ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

DAVID C. HARRISON PAPERS

COLLECTION #: 1340

DATES: 1980-1986

SIZE: 1.25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION:The David C. Harrison Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by David C. Harrison on March 10, 1997 (Accession #97-2109).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

David C. Harrison served as consultant under contract to the International Coalition for Land and Water Stewardship from June to December of 1983. His work culminated into the First International Water Summit Conference for the Red River Valley of the North, held on December 8 and 9, 1983 at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Its objective was to create a water policy among North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba. Harrison served as Project Organizer and introduced his "Bottom Up" theory to achieve the purpose. This entailed water policies beginning at the regional, rather than national level. Water conferences were held in the Red River Valley for several years following the initial conference.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The David C. Harrison Papers document the International Water Summit Conference for the Red River Valley of the North, including its philosophical and organizational origins and its immediate effects. One file also concerns the Monongahela River Basin Project, which Harrison worked on following the Red River Valley case.

Materials include articles by Harrison and others, speeches, reports, press releases, brochures and programs, financial records, meeting minutes, mailing lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, Harrison’s resume and a bibliography. Correspondence includes letters to and from Red River Valley community leaders, and other water policy experts. One file contains "Do We Need a National Water Policy Process?" a 1981 report by Harrison to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Water Research and Technology.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

  1. Comments on the Report, "Improving the Planning and Management of the Nation's Water Resources", 6/18/80
  2. Do We Need a National Water Policy?, 12/81-3/82
  3. Do We Need a National Water Policy? Correspondence, 3/82-6/82
  4. Phase-Two Analysis of Water Policy Procedures, 8/82
  5. Water Policy Articles by Harrison, 5/80-Spring 1982
  6. Water Policy Articles, 9/80-1/82
  7. Project Support, 4/19/82
  8. Distribution Letters for Case Study Proposal, 8/82- 9/92
  9. Contract and Check - Hubert H. Humphrey Institute, 10/1/82
  10. Organizational Meeting Minutes and Correspondence, 11/3/82
  11. Meeting Notes, 11/12/82
  12. Humphrey Institute Meeting Minutes, 11/18/82
  13. Proposals, 12/2/82-12/9/82
  14. Proposals for Funding of RRV Case Study, 12/82
  15. Funding of Case Study, 12/82-2/83
  16. Initial Survey to Determine ProjectFeasibility/ Constituency, Primary Contacts List, 2/3/82
  17. RRV Case Study Funding Announcement, 3/83
  18. RRV Unity Assembly, Crookston, MN, 2/25/83
  19. Valley Mayor's Conference and Annual Meeting of the International Coalition for Land and Water Stewardship, 4/16/83
  20. Northwest Regional Development Committee Meeting, 5/11/83
  21. Manitoba Environment Council Meeting, 5/13/83
  22. State Water Commission Meeting, Bismarck, ND, 5/19/83
  23. Red River Mayors' Committee: Call to Support a Valleywide Conference, 5/21/83
  24. Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities Meetings, 5/16/83, 6/28/83
  25. ND Farm Bureau Meeting, 6/83
  26. Press Releases, 11/83
  27. Invitations to the Conference, 11/83

Box 2
Folder

  1. Conference Program and Brochure, 12/8/93-12/9/83
  2. Water Summit Conference Speech, 12/8/83
  3. Water Summit Resolution, 12/9/83
  4. Lists of Conference Participants, 12/9/83
  5. Mailing List, 12/8/83
  6. Partial Mailing Lists, 12/8/83
  7. Telephone Log, 11/81-2/82
  8. Washington, D.C. Contacts, 5/83
  9. Conference Budgets, 12/83, 1/84
  10. Financial Sponsors Summary, 1980-1983
  11. Follow-up of Conference, 1/14/84
  12. Project Summary, 2/84
  13. Post-Conference Local Cooperation, 1/84-2/84
  14. Interview Notes with: Arland Jacobson, 1985
    Art Marshall, 12/83
  15. American Water Resource and Association Conference Papers, 11/15/83, 8/14/84
  16. Monongahela River Basin Project, 8/20/84-7/29/85
  17. Correspondence, 3/82-12/82

Box 3
Folder

  1. Correspondence, 1/83-3/83
  2. Correspondence, 4/83-12/83
  3. Correspondence, 1/84-5/85
  4. Article on the RRV of the North Experiment, 10/86
  5. Article on International Water Conference, 1/28/84
  6. Newspaper Clippings, 5/83-12/84
  7. Newsletters, 8/80-12/83
  8. Resume, 1/83
  9. Bibliography, 1/22/84-7/15/84
  10. "Do We Need a National Water Policy Process?" 1981
 Original Donation:  First Addition: 1983
 Second Addition: 1979-1983  

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