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Agriculture College: Columbia Basin Project Records 1941-1968
Archives 193
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Organizational History:
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Names and Subjects
- Detailed Description of Collection
- Committees, Columbia Basin:
- General Correspondence
- Meetings, Reports and Speeches
- General Survey
- Land Purchase and Repayment
- Reports
- Investigations, Columbia Basin : Joint Investigations
- General Studies
- Miscellaneous Items
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Title
- Agriculture College: Columbia Basin Project Records
- ID
- Archives 193
- Date [inclusive]
- 1941-1968
- Extent
- 40 folders, 4 linear feet, 2 containers
- Abstract
- Includes general correspondence, records on meetings, reports and committee activities; also records of investigations and general survey, etc.
Organizational History:
The Columbia Basin Project was a vast effort of the United States government, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act in 1935 and reauthorized by the Columbia Basin Project Act 1943. The Project aimed at transforming a vast area of dry, unproductive and thinly populated land in to a well-watered, highly productive and compactly populated region. The available materials show that the project started in 1941 with a series of investigations, estimates and research work that lasted into 1948. The participating agencies were: the Bureau of Reclamation, the State College of Washington, and the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
It was not until the mid-1950s that large-scale settlement in the area began. In step with the development of the Basin area, irrigation and conservation projects were involved.
The records of WSU participation cover the period from 1941 to 1968.
Arrangement
The records are arranged in nine series held in two separate boxes. Box 1 contains Series One to Five; Box 2 contains Series Six to Nine.
Series One contains records on committee activities, arranged alphabetically. Series Two is general correspondence, arranged chronologically. Series Three contains records on meetings, reports and speeches, in alphabetical order. Series Four is general survey, alphabetically arranged. Series Five is entitled Land Purchase and Repayment, alphabetically arranged. Series Six contains reports in aphabetical order. Series Seven is comprised of investigations, arranged according to the years and issue numbers. Series Eight consists of general studies in alphabetical order. Series Nine contains miscellaneous items.
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
The Collection is open for research use.
Acquisition Information
Records of the Washington State University College of Agriculture's involvement in the Columbia Basin Project were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries in 1974 (Accession Number UA84-34).
Processing Information
The papers were arranged and described by Ling Jinqi in September, 1987.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Washington State University. College of Agriculture. Columbia Basin Project--Archives
Subject(s) :
- Washington State University. College of Agriculture. Columbia Basin Project--Records and correspondence
- Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)--History--Archives
- Columbia Basin Groundwater Management Area--Research
Subject(s)
- Agricultural development projects--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
- Irrigation projects--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
- Washington (State)
- Colleges and Universities
- Agriculture
- Irrigation
Detailed Description of Collection
1 Committees, Columbia Basin: |
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Advisory Committee on the alloction of construction charges -- Dept. of Interior 1946-1954 |
1 | 1 | ||
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Bureau of Reclamation - WSU Joint Committee 1950-1952 |
1 | 2 | ||
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Settlers' assistance 1952 |
1 | 3 | ||
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Settler assistance committee 1946-1958 |
1 | 4 | ||
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Settler assistance committee 1953-1963 |
1 | 5 | ||
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Tree Fruit Committee 1956-1958 |
1 | 6 | ||
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2 General Correspondence |
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| box | folder | |||
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1946-1956 |
1 | 7 | ||
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1952-1956 |
1 | 8 | ||
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1957-1959 |
1 | 9 | ||
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1966 |
1 | 10 | ||
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1958 |
1 | 11 | ||
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3 Meetings, Reports and Speeches |
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Reports, and minutes of meetings 1951-1953 |
1 | 13 | ||
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Speeches presented before the Columbia Basin Interagency Committtee 1950 |
1 | 14 | ||
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Summary Report 1953 |
1 | 15 | ||
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4 General Survey |
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| box | folder | |||
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Columbia Basin--An Assessment 1950-1958 |
1 | 16 | ||
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Columbia Basin--Farmers Handbook, [1952?] |
1 | 17 | ||
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Research, investigation and extension work 1948-1958 |
1 | 18 | ||
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State lands in Columbia Basin 1966-1968 |
1 | 19 | ||
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5 Land Purchase and Repayment |
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| box | folder | |||
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Land purchase for experimental work (WSU) 1954-1960 |
1 | 20 | ||
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Repayment problem 1961 |
1 | 21 | ||
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Repayment contracts 1960-1961 |
1 | 22 | ||
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6 Reports |
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Columbia Basin Project: Development Farm Reports |
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| box | folder | |||
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Vol. I Moses Lake Development Farm 1946-1948 |
2 | 1 | ||
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Vol. II Pasco Development Farm 1947-1949 |
2 | 2 | ||
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Vol. III Winchester Development Farm 1947-1949 |
2 | 3 | ||
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Vol. IV Moses Lake, Pasco, and Winchester Development Farms, 1950, Moses Lake Farm, 1949 |
2 | 4 | ||
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Vol. V Burke Development Farm 1950 |
2 | 5 | ||
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Vol. VI Moses Lake, Pasco, Winchester and Burke Development Farms 1951-1952 |
2 | 6 | ||
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Vol. VII Moses Lake, Winchester, Burke and Othello Development Farms 1953-1954 |
2 | 7 | ||
| box | folder | |||
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Columbia River Basin Area: Agricultural Program Reports 1953 |
2 | 8 | ||
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7 Investigations, Columbia Basin : Joint Investigations |
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| box | folder | |||
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I. Character and Scopes |
2 | 9 | ||
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II. Farm Experience Studies 1941-1942 |
2 | 9 | ||
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Problems 2, 4 and 5 1945 |
2 | 10 | ||
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Problems 6, 7, 8 and 10 1945-1947 |
2 | 11 | ||
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Problems 13, 14, 17, 19, 21 and 23, 1945 |
2 | 12 | ||
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Problems 24, 25 and 26 1945 |
2 | 13 | ||
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8 General Studies |
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| box | folder | |||
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Columbia Basin: General Studies 1948-1956 |
2 | 14 | ||
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Columbia Basin : Prospect for Development 1943-1948 |
2 | 15 | ||
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Columbia Basin Reclamation Project, Quincy District Appraisals 1950 |
2 | 16 | ||
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9 Miscellaneous Items |
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| box | folder | |||
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Columbia Basin Irrigation Project 1948-1958 |
2 | 17 | ||
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Columbia Basin Interagency Committee, Minutes of Meetings 1951-1952 |
2 | 18 | ||
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