American Public Power Association Collection on Public Utilities
name: label: Creator
content: American Public Power Association
topic: label: Topic
content: Electricity -- History
label: Topic
content: Public utilities
label: Topic
content: Electric utilities
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: American Public Power Association
creator: label: Creator
content: American Public Power Association
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: A service organization for the more than 2,000 U.S. community-owned electric utilities, the APPA was created in 1940 to represent the common interests of these utilities.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950 - 1982
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Donated to the Archives Center in 2014 by the American Public Power Associatoin.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1337
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: 16mm motion picture film
label: Type
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: 16mm motion picture film
label: Genre/Form
content: Motion pictures (visual works) -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Persuasive printed materials offered by the Association to member utilities, to use as ads in local newspapers or as bill stuffers, on public interest subjects such as holiday safety, energy saving, the conveniences of electric appliances, and other topics; persuasive printed materials, mostly offered by investor-owned utilities, in opposition to public power, many of them asserting that public utilities were "socialist" and ceded too much control to the federal government, or wasted taxpayers' money. Also included is a film marking the 100th anniversary of public power.