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

The records of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Dr. William Funk, newsletter editor, in February, 1979 (MS 79-05), and were processed in June 1982 by Andrew J. Gregg.

ASSOCIATION HISTORY

The Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association, originally the Northwest Conference on Stream Pollution, held its first annual meeting in Lewiston, Idaho, on May 15, 1935. The name of the Conference was changed to Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association in 1959. The records of the Association from 1946 to 1976 were deposited in the Washington State University Libraries in 1977 and 1978 and were arranged and described in 1978 as Cage 349. The inventory for that group includes an extensive historical sketch. Further records of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association were processed and added as an extension (see Cage 465a) to this collection in 1995.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association's 1974-1977 records are arranged in three series with appropriate sub-series. Series 1 consists of a single document, the 1977 Operating Manual. Series 2, which represents the bulk of the collection, is the Association's General Office Files for the years 1974-1977. This series is divided into a pair of sub-series. The first sub-series is comprised of the 1974-1976 files, while the second sub-series consists of the files from 1977. Series 3 is composed of the Annual Meeting Reports of 1974 and 1975.

The 1974-1977 records of the Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association include office files, operation manuals, and records of annual meetings. The collection bulks largest from 1976-1977. The office files reflect the wide variety of correspondence, memoranda, and business records of the Association's daily operation. The correspondence includes letters to and from Association members and colleagues in industry, goverment, and the private sector. The collection contains administrative materials pertaining to committee work, public relations, research, conventions, meetings, directors, personnel, and the Water Pollution Control Federation. The third series, Annual Meeting Reports from 1974 and 1975, details the Association's conventions for those years. Those reports include agendas, workshops, panel discussions, lectures, addresses, and field trips in which delegates participated.

CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder	Description	# of Items
Series 1: Operating Manual
1	1-2	Operating Manual, 1977	1
Series 2: General Office Files, 1974-1977
		1974-1976:
	3	Annual Meetings	3
	4	Audit	1
	5	Awards	35
	6	Claims	35
	7	Committee Rosters	3
	8	Convention	25
	9	Finance	10
	10	Future Annual Meetings	1
	11	Government Affairs
	12	Industrial Waste	20
	13	Insurance	1
	14	Local Arrangements	10
	15	Logo for PNPCA	5
	16	Mailing List	7
	17	Manufacturers	3
	18	Membership	25
	19	National Committees	12
	20	National Directors	7
	21	Newsletter	1
	22	Nominating	1
	23	Ocean Disposal	3
	24	PNPCA Correspondence	100
	25	Personnel Advancement	25
	26	President's Manual	1
	27	Program	15
	28	Public Relations	35
	29	Research	5
	30	Resolutions	15
	31	Retired Operators Corps	20
	32	Safety	15
	33	Scientists	1
	34	Secretary-Treasurer	1
	35	Sections	20
	36	Sewage Treatment Plant	5
	37	Sewer	35
	38	Social Action	10
	39	Students	15
	40	Volunteers	10
	41	Water Pollution Control Federation	40
	42	Water Quality	6
		1977
	43	Annual Meeting	20
	44	Auditing	2
	45	Awards	35
	46	British Columbia Association	15
	47	Collection System Management	1
	48	Directors	15
	49	Executive Board Correspondence	25
	50	Financial	10
	51	Government Affairs	2
	52	History Book	3
	53	Industrial	2
	54	Insurance	7
	55	Local Arrangements	1
	56	Manufacturer's Representatives	1
	57	Membership	12
	58	Newsletter	5
	59	Nominating	20
	60	Operating Manual	2
	61	Personnel Advancement	1
	62	Program	15
	63	Public Relations and Site Selection	1
	64	Research/Scientist	2
	65	Resolutions	5
	66	Roster	8
	67	Social Action	1
	68	Solids Handling and Disposal	1
	69	Water Pollution Control Federation	50
	70	Water Resources	1
Series 3: Annual Meeting Reports, 1974-1975
	71-73	1974 Annual Meeting Report	1
2	74-75	1975 Annual Meeting Report	1