HTM_WCMss60.xml Guide to the A.A. Durand and Son drilling records 1930-1980 A.A. Durand and Son drilling records Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2012
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-03-21. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2019 Finding aid revised. English Whitman College and Northwest Archives
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A.A. Durand and Son drilling records A.A. Durand and Son WCMss.060 49 linear feet 49 boxes 1930-1980 This collection houses drilling records and information for wells across the Pacific Northwest from the A.A. Durand and Son well-drilling company based in Walla Walla, Washington. The states include Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Alaska, and Montana.

Collection is open for research.

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Paul A. Durand in 1970 and 1987. The accession number is retro-0106.

A.A. Durand and Son was a well-drilling company founded by Albert Aloysius Durand in Walla Walla, Washington. Albert Durand moved from Missouri in 1897 to Walla Walla, and brought with him an early-type well drilling rig. He ran the well drilling business for decades before his retirement. His company is responsible for thousands of wells across Washington, Oregon and other western states.

The company had many clients throughout the Pacific Northwest, offering their services on both the private and corporate levels. They supplied water for agriculture, industrial plants, government projects, as well as domestic locations. Their slogan was "No well too large. No well too small."

Some of their services included the construction of oil, gas and water wells, core drilling, seismograph drilling, drainage, and sanitary facility wells and pump installation.

The company was later owned and run by his son Paul A. Durand, a Walla Walla native and graduate of Whitman College, until it was sold in 1958 after more than 50 years of operation.

In 2012 this collection was transferred to archival boxes. The original order provided by the donor was maintained, and no additional arrangement was imposed by the archvist. Materials were described on the collection-level.

In 2019, the collection was rehoused to stabalize the materials, and the inventory provided by the donor was used to create a box-level container list.

This collection includes geological surveys, information about irrigation districts, correspondence, legal documents, and reports of Walla Walla well-drilling contractors. Other files such as blueprints, maps, newspaper clippings, water reports, video footage from drilling sites, and field notes can be found in this collection. The dates span from approximately 1930 to 1980. Many items relate to several hundred contracts in the Northwest.

 Durand, Albert Aloysius Durand, Paul A. Walla Walla (Wash.) Water-supply engineering Wells Washington cities: Albion-Ephrata 1 Washington cities: Ephrata-Kennewick 2 Washington cities: Laurier-Moxee 3 Washington cities: Naches-Pullman 4 Washington cities: Pullman-Spokane 5 Washington cities: Tacoma-Walla Walla 6 Washington cities: Walla Walla-Waterville 7 Washington cities: Waterville-Yakima 8 Washington, private: Abbey-Burstatte 8 Washington, private: Campbell-Gerken 9 Washington, private: Gilkerson-Kilbourn 10 Washington, private: Neff-Stockdale 12 Washington, private: Stone-Zuger 13 Oregon, private: Anderson-Kramer 14 Oregon, private: Leonnig-Wright 15 Oregon, private: Yarington-Zerba 16 Oregon cities: Arlington-Mt. Vernon 16 Oregon cities: Nyssa-Weston 17 Idaho cities: Alameda-Moscow 17 Idaho cities: Moscow-Worley 18 Corporate records: Albertson's-Birds Eye Division 19 Corporate records: Boise Cascade Corporation-Dumas Estate 20 Corporate records: Earl Fruit Company-Kaiser Rolling Mill 21 Corporate records: Lamb-Weston Company-Northwestern Natural Gas 22 Corporate records: Olson Estate-Smith Canning Company 23 Corporate records: Spokane Brewing and Malting Company-Utah-Idaho Sugar Company 24 Corporate records: Utah-Idaho Sugar Company-Yakima Golding Farm 25 Union Pacific Railroad 25-27 Alaska records 27 Montana records 27-28 City of Yakima (Washington) records 28-29 Cities of Selah and Clarkston (Washington) records 29 Cities of Imbler, Elgin, Union, La Grande, Summerville, Cove and Alicel (Oregon) records 30-31 Lewiston, Idaho: Well study reports and geological reports of the area 31-32 U.S. Army Engineers: Damsites 32-34 U.S. Army Engineers: Bombing and firing ranges 34 Umatilla Ordinance Department 34-35 U.S. Army Engineers: Radar stations 35 U.S. Army Engineers: CCC camps 35 U.S. Army Engineers: Air fields 35 U.S. Hanford Engineers: DuPont wells 35-36 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 37 U.S. Navy wells 37-38 Miscellaneous U.S. agency wells 38-39 CAA airport and weather station wells 38 Bonneville Power Administration 38 U.S. Federal public housing 38-39 Farm Security Administration 39 Non federal public works: State-county schools and irrigation districts 39-41 Sorted and selected well logs 41-45 Selected technical wells and water 44-46 Home materials 47-48 A.A. Durand and Son general well information 49