Margaret Shannon papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Margaret Shannon papers
- Date
- 1969-1987 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Shannon, Margaret
- Extent
- 6 Cubic Feet
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format. Folder titles are from the original folders. All folders are in alphabectical order. The published materials are alphabetical by title and then chronological.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms175: [identification of item], Margaret Shannon papers, 1961-1987, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a regional economic development agency that represents a partnership of federal, state, and local government. Margaret Shannon helped to establish the ARC in 1965 and managed the congressional oversight hearings of the ARC in 1975. She was the first female professional staff member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works’ Subcommittee on Regional and Economic Development. In 1976, she was appointed to the Commission as Director of Legislative Policy Analysis to implement the legislative changes. In 1978 Shannon founded Washington Historical Research and works as an independent research historian, with a focus on World War II.
- Scope and Content
- The Margaret Shannon papers (dated 1961-1987; 6 cubic feet; 6 boxes) consists of the files, records, and rinted materials created and collected by Margaret Shannon during her time as the Special Projects Director of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) during the 1970s. A majority of material consist of subject files and records relating to energy plans and policies proposed by the ARC. Additionally the collection contains magazines, published reports, and copies of Senate hearings and amendments to the legislation regarding the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Appalachian Regional Commission, 1961-1980
Appalachian Coal Balancing National and Regional Needs, 1977
Appalachian Conference on Balanced Growth, undated
ARC 1979 Oversight, 1979
ARC 1979 Oversight, 1979
ARC Code, 1975
ARC Energy Memos, 1977-1981
ARC Energy: energy packet, 1975
ARC Energy: regional energy policy, 1976
ARC Energy research, 1976-1977
ARC Energy research and notes, 1977
ARC Files: agriculture, 1978
ARC Files: ARC's children conferece, 1978
ARC Files: Arts and crafts, 1978
ARC Files: Carries E. Bryant, 1976
ARC Files: Domestic Development Banks, 1978
ARC Files: Education, 1978 January 20
ARC Files: Feature articles, undated
ARC Files: Feature articles regional, undated
ARC Files: Feature articles, War Between the States, undated
ARC Files: Legistlation, Peter file, 1978
ARC Files: Legislative briefing memorandum, 1978 February 22
ARC Files: Legislative briefing memorandum, National Consumer Co-op Bank Act, 1978
ARC Files: Memos to Governor Scott, 1978
ARC Files: Memos to Harry Teter, 1977
ARC Files: White House Conference on Balanced Growth and Economic Development, 1978
ARC: Japanese trade mission, 1978
ARC Legislative briefing, other speeches, undated
ARC: Margaret Shannon, 1978
ARC partnership, 1975
ARC: saved articles, 1978
ARC: Scott's staff retreat on What's Wrong with This, 1978
ARC: Statistics, 1977
ARC Summary of proceedings, 1975-1977
Arts and Crafts: correspondence, 1976-1977
Arts and Crafts: memorandum, 1977
Arts and Crafts: policy, 1976
Atlanta speech to Lutheran resources commission, 1977
Audit of selected activities, 1979
Book outline, undated
Briefing binder for Governot Robert Scott, 1977
Charleston Conference Papers, 1977
Charleston conference: press coverage, 1977
Coal, 1975-1977
December of Decision: A Look Ahead at Pressures and Issues in Federal-State Relations, 1982 November 12
Department of Energy reports, 1978
Draft regional plan, 1977 July 20
Draft statements for future of programs, 1976
Energy meeting, 1977 May 20
Energy policy: book outline for Night Approaches Now, undated
Energy policy: Caudill, Harry, 1978-1979
Energy policy: chapter 1- tragedy of commons draft, undated
Energy policy: chapter 2- Mr. Chairman, undated
Energy policy: chapter 4, 1978
Energy policy: chapter 8- policy analysis, 1977
Energy policy: chapter 10: a shortage of future, 1977
Energy policy: introduction, undated
Energy policy: Night Approaches Now bibliography, undated
Energy plan: speeches for Governor Scott, 1977
Energy: Regional commissions drafts, 1971-1978
Energy: Regional development plans, 1961
Evolution of a national energy- environmental policy, 1974
Federal Assistance for Area Econimic Development, 1975 March 12
Lyndon Baines Johnson Conference: Address by Robert Scott, 1977
Lyndon Baines Johnson Conference: Briefing book, 1977
Lyndon Baines Johnson Conference: Hudson Institute, 1975-1976
Lyndon Baines Johnson Conference: Memorandum on Califano welfare reform briefing, 1977
Lyndon Baines Johnson Conference: Speeches, 1974-1977
Lyndon Baines Johnson Conference: Symposium on regional change, 1977
Legislature pastscript on leaded gasoline, 1975
Management notes, 1964-1975
Margaret regional development, 1976-1977
Master speech files, 1975-1978
Master speech files, 1975-1978
Meeting minutes, 1973
Meeting minutes, 1974-1975
Meeting minutes, 1975
Memorandum, 1977
Memorandum on Lyndon Baines Johnson- Austin growth conference, 1977
Memorandum on public participation, 1977 August
Memorandums from Robert W. Scott/John Stuart, 1977
National endowment fund, 1975
News clips, 1979
New York project, 1977
Notes on executive commissions, 1969-1974
Notes on executive commissions, 1975-1980
Organizational and operational analysis, 1978
Personal services contracts files, 1975-1978
Problems with the steel industry, 1977
Public medical care programs and the South, 1974, 1977
Published/copyrights, 1979
Redraft of overview document, 1970
Regional development plan: ARC resolution number 417, 1976
Regional development plan: Atlanta agenda, 1977
Regional development plan: memoranda, 1976-1977
Regional development plan: memoranda, 1976-1977
Regional development plan: public participation, 1976
Regional development plan: working outline, 1977 May 26
Regional energy model draft, undated
Regional plan: public participation: appalachian voices proposal, 1975 December
Report to Congress on continuation of ARC, 1979 March
Scrapbook: chapter 1, 1978
Special projects: discrimination, 1978
State administration committee, 1971-1976
State Appalachian development plans and investment programs for fiscal 1976, 1976
State directory - ARC, 1976-1977
Status of vocational education at the secondary level in appalachia, undated
Study of the governing structure and decision making process, 1977
Study of the governing struction in appalachian states, 1975-1977
Transcript of proceedings, 1976 August 10
Transcript of proceedings: meeting of the alternates, 1978
U.S. Senate 1979 ARC oversight, 1979
U.S. Senate 1979 ARC oversight: report to the Congress, 1979
U.S. Senate 1979 ARC oversight: report to the Congress, 1979
White House conference: agenda, 1977
White House conference: papers, 1977
White House conference: statute, 1977
Printed materials, 1963-1987
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1971 November - December
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1972 January
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1972 February - March
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1972 April
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1972 May - June
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1972 July - August
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1973 August - September
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1974 April - May
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1974 June - July
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1974 August - September
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1974 October - November
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1975 February - March
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1975 April - May
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1975 June - July
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1975 October - November
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1976 February - March
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1976 April - May
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1976 June - July
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1976 August - September
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1976 October - November
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1976 December - 1977 January
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1977 February - March
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1977 April - May
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1977 June - July
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1977 August - September
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1977 October - November
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1977 December - 1978 January
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1978 February - March
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1978 April - May
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1978 June - July
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1979 March - April
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1985 March
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1985 June - July
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1985 Fall
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1986 Spring
Appalachia: A Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1987 Summer
Appalachian Research Report number 10: the status of secondary vocational education in appalachia, 1968 October
Appalachia Today: Issues and Problems, 1977
Appalachia: goals, objectives and development strategies, 1977 December
Appalachia: an economic report, 1977 December
Appalachia: a reference book, 1977 June
Appalachia: goals, objectives and development strategies, 1977 December
The Appalachian Experiment, 1965-1970
Appalachian Regional Commission research catalogue, 1974 November
Appalachia: a reference book, 1979 February
1972 Annual Report of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1972
1973 Annual Report of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1973
1974 Annual Report of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1974
1975 Annual Report of the Appalachian Regional Commission, 1975
1976 Annual Report including transistion quarter: Appalachian Regional Commission, 1976
1977 Annual Report Appalachian Regional Commission, 1977
The Administration's Welfare Reform Proposal: an analysis of the program for better jobs and income, 1978 April
The California Tomorrow Plan, 1971
Challenge: the magazine of economic affairs, 1977 January - February
The Congressional Program of economic recovery and energy sufficiency, 1975 February
Encounter, 1977 June
Federal government in Appalachia, 1977 July
Forging America's Future appendix, Vol. 1, 1976
Forging America's Future appendix, Vol. 2, 1976
Forging America's Future appendix, Vol. 3, 1976
Futures Conditional: human settlements 1, undated
Futures Conditional: human settlements 2, 1976
Futures Conditional: the challenge of habitat 1, 1976 December
Futures Conditional: the challenge of habitat 2, 1977
Futures Conditional: education for transition, 1977 April
Futures Conditional: past the turning point, undated
The Future of the South, 1974 November
Goals, objectives and development strategies for Appalachia, 1977 November 15
Growth and Change: a journal of regional development, 1970 July
Growth and Change: a journal of regional development, 1970 October
Growth and Change: a journal of regional development, 1971 January
Harvard University: Implications of Biomedical Technology, 1968 Fall
Harvard University: Technology and Work, 1969 Winter
Harvard University: Technology and the Polity, 1969 Summer
Harvard University: Technology and Values, 1969 Spring
Kentucky: betond the crossroads, 1963 May 1
Mid-atlantic: economic development region prospectus for development challenges and oppertunites for the mid-atlantic region, 1977 February
National Sacrafice Area, 1979
A new partnership to conserve america's communities, 1978 March
NBC: Regional growth policy in the United States, 1978 January 4-6
The People Left Behind, 1967 September
Plan for Public Investment in the North Carolina Coastal Plains, 1970 March
Primary Care Centers: design and construction, 1977 February
Program 60: a decade of action for progress in Eastern Kentucky, 1960 January
Regional Development Commissions: a federal-state partnership, 1978 August
Rural America poverty and progress, 1977 December
The Rural Stake in Public Assistance, 1978 December
Shared Power: a study of four federal funding systems in Appalachia, undated
Southern Growth Trends 1970-1976, 1977 June
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: america growing, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: Assessing the inadequacies of government structure and processes: an overview of problems and prescriptions, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: the role of metropolitan organizations in national growth and development, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: Nonmetropolitan growth and development, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: the role of federal planning assistance programs and requirements in national growth and development, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: neighborhood decentralization of services, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: federal and state roles in building the capacity of subordinate units, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: multistate institutions and regional growth, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: state and local capacity to manage growth, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: Executive branch reorganization for effective implementation, undated
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: final report summary of conference proceedings, 1978 July
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: final report workshop reports, 1978 July
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development, 1978 January
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: strengthening local economies, 1978
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: people and jobs, 1978
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: government and budgets, 1978
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: the geography of growth, 1978
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: government and the management of growth, 1978
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: streamlining government, 1978
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development, 1978
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: the coalition of northeastern governors on regional growth and development issues, 1978
The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development: the states views, 1978
Options in regional incentive policy, 1978
The Evaluation of regional economic policy: the case of the United Kingdom, 1978
Background notes to regional incentives in France, 1978
Background notes to restrictive regional policy measures in the european community, 1978
Extension of ARDA Hearings before subcommittee on economic development, S.1513, 1975 March - June
ARDA Hearings before committee on public works, S.3, 1965 January
ARDA Amendments Hearings before special subcommittee on economic development, S.602, 1967 January - February
ARDA Amendments Hearings before subcommittee on flood control and internal development, 1971 March
ARDA Amendments Report, S.602, 1967
ARDA Hearings before subcommittee on economic development, S.575, 1971
Appalachian and regional action planning commissions report, 1969
An alternative to Title 1 of S.575, 1971
Second annual report of ARC, 1967
Public Works Acceleration Act report, 1971
The Relevancy of Public Works History, 1975 September 22
Hearing before the subcommittee on economic development, S.1189, 1975 June 4
Amendments to ARDA and Title 5, 1969
Resolved: that the federal government should control the supply and utilization of energy in the United States, 1974
Economic Dislocation Resulting from Environmental Controls, 1971 May - June
National Economic Development Program Part 1, 1971
ARDA report to Senate, 1965
Revising and extending the ARDA, 1965
Regional Economic Development Legislation, Report, 1969 June
ARDA Amendments report, S.575, 1971
Regional development act report, S.1513, 1975
Regional development act amendments conference report, 1975
Regional development act report, 1979
ARDA amendments conference report, 1967 September
Appalachian and Regional action planning commissions, 1969 November
National economic development and public works act, 1979
Public Law 94-180 Act, 1975 December 26
Act to amend the public works and economic development act of 1965 to increase antirecessionary effectiveness of the program, 1976
Status and obstacles to commercialization of coal liquefication and gasification, 1976
Extension of the ARDA hearings before subcommittee on economic development, 1975 March - June
Extension of Appalachian Regional Commission and the Title 5 Regional Commissions, S. 834, 1979 February - April
Evaluation of economic development programs, 1969 October
Evaluation of economic development programs part 2, 1970 September
Extension of ARDA hearings, S.1513, 1975 March - June
Regional Economic Development Legislation part 1, S.1072, 1969
Implementation of the Rural Development Act, 1975 January - March
National Economic Development Program part 3, 1971
Highlights of the public works and economic development act 1965, 1965 September
Economic development acts, 1967 October
Economic development programs under jurisdiction of the committee on public works, 1970 June
Economic development programs under jurisdiction of U.S. House of Representatives, 1971 December
Goals and objectives of federal agencies in fuels and energy, 1971
Economic development programs, 1974 December
Effects of uncertain energy supplies on rural economic development, 1974 September
A national public works investment policy, 1974 November
Impact of the Energy Crisis on the States, 1975 January
Status of Environmental Economics, 1975 June
Selected Essays on Patterns of Regional Change, 1977 October
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