Whitman professor, Lee Bowker, secured a grant with the National Institute of Mental Health in 1972. Though Whitman College was the grantee agency, Bowker intended to work in cooperation with the Walla Walla Drug Abuse Council. This folder contains Bowker’s records, grant proposal and communication with Whitman College.

In 1974, a group of Whitman College professors led by Lee H. Bowker, Ph.D, secured a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. They completed a number of studies which were central to controversy within the Drug Abuse Council. These studies were never published and contain general surveys, anthropological studies, and estimates/records the attitude towards drug use in Walla Walla during the early 1970s.

In 1974, a group of Whitman College professors led by Lee H. Bowker, Ph.D, secured a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. They completed a number of studies which were central to controversy within the Drug Abuse Council. These studies were never published and contain general surveys, anthropological studies, and estimates/records the attitude towards drug use in Walla Walla during the early 1970s.