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Agriculture College: Columbia Basin Project Records, 1941-1968

Overview of the Collection

Title
Agriculture College: Columbia Basin Project Records
Dates
1941-1968 (inclusive)
Quantity
40 folders, ( 4 linear feet), ( 2 containers)
Collection Number
Archives 193
Summary
Includes general correspondence, records on meetings, reports and committee activities; also records of investigations and general survey, etc.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

The Collection is open for research use.

Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

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.

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Administrative Information

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.

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 Note

The papers were arranged and described by Ling Jinqi in September, 1987.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Agricultural development projects--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
  • Irrigation projects--Washington (State)--Research--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Columbia Basin Groundwater Management Area--Research
  • Columbia Basin Project (U.S.)--History--Archives
  • Washington State University. College of Agriculture. Columbia Basin Project--Archives (creator)
  • Washington State University. College of Agriculture. Columbia Basin Project--Records and correspondence

Finding aid prepared by Ling Jinqi
2012

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