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Eugene Starr Papers, 1911-1988

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

Boxes 6.021 - 6.030 (Page: 21 - 30)



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.