6. Bonneville Power Administration. 1935-1988.
Series 6 is comprised of administrative records and project files collected by Starr during his more than three decades of service to the Bonneville Power Administration. One highlight is the collection of internal reports and correspondence related to the landmark Pacific Northwest/Pacific Southwest high voltage intertie.
33 boxes
6.001.
Bonneville Power Administration - Alaska Power
Survey. 1965-1971.
1.1.
Alaska Power Survey Study Committee 4 -
Coordinated System Development and Interconnections - Regional Task
Forces - correspondence, regional reports. 1965-1967.
1.2.
Alaska Power Survey - reports, newspaper
clippings. 1965-1968.
1.3.
"Report to Federal Power Commission Alaska
Power Survey Advisory Committee from Subcommittee No. 4 on Coordinated
System Development and Interconnection" - initial draft and 2 final
drafts. 1967, 1968.
1.4.
"Alaska Power Survey" (Federal Power
Commission) - 3 copies. 1969.
1.5.
"Ice Fog Studies in Alaska: A Survey of Past,
Present and Proposed Research" (Well, Geophysical
Institute). 1969.
1.6.
Alaska Power Survey Advisory Committee and
Study Committee No. 4 (Coordinated System Development and
Interconnection) - meeting minutes, correspondence, and
reports. 1967-1971.
6.002.
Bonneville Power Administration - Alaska Power
Survey. 1965-1966, 1968.
2.1.
Alaska Power Survey Advisory Committee and
Study Committee No. 4 (Coordinated System Development and
Interconnection) - meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports
(1/2). 1965.
2.2.
Alaska Power Survey Advisory Committee and
Study Committee No. 4 (Coordinated System Development and
Interconnection) - meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports
(2/2). 1965.
2.3.
Alaska Power Survey Advisory Committee and
Study Committee No. 4 (Coordinated System Development and
Interconnection) - meeting minutes, correspondence, and
reports. 1966.
2.4.
"Coordinated System Development and
Interconnection - a Study Prepared for the Federal Power Commission
Alaska Power Survey" (Subcommittee No. 4 - Alaska Power Survey Advisory
Committee) - final draft. 1968.
6.003.
Bonneville Power Administration - Alaska Power
Administration. 1961, 1964-1975, 1981.
3.1.
Rampart Project - Alaska - reconnaissance,
correspondence, cost estimates. 1961, 1967.
3.2.
"First Annual Report 1968" (Norwood / Alaska
Power Administration). 1969.
3.3.
"Water Power in Alaska - A Bibliography"
(Alaska Power Administration) + "Bibliography And Historical Notes
1946-1968 Upper Yukon River Study Canada - United States"
(APA). 1969.
3.4.
Alaska Power Administration - transmission
studies. 1964-1971.
3.5.
Alaska Power Administration - creation
of. 1967-1971.
3.6.
Alaska correspondence. 1965-1975.
3.7.
"A Regional Electric Power System for the
Lower Kuskokwim Vicinity - A Preliminary Feasibility Assessment"
(Robert W. Retherford Associates). 1975.
3.8.
Alaska Power Authority - Request for
Proposals. 1981.
6.004.
Bonneville Power Administration - Snettisham
HVDC Transmission Project. 1967-1970.
4.1.
Snettisham Project Alaska - Design Memorandum
No. 9 - Transmission Facilities (U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers). December 1966.
4.2.
Snettisham Project - Department of the Army -
Alaska District Corps of Engineers - GE - Preliminary
Information. October 1967.
4.3.
Snettisham Project - location and vicinity
maps. 1966-1968.
4.4.
Snettisham Project Alaska - Supplement No. 1
to Design Memorandum No. 9 - Direct Current Transmission (U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers). 1968.
4.5.
Snettisham HVDC evaluation. 1967-1970.
6.005.
Bonneville Power Administration - Snettisham
HVDC Transmission Project. 1968-1969.
5.1.
"Step I Request for Technical Proposals for
HVDC Transmission System at Snettisham, Alaska" - partial copy (U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers). October 1968.
5.2.
"Step I Request for Technical Proposals for
HVDC Transmission System at Snettisham, Alaska" (U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers). December 1968.
5.3.
Snettisham - Pre-proposal Conference -
minutes. February 1969.
5.4.
Anchorage HVDC First Stop Proposal Conference
- minutes and correspondence. 1969.
5.5.
GE Proposal Document. October 1969.
6.006.
Bonneville Power Administration - Snettisham
HVDC Transmission Project. 1967-1970, 1979-1980, undated.
6.1.
Snettisham Project correspondence, data, and
studies. 1967-1969.
6.2.
"Transcript of Negotiations for HVDC
Transmission System at Snettisham, Alaska between General Electric
Company and Corps of Engineers at Anchorage, Alaska 19-23
January 1970".
6.3.
"Snettisham-Ketchikan Transmission System -
Preliminary Feasibility Design - Appendix I (Harstad Associates,
Inc.). 1979.
6.4.
"Snettisham-Ketchikan Transmission System -
Preliminary Feasibility Design (Harstad Associates, Inc.). Mar 1980.
6.5.
"Alaska Power Administration
Snettisham-Ketchikan Transmission System - Preliminary Feasibility
Design" (Harstad Associates, Inc.). Jan 1980.
6.6.
Westinghouse Proposal for HV-DC Converter
Terminal Facilities for Snettisham Project. undated.
6.007.
Bonneville Power Administration - Snettisham
HVDC Transmission Project. 1982.
7.1.
"Alaska Power Administration - Reconnaissance
Design and Cost Estimate of Submarine DC Electric Power Transmission
System in Southeast Alaska - Task D Report" (Teshmont Consultants,
Inc.). 1982.
7.2.
U.S. Department of Energy Alaska Power
Administration contract with Teshmont Consultants, Inc. 1982.
7.3.
"Alaska Power Administration - Reconnaissance
Design and Cost Estimate of DC Transmission in Southeast Alaska - Task
A Report". 1982.
7.4.
"Southeast Alaska Intertie DC Transmission
System - Reconnaissance Design and Cost Estimate" (Teshmont
Consultants, Inc.). November 1982.
7.5.
"Southeast Alaska Intertie DC Transmission
System - Reconnaissance Design and Cost Estimate - Appendix I"
(Teshmont Consultants, Inc.). November 1982.
6.008.
Bonneville Power Administration - Alberta Export
Power Project. 1979-1981.
8.1.
Fording Coal Limited - Export Power Project -
Preliminary Benefit-Cost Analysis + 1980 Program (Montreal Engineering
Company, Limited). 1979-1980.
8.2.
Alberta Export Power Project - Report of the
System Planning Committee. 1980.
8.3.
Alberta Export Power Project - meeting minutes
and reports. November 1979 - October 1980.
8.4.
Alberta Export Power Project - meeting minutes
and reports. November 1980 - June 1981.
6.009.
Bonneville Power Administration - Itaipu Sete
Quedas Transmission Study. 1972-1974.
9.1.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
Advisory Committee - Minutes and Working Papers. 1972-1973.
9.2.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
Advisory Committee Meeting No. 3 - Working Papers. 1973.
9.3.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
Advisory Committee - Minutes and Working Papers. 1974.
6.010.
Bonneville Power Administration - Itaipu Sete
Quedas Transmission Study. 1966-1974.
10.1.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
Transmission Lines - reports, drawings. 1971-1972.
10.2.
"Application of Series Capacitors in the 750
kV Sete Quedas Transmission System - Preliminary Investigation"
(Fletcher). 1973.
10.3.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
Series Capacitors and Overvoltage Studies - papers, meetings,
correspondence. 1966-1974.
6.011.
Bonneville Power Administration - Itaipu Sete
Quedas Transmission Study. 1942, 1962-1972.
11.1.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
papers on high voltage transmission including "Report on the Pacific
Intertie" (EC Starr) (2 copies). 1971.
11.2.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
Papers related to long distance transmission & ac saturated
reactors. 1942, 1962-1972.
6.012.
Bonneville Power Administration - Itaipu Sete
Quedas Transmission Study. 1970-1974.
12.1.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - cost
data. 1970-1972.
12.2.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study - AC
transmission model oscillograms of reactions after faults. 1972.
12.3.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
correspondence. 1971-1974.
6.013.
Bonneville Power Administration - Itaipu Sete
Quedas Transmission Study. 1972, undated.
13.1.
Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
books and brochures on FURNAS, tourist brochures. undated.
13.2.
"Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
Preliminary Report - Volume 1". 1972.
13.3.
"Itaipu - Sete Quedas Transmission Study -
Preliminary Report - Volume 2". 1972.
13.4.
Itaipu System Information - Vol. 3 Part
6. undated.
6.014.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific
Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1971-1972, 1975, 1977.
14.1.
"Report on the Pacific Intertie" (EC Starr)
for presentation at University of Wisconsin - 5 copies + photos,
diagrams, and negatives. 1971.
14.2.
"Transient Performance of Pacific Intertie"
(EC Starr) - 4 drafts, photos, oscillograms and negatives - prepared
for CIGRE SC #14. 1972, 1975.
14.3.
"Recent Developments in HVDC Transmission"
(Vithayathil) + draft of another paper on the Intertie. 1977.
6.015.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific
Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1971-1984.
15.1.
Notes for CIGRE Reports. 1971-1975.
15.2.
Operational Experience Reports for Celilo
Terminal. 1973-1977.
15.3.
Operational Performance Reports of Pacific
HVDC Intertie. 1974, 1977, 1979.
15.4.
Celilo - CIGRE reports. 1976-1983.
15.5.
Celilo summary of operation. 1975-1980, 1983-1984.
6.016.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific
Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1941-1943, 1951, 1968-1972,
1975.
16.1.
Coulee- Spokane Transmission. 1941-1942.
16.2.
Grand Coulee Bus Split - tracings. 1943.
16.3.
Backup Relaying at Coulee (meeting in
Schultz's Office). 1951.
16.4.
"The USA Pacific Northwest-Southwest HVDC
Intertie - A Progress Report" (Osborn). 1968.
16.5.
"Celilo - Northern Terminal Pacific HV-DC
Intertie". 1969.
16.6.
Electrical West - article on Pacific
Intertie. 1970.
16.7.
Valve Faults at Sylmar-Celilo terminal -
reports and correspondence. 1970-1971.
16.8.
DC Intertie Restoration. 1972.
16.9.
"United States Department of the Interior
Bonneville Power Administration - Budget Proposals for the Supply of
D.C. Converter Equipment for Celilo Terminal HVDC Pacific
Northwest-Southwest Intertie - Bipole 2" (English Electric
Corporation). 1975.
6.017.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific
Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1967, 1970-1974, 1976,
1982-1983.
17.1.
Pacific Intertie Task Force - meeting
minutes. January 1972 - November 1973.
17.2.
Pacific Intertie Systems Technical Studies
Task Force - reports on meetings & reports on Intertie. 1967, 1970-1974.
17.3.
Celilo - research on Earth Electrode
Performance. 1970, 1976.
17.4.
"Test Program to Measure the DC and Low
Frequency Impedance of the Ground Return Mode of the Pacific DC
Intertie - Preliminary Report" (Bracken). 1982.
17.5.
Intertie Options (Mittelstadt). 1983.
17.6.
"WSCC System Disturbance Report for the 500kV
Pacific Intertie Separation on Wednesday, December 22, 1982" (WSCC
Formal Review Committee). 1983.
17.7.
"Pacific Intertie 1,100 MW HVDC Expansion
Project - Progress Report No. 2 - Project Design and WSCC System
Performance Assessment". 1985.
6.018.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific
Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1978-1981, 1983-1984.
18.1.
"Report on Feasibility of Upgrading the
Pacific D-C Intertie to ± 500 kV" - 3 copies. 1979.
18.2.
"Corona Phenomenon, Electric Field, and Ion
Measurements at the Dalles HVDC Test Line to Determine Feasibility of
Uprating the DC Intertie" (Chartier, Bracken, Stearns). 1979.
18.3.
BPA Technical Report - "The Investigation of
the Loading Capability of Pacific DC Intertie - Celilo Equipment"
(Branch of System Engineering). 1979.
18.4.
"Report on Feasibility of Upgrading the
Pacific D-C Intertie to ± 500 kV" - 2 drafts. 1978-1979.
18.5.
"Draft Final Report - Pacific HVDC Intertie
Voltage Upgrading Project - Technical Consultants Study" (Chas T. Main,
Inc.). 1980.
18.6.
Celilo uprate info - diagrams and
specifications. 1979-1981.
18.7.
HVDC Uprate to 3100 MW - binder w/ periodic
reports. 1983-1984.
6.019.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific
Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1981.
19.1.
Final Report - "Pacific HVDC Intertie Voltage
Upgrade Project - Technical Consultant Study" (Chas T. Main,
Inc.). 1981.
6.020.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific
Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1965-1974.
20.1.
Pacific Intertie - reports, correspondence,
etc. 1965-1969.
20.2.
Pacific Intertie - reports, correspondence,
etc. 1970-1974.
6.021.
Bonneville Power Administration - Pacific
Northwest-Southwest HVDC Intertie. 1975-1985, undated.
21.1.
Pacific Intertie - reports, correspondence,
etc. 1975-1976.
21.2.
Pacific Intertie - reports, correspondence,
etc. 1977-1979.
21.3.
Pacific Intertie - reports, correspondence,
etc. 1980-1985, undated.
6.022.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1951, 1962-1965, 1967,
1969-1974, 1977, 1980, 1982.
22.1.
Seven copies of tabulated information on steam
turbines and surface condensers (Allis Chalmers), handwritten
notes. 1951.
22.2.
ASEA - correspondence + maps and
transparencies re: HVDC Transmission. 1962-1963.
22.3.
Battelle Study on Utilization of Fly Ash -
proposal, research report, monthly progress reports. 1962-1965.
22.4.
BPA Relations with Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA). 1967.
22.5.
Technical Visits from foreign
engineers. 1969-1974.
22.6.
EPRI Regional Meeting - agenda, publications
list. 1977.
22.7.
BPA Mt. St. Helens - eruption and subsequent
tests. 1980.
22.8.
Oak Ridge Power Systems Technology
Program. 1982.
6.023.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1953, 1957, 1964-1977,
1979, undated.
23.1.
"Report on Special Assignment to U.S.
Department of State Assistance to Malaysia and Thailand"
(Eastvedt). undated.
23.2.
"Conference on Universities and the Public
Service". 1953.
23.3.
International Power Conference, Belgrade +
HVDC Inspections - arrangements. 1957.
23.4.
Wescon meeting - correspondence. 1964.
23.5.
"Presentation by General Electric to the
Federal Power Commission Special Task Force Relative to Use of
Real-Time Computers for System Security". 1966.
23.6.
EHV Symposium + Gehrig European Trip
Report. 1965-1967.
23.7.
ASEA - Sweden trip for BPA
inspection. 1968.
23.8.
WSU Power Professorship & Thermal Power
Option. 1972-1973.
23.9.
Speeches by BPA Personnel (6
speeches). 1965-1976.
23.10.
BPA public involvement program. 1977.
23.11.
Northwest Power Bill. 1979.
6.024.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1976, 1978-1979,
1982-1983.
24.1.
"Investigation of Electrical Phenomena
Associated with K. Richardson / N. Trapp BPA Claim" (West) + Judge's
decision on Richardson Claim. 1976, 1979.
24.2.
Fatality of John T. Zabriskie -
Investigations. 1976.
24.3.
Mystery Air Wave Impulse in Eugene. 1978.
24.4.
"General Electric / Bonneville Power
Administration Review". 1982.
24.5.
Trapp-Richardson Claim - materials. 1982-1983.
6.025.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1969, undated.
25.1.
Contract, Newspaper Clipping, Relief Program
(ConEd). 1969.
25.2.
Maps - 8B80 - 8B89. undated.
25.3.
Maps - 9B01 - 9B12. undated.
25.4.
Maps of Feeder Routes - Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
& Queens. undated.
25.5.
Maps of Low Tension Mains & Service Plates
. undated.
6.026.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1935, 1960, 1962-1965,
1971-1984, undated.
26.1.
Stability Study for City of Eugene (EC Starr)
- final reports, correspondence, calculations. 1935.
26.2.
Motor Starting Tests for City of Eugene Water
Board (EC Starr). 1935.
26.3.
Eugene Water & Electric -
blueprints. 1960.
26.4.
California Water Project. 1962-1965.
26.6.
Consulting Assignment - Sacramento Municipal
Utility District. 1971.
26.7.
Illinois Power Right-of-way
condemnation. 1972.
26.8.
EPRI - consulting position. Oct 1975 - Jan 1976.
26.9.
Deposition - Westinghouse/Foreign Switch Gear
Manufacturing, EC Starr, EH Gehrig, and Ev Harrington. 1979.
26.10.
Consulting Possibilities. 1972-1982.
26.11.
Report to Long Island Lighting Co. of Base
Load Alternatives for 1981-1984.
26.12.
Drawings of Royal Water Power Board,
Sweden. undated.
6.027.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1937-1940, 1954-1955,
1967-1985.
27.1.
Westinghouse Price Sheets. 1937-1940.
27.2.
Columbia Basin Inter-Agency
Committee. 1954-1955.
27.3.
Committee for Future Recognition of
Professional Engineers. 1969.
27.4.
IEEE Paper - "Engineering Registration in the
Future" (Tynes) - Starr presented in New York. 1971.
27.5.
BPA Engineering Review Board - materials and
memos. 1968-1985.
27.6.
Western Systems Coordinating
Council. 1967-1975.
27.7.
UN Economic and Social Council Committee on
Electric Power. 1978.
27.8.
EPRI Information Sheets (17) - Transmission
planning, underground cables, HV Transmission, Insulation, Substations,
Lightning Protection, Transformers. 1979-1981.
27.9.
Portland Area Cooperative Precipitation
Network - data and report. 1983.
6.028.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1912-1947, 1951, 1957-1958,
1962-1963, 1965, 1967-1975, 1981, 1983.
28.1.
"Preliminary Instruction Book for Navy Model
BN Radio Equipment". 1943.
28.2.
"Preliminary Instruction Book for Radio
Equipment Model BN-1". 1944.
28.3.
"Preliminary Instruction Book for 1945 Signal
Generator Equipment - Model LAF-1". 1945.
28.4.
"Preliminary Instruction Book for Pulse
Analyzer Equipment Models AN/APA-6A and AN/SPA-1". 1945.
28.5.
Gibbs & Hill Inc. Photographs of
Consulting Work. 1912-1947.
28.6.
"Half a Century of Engineering Progress with
Jackson & Moreland". 1951.
28.7.
Imatran Voimaa Osakeyhtiö 25 Vuotta (Finland)
- untranslated. 1957.
28.8.
Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) In Prospect
and Retrospect. 1958.
28.9.
Associates Buying Guides. 1962-1963, 1965.
28.10.
Hughes Research Laboratories - publications on
HVDC research. 1967-1975.
28.11.
ASEA Journal. 1981, 1983.
28.12.
"United States Energy Data Book" (General
Electric). 1983.
6.029.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1954, 1964, 1966-1980, 1982,
1984, undated.
29.1.
Survey Team Report - personnel
reductions. 1954.
29.2.
Pumping Columbia River Water to
Southwest. 1964.
29.3.
Future of BPA. 1966.
29.4.
Job Applications & resumes + proposed
meeting with engineering department heads. 1966-1975.
29.5.
10th Standard Handbook for Engineers -
revision correspondence. 1967.
29.6.
National Bureau of Standards Sale of Surplus
High Voltage Equipment to BPA. 1971.
29.7.
Siam Meeting - EC Starr gave
presentation. 1973.
29.8.
BPA - Adoption of Metric System in the
Section. 1975.
29.9.
Monthly lists of laboratory and technical
reports. October 1976 - May 1979.
29.10.
Power Shortages - six speeches by Sterling
Munro, BPA. 1979-1980.
29.11.
"Technical Support Document for the proposed
BPA Near-Term Resource Policy Statement". 1982.
29.12.
"Computer Aided Operation of Large Power
Systems - summary report" (Zaborsky). 1984.
29.13.
BPA Unit 3 Technical Specs. undated.
29.14.
EC Starr BPA File Storage Info . undated.
6.030.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1923, 1940, 1952-1981, undated.
30.1.
Luckiamute Dam - measurements and
graphs. 1923.
30.2.
"Completion of North Bonneville Substation for
230 kV Operation". 1940.
30.3.
IBM Course - 'Data Processing for Engineering
Executives' Poughkeepsie, NY - notebook, correspondence, transistors
article, and Grand Coulee-Olympia Series Compensation Study
(digital). Dec 10-14, 1956.
30.4.
BPA Analyzer and Digital Computer - policies
and studies. 1952-1975.
30.5.
System Data. 1966-1980.
30.6.
"1982-1982 F.Y. Transmission System Power
Flows Jan and Aug Peak Loads Jan 1981-Aug 1986" (BPA). 1980.
30.7.
Steno Notebook - data, notes. 1973-1981.
30.8.
DC Performance Oscillograms. undated.
30.9.
Handwritten notes and calculations
. undated.
6.031.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1940-1969, 1974-1976.
31.1.
Unfiled correspondence, reports, and
data. 1940-1968.
31.2.
Unfiled correspondence, reports, and
data. 1969.
31.3.
Unfiled correspondence, reports, and
data. 1974.
31.4.
Unfiled correspondence, reports, and
data. 1975-1976.
6.032.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1977-1988, undated.
32.1.
"Time to Commercial Introduction of
Electricity Generation Technologies" - questionnaire with 7
responses. undated.
32.2.
copies of correspondence - "reading
file". 1979-1983.
32.3.
Unfiled correspondence, reports, and
data. 1977-1979.
32.4.
Unfiled correspondence, reports, and
data. 1980-1983.
32.5.
Unfiled correspondence, reports, and
data. 1984-1988, undated.
6.033.
Bonneville Power Administration - Correspondence
and Administrative Records. 1964.
33.1.
Atomic Energy Clearing House - Congressional
Information Bureau, Inc. 1964.
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