Richard A. Ballinger papers at the University of Washington Libraries
By: project director, Richard C. Berner ; preparation by Ruth Johnson and Kari Inglis
Contributors: Ballinger, Richard Achilles, 1858-1922; University of Washington. Libraries; United States. National Historical Publications Commission
Series: Microfilm publication program / National Historical Publications Commission
Publisher: University of Washington Libraries
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Format: microform /
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Archives; History; Sources; Cabinet officers; Politics and government; American Manuscripts; United States. Department of the Interior
Other titles: National Historical Publications Commission; Ballinger, Richard A. Papers
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.