The subject category for the Department of the Interior (designated FG 19) consists of approximately two and one-half cubic feet of correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, annual reports, routing slips, handwritten notes, maps and site plans, news clippings, and press releases. File folders with the "executive" prefix (EX) refer to correspondence among White House staff, Cabinet officers and Cabinet department personnel, members of Congress, state and local government officials, representatives of foreign governments or international organizations, and other prominent individuals. The "general" prefix (GEN) designates correspondence between government officials, members of Congress and their constituents, or private persons or organizations. Folders with the suffix "/A" (for Appointments) deals with nominations, confirmation hearings, and appointments of Interior Department officials.
Principal correspondents in FG 19 include the President and White House staff members such as Peter Flanigan, John Ehrlichman, Ken Cole, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, John Price, John R. Brown, and John C. Whitaker (later Under Secretary of the Interior). Interior Department officials appearing in these documents include Secretaries Walter J. Hickel and his successor, Rogers C. B. Morton; Under Secretary William T. Reed; Commissioner for Indian Affairs Louis Bruce; and Assistant Secretary for Mineral Resources Hollis M. Dole. Other principle correspondents include Representatives Julia Butler Hansen, Wayne Aspinall, and John Saylor and Senators Jennings Randolph, Robert Packwood, Stuart Symington, and Robert C. Byrd.
Specific issues addressed in the collection include the leasing of outer continental shelf oil and gas rights, oil spills in the Santa Barbara Channel, the need for federal funding for water treatment facilities, reform of government programs for Indians, park acquisitions in urban areas, reclamation of mining lands, the regulation of the mining industry, the ownership of water resources, funding for pilot sea water desalinization plants, exploitation of coal reserves, rate structures for federally owned regional utilities, creation of a "National Power Grid", development of alternate energy resources, and management of oil imports.
Information related to the Department of the Interior can also be found in subject categories IN (Indian Affairs), NR (Natural Resources), PA (Parks), and RA (Real Property). The Staff Member and Office File for the President's Advisory Council on Executive Reorganization (the Ash Council) will have more information on proposals for reorganizing the Department.
Box 1
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [1 of 20, January - February 1969]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [1 of 20, January - February 1969]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [2 of 20, March - May 1969]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [3 of 20, June - September 1969]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [4 of 20, October - December 1969]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [5 of 20, January - March 1970]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [6 of 20, April - June 1970]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [7 of 20, July - August 1970]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [8 of 20, September - December 1970]
Box 2
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [9 of 20, January - April 1971]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [10 of 20, May - July 1971]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [11 of 20, August - December 1971]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [12 of 20, January - March 1972]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [13 of 20, April - May 1972]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [14 of 20, June - September 1972]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [15 of 20, October - December 1972]
Box 3
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [16 of 20, January - April 1973]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [17 of 20, May - August 1973]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [18 of 20, September - November 1973]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [19 of 20, December 1973 - March 1974]
EX FG 19 Department of the Interior [20 of 20, April - August 1974]
EX FG 19/A Department of the Interior/Appointments [1 of 3, 1969-70]
EX FG 19/A Department of the Interior/Appointments [2 of 3, 1971-72]
EX FG 19/A Department of the Interior/Appointments [3 of 3, 1973 - August 1974]
Box 4
GEN FG 19 Department of the Interior [1 of 6, January - June 1969]
GEN FG 19 Department of the Interior [2 of 6, July - December 1969]
GEN FG 19 Department of the Interior [3 of 6, January - June 1970]
GEN FG 19 Department of the Interior [4 of 6, July - December 1970]
GEN FG 19 Department of the Interior [5 of 6, January 1971 - January 1972]
GEN FG 19 Department of the Interior [6 of 6, February 1972 - August 1974]
GEN FG 19/A Department of the Interior/Appointments [1970-71]
EX FG 19-1 Secretary and Staff Officials [Empty]
GEN FG 19-1 Secretary and Staff Officials [Empty]
EX FG 19-2 Deputy - Undersecretary [Empty]
GEN FG 19-2 Deputy - Undersecretary [1970]
EX FG 19-3 Assistant Secretaries [Empty]
GEN FG 19-3 Assistant Secretaries [1970]
Box 5
EX FG 19-4 Bonneville Power Administration [1 of 2, 1969-70]
GEN FG 19-4 Bonneville Power Administration [2 of 2, 1971-74]
GEN FG 19-4 Bonneville Power Administration
EX FG 19-5 Office of Coal Research
GEN FG 19-5 Office of Coal Research
EX FG 19-6 Federal Water Quality Administration
EX FG 19-6/A Federal Water Quality Administration/Appointments
GEN FG 19-6 Federal Water Quality Administration [1969-71]
EX FG 19-7 United States Fish and Wildlife Services
EX FG 19-7/A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Appointments
GEN FG 19-7 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [1970]
EX FG 19-7-1 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries [1970, Abolished 10/3/70]
GEN FG 19-7-1 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries [1970, Abolished 10/3/70]
EX FG 19-7-2 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Box 6
GEN FG 19-7-2 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
EX FG 19-8 Geological Survey
EX FG 19-8/A Geological Survey/Appointments
GEN FG 19-8 Geological Survey
EX FG 19-9 Bureau of Indian Affairs [1 of 3, 1969-70]
EX FG 19-9 Bureau of Indian Affairs [2 of 3, 1/1/71 - {2/12/72}]
EX FG 19-9 Bureau of Indian Affairs [3 of 3, 1/1/73 - 8/9/74]
EX FG 19-9/A Bureau of Indian Affairs/Appointments [1 of 3, 1/1/69 - 12/31/70]
EX FG 19-9/A Bureau of Indian Affairs/Appointments [2 of 3, 1/1/71 - 12/31/72]
EX FG 19-9/A Bureau of Indian Affairs/Appointments [3 of 3, 1/1/73 - 8/9/74]
GEN FG 19-9 Bureau of Indian Affairs [1 of 3, 1969-70]
GEN FG 19-9 Bureau of Indian Affairs [2 of 3, 1971-72]
GEN FG 19-9 Bureau of Indian Affairs [3 of 3, 1973-74]
EX FG 19-10 Bureau of Land Management
GEN FG 19-10 Bureau of Land Management
EX FG 19-11 Bureau of Mines
EX FG 19-11/A Bureau of Mines/Appointments
Box 7
GEN FG 19-11 Bureau of Mines
EX FG 19-12 National Park Service [1 of 2, 1969-72]
EX FG 19-12 National Park Service [2 of 2, 1973-74]
GEN FG 19-12 National Park Service
EX FG 19-13 Office of Oil and Gas [1972-73]
GEN FG 19-13 Office of Oil and Gas
EX FG 19-14 Oil Imports Administration [1969-71]
GEN FG 19-14 Oil Imports Administration
EX FG 19-15 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
GEN FG 19-15 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
EX FG 19-16 Bureau of Reclamation
EX FG 19-16/A Bureau of Reclamation/Appointments
GEN FG 19-16 Bureau of Reclamation
EX FG 19-17 Office of Saline Water
EX FG 19-17/A Office of Saline Water/Appointments [1969]
GEN FG 19-17 Office of Saline Water [Empty]
GEN FG 19-17/A Office of Saline Water/Appointments
Box 8
EX FG 19-18 Southeastern Power Administration [Empty]
GEN FG 19-18 Southeastern Power Administration [1969]
EX FG 19-19 Southeastern Power Administration [1970-72]
GEN FG 19-19 Southeastern Power Administration [Empty]
EX FG 19-20 Office of Territories [1969-71]
GEN FG 19-20 Office of Territories
EX FG 19-21 Office of Water Resources Research
GEN FG 19-21 Office of Water Resources Research [1969-70]
EX FG 19-22 Mining Enforcement and Safety Agency [1973]
EX FG 19-22/A Mining Enforcement and Safety Agency/Appointments
GEN FG 19-22 Mining Enforcement and Safety Agency [Empty]