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Archives 193
Agriculture College: Columbia Basin Project Records
1941-1968
40 folders
4 linear feet
2 containers
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.
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.
The Collection is open for research use.
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).
The papers were arranged and described by Ling Jinqi in September, 1987.
Washington State University. College of Agriculture. Columbia Basin Project--Archives
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
Agricultural development projects--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
Irrigation projects--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
Washington (State)
Colleges and Universities
Agriculture
Irrigation
1
Committees, Columbia Basin:
1
1
Advisory Committee on the alloction of construction charges -- Dept. of Interior
1946-1954
1
2
Bureau of Reclamation - WSU Joint Committee
1950-1952
1
3
Settlers' assistance
1952
1
4
Settler assistance committee
1946-1958
1
5
Settler assistance committee
1953-1963
1
6
Tree Fruit Committee
1956-1958
2
General Correspondence
1
7
1946-1956
1
8
1952-1956
1
9
1957-1959
1
10
1966
1
11
1958
3
Meetings, Reports and Speeches
1
13
Reports, and minutes of meetings
1951-1953
1
14
Speeches presented before the Columbia Basin Interagency Committtee
1950
1
15
Summary Report
1953
4
General Survey
1
16
Columbia Basin--An Assessment
1950-1958
1
17
Columbia Basin--Farmers Handbook, [1952?]
1
18
Research, investigation and extension work
1948-1958
1
19
State lands in Columbia Basin
1966-1968
5
Land Purchase and Repayment
1
20
Land purchase for experimental work (WSU)
1954-1960
1
21
Repayment problem
1961
1
22
Repayment contracts
1960-1961
6
Reports
Columbia Basin Project: Development Farm Reports
2
1
Vol. I Moses Lake Development Farm
1946-1948
2
2
Vol. II Pasco Development Farm
1947-1949
2
3
Vol. III Winchester Development Farm
1947-1949
2
4
Vol. IV Moses Lake, Pasco, and Winchester Development Farms, 1950, Moses Lake Farm, 1949
2
5
Vol. V Burke Development Farm
1950
2
6
Vol. VI Moses Lake, Pasco, Winchester and Burke Development Farms
1951-1952
2
7
Vol. VII Moses Lake, Winchester, Burke and Othello Development Farms
1953-1954
2
8
Columbia River Basin Area: Agricultural Program Reports
1953
7
Investigations, Columbia Basin : Joint Investigations
2
9
I. Character and Scopes
2
9
II. Farm Experience Studies
1941-1942
2
10
Problems 2, 4 and 5
1945
2
11
Problems 6, 7, 8 and 10
1945-1947
2
12
Problems 13, 14, 17, 19, 21 and 23, 1945
2
13
Problems 24, 25 and 26
1945
8
General Studies
2
14
Columbia Basin: General Studies
1948-1956
2
15
Columbia Basin : Prospect for Development
1943-1948
2
16
Columbia Basin Reclamation Project, Quincy District Appraisals
1950
9
Miscellaneous Items
2
17
Columbia Basin Irrigation Project
1948-1958
2
18
Columbia Basin Interagency Committee, Minutes of Meetings
1951-1952