Title: Richard A. Ballinger papers at the University of Washington Libraries
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
Places: United States, Washington (State), Seattle
People: Richard Achilles Ballinger (1858-1922)
Time periods: 1901-1909, 1909-1913