportation Planning: Problems and Prospects
3 items.
 1971
339
General Economics of Transport Publications
10 items.
 1940-1966
340-343
Interregional and Intraregional Traffic of the Mountain-Pacific Area in 1939; research material
95 items.
 1948
344-358
Railroad Transportation and National Policy, Brookings Institute; manuscript, research, and publication material
1210
 1959
359
Research Basis for Corrective Action with Respect to Inter-territorial Freight Rates, A, Law and Contemporary Problems 12:532-48. Article and Correspondence
12 items.
 Summer 1947
Folder
25 360
Revision of National Transport Regulation Policy, The American Economic Review 45:910-18. Article, galley proofs, and correspondence
20 items.
 December 1955
25 361-394
Taxing Washington's Motor Vehicles Equitably for Highway Services. Report submitted to the Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets, and Bridges. Washington State. Publication, galleys, manuscript, research, and correspondence
590
 1950

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Subject Terms

  • Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher)--Washington (State)--Pullman
  • Railroads -- United States--Finance
  • Transportation --United States--Finance

Personal Names

  • Nelson, James C., 1908- --Archives (creator)

Corporate Names

  • United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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2012

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