Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1946-1976

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association
Title
Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records
Dates
1946-1976 (inclusive)
Quantity
6.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (6 Boxes)
Collection Number
Cage 349 (collection)
Summary
Administrative, financial and membership records, correspondence, committee and section records, and photographs and other newsletter editorial materials of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association, an anti-pollution association affiliated with the Water Pollution Control Federation.
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 and available for research use.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Concerned over the growing pollution of the rivers and streams of the north-west, a number of individuals in business and industry, public health and academia, met in Eugene, Oregon in May 1934 and established an organization to promote clear waters and public awareness regarding pollution problems. The first annual meeting of the Northwest Conference on Stream Pollution, as the organization was called, met in Lewiston, Idaho on May 15, 1935. At this first annual meeting, the members adopted a constitution and elected Carl E. Green president.

From its initial meeting in 1934 the organization has grown steadily from 20 members to over 1,200 in 1975. The organization has experienced a number of name changes during its history which indicated the changing attitudes and concerns toward the problem of pollution. At the first annual meeting in 1935, the membership changed the organizational name from the Northwest Conference on Stream Pollution to the Pacific Northwest Sewage Works Association. The scope of the organization broadened in 1951 when it became the Pacific Northwest Sewage and Industrial Waste Association. The final name change came at the annual meeting in 1959 when, in an attempt to stimulate public interest in the problems of pollution, the membership voted to change the organizational name to the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association (PNPCA).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association include both material from the office files and from the newsletter editor files. The collection includes material from the period 1946 through 1976, with the bulk of the material covering the period from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

In all, there are seven major series.

The first series, the administrative records of the organization, is divided into four sub-series: general information, including the constitution and by-laws, past officers, and history of the organization during the period from 1960 to 1970; executive committee and annual business meetings, including minutes and treasurer's reports from 1965 to 1971; financial records, including bills, cancelled checks, and receipts from 1964 to 1976; and membership records, including lists and membership applications from the period 1963 through 1976. Also included is the official history of the association, Clear the Waters!, written and published by the organization in 1976 (Box 1, Folder 19).

The second series, correspondence, is divided into three sub-series: general correspondence for the period 1967 through July 1976; officer's correspondence from 1967 to 1972; and correspondence with the national organization, the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF), during the period 1965 through 1971.

The third series deals with committees of the PNPCA. Material in this series includes some correspondence, lists of committee officers, awards, minutes of meetings, and committee business. This material includes the period from 1963 to 1971 with the bulk of the material covering the period 1967 through 1971.

The fourth series deals with the regional divisions of the PNPCA; members from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia are organized into four regional areas which in turn are divided into sections. There are eleven sections in the PNPCA. The material in the section series includes some correspondence, lists of officers, and minutes of section meetings.

The fifth series is composed of material concerned with the annual meeting. This series includes an annual meeting manual, arrangement and program correspondence, financial and business information, annual programs from 1946 through 1970 and 1975-1976, papers presented at annual meetings, 1966-1971, a registration book from 1950, and registration forms and receipts from 1955.

The sixth series includes material from the newsletter, such as correspondence (1965-1971), a mailing list from 1968-1969, the newsletter in manuscript form from April 1969 through December 1976, and in published form from April 1956 through December 1976 (with the exception of some of the later issues).

The seventh series is that of photographs of various events, such as annual meetings and awards presentations sponsored by the PNPCA.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1946-1976 (Cage 349)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association papers are arranged in seven major series with appropriate subseries. Since there was no general order to the accession, the processor was forced to combine elements scattered throughout the collection to construct the series and subseries. The original filing labels of the material, however, have been retained. The collection has been arranged chronologically with the most recent entries in a series or sub-series filed first. This system has been employed throughout the collection with four notable exceptions. In the Committee Series, the material has been arranged alphabetically by the subject or title of the committee. In dealing with the eleven PNPCA sections, the three states and one Canadian province have been arranged alphabetically. In the Newsletter in Manuscript Form subseries, the original order has been maintained, i.e., chronologically from April 1969 through December 1976. And, in the Published Newsletter subseries, the newsletters have been arranged chronologically in their published sequence beginning with Volume 1, Number 2, April 1956.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by the organization, and received from Gerald P. Calkins, Secretary-Treasurer, in May 1977 (77-22), and from Dr. William H. Funk, editor of the newsletter, in February 1978 (78-4).

Related Materials

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1974-1977 (Cage 465)

Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1974-1981 (Cage 465a)

Preliminary Guide to the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association Records, 1934-1991 (MS 2003.08)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1960-1976Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
General Information
1960-1974
Box Folder
1 1
Constitution, Amendments, and By-Laws
15 items
1 2
PNPCA Memoranda
15 items
1974-1975
1 3
Reports of the President and Treasurer
5 items
1964
1 4
PNPCA Past Presidents
20 items
1965, 1968
1 5
PNPCA Minutes, Secretary-Treasurer
5 items
1969-1971
1 6
Secretary-Treasurer, Instructions
60 items
1969
1 7
Secretary Data
25 items
1964-1967
1 8
Inventory
3 items
1967, 1968, 1971
1 9
State Directory Nominations
40 items
1969-1970
1 10
Idaho State Director
5 items
1 11
Oregon State Director
2 items
1 12
Washington State Director
5 items
1 13
National Directors
15 items
1969-1971
1 14
National Directors
2 items
1969
1 15
Section Directors
5 items
1969-1970
1 16
PNPCA, Miscellaneous
20 items
1975
1 17
PNPCA, Miscellaneous
55 items
1964-1969
1 18
Reference and Yearbooks
2 items
1960, 1963
1 19
PNPCA History, Clear the Waters
1 item
1976
1 20
PNPCA History, Rough Draft
1 item
1 21
Scrapbook Material
15 items
Executive Committee and Annual Business Meetings
1965-1971
Box Folder
1 22
PNPCA Board
95 items
1971
1 23
Business
15 items
1970
1 24
Executive Committee Meetings
30 items
1969-1970
1 25
PNPCA, Executive Committee Business Session
10 items
1969
1 26
Annual Business Meeting
2 items
1969
1 27
Executive Business Meetings
35 items
October 1968-June 1969
1 28
Executive Committee
60 items
April 1965-November 1969
1 29
Executive Committee Meeting
8 items
1968
1 30
Annual Business Meeting
5 items
1968
1 31
Annual Business Meeting
1 item
October 1967
1 32
Executive Committee Meeting
10 items
1967 June 3, 1967 October 28
1 33
Executive Committee Meeting
20 items
June 1966
1 34
Annual Business Meeting
20 items
1966
1 35
Annual Business Meeting
3 items
1965
Financial Records
1964-1976
Box Folder
1 36
Receipts
45 items
August 1975-January 1976
1 37
Bills
40 items
November 1969-October 1971
1 38
Bills and Bank Statements
90 items
1970-1971
1 39
Financial Reports
30 items
1968-1971
1 40
Purchasing
40 items
November 1967-July 1971
1 41
Receipts and Bills
65 items
1969-1971
1 42
Financial Reports
15 items
1963-1969
1 43
Purchasing, Current Bills, Receipts and Checks
80 items
1968-1969
2 44
Cancelled Checks, Peoples Bank
20 items
1967-1968
2 45
Accounts Paid
60 items
1967
2 46
Deposits and Statements, Washington Trust
10 items
1967
2 47
Purchasing
35 items
1967
2 48
Receipts and Checks
20 items
1965
2 49
Cancelled Checks, Washington Trust
22 items
1965
2 50
PNPCA Accounts
50 items
1964
2 51
Accounts Payable
75 items
1964
Membership Records
1963-1976
Box Folder
2 52
Membership List
1 item
November 18, 1976
2 53
Membership List
1 item
October 6, 1975
2 54
Membership Count
9 items
1974-1975
2 55
Membership List
1 item
December 6, 1974
2 56
Membership List
1 item
December 13, 1973
2 57
Membership List
1 item
December 4, 1972
2 58
Membership
100 items
1970-1971
2 59
Membership
100 items
1970-1971
2 60
Membership
60 items
1970-1971
2 61
Membership
125 items
1970-1971
2 62
Membership Applications
100 items
1970
2 63
Membership Applications
100 items
1970
2 64
Membership Applications
100 items
1970
2 65
Membership Applications
95 items
1970
2 66
Membership Applications
105 items
1969-1970
2 67
Membership
20 items
1969
2 68
Address Changes
20 items
1969
2 69
Membership Advanced Payments
2 items
1969
2 70
Membership Applications, Invoices and Requisitions
100 items
1969
2 71
Membership Applications, Invoices and Requisitions
155 items
1969
2 72
Membership
10 items
1968-1969
2 73
Life Members
10 items
1968-1969
2 74
Membership
20 items
1968
2 75
Quarter Century Club Information
1 item
2 76
Membership
65 items
1967
2 77
Membership
35 items
1967
3 78
Membership
75 items
1966
3 79
Membership (Check Receipts)
30 items
1965
3 80
Membership
80 items
1965
3 81
Membership
75 items
1964
3 82
Membership Lists
35 items
1964
3 83
Membership
105 items
1963
3 84
Membership Lists and Business Records
10 items
1963

Series 2: Correspondence, 1965-1976Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
PNPCA Correspondence
1967-July 1976
Box Folder
3 85
January-July 1976
15 items
3 86
October 1974-May 1975
105 items
3 87
March-October 1974
90 items
3 88
October 1973-March 1974
100 items
3 89
January-October 1973
140 items
3 90
October 1972-April 1974
80 items
3 91
July-October 1972
60 items
3 92
September 1971-June 1972
190 items
3 93
November 1970-October 1971
55 items
3 94
1971
60 items
3 95
April 1969-July 1971
25 items
3 96
Incoming
40 items
1969-1970
3 97
Outgoing
75 items
1969-1970
3 98
Incoming
30 items
1968
3 99
Outgoing
1967-1968
PNPCA officers' Correspondence
1967-1972
Box Folder
3 100
Association President
15 items
1970-1972
3 101
Association President
25 items
1969-1971
3 102
Association President
50 items
1968-1969
3 103
Association President
35 items
1967-1968
3 104
Association Vice-President
3 items
November 1967-November 1968
3 105
Association Secretary-Treasurer (T.P. Schacher)
95 items
1968-1969
3 106
Association Secretary-Treasurer (T.P. Schacher)
30 items
October 1968-October 1969
3 107
Board of Directors Correspondence
4 items
1968-1969
Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF)
1965-1971
Box Folder
3 108
November 1971-September 1972
125 items
3 109
Canham (Ex. Sec.)
10 items
November 1970-September 1971
3 110
Fuhrman (Ex. Sec.)
95 items
November 1967-November 1970
3 111
WPCF Notices
95 items
January 1967-September 1970
4 112
August 1968-February 1969
8 items
4 113
WPCF Meetings
5 items
1965-1966, 1968
4 114
WPCF Highlights
4 items
1966-1967
4 115
WPFC Films
2 items
1969

Series 3: PNPCA Committees, 1963-1970Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 116
Committee Lists
1 item
1969-1970
4 117
Committee Lists
25 items
1967
4 118
PNPCA Committee Report
1 item
1964
4 119
Committee Reports
10 items
October 1963-October 1964
4 120
Committee on Auditing
6 items
November 1969-November 1970
4 121
Committee on Auditing
2 items
October-November 1968
Awards:
Box Folder
4 122
Committee on Special Awards
45 items
April 1967-September 1971
4 123
Committee on Bedell and Hatfield Awards
25 items
November 1966-April 1971
4 124
Lyman Ketcham Award
5 items
1971
4 125
Committee on Student Awards
10 items
1966-1967, 1971
4 126
Committees, Operator of the Year
3 items
1969-1970
4 127
Committee on Operations Awards
20 items
October 1965-October 1970
4 128
Operator of the Year Award
10 items
June 1966-June 1970
4 129
Awards
8 items
1969
4 130
Special Awards Committee
4 items
October 1968-February 1969
4 131
Operator of the Year
6 items
October 1968-March 1969
4 132
Morgan Award
5 items
1965, 1969
4 133
Bedell and Hatfield Awards Committee
5 items
October-November 1968
4 134
Individual Distinguished Achievement Award
2 items
1968
4 135
Awards Material
2 items
1964
Box Folder
4 136
Committee on Government Affairs
2 items
1969
4 137
Industrial Committee
10 items
January 1968-November 1970
4 138
Industrial Committee
9 items
November 1968-August 1969
4 139
Local Arrangements Committee, Registration List of PNPCA Annual Meeting
2 items
1970
4 140
Local Arrangements Committee
20 items
November 1967-September 1971
4 141
Local Arrangements Committee
6 items
November 1968-November 1969
4 142
Local Arrangements Committee
15 items
1966
4 143
Local Arrangements Committee
20 items
1965
4 144
Committee on Manufacturers Association
15 items
November 1967-March 1971
4 145
Manufacture Committee
2 items
October 1968
4 146
Committee on Membership
40 items
October 1967-June 1971
4 147
Membership Committee
8 items
November-December 1968
4 148
Nominating Committee
10 items
1967-1971
4 149
Nuclear Siting Committee
2 items
1969, 1971
4 150
Operator Training and Certification Committee
35 items
December 1966-September 1971
4 151
Operator Training and Certification Committee
4 items
October 1968-April 1969
4 152
Operator Certification Program
1 item
April 1967
4 153
Plan Operator Training Task Force Committee
9 items
July 1969
4 154
Program Planning
25 items
1970-1971
4 155
Committee on Programs
40 items
September 1964-July 1971
4 156
Program Committee
30 items
October 1968-November 1969
4 157
Public Relations Committee
25 items
November 1968-August 1971
4 158
Public Relations Committee
5 items
October 1968-June 1969
4 159
Public Relations Committee
5 items
1967
4 160
Public Relations Report
3 items
October-November 1967
4 161
Research Committee
10 items
November 1967-July 1971
4 162
Research Committee
3 items
October 1968-March 1969
4 163
Safety Committee
45 items
February 1967-September 1971
4 164
Safety Committee
5 items
October 1968-March 1969
4 165
Safety
10 items
4 166
Committee on Scientists
8 items
January 1968-November 1970
4 167
Secretary-Treasurer Adhoc Committee Meeting
4 items
1968
4 168
Session Committee
1 item
October-November 1968
4 169
Voluntary Sewage Works Operators Certification Committee
2 items
July 1969
4 170
Sewer Construction and Maintenance Committee
15 items
November 1967-February 1969
4 171
Sewer Design, Construction and Maintenance Committee
3 items
January-October 1968
4 172
Student Committee
2 items
October 1968-March 1969

Series 4: PNPCA Sections, 1962-1971Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 173
Minutes
75 items
1970-1971
4 174
Minutes
60 items
1969-1970
4 175
Officers
10 items
1969
4 176
Officers
25 items
1968
4 177
Officers
10 items
1967
4 178
Sections, General
25 items
February 1966-January 1969
4 179
Sections
50 items
1966
4 180
Sections
25 items
1965
4 181
British Columbia
10 items
1966-1970
4 182
Idaho
1 item
1969
Oregon Sections:
Box Folder
4 183
Northeast Oregon
1969
4 184
Northwest Oregon
12 items
1969
4 185
South Central Oregon
7 items
1968-1970
4 186
South West Oregon
4 items
1967, 1969
Washington Sections:
Box Folder
4 187
Columbia Basin
1 item
1968
4 188
Northwest Washington
2 items
1969
4 189
Southwest Washington
2 items
1966
4 190
Puget Sound
1968-1969
4 191
Yakima Valley
4 items
1962, 1969-1970

Series 5: Annual Meetings, 1946-1976Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 192
Annual Meeting Manual (Revised 1965)
1 item
4 193
Registration List
1 item
1972
4 194
Arrangements, Supplies and 1970 Program
20 items
4 195
Correspondence
30 items
1970
4 196
General
20 items
1969
4 197
General
25 items
1969
4 198
Program
20 items
1969
4 199
Program
25 items
1969
4 200
Information
20 items
1968-1969
4 201
Registration Requests
5 items
1968
4 202
Receipts for Annual Meeting
70 items
1968
4 203
Information
7 items
1967
4 204
Program
4 items
1967
4 205
Bank records, accounts, and program
5 items
1966
4 206
Correspondence
4 items
1966
4 207
Correspondence and General Information
125 items
1966
5 208
Correspondence and General Information
105 items
1966
5 209
General Information
4 items
1965
5 210
Expenses
25 items
1964
5 211
Annual Meeting Programs
30 items
1946-1970, 1975-1976
Papers Presented at Annual Meetings:
Box Folder
5 212
1971
11 items
5 213
1970
13 items
5 214
1969
9 items
5 215
1968
11 items
5 216
1967
10 items
5 217
1966
9 items
Box Folder
5 218
Non-PNPCA, Papers
5 items
5 219
Receipt Book from 1950 Annual Meeting
1 item
May 1950
5 220
Registration forms and Receipt Book for 1955 Annual Meeting
190 items
October 27-29, 1955

Series 6: NewsletterReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Correspondence
1965-1975
Box Folder
5 221
Correspondence
8 items
1971-1975
5 222
Correspondence (Editor William H. Funk)
55 items
February 1969-September 1971
5 223
Correspondence
15 items
1969
5 224
Correspondence, Incoming
7 items
1965-1968
5 225
Mailing List
2 items
1975
5 226
Newsletter Items
10 items
1968-1969
Newsletters in Manuscript Form
April 1969-December 1976
Box Folder
5 227
April 1969
20 items
5 228
April 1970
20 items
5 229
April 1970
45 items
5 230
August 1970
45 items
5 231
August 1970
65 items
5 232
April 1971
50 items
5 233
August 1971
45 items
5 234
December 1971
55 items
5 235
December 1971
60 items
5 236
April 1972
40 items
5 237
Abstracts
1 item
1972
5 238
August 1972
50 items
5 239
August 1972
45 items
5 240
December 1972
35 items
6 241
Outdate
20 items
6 242
April 1973
25 items
6 243
April 1973
60 items
6 244
August 1973
40 items
6 245
August 1973
35 items
6 246
December 1973
40 items
6 247
April 1974
35 items
6 248
December 1974
50 items
6 249
1975 April, 1975 August
105 items
6 250
inc. Photographs
80 items
April 1975
6 251
December 1975
30 items
6 252
December 1975
80 items
6 253
Expenses, Paid
70 items
1968-1974
6 254
April 1976
50 items
6 255
inc. Abstracts
7 items
August 1976
6 256
August 1976
3 items
6 257
August 1976
90 items
6 258
December 1976
35 items
Published Newsletters
April 1956-December 1976
Box Folder
6 259
Volumes 1-3
11 items
6 260
Volumes 4-6
9 items
6 261
Volumes 7-8
6 items
6 262
Volumes 9-10
6 items
6 263
Volumes 11-12
6 items
6 264
Volumes 13-14
6 items
6 265
Volumes 15, 16, No. 3, 17
7 items
6 266
Volumes 18, 19, 20, No. 2-3
8 items
6 267
Volumes 21, 22, No. 1
4 items

Series 7: Photographs, circa 1955-circa 1975Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 268
Photographs
265 items

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Pollution -- Northwest, Pacific
  • Water -- Pollution -- Northwest, Pacific

Corporate Names

  • Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association -- Records and correspondence
  • Water Pollution Control Federation