Guide to the C. B. Harston Papers 1939-1974
Cage 347

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Harston, C. B.
Title
C. B. Harston Papers
ID
Cage 347
Date [inclusive]
1939-1974
Extent
8 containers., 4 linear feet of shelf space., 1600 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, financial records, reports, minutes, research data, photographs and other papers concerning soil analysis and conversion methods. Included are records of a Tennessee Valley Authority-Washington State University cooperative fertilizer project, 1939-1964; and material on the Whitman County Solid Waste Disposal Subcommittee, 1969-1974.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 347, C. B. Harston Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

C. B. Harston was born in 1911 at Cowley, Wyoming. In 1938 he received his B.S. from Brigham Young University, and from the University of Missouri he received his M.A. in 1939 and Ph.D. in 1943.

Dr. Harston's career with Washington State University began in 1943 but was interrupted during World War II by military service. In 1964 he undertook a two-year term in West Pakistan as Professor and Advisor of Soil Sciences in a WSU/AID Exchange Program. Dr. Harston retired as Extension Soils and Water Conservationist with Washington State University in 1977.

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Arrangement

Comprising five series, the papers of C. B. Harston reflect his activities as a soil and water specialist. The first series documents the Tennessee Valley Authority/Washington State University fertilizer research project (1939-1964), with Dr. Harston's role as the university's Western Washington Extension Agent commencing in 1943. (1) Correspondence, (2) financial records, (3) transportation receipts, (4) participant data, (5) project plans, and (6) reports and records fall naturally into six subseries, while the seventh subseries is a composite of project related papers including materials on the history of the project.

The second series was accumulated during Dr. Harston's chairmanship of the Solid Waste Subcommittee of the Whitman County Planning Council. Dating 1969 through 1974, this series contains research materials, council and committee minutes, correspondence, and proposed standards.

Although a few pieces of correspondence and conference papers are included, most of the third series consists of soil analyses, conservation materials, and slides depicting soil erosion. Correspondence, memoranda, and agendas attesting to Dr. Harston's leadership roles in Resource Management Youth Camps (1967-1973) at Cornet Bay, Washington and at the Cispus Environmental Center (1973-1975) at Randle, Washington make up the fourth series. The fifth series contains published and unpublished materials concerning preservation of Washington's natural resources in addition to detailing Dr. Harston's personal interaction with the Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) Eutrophication Task Force, 1973-1974.

In each series or subseries the folders are arranged chronologically, while within the individual folders the original order of the materials has been retained.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The papers of C. B. Harston were deposited in the Washington State University Libraries in May and June 1977 (UA 77-11).

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Whitman County Solid Waste Disposal Subcommittee

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Harston, C. B., 1911- --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Fertilizers -- Research
  • Manures -- Research
  • Refuse and refuse disposal--Washington (State)--Whitman County
  • Soils -- Research
  • Agriculture
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Tennessee Valley Authority / Washington State University Cooperative Fertilizer Project 1939-1964  

Correspondence: 
box folder

 1951  6 items.

 1 1

 1952-1956  44 items.

 1 2

 January-July 1953  4 items.

 1 3

 July-December 1953  4 items.

 1 4

 January-July 1954  1 item.

 1 5

 July-December 1954  3 items.

 1 6

 January-July 1955  4 items.

 1 7

 July-December 1955  2 items.

 1 8

 July-December 1962  2 items.

 1 9

 1962-1963  44 items.

 1 10

 1962-1964  9 items.

 1 11

 1963-1964  17 items.

 1 12

Finances: 
box folder

 1942  6 items.

 2 13

 1942-1950  18 items.

 2 14

 1945  2 items.

 2 15

 1946  5 items.

 2 16

 1947  10 items.

 2 17

 1948  5 items.

 2 18

 1948-1949  2 items.

 2 19

 1950  13 items.

 2 20

 1951  4 items.

 2 21

 1952  6 items.

 2 22

 1953  5 items.

 2 23

 1953-1954  2 items.

 2 24

 1954-1955  2 items.

 2 25

 1960-1961  1 item.

 2 26

 1962-1967  37 items.

 2 27

Transportation: 
box folder

 1954  25 items.

 3 28

 1955  20 items.

 3 29

 1956  9 items.

 3 30

 1958  11 items.

 3 31

 1958  15 items.

 3 32

 1959  25 items.

 3 33

 1960  39 items.

 3 34

 1963  8 items.

 3 35

Participants: 
box folder

Grays Harbor--J. Robert Firend 1959  5 items.

 3 36

Grays Harbor--Royal P. Schweitzer 1959  4 items.

 3 37

King--Howard Hoffman 1959  3 items.

 3 38

King--W. O. Harthill 1959  7 items.

 3 39

Lewis--Harley Wolfe 1959  4 items.

 3 40

Lewis--R. P. Dalstrom 1959  4 items.

 3 41

Mason--Harry Craig 1959  6 items.

 3 42

Thurston--Cecil R. Palmer 1959  9 items.

 3 43

Skagit--Wendell Leander 1959  3 items.

 3 44

Snohomish--Ivan Windsheimer undated  2 items.

 3 45

Project Plans: 
box folder

 1940-1955  8 items.

 3 46

 1953  2 items.

 3 47

 1954  1 item.

 3 48

 1955  4 items.

 3 49

 1959  1 item.

 3 50

Reports: 
box folder

Annual Reports 1940-1941  2 items.

 4 51

Cooperators' Records 1944-1956  11 items.

 4 52

Annual Reports 1952-1956  4 items.

 4 53

Cooperators' Records 1960-1963  4 items.

 4 54

Records and Reports 1962-1963  21 items.

 4 55

Other Records: 
box folder

Wheeting, L. C. 1941-1942  3 items.

 4 56

Programs, Minutes, Reports 1952-1963  7 items.

 4 57

Minutes of Supervisors Conference 1954  1 item.

 4 58

Project Agreement 1961  1 item.

 4 59

Farm Record Summary undated  1 item.

 4 60

Western Washington, photos 1939  8 items.

 5 61

Cooperative Project History 1939-1948  1 item.

 5 62

Publications 1944-1964  6 items.

 5 63

Columbia Basin Authority Proposal 1945  7 items.

 5 64

Soil Testing Handbook 1959  2 items.

 5 65

Guide for Cooperators 1963  4 items.

 5 66

Garfield Utah Fertilizer Plant, photos undated  8 items.

 5 67

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Series 2: Solid Waste Disposal 1969-1974 
box folder

Correspondence 1969-1973  68 items.

 5 68

Conferences 1969-1973  14 items.

 5 69

Solid Waste Subcommittee 1970-1973  40 items.

 5 70

Solid Waste Conference 1971  7 items.

 5 71

Solid Waste Inventory, Whitman Co. 1971  1 item.

 5 72

Solid Waste Standards for Washington 1971  1 item.

 5 73

Solid Waste Subcommittee 1971-1974  45 items.

 5 74

Whitman County Regional Planning Council 1971-1974  32 items.

 5 75

Standards, Land Site Form 1972-1974  4 items.

 5 76

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Series 3: Soil Conservation 1939-1973 
box folder

Soil Composition 1932-1957  56 items.

 6 77

Soil Conservation Districts 1939-1952  8 items.

 6 78

Calcium 1941-1947  13 items.

 6 79

Soil Fertilizers 1942-1958  18 items.

 6 80

Bray (Roger H.) Publications 1944-1948  6 items.

 6 81

Soil Erosion 1956  3 items.

 6 82

Oregon-Washington Soils Conference 1960  35 items.

 6 83

Sedimentation 1972-1973  2 items.

 6 84

Erosion slides 1958-1976  669 items.

 7 85-89

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Series 4: Outdoor Youth Camps 1967-1975 
box folder

Resources Management Camp 1967-1968  2 items.

 8 90

Resources Management Camp 1969  32 items.

 8 91

Resources Management Camp 1970  5 items.

 8 92

Resources Management Camp 1971  14 items.

 8 93

Environmental Improvement Lab 1971-1972  8 items.

 8 94

Natural Resources Camp 1971-1973  3 items.

 8 95

Cispus Environmental Center 1973  15 items.

 8 96

Cispus Environmental Center 1974-1975  14 items.

 8 97

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Series 5: Water Quality and Resources 1966-1974 
box folder

Washington Resource Council 1966  3 items.

 8 98

Clippings and Publications 1969-1971  16 items.

 8 99

Environmental Topics 1969-1971  18 items.

 8 100

Water Quality 1973  6 items.

 8 101

Silver Lake Task Force 1973-1974  31 items.

 8 102

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