Guide to the James Cecil Nelson Papers 1934-1975
Cage 369

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Nelson, James Cecil
Title
James Cecil Nelson Papers
ID
Cage 369
Date [inclusive]
1934-1975
Extent
35 containers., 24.5 linear feet of shelf space., 8950 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, government documents, statistics, unpublished papers, reprints, clippings, memoranda, student papers, and other materials related to teaching, researching, writing, and consulting about transportation economics, particularly railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 369, James Cecil Nelson Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Professor Emeritus James Cecil Nelson, internationally known transportation economist, was born in Bickleton, Washington, on October 5, 1908. Nelson received his B.A. from the University of Washington in 1930, his M.A. from Ohio State University in 1931, and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1934. Nelson was a Dupont fellow, 1932-1934, and also a research fellow at the Brookings Institution from 1933 to 1934. After receiving his doctorate, Nelson served on the faculties of several universities and also worked for more than a year with the Washington Department of Public Service. In 1938 Nelson joined the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, as a senior transportation economist. In 1941 he became the principal transportation economist with the National Resources Planning Board.

During the Second World War, Nelson worked with a number of Federal agencies. He served first as assistant director in charge of regulatory policy studies, Division of Economic Studies, Board of Investigation and Research (1941-1944), and later as assistant director, Division of Review and Special Studies, Office of Defense Transportation (1944-1945). Before returning to academic life in 1947, he served as chief of the Transportation Division, Office of Domestic Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce (1945-1947).

In 1947 Nelson joined the faculty of Washington State University as professor of economics and transportation in the Department of Economics, a position he held until his retirement in September 1974. In addition to his teaching, research, and writing at WSU, Nelson served as a consultant for the Washington State Legislature's Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets, and Bridges, as well as the Legislative Research Committee of the North Dakota Legislature (1948-1952). He also served as a consultant for, among others: the Royal Commission on Transportation, Alberta, Canada (1960); the Federation of Nigeria (1960-1961); the Royal Government of Afganistan (1963); Pembina Pipe Line Limited, Calgary, Alberta (1961, 1962); A.T.and S.F.; Railway (1961-1968); American Automobile Manufacturers Association (1966); and the Pacific Island Tariff Bureau (1969). In 1956-1957, Nelson was a senior staff member at the Brookings Institution. He also served as visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin (1964), University of British Columbia (fall, 1975), and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (1975). Nelson's research has resulted in numerous articles in professional journals and a number of books, among which are: Railroad Transportation and National Policy (1959), Transportation Problems and Policies in the Trans-Missouri West (1967), The Future of American Transportation (1971), Perspectives on Regional Transportation Planning (1973), Perspectives on Federal Transportation Policy (1975), and Railway Pricing under Commercial Freedom: The Canadian Experience (1977).

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Arrangement

The papers of James Cecil Nelson are arranged in four series: Research Files, 1934-1947; Correspondence and Student Placement Files, 1938-1975; Instructional Material and Related Research Files, 1932-1974; and Professional Activities, 1947-1975. The first series, Research Files, 1934-1947, is divided into two subseries: Academic and State Appointments, 1934-1938; and the Federal Service, 1938-1947. Included in the Academic and State Appointments subseries are a transportation bibliography, employment correspondence for 1938, and a field book compiled by Nelson when he worked for the Washington Department of Public Services in 1936. The second series, Federal Service, 1938-1947 is arranged chronologically by the positions Nelson held with the federal government, that is, with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1938-1941, the Board of Investigation and Research, 1941-1944, and the Department of Commerce, 1944-1947. This material is arranged alphabetically within each of these groups. Included in this subseries are some correspondence, reports, research materials, publications, and memoranda.

In the second series, Correspondence and Student Placement Files, 1938-1975, is divided into two subseries: Correspondence, 1938-1967, and student Placement Files, 1952-1975. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by subject and includes both incoming and outgoing letters to individuals, professional and business organizations, federal agencies, state legislative committees, and publishers. The student placement files are arranged alphabetically by the name of the firm or corporation involved, such as Great Northern, New York Central, and Shell Oil. Included in this subseries are letters from Nelson to personnel officers and other executives on behalf of various students, as well as. information on the various companies and their policies and opportunities.

The third series, Transport Economics Courses and Research Files, 1932-1974 is arranged by course number. The material collected for use and research in the various courses is arranged alphabetically by subject within each particular course. The material for the ten different courses includes correspondence, reports, memoranda, published documents (federal, state and private), newspaper and magazine clippings, trade journals, court and Interstate Commerce Commission decisions, statistical surveys and professional reference papers, analysis of almost every aspect of transportation, research notes, projects, addresses, studies and student papers. One of Dr. Nelson's primary interests was rail transportation; consequently, the course entitled Land Transportation Agencies (Economics 464) which deals at length with rail transportation, comprises the majority of the material in this series.

The fourth series, Professional Activities, 1947-1975, is composed of two subseries: Consultation and Testimony, 1951-1967; and Publications, 1947-1975. The first subseries, Consultation and Testimony, is arranged alphabetically by subject and consists of material pertaining to Dr. Nelson's consulting work for private business, professional organizations, foreign countries, Canadian provinces, and states, as well as his testimony before various federal committees and commissions. This subseries includes Nelson's testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Small Businesses (1955) and the Interstate Commerce Commission (1970), consulting work for the Royal (Canadian) Commission on Transportation and the Province of Alberta, as well as documents, reports, legal decisions, correspondence, notes, publications, railroad rate information, and notes pertaining to both consultation and cases in which Dr. Nelson was interested. The second subseries, Publications, 1947-1975, pertains to Dr. Nelson's writing and publishing. The conferences are listed alphabetically by the sponsoring organization. The publications or papers which Nelson reviewed are listed alphabetically by author or generating body. Conference papers presented by Dr. Nelson are arranged alphabetically by the title of the paper, except under the folder heading "Conference Papers presented by Nelson, 1941-1973" in which the papers are arranged chronologically. Accompanying some of the conference papers are various research materials. Nelson's publications and accompanying research papers are arranged alphabetically by the title of the publication. With the majority of Dr. Nelson's publications are also correspondence (either with publisher, critics, or research sources), manuscripts, galley proofs, and other research material.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The James Cecil Nelson papers were donated br Dr. Nelson to the Washington State University Libraries in January 1977 (UA 77-2).

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Nelson, James C., 1908- --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Railroads -- United States--Finance
  • Transportation --United States--Finance
  • Economics -- Study and teaching (Higher)--Washington (State)--Pullman
  • Transportation
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Research Files 1934-1947 

Academic and State Appointments 1934-1938 
box folder

Bibliography, Transport Topices 1934-1937  14 items.

 1 1

Employment Correspondence 1938  16 items.

 1 2

Field Book, Washington Department of Public Service 1936  1 item.

 1 3

Federal Service 1938-1947 

Bureau of Agricultural Economics 1938-1941 
box folder

Freight Rates Behavior and Structure, ms. by John D. Summner 1939  13 items.

 1 4

Interterritorial Rate Problem 1939  16 items.

 1 5

Morrison, Hunter. Motor Carrier research and ms. 1940-1941  54 items.

 1 6-7

Motor Freight Carrier Cases 1938-1940  60 items.

 1 8-13

Motor Freight Rate Proceedings of I.C.Q. undated  1 item.

 2 14

Motor Rate Study 1940  10 items.

 2 15

Rate Policy 1939-1940  28 items.

 2 16

Transportation Research Suggestions 1939-1940  23 items.

 2 17

Trucking Industry, Economic Characteristics 1940  46 items.

 2 18

Board of Investigation and Research 1941-1944 
box folder

Freight Rates: Outline 1942-1943  30 items.

 2 19

Interstate Rate Problem Material  40 items.

 2 20

Railroad Financing Report 1941  1 item.

 2 21

Rate Policy 1941-1943  45 items.

 2 22-24

Research Program 1942-1943  10 items.

 2 25

United States Department of Commerce 1945-1947 
box folder

Air Cargo Service Survey, Field Office Returns February-March 1947  3 items.

 2 26-28

Air Transportation Research 1946-1947  45 items.

 2 29-30

Mountain-Pacific Traffic Flows 1946-1947  220

 2 31

Publications, Transportation Division 1946-1947  65 items.

 2 32-33

Rate and Traffic Pattern Analysis 1945-1946  95 items.

 3 34

Transportation Economics Research Notebook 1946-1947  1 item.

 3 35

Western United States Industrial Development 1945-1947  60 items.

 3 36

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Series 2: Correspondence and Student Placement Files 1938-1975 

Correspondence 
box folder

American Association of University Professors 1952-1955  95 items.

 3 37-38

American Council on Education, Highway Research Board 1951-1952  6 items.

 3 39

American Economic Association 1948-1950 1954-1956  80 items.

 3 40-42

Carll, Richard 1954-1955  15 items.

 3 43

Clay Committee Report 1956  30 items.

 3 44

Commerce, U.S. Department 1948-1957  40 items.

 3 45

Dodge, William 1951-1955  70 items.

 3 46-47

Econometric Society 1955  20 items.

 3 48

Highway Research Board: Current Committee on Highway Taxation and Finance 1950-1957  70 items.

 3 49

Mater, Dan. H. 1947-1948  25 items.

 3 50

Pacific Logging Congress 1950  5 items.

 3 51

Pacific Northwest Trade Association 1955  40 items.

 3 52

Publishers 1938-1949  60 items.

 3 53

Sillcox, L. K. Visit to WSU for American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1951-1954  20 items.

 3 54

Spokane Chamber of Commerce 1956  8 items.

 3 55

Transportation, Department of. Office of Economics, Research Program 1967  1 item.

 3 56

Washington. Legislature, Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets, and Bridges 1949-1951  70 items.

 3 57

Washington State University. Committees and Correspondence 1951-1953  10 items.

 3 58

Western Economic Association 1949-1955  65 items.

 3 59-60

Student Placement 
box folder

Placement Files 1952-1975  235 items.

 4 61-67

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Series 3: Transport Economics Courses and Research Files 1932-1974 

Econ. 165: Current Transportation Problems: 
box folder

Agricultural Commodities Rates, publications 1934-1952  6 items.

 4 68

Canned Goods Rates, Northwest Canners Association 1948-1952  20 items.

 4 69-70

Lumber Rate Structure, Pacific Northwest 1952  13 items.

 4 71

Student Reports, Current Transportation Problems 1952  10 items.

 4 72

Western States Council 1948-1952  45 items.

 4 73-74

Econ. 167: Air and Water Transport: 
box folder

Student Paper: The Brief History of Through Routes and Joint Rates for Grain and Petroleum on the Columbia River, Erle O. Anderson 1952  1 item.

 4 75

Econ 184: Advanced Economic Theory: 
box folder

Student Papers 1948 1952  6 items.

 4 76

Econ 197: Problems in Economics: 
box folder

Student Papers, Economics of Navigation Subsidy in the Mid-Columbia River, James B. Willis 1952  1 item.

 4 77

Econ. 364: Transport Economics: 
box folder

Railroad Problems and Progress 1948-1969  40 items.

 4 78

Student Papers, Inland Waterway Transport 1959  1968  2 items.

 4 79

Transport Economics Readings 1962-1971  10 items.

 4 80

Econ. 463: Current Transportation Problems: 
box folder

Rate Structure, Rates, Traffic Flow 1947-1962  20 items.

 4 81

Econ. 464: Land Transportation Agencies: 
box folder

Congressional Documents on Transportation 1932-1963  27 items.

 5 82-85

Economic and Business Research, Bureau of. Distribution and Service Industries Washington Transportation 1955-1964  25 items.

 5 86

Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 1956-1958 

 5 87

Foreign Transport Files: 
box folder

Bolivia and South America: Role of Transport in Development 1963-1965  20 items.

 5 88

Nigerian Transport 1961-1969  25 items.

 5 89

Pakistan Transport 1959-1963  6 items.

 5 90

Transport in Foreign Countries 1958-1966  30 items.

 5 91

Transport in Less Developed Countries 1958-1962  45 items.

 5 92
box folder

Highway Research Board: Committee on Highway Taxation and Finance 1960-1965  12 items.

 5 93

How Rails Can Meet Competition 1961  1963  60 items.

 5 94

Inland Freight Traffic Service, Transportation Digest 1967-1974  60 items.

 5 95

Intermodal Transport: 
box folder

Clipping File 1967-1969  1 item.

 6 96

Columbia River Barge Transport; Rates and Traffic 1933-1965  20 items.

 6 97

Columbia River Navigation Improvement 1958-1959  20 items.

 6 98

Containerization 1966-1971  110

 6 99-100

Fair Sharing ICC Decisions - Rail Roads 1957-1965  60 items.

 6 101

Federal Maritime Commission Documents 1970-1974  20 items.

 6 102

ICC Documents 1970  15 items.

 6 103-104

Overmyer, Daniel. Intermodal Transport Coordination 1961-1969  50 items.

 6 105

Pipeline Transport 1946-1952  20 items.

 6 106

Sea-Land, Seatrain Rate Case Decisions 1961-1963  8 items.

 6 107

Sea-Land, Seatrain Rate Case Supreme Court Decisions 1960-1967  15 items.

 6 108

Shipping week 1969  5 items.

 6 109
box folder

Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. 1960-1965  25 items.

 6 110

Land Transportation Agencies, Notes 1958-1962  1 item.

 6 111

Mater Testimony and ICC Report in Ex Parte No. 166 1947-1951  2 items.

 7 112

McGillivary, Robert. Transport Economics Papers 1969-1974  9 items.

 7 113

Motor Transportation: 
box folder

Highway Finance - Date 1948-1955  30 items.

 7 114

Highway Studies, General 1948-1962  3 items.

 7 115

Highway System, U.S. 1946-1955  40 items.

 7 116

Highway Transport Economics 1947-1954  15 items.

 7 117

Motor Freight Rates Studies and Investigations, Washington 1948-1953  5 items.

 7 118

Motor Rate Increase Cases, General 1947-1966  25 items.

 7 119

Pacific Northwest Trucking Investigation 1947-1951  4 items.

 7 120

Public Roads, Bureau of. Highway Capacity Studies 1949-1971  10 items.

 7 121

Trucking Industry 1954-1965  10 items.

 7 122

Trucking Rate Decisions, WPSC and ICC 1949-1954  55 items.

 7 123
box folder

National Transportation Act of 1969 and Surface Transport Act of 1972 1969-1972  15 items.

 7 124

Pacific Northwest, developments 1949-1966  10 items.

 8 125

Pacific Northwest Transportation Economics Publications 1926-1965  20 items.

 8 126-127

Rail Transportation: 
box folder

Commuter Railroads 1958-1972  1 item.

 8 128

Finance and Regulations Publications 1934-1963  8 items.

 8 129

Freight Car Shortages Conference 1971  10 items.

 8 130

Freight Rate Problems, Pacific Northwest: 
box folder

Bull, Alex, M. Analysis for Mr. J. J. Frawley of Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission Which Resulted in the Present Adjustment of Transcontinental Rates to Spokane, Washington 1947  1

 8 131

Burns, Bartlett. Economic Study - Mountain-Pacific Territory: re. Docket No. 28300, undated  1

 8 132

Class Rate Investigations: ICC Notices and Reports 1948-1957  55

 8 133

Class Rate Problem of Pacific Northwest 1947-1948  10

 8 134

Class Rates, Mountain Pacific Case 1945-1955  15

 8 135-136

Davey, V. H., Spokesman Review Data 1958-1960  20

 8 137

Fourth Section Material 1911-1961  105

 9 138-139

Grain Transport Related Studies 1951-1972  4

 9 140

Intercontinental Rate Traffic and Rail Rate, Western Traffic Association Research Committee 1959-1960  10

 9 141

Milwaukee Road Grain Rates, Rosalia to Seattle 1968  55

 9 142

Northern Pacific Multiple Car Grain Rates 1966-1968  35

 9 143-144

Rate Bureaus: Department of Justice 1942-1946  20

 9 145

Rate Problems: Pacific Northwest 1947-1955  50

 9 146

Rate Research: Class Rates in Pacific Northwest - Dan Mater and WSU 1948-1949  15

 9 147

Tolan, Fred. Freight Traffic Consultant on Grain Hauling Rates 1965-1967  15

 9 148
box folder

Full Crew Laws Investigation 1960  1 item.

 9 149

High Speed Ground Transport, N.E. Corridor 1960-1967  60 items.

 9 150

Interstate Commerce Commission Documents: 
box folder

Discontinuance of Service 1966 1970  6

 9 151

Increased Freight Rates 1968-1970-1971  4

 9 152

Increased Rail Passenger Fates 1960  5

 9 153

Ingot Molds Case: Competition between Railroads and Water Carriers 1966  4

 10 154

Mountain Pacific Class Rates 1952  2

 10 155

Per Diem 1965  2

 10 156

Rail Costs and Rate Studies 1954-1961  3

 10 157

Rail Costs Finding Procedures 1948-1967  12

 10 158

Rail Traffic Compared with Production 1937-1952  6

 10 159

Southeastern Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners vs. A.T. and S.F. 1959-1962  2

 10 160
box folder

Northern Pacific Railway Discovery Trip, 1969  30 items.

 10 161

Passenger Deficit Problem 1951-1964  11 items.

 10 162

Passenger Problems 1968-1971  85 items.

 10 163

Passenger Trains 1966-1972  100

 11 164

Penn Central Reorganization 1973  6 items.

 11 165

Piggyback Transport: 
box folder

Addresses and Reports 1958-1966  70

 11 166

Carrier Facilities, Methods, Innovations 1961-1963  20

 11 167

Forgash, Morris 1958-1962  15

 11 168

ICC and Other Documents 1961-1964  30

 11 169-170

Lundy, Robert F. Ph.D. Project 1963  8

 11 171

Regulatory Cases and Issues 1960-1972  35

 11 172

Studies 1959-1964  20

 11 173

User Reaction 1960-1963  50

 11 174
box folder

Rail Line Solutions 1969-1972  35 items.

 11 175

Rail Problems and Potentials 1958-1970  65 items.

 11 176

Railpax Clipping File 1971  1 item.

 11 177

Railroad Management, Pacific Northwest 1970-1973  1 item.

 11 178

Railroad: Operation of Trucks, Pipelines, etc. 1954-1957  30 items.

 11 179

Railway Labor: Rules, Issues, Articles 1949-1962  25 items.

 11 180

Railway Express Agency 1954-1965  40 items.

 12 181-182

Rand Paper Clippings 1970-1971  1 item.

 12 183

Rates and Pricing: Dr. Ford Edwards 1950-1955  7 items.

 12 184

Rate Topics: 
box folder

Agreed Rates: NYC Rug Case and Others 1959-1960  15

 12 185

Canned Goods Rates Between Pacific Coast and East 1954-1965  20

 12 186

Cargill Case 1966-1967  5

 12 187

Competitive Rate Cases 1957-1961  20

 12 188

Competitive Rates and Decisions 1959-1960  1

 12 189

Impact of Competition on Railroads, Transcontinental Cases 1947-1961  50

 12 190

Interterritorial Freight Rates 1929-1947  30

 12 191

Quantity Rate Discount and Incentive Rate Cases 1960-1970  50

 12 192

Rail Rate Cases 1950-1964  40

 13 193

Rail Revenue Distribution, Contribution by,Commodity Groups 1941-1965  15

 13 194

Rail Traffic Flow and Rates, Publications 1951-1960  15

 13 195

Rail Level Cases 1944-1962  15

 13 196

Whitten, Herbert O. Testimony in Paint Case 1955-1959  15

 13 197
box folder

St. Lawrence Seaway and Related Projects 1953-1959  35 items.

 13 198

Technology 1958-1966  1 item.

 13 199

Transport Efficiency and Productivity 1954 1970-1972  12 items.

 13 200
box folder

Regional Transportation: New England 1945-1954  20 items.

 13 201

Transport Data and Statistics, Current Trends 1966-1971  30 items.

 13 202

Transport Research Foundation 1957-1966  10 items.

 14 203

Transport Technology - New Developments, Implications for Progress and Social Welfare May 19 1975  50 items.

 14 204

Transport Theory Publications 1958-1969  20 items.

 14 205

Transportation Association of America. Transportation Facts and Trends 1964-1972  9 items.

 14 206

Transportation, Department of 1966-1967  70 items.

 14 207

Transportation Events 1965-1970  60 items.

 14 208

Transportation Policy Questions  11 items.

 14 209

Transportation Regulatory Modernization Act 1972  5 items.

 14 210

Transportation Research: General Sources 1957-1967  25 items.

 14 211

Econ. 465: Air and Water Transport: 
box folder

Air Transport 1950-1973  40 items.

 14 212-213

Civil Aeronautics Board Document Files 1944-1971 

Air Carriers 
box folder

Foreign, Temporary. Cases 1962  4

 14 214

Large Irregular. Investigation 1952-1965  34

 14 215-218

Large Irregular 1950-1954  14

 15 219

Military Contract 1962  2

 15 220

Nonscheduled. Historical Files 1948-1952  70

 15 221

Supplemental 1960-1968  45

 15 222-225
box folder

Air Freight Cases 1965  3 items.

 15 226

Air Freight, Domestic. Study Publication 1957-1973  15 items.

 15 227

Air Service, Domestic. Cases 1947-1962  4 items.

 15 228

Air Taxi Service, Regulations 1970-1972 

 15 229

Air Transport: 
box folder

Connecticut General Public Symposium, Papers 1961-1967  20

 15 230

Federal Policy Reports 1954-1961  8

 15 231

Resource File 1953-1954  7

 15 232

Western Regional Reports 1951-1970  4

 16 233

Airlines: 
box folder

Merger Cases 1947-1964  26

 16 234-235

Nonscheduled. Regulations and Cases 1946-1955 1966-1971  130

 16 236-237
box folder

Airport and Air Service Study, Washington State 1972  25 items.

 16 238

Alaskan Air Transport File 1947-1949  8 items.

 16 239

Coach-type Service Case: 
box folder

Interstate 1949-1950  11

 16 240-241

Transcontinental 1949-1951  13

 16 242
box folder

Enforcement Proceedings 1958-1964  8 items.

 16 243

Hawaii Common Fares Case 1950  1962  4 items.

 16 244

Mail Payments to Domestic Air Carriers, Administrative Separation of Subsidy 1952-1953  4 items.

 16 245

North Atlantic Charter Service 1969  5 items.

 16 246

North Atlantic Route Case 1945  1 item.

 16 247

Northwest Airlines Domestic Operation 1947 and 1952  2 items.

 16 248

Pacific Northwest-Southwest Service investigation, re-opened 1964-1968  7 items.

 17 249-250

Passenger Fare Investigation: 
box folder

Domestic 1970-1972  5

 17 251-252

General 1953-1959  11

 17 253-255
box folder

Quad-Cities Airport Historical File 1971-1972  75 items.

 17 256

Regional Airports, New England Master Plan, Summary Report 1961  2 items.

 17 257

Short Haul Coach Fare Investigation 1953  1 item.

 17 258

Southern Service to the West Case 1951-1954  9 items.

 17 259

Southern Transcontinental Service Case 1961  2 items.

 18 260

Transpacific Service Cases 1946-1966  15 items.

 18 261

Twin Cities-Milwaukee Long Haul Investigation 1969-1970  6 items.

 18 262

United States-Europe-Middle East Cargo Service Case 1950  1 item.

 18 263

West Coast File 1944-1966  40 items.

 18 264-265

West Coast-Hawaii Service Cases 1948 1955  2 items.

 18 266
box folder

Federal Maritime Board Documents 1941-1963  145 items.

 18 267-269

Water Transport (Ocean), Economics 1964-1974  65 items.

 18 270

Econ. 468: Public Utility Economics: 
box folder

California Public Utilities Documents 1958  3 items.

 19 271

Federal Documents on Public Utilities 1944  1959  3 items.

 19 272

Federal Power Commission Documents 1945-1955  30 items.

 19 273-274

Financial Problems of Public Utilities Seminar 1959-1961  22 items.

 19 275

Public Utility Economics Seminar 1962  1 item.

 19 276

Public Utility Topics 1958-1963  2 items.

 19 277

Econ. 564: Rail Management Seminar: 
box folder

Material for Rail Management Seminar 1963-1968  30 items.

 19 278
box folder

Graduate and Senior Level Economics Papers (no course association) 1953 1964  2 items.

 19 279

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Series 4: Professional Activities 1947-1975 

Consultation and Testimony 1951-1971 
box folder

Alberta and Canada Freight Rates 1960  4 items.

 19 280

Auto Manufacturers Association, Consultation 1966  3 items.

 19 281

Canadian Transport Policy 1960-1963  40 items.

 19 282

Economic Effects of Changes in Legal Vehicle Weights and Dimensions on Highways, NCHRP Project Proposal 1970-1971  9 items.

 19 283

Highway Improvement, Report on Economic Impact of 1959  1 item.

 19 284

North Dakota Highway Finance Study 1951  5 items.

 19 285

Rail Mergers: 
box folder

B and O - C and O Case 1960-1963  20 items.

 19 286

Documents: 
box folder

Barringer, John W. Testimony 1961  3

 19 287

Crippen, C. E. Testimony 1966  5

 19 288

Interstate Commerce Commission Rail Merger Documents 1956-1969  45

 20 289-293

Supreme Court Briefs and Judgements 1969-1970  3

 20 294
box folder

Great Northern-Northern Pacific Case 1965-1967  25 items.

 20 295

Norfold and Western-Nickle Plate-Wabash Case 1962-1964  25 items.

 20 296

Publications 1960-1967  12 items.

 21 297-299

Southern Clipping File 1962-1965  12 items.

 21 300

Royal Commission on Transportation: 
box folder

Long-Short Haul Discrimination, Alberta 1958-1962  22 items.

 21 301

Submissions of Provinces, Reports on Freight Regulation Effects 1960  8 items.

 21 302-303

Submissions of Provinces 1949  2 items.

 21 304

Testimony, James C. Nelson 1960  25 items.

 21 305
box folder

Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Testimony 1955  1 item.

 21 306

Statement by J. C. Nelson before the Interstate Commerce Commission 1970  1 item.

 21 307

Transportation Improvements in Underdeveloped Countries, Publications 1952-1971  10 items.

 21 308

Utah Study in Western Pacific Case 1961  8 items.

 21 309

Volume Rates, Agreed Rates 1956-1959  20 items.

 21 310

Western Pacific Acquisition of Control Case 1961-1965  30 items.

 21 311

Publications 1947-1975 

Conferences 
box folder

American Economic Association, Boston Transportation and Research Forum December 1964.  55 items.

 21 312

Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Educator's Tour June 18-24, 1960  15 items.

 21 313

Committee for Economic Development Transit Policy Discussion, Developing Metropolitan Transportation Policies May 1965  15 items.

 21 314

Forum on Optimizing Transport Potential September 1966  15 items.

 22 315

Industrial and Economic Development Conference, 5th Annual, Transportation, Walla Walla, WA October 3-4, 1963  15 items.

 22 316

Washington State University, Wheat Marketing in the Northwest, 2nd Annual Workshop January 1963  25 items.

 22 317

Papers and Publications Reviewed by Nelson 
box folder

Dearing, Charles L. Transportation and Communications. Chapter XVI of Government Expenditures Study 1956  2 items.

 22 318

Papers reviewed by Nelson undated  3 items.

 22 319

Pendleton, William C. Economic Impact of Highway Improvement 1958  45 items.

 22 320-321

SARC, Cost Based Freight Rates Study 1966-1967  1 item.

 22 322

Papers Presented by Nelson 
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The Challenge of Transportation, Washington State University Invited Address 1966  45 items.

 23 323

Conference Papers Presented by Nelson 1941-1973  50 items.

 23 324-326

Freight Trends and Policies and Some Implications for Metropolitan Regions, Conference on Urban Transportation at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York; with accompanying research March 29, 1971  20 items.

 23 327-328

Some Continental Transport Problems Facing the Pacific Northwest, General Conference of the Pacific Northwest Trade Association, Seattle, Washington; with accompanying research October 31, 1955  50 items.

 23 329-332

Publications and Research: 
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Control of Entry into Surface Transport Under the Interstate Commerce Act, U.S. Government Sponsored Study. Manuscript and research 1959  500

 23 333-337

A Critique of Governmental Intervention in Transport, for proposed anthology: Regional Transportation Planning: Problems and Prospects 1971  3 items.

 24 338
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General Economics of Transport Publications 1940-1966  10 items.

 339

Interregional and Intraregional Traffic of the Mountain-Pacific Area in 1939; research material 1948  95 items.

 340-343

Railroad Transportation and National Policy, Brookings Institute; manuscript, research, and publication material 1959  1210

 344-358

Research Basis for Corrective Action with Respect to Inter-territorial Freight Rates, A, Law and Contemporary Problems 12:532-48. Article and Correspondence Summer 1947  12 items.

 359
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Revision of National Transport Regulation Policy, The American Economic Review 45:910-18. Article, galley proofs, and correspondence December 1955  20 items.

 25 360

Taxing Washington's Motor Vehicles Equitably for Highway Services. Report submitted to the Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets, and Bridges. Washington State. Publication, galleys, manuscript, research, and correspondence 1950  590

 25 361-394

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