Lawyer, U.S. representative and senator,
of Spokane, Wash.; d. 1978. Correspondence (1953-1975) relating to Dill's
private law practice in Spokane; typescripts of speeches (1916-1972) to U.S.
Congress and various organizations; mss. of his published and unpublished
books, including his autobiography entitled Where Water Falls (1970) and
related research material (correspondence, documents, and photos); documents
and ephemera, concerning the Grand Coulee Dam and other hydroelectric power
projects and public utilities in Washington and the Pacific Northwest; and
fragmentary family and personal papers of Dill and his second wife, Mabel A.
Dill. Subjects include public broadcasting, taxation, and Indian
affairs.
Repository:
Eastern Washington State Historical
Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue Spokane, WA 99201 Phone: (509) 363-5313 Fax: (509) 363-5303 Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
Languages:
Materials are in
English
Sponsor:
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
Clarence Dill came to Spokane in 1908. He taught at Lewis and Clark
High School for two years then established a law practice. Dill became
secretary to Washington governor Ernest Lister in 1913, and was elected as a
Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1914. He served as senator,
1922-1935. During that time he was instrumental in securing support for the
construction of Grand Coulee Dam. An autobiographical book,
Where Water Falls (1970), details his
lobbying efforts for the dam. Dill’s other legislative and legal interests
included public broadcasting, taxation, and American Indian affairs.
Content Description
The collection includes typescripts of some of Dill’s speeches to
congress and public organizations, 1916-1972; manuscripts of Dill’s published
and unpublished books, including
Where Water Falls, and research material (correspondence,
documents, and photographs) relating to manuscripts, fragmentary correspondence
relating to Dill’s private law practice in Spokane, 1953-1975; a large
collection of documents and ephemeral items relating to hydroelectric power
projects and public utilities; and a few family and personal documents of Dill
and his second wife, Mabel A. Dill. The location of Dill’s congressional papers
is unknown.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is not restricted.
Restrictions on Use :
Collection is open for use.
Preferred Citation :
Clarence C. Dill Papers (Ms 2), Eastern Washington State Historical
Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information :
Donated by Wendell Dill and Jerry Simpson, 1978.
Processing Note :
Processed to the file folder level.
Additional Reference Guides :
Nolan, Edward W.
A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the
Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern
Washington State Historical Society, 1987).
Related Materials :
The following collections contain materials related to hydroelectric
power, and the dispute of P.U.D. of Pend Oreille Country with Seattle City
Light Company:
Spokane Chamber of Commerce Papers (Ms 1)
Callison Marks Papers (Ms 37)
Lewis P. Larsen Papers (Ms 62)
Hecla Mining Company Records (Ms 71)
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
“Alaska – Why it Should Be a
State.”
Seattle-Post
Intelligencer
1950 April 4
1/35
Apples
1/36
Atomic Energy
1/37
B
1/38
Bible references
1/39
Birds
1/40
Boys
1/41
Brisbane, Arthur
1/42
Bridges
1/43
Burr, Aaron
1/44
Bryan, W.J.
1/45
C
2/1
China
2/2
Citizenship
2/3
Christmas
2/4
“Citizenship” Speech
1914 January 13
2/5
Civilization
2/6
Columbia River
2/7
Congress
2/8
“Congress – Impressions Before
and After Going.” Essay
1954 November 3
2/9
Coolidge
2/10
Conscription, Military. Speech in
the House of Representatives
1917 April 27
2/11
Constitution:
Speeches
2/12
Conventions
2/13
Conventions
2/14
Correspondence,
Miscellaneous
1940 June 26-1976 October 5
2/15
Courts
2/16
Courts: Notes, Comments,
Suggestions
1931
2/17
Currency Reform: “Joseph Had the
Corn,” A Speech
1941
2/18
D
Dams
Box/Folder
2/19
Belgian Congo and India
Photographs
2/20
Columbia River
Project
2/21
Columbia River Project –
Canadian Storage Benefits
2/22
Columbia River Project – Grand
Coulee Dam
2/23
Columbia River Project – Grand
Coulee Dam
2/24
Columbia River Project – Grand
Coulee Dam
2/25
Columbia River Project – Grand
Coulee Dam
2/26
Grande Dixon,
Switzerland
2/27
Other
2/28
P.U.D.: Maps, Columbia
River
2/29
P.U.D.: Photographs
2/30
Death
2/31
Declaration of Independence, a
Speech in Congress
2/32
Democratic Party
2/33
“Democratic Party.”
Speech
1950 April 1
2/34
Democratic Party: Washington
State Convention Speech
1912 May 6
2/35
E
2/36
Edison
2/37
Education
2/38
Education – Notes, Comments,
Suggestions
1931
2/39
Election Returns
1964
2/40
Election Returns
1971-1972
2/41
Election Returns, Miscellaneous
Clippings
2/42
“The Election of 1962,” A
Speech
1962 December 5
2/43
Elections: Presidential and
Vice-Presidential
2/44
Electoral College
2/45
“National Convention and the
Electoral College, “ A Speech
1944 July 25
Electric Power
Box/Folder
3/1
Electric Power
3/2
Background Material
3/3
Background Material
3/4
Bonneville,
Pennsylvania
3/5
Grand Coulee Dam
3/6
Outlines (Power, Rivers, Dams,
etc)
3/7
Power Trust,
Electricity
3/8
Rates (Power)
3/9
Electricity
3/10
Electricity
3/11
“Eminent Domain by the Federal
Government,” a Speech
1952 March 28
3/12
Essays, Bits and
Pieces
3/13
European Trip
1917 October 15-1917 November 2
3/14
European Trip Notes
3/15
F
3/16
Farms and Farmers
3/17
Farms and Farmers: “Food
Production and Farmers,” a Speech
1942 August 20
3/18
Flag
3/19
Flowers
3/20
Food
3/21
Fraternity
3/22
“Freedom of Speech, the Press,
and the Radio,” a Speech
1942 August 20
3/23
Friends and
Friendship
3/24
Freedom
3/25
G
3/26
Government
3/27
Government
3/28
Government
3/29
Government: Notes on the
U.S.
3/30
H
3/31
Health
3/32
Home
3/33
Humor
3/34
History
3/35
I
3/36
“The Indian Question,” A
Speech
1916 January 31
3/37
“Initiative and Referendum,” A
Speech
1944 March 7
3/38
Irrigation
3/39
Irrigation, Moses Lake
Speech
1946 December 5
3/40
J
3/41
Jefferson, Thomas
3/42
Japan
3/43
K
3/44
Jews
3/45
Kennedy, John
3/46
Kissing
3/47
L
3/48
Language
3/49
Labor
4/1
Law
4/2
Lend Lease
4/3
Liberty
4/4
Lincoln
4/5
Lincoln
4/6
Lincoln:
Henry Cabot Lodge.
Democracy of Abraham Lincoln. Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Government Printing Office Clark.
1913Abraham Lincoln - First and Second Inaugural Addresses.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
1912 March 19
4/7
Love
4/8
M
4/9
Marriage
4/10
Medicine: “Carrying the
Antitoxins to Nome by Relay Dog Teams,” A Speech
1925 February 6
4/11
Memorial Day
4/12
Miscellaneous – C.C.
Dill
4/13
Money
4/14
Morley, John
4/15
“The Mormons – From Joseph Smith
to Governor Romney”
4/16
Mother
4/17
Mt. Vernon: “They Always Go Back
to Mt. Vernon”
4/18
Music
4/19
N
4/20
Names
4/21
Napoleon
4/22
Negroes
4/23
O
4/24
Newspapers
4/25
Newspaper Clippings,
Miscellaneous
4/26
Notes and Miscellaneous
Clippings
4/27
Notes and Miscellaneous
Clippings
4/28
Notes and Miscellaneous
Clippings
4/29
Notes and Miscellaneous
Clippings
Outlines
Box/Folder
4/30
Democratic
4/31
and Addresses
4/32
Miscellaneous
4/33
Stories
4/34
P
4/35
Photographs
4/36
Poetry
4/37
Poetry Interest
Politics
Box/Folder
4/38
Editorials
4/39
Politics
1960
4/40
Politics
1966-1968
4/41
History
4/42
Suggestions
5/1
Post Office Debate in
Congress
1924 December 11
5/2
Poverty: A. George.
The Crimes of Poverty. Cincinnati, Ohio: The
Joseph Fels Fund of America
Presidents
Box/Folder
5/3
Miscellaneous
5/4
Candidates, Notes
5/5
“How We Elect Our Presidents,”
A Speech
1972 September 15
5/6
“Inauguration”
5/7
Presidential Powers
5/8
“Twentieth Century Presidents,”
Incomplete Essay
5/9
“The White House Fever,” Essay
and Background
5/10
Progressiveness
5/11
“The New Public Domain,” Essay
5/12
Public Ownership
5/13
Public Ownership
Public Power
Box/Folder
5/14
1
5/15
2
5/16
3
5/17
4
5/18
Public Speaking,
Oratory
5/19
R
Radio (and
Television)
Box/Folder
5/20
C.C. Dill.
Radio Law. Washington, D.C.:
National Law Book Company.
1938
5/21
Reference
Publications
5/22
Reference
Publications
5/23
and Television,
Miscellaneous
6/1
Rates – Electrical
Power
6/2
Recall – Initiative –
Referendum
6/3
Religion, Essays
6/4
Research, Information Notes,
Miscellaneous
6/5
Right to Vote,
Miscellaneous
6/6
Right to Vote: Speech and Misc.
Notes
6/7
Rivers
6/8
Roosevelt, Franklin
D.
6/9
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Newspaper
Clippings
6/10
Seattle’s World Fair Gala Opening
Program
1962 April 21
6/11
Senate: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/12
Senate: Miscellaneous
Clippings
6/13
Shakespeare: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/14
Silver: “The Fight Over Silver,”
a Speech
6/15
Spokane, Miscellaneous
Notes
6/16
Statistics, Miscellaneous
Notes
6/17
“How Social Security Was
Started,” an Essay
Speeches
Box/Folder
6/18
Assorted
6/19
International Platform
Association
6/20
Notes for
6/21
and Speaker Publicity
6/22
Tributes to Others
6/23
“Dedication of Steamboat Rock
Dedication"
1974 September 15
6/24
Stories: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/25
Stories: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/26
C.C. Dill, Ed.
Success, Ambition, Habits – Notes and
Suggestions
1900-1931
6/27
Success: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/28
Taxation: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/29
Television: Miscellaneous Notes,
and Speeches
6/30
T.V.A. - “What Editors Say About
the T.V.A.,” Essay
6/31
Theater and Stage: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/32
Time: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/33
Tourists, Speeches
6/34
Trees: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/35
Truth: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/36
Twain, Mark: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/37
Unitarianism: “Sidelights About
the Spokane Unitarian Society,” Essay
6/38
Virginia Poll Tax
Correspondence
1966 April 11-1966 April 14
6/39
Voice: “Power and Value of a
Clear Voice,” Essay
6/40
War and Peace: “World League of
People for Peace – Let People Vote on Question of Declaration of War,” a
Speech
1919 January 21
6/41
“War Stamps Are Bonds,”
Speech
1942 November 26
6/42
War: Miscellaneous
Notes
6/43
Washington D.C.: Misc.
Notes
6/44
“George Washington,” A Speech
with Background Notes
Federal Power Commission
Hearings: Excerpts from Testimony of Witnesses on Boundary Z-Canyon
8/7
Federal Power Commission
Hearings: Index of Witnesses on Boundary Z-Canyon
8/8
Order Modifying and Adopting
Presiding Examiner’s Initial Decision Issuing License for Project
2144
1961 July 10
8/9
Grant County
Agreement
8/10
Grant County Research
(1)
8/11
Grant County Research
(2)
Harza Engineering Co.
Box/Folder
8/12
INGA I: Appraisal
Report
1957 March 23
8/13
INGA II: Exhibits
1957 March 23
8/14
INGA III:
Appendices
1957 March 23
8/15
P.U.D. vs. Inland Power and Light
Co.
8/16
P.U.D. vs. Inland Power and Light
Co.
8/17
P.U.D. vs. Inland Power and Light
Co.
8/18
P.U.D. vs. Inland Power and Light
Co.
8/19
Inland Power and Light Co.
Mortgage
9/1
P.U.D. vs Seattle
9/2
P.U.D. vs Seattle
9/3
P.U.D. vs Seattle
9/4
P.U.D. vs Seattle
9/5
P.U.D. vs Seattle
9/6
P.U.D. vs Seattle
9/7
Seattle vs. P.U.D.
9/8
Seattle vs. P.U.D.
9/9
Seattle vs. P.U.D.
9/10
Seattle vs. P.U.D.
9/11
Seattle vs. P.U.D.
9/12
Seattle vs. P.U.D.
9/13
Seattle vs. P.U.D.
9/14
Upstream Benefits
9/15
Upstream Benefits
9/16
Upstream Benefits
9/17
World Power
Conference
9/18
Public Speaking Fund
9/19
Miscellaneous
9/20
Silver
10/1
Argument of Mr. White and Oral
Decision of the Court on Deft’s Motion for Stay of Proceedings
1963 July 31
10/2
P.U.D. vs. City of Seattle:
Proposed Findings by H.A. Sewell
10/3
P.U.D. vs. City of Seattle:
Sewell’s Proposed Amendment with Proposed Contract to Power Companies with
Letters and Excerpts of Testimony of Brudge, Peterson, Myers and
Jessel
1961 May
10/4
P.U.D. vs. City of Seattle:
Transcripts of Proceedings at Trial
1961 December 19
10/5
Federal Power Commission
Hearings: Brief of P.U.D. No. 1
1960 June 15
10/6
Columbia River Dam
(Parsons)
10/7
Federal Power: 39th Annual Report
for Fiscal Year
1993
10/8
Federal Power Commission: Snake
River License Application
1962 February 27
10/9
Application to Federal Power
Commission for License for Z-Canyon Dam
1957
10/10
Federal Power Commission: Revised
Application to Federal Power Commission for License for Z-Canyon
Dam
1958
10/11
Federal Power Commission:
Application for Rehearing of P.U.D. No. 1 of Pend Oreille County,
Washington
1951 August 8
10/12
Coordination
Agreement
1961 September 21
10/13
Federal Power Commission Hearing:
District Testimony of Witnesses for City of Seattle, Vol. IV, Exhibits for Vol.
II
10/14
Federal Power Commission:
Exceptions of City of Seattle, Applicant Project 2144, to Examiner’s
Decision
1961 May 1
10/15
Federal Power Commission:
Exceptions to the Initial Decision of the Presiding Examiner
1961 May 1
10/16
Federal Power Commission
Hearings: Exhibits Indices
10/17
Federal Power Commission
Hearings: Exhibits, Vol. 1, 1-24
10/18
Federal Power Commission
Hearings: Exhibits, Vol. 1, 26-57
10/19
Federal Power Commission:
Petition for Rehearing by the Related Mining Interests
1961 August 4
10/20
Federal Power Commission
Hearings: Cross-Indices, Boundary Z-Canyon
10/21
Federal Power Commission
Hearings: Indices
10/22
Federal Power Commission
Hearings: Cross-Indices
10/23
Federal Power Commission:
Petition to Review and Set Aside Orders of the Federal Power
Commission
1961 September 26
10/24
Federal Power Commission: Protest
to Encroachment on Box Canyon Dam by City of Seattle Boundary Dam
1958 September 15
10/25
Federal Power Commission: Reply
Brief of City of Seattle, Applicant Project 2144
1960 October 31
10/26
Federal Power Commission: Reply
Brief of P.U.D. No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington
1960 October 31
10/27
Federal Power Commission Reports
and Decisions
1958-1961
10/28
Harza Engineering Co.
1964 August 21
10/29
Harza Engineering Co.:
Correspondence
1955 June 15-1967 March 29
10/30
Power Purchase Contract Between
City of Seattle and P.U.D. No. 1, Pend Oreille County, Washington
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online
Computer Library Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring
materials about related topics, persons, or places should search WorldCat using
these headings.
Personal Names :
Dill, Clarence C. (Clarence Cleveland), b.
1884--Archives
Corporate Names :
United States. Congress
Geographical Names :
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)
Northwest, Pacific--Public utilities
Spokane (Wash.)--Family and personal papers
Spokane (Wash.)--Legal affairs
Washington (State)--Dams
Washington (State)--Family and personal papers--20th
century
Washington (State)--Legal affairs
Washington (State)--Politics and government--1889-1950
Washington (State)--Politics and government--1951-
