Richard A. Ballinger papers at the University of Washington Libraries

An edition of Richard A. Ballinger papers at the University of Washington Libraries (1965)

Richard A. Ballinger papers at the University of Washington Libraries

By Kari Inglis,Ruth Johnson,Richard C. Berner

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Publish Date

1965

Publisher

University of Washington Libraries

Language

eng

Pages

Description:

Papers relating chiefly to Ballinger's term as U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1909-1911). Also includes materials pertaining to his service as Commissioner of the General Land Office (1907-1908). Documents the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy which resulted in a congressional investigation of the Interior Department and the Forestry Service in 1910.

subjects: Archives, History, Sources, Cabinet officers, Politics and government, American Manuscripts, United States. Department of the Interior

People: Richard Achilles Ballinger (1858-1922)

Places: United States, Washington (State), Seattle

Times: 1901-1909, 1909-1913