Reminiscences of Gordon Kidd, 1973
- Name
- Kidd, Gordon, 1898-1986 (Interviewee)
- Burg, Maclyn (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Gordon Kidd, 1973
- Abstract
- Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II; water resources in British Columbia, 1950; Columbia River Treaty, 1954-70: International Columbia River Engineering Committee, International Joint Committee of United States and Canada, meetings and reports, 1957 Boundary and Water Treaty, legal status of Canadian negotiators, negotiations and protocol, international political and technical teams, econo mic and energy resource impact of Columbia, Kootenay and Peace Rivers development on British Columbia; role of Premier Bennett; hydro vs. thermal generating capacities; Portage Mountain and Arrow Lake controversy; impressions of Premier Bennett and E. Davie Fulton
- Collection Name
- Eisenhower administration project
- Subjects
- Civil engineers; Treaties; International obligations; International rivers; Water--Law and legislation; United States Foreign relations 1953-1961; Canada Foreign relations 1945-; Kidd, Gordon, 1898-1986
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 108 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Civil engineer
- Note
- Interviewed by Maclyn Burg on January 19, 1973
- Note (Provenance)
- Eisenhower Presidential Library, Gift
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13756982
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-na18-q474
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.