Elmer Perry Dodd papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss1651

Staff Only

Abstract

Elmer Perry Dodd (born 1869) was a developer and irrigation advocate for the Umatilla area of Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, research notes, documents and printed materials regarding irrigation projects in the Umatilla area, particularly the Umatilla Rapids Project and McNary Dam, 1902-1954; and correspondence and documents regarding the Columbia Valley Association, Inland Waterways Association, and Bureau of Reclamation hearings. Correspondents include Walter M. Pierce, Charles L. McNary, Frederick Steiwer, Marshall N. Dana and Homer D. Angell.

Dates

Creation: 1902-1957

Creator

Dodd, Elmer Perry, 1869- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical note

Elmer Perry Dodd (born 1869) was a developer and irrigation advocate for the Umatilla area of Oregon. He was also known as the father of the McNary Dam. He was an editor, real estate broker, state legislator (1919-1920), Republican gubernatorial candidate (1934), founder of the Tri-State Development League (later Inland Empire Waterways Association), and a resident of Hermiston, Oregon.

Extent

2 Cubic Feet (2 record cartons)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the estate of Elmer Perry Dodd, 1960.

General

Collection includes correspondence, research notes, documents and printed materials regarding irrigation projects in the Umatilla area, particularly the Umatilla Rapids Project and McNary Dam, 1902-1954; and correspondence and documents regarding the Columbia Valley Association, 1934-1938, Inland Waterways Association, 1934-1939, and the Bureau of Reclamation hearings, 1955. Correspondents include Walter M. Pierce, Charles L. McNary, Frederick Steiwer, Marshall N. Dana and Homer D. Angell. Additional materials include articles of incorporation of Boardman, Oregon, circa 1912-1922; land titles; and scrapbooks, 3 volumes, 1902-1952, regarding Umatilla.