Scope and Contents
The papers, arranged as record groups, are the files accumulated for specific projects undertaken for government or private agencies, or for personal research, and include correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, position papers, interviews, and documents. Major files are: Bonneville Power Administration; Bonneville Regional Advisory Council; Bureau of Land Management; California Department of Water Resources; Department of Agriculture Administrative Council; Northwest Regional Council; Forest Service; National Planning Board (National Resources Board, National Resources Committee, National Resources Planning Board); Northwest Forest Pest Action Committee; Oregon Legislative Interim Commission on Administrative Reorganization, 1930; Oregon State Board of Forestry; Oregon and California Advisory Board; Pacific Northwest Field Committee (U. S. Department of the Interior); Pacific Northwest Regional Social Science Research Council, study of administration in the Department of Agriculture.
Dates
- 1930-1968
Creator
- McKinley, Charles, 1889-1970 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Charles McKinley was born in Fulton, South Dakota and educated at the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin. From 1918 to 1960 he was professor of political science at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He was particularly interested in the theory and practice of public administration and planning, and as a specialist in these fields often served on government committees and commissions. He wrote two major studies on the impact of the federal government in the Pacific Northwest: Uncle Sam in the Pacific Northwest (Berkeley, CA, 1952), and The Management of Land and Related Water Resources in Oregon (Washington, D. C., 1965).
Extent
28.5 linear feet (19 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Charles McKinley was a professor of political science at Reed College in Portland, Oregon from 1918 to 1960. He was particularly interested in the theory and practice of public administration and planning. As a specialist in these fields, he often served on government committees and commissions and he also wrote studies on the impact of the Federal government in the Pacific Northwest. The collection consists of files accumulated for specific projects undertaken for government or private agencies, or for personal research. Included are correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, position papers, interviews, and documents relating to such groups as the Bonneville Power Administration; California Department of Water Resources; Department of Agriculture Administrative Council; National Planning Board; and the Oregon State Board of Forestry.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into the following series: Bonneville Power Administration; Bonneville Regional Advisory Council; Bureau of Land Management; California Department of Water Resources; Department of Agriculture. Administrative Council; Electric Power File; Ford Foundation; Forest Service; National Planning Board; National Resources Committee; National Resources Committee. Alaska Resources Committee; National Resources Committee and Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission; National Resources Committee. Region 10. North Pacific Planning Project; National Resources Planning Board. Region 6; Northwest Forest Pest Action Committee; Oregon. Legislative Interim Commission on Administrative Reorganization; Oregon. Legislative Interim Committee on State Government Administration; Oregon. State Board of Forestry; Oregon and California Advisory Board; Pacific Northwest Field Committee; Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission; President’s Committee on Administrative Management; President’s Water Resources Policy Commission; Princeton University; Social Science Research Council; Valley Authorities; War Production Board; Personal Papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Charles McKinley in 1971.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- City Planning Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Colleges and Universities Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Forestry and Forestry Products Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Natural resources -- Northwest, Pacific Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pacific Northwest History Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Political science teachers -- Oregon -- Portland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Politics and Politicians Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Portland Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Reed College (Portland, Or.)
- Regional planning -- Northwest, Pacific Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Bonneville Power Administration
- United States. Bureau of Land Management
- United States. Department of Agriculture
- Water-supply -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Charles McKinley Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Vida Germano
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
