Oral History Interviews with
C. Girard Davidson
Attorney Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-37; Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon, 1940-42, general counsel, 1943-46; consultant Office of Production Management, Washington, 1941-42; assistant general counsel, War Production Board, 1944-45; Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 1946-50; national Democratic elector, 1952; member of the Democratic National Committee from Oregon, 1956-63; chairman, National Democratic Committee on Natural Resources; chairman, Western States Democratic Conference, 1960-63; Member Oregon Educational Coordination Commission, 1972; Chairman, 1974-75; President Alaska Pacific Lumber Company, 1958-; Attorney, Portland, Oregon, 1950-.
Interview Transcripts
July 17 | & July 18, 1972
[Notices and Restrictions | Appendix | List of Subjects Discussed]
Notice
These are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted for the Harry S. Truman Library. A draft of each transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were made; therefore, the reader should remember that these are essentially transcripts of the spoken, rather than the written word.
Numbers appearing in square brackets (ex. [45]) within the transcript indicate the pagination in the original, hardcopy version of the oral history interview.
RESTRICTIONS
These oral history transcripts may be read, quoted from, cited, and reproduced for purposes of research. They may not be published in full except by permission of the Harry S. Truman Library.
See also C. Girard Davidson Papers
Appendix
Appendix Letter from C. Girard Davidson to Clark Clifford "Recommendations of The President's Committee on Civil Rights".
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List of Subjects Discussed
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Acheson, Dean, 85, 205, 206-207
Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 26
Alabama, 111, 112, 126
Alaska, 200-202
Allen, George, 79
American Government and Constitutional Law, 3
American Indian Society, 196
Americans for Democratic Action, 103-106, 114, 116, 117
Anderson, Clinton P., 163
Arco, Idaho, 180
Arizona, 38, 133
Armed forces, desegregation of, 120
Army Engineers, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 151, 169
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- Atlanta, Georgia, 5
Atomic Energy Commission, 181
Balmer, Donald, 86
Barkley, Alben, 115, 119, 138, 211
Batt, William, Jr., 80, 83-84
Bean, Louie, 131
Bell, David, 74, 101, 102, 172
Bessey, Roy, 24
Biemiller, Andrew J., 109
Blair House, 204
Boise, Idaho, 178
Booneville Power Administration, 3-4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 89, 113, 144, 147, 157, 168, 169, 178, 181
Brannan, Charles, 63, 69, 70, 97, 141, 197, 198, 199
Bureau of Indian-Affairs, 38, 45, 96, 195-197, 198, 199, 200
Bureau of Land Management; 23, 91, 92
Bureau of Mines, 23, 91, 157
Bureau of Reclamation, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 89, 151, 165, 167, 168, 169
Butler, Paul, 84
Cain, Senator Harry, 117, 178
California, 124, 214
Capon Springs, West Virginia, 106
Carney, Byron, 109
Carson, Rachael, 85
Chapman, Oscar, 7, 34, 88, 93, 94, 134, 135, 136, 137, 155, 159, 161, 190-191
- and the Columbia Valley Authority, 156-158
as Secretary of the Interior, 161-166, |
