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Cage
37
Priest Rapids Irrigation District
Priest Rapids
Irrigation District Records
1909-1954
14 containers.
8 linear feet of shelf space.
5700 items.
Correspondence of Fred J. Cunningham
with water users, contractors, public works agencies; deeds, water and
electricity contracts and other agreements; financial and administrative
records; and papers concerning the dissolution of the district following the
seizure of its properties by the federal government for use by the Manhattan
District Atomic Energy Project.
Collection materials are in
English
The Priest Rapids Irrigation District, White Bluffs and Hanford,
Washington, a quasi-municipal corporation, was first organized by the Benton
County Commissioners in 1920, but remained inactive until the early 1930's when
it acquired the properties of two bankrupt firms, the Black Rock Power and
Irrigation Company and Consumers Ditch Company. From 1931 to 1943 the district
operated as a governmental business dealing in irrigation, electrical power and
real estate development and known as the Hanford Irrigation Project. In early
1943, the district's properties were taken over by the federal government and
were placed under the Manhattan District of the United States Army for use as
an atomic energy facility. Because of the confusion caused by the swiftness of
the government seizure, the district was not dissolved, nor its assets fully
liquidated, until 1951.
The records consist primarily of correspondence of the secretary of
the district, deeds, contracts and similar legal papers relating to the
operation of the district, financial records which were maintained by the
Benton County Treasurer, and papers concerning the lawsuits over the
dissolution of the district.
Records emanating from district operations between 1920 and 1943 are
arranged in one alphabetical series. Following this is a short sequence of
material concerning the dissolution of the district. The additional material
donated by Mary Harris is in Containers 15-17, filed separately after the
original donation.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage 37, Priest Rapids
Irrigation District Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The records of the Priest Rapids Irrigation District were donated to
Washington State University by Mrs, Fred M. Harris of Yakima, Washington, in
1958. Further records were donated by Mary Harris in early 1973.
The records of the Priest Rapids Irrigation District were initially
processed by Lawrence R. Stark, September, 1972. Further records were donated
in early 1973 and processed by Lawrence R. Stark, April, 1973.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Cunningham, Fred J. --Archives
Harris, Fred Mrs. waps --Archives
Priest Rapids Irrigation District --Archives
Washington (State). Emergency Relief
Administration
United States. Works Progress Administration
United States. Public Works Administration
Washington (State). Dept. of Conservation and
Development
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan
District
Public works --
Washington (State)--Benton County
Irrigation --
Washington (State)--Benton County
Irrigation
Public Works
Washington (State)
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1
Acquisition of
properties
1
Address list
1
Agreements -
Miscellaneous
1
Allis-Chalmers Company
1
American Blueprint
Company
1
Annual reports--Priest Rapids
Irrigation District
1
Arrowsmith Iron Works
1
Assessment receipts
1
Auditor's Report--Washington
State
1
Ballots for bond
election
October, 1938.
1
Bank deposits and
withdrawals
1
Bank statements
1
Banks, Frank A
2
Barge, C. E.
2
Beeuwkes, R. (Milwaukee Railroad)
engineering reports
2
Benton County Treasurer's
receipts
1941.
2
Benton County Utility
District
2
Bids on Priest Rapids Irrigation
District junk
2
Bills and old invoices
2
Bills of sale
2
Blueprints
2
Board meeting
2
Boie, H. H.
2
Bond application
$175,000
2
Bond election and issue of
bonds
June, 1940.
2
Bond payments
2
Bond report data
2
Bonneville Power
Administration
3
Brown, A.J.
3
Brown Brothers, Priest
Rapids
3
Budgets
3
Calzo, Pete
3
Certificates of
redemption
3
Cheney and Hutchinson
3
Circular letters
3
Claims
1943
3
Claims to be submitted to Board of
Directors
3
Miscellaneous
collections
3
Collens, Leonard
3
Department of Conservation and
Development--Washington State
3
Contracts
4
Correspondence,
miscellaneous
4
Correspondence with Marvin Chase,
receiver, Black Rock Company
4
County auditor
4
County treasurer
4
Cox, Omar
4
Cross-section paper
4
Cunningham, Fred J.
5
Deeds to Irrigation
District
5
Delinquent lists by county
treasurer
5
Directors
5
Dishon, Charles
5
Dunning notices
5
Employer's papers
5
Estimates,
miscellaneous
5
Exclusions
5
Federal Emergency
Administration
5
Federal Land Bank
5
Federal Pipe and Tank
Company
5
Federal Power
Commission
5
Federal Public Works
5
Federation of Yakima Valley
Irrigation Districts
5
Financial statements
5
Fonda, Mary E.
5
Fosseen's Incorporated,
Yakima
6
Garsi, S.
6
Gas reports
6
General Electric
Company
6
General Petroleum
Company
6
Generator bids and
deposits
6
Geological survey
6
Graybar Electric
Company
6
Grazing leases
6
Hall, G.D.
6
Hanford contracts
6
Haynes, Manley B.
6
Department of
Hydraulics
6
Insurance policies
6
Inquiries on 1935 tolls and
assessments
6
Kennedy, E.D., et al v. Marvin
Chase, receiver
7
Department of Labor and
Industries
7
Land contracts
7
Land sales
7
Land settlement
7
Leases
7
Legal opinions
7
Legislative matters
7
Department of Licenses
7
Lowman-Hanford Company
7
McLean and Company re:
bonds
7
Machine shops and
supplies
7
Manufacturers --
miscellaneous
7
Maps and photographs
8
Meter readings
8
Miller and Adams
8
Milwaukee Railroad Company
officials
8
Minutes and resolutions
8
Miscellaneous
9
Moulton and Powell,
attornies
9
Division of Municipal
Corporations
9
Newspaper clippings
9
Notes and mortgages
9
O'Brien, M.F.
9
O'Brien, K. Wagner
9
Oils and greases
9
Old business
9
Pacific Power and Light
Company
9
Partlow, Lon
9
Pashen, H.F.
9
Payrolls
9
Petitions
9
Picatti Brothers
9
Pipeline construction--lateral
"H
9
Plans and
specifications
9
Plats
9
Poll book for bond
election
October, 1938.
9
Power dope
9
Power statements
1940.
10
Priest Rapids Development
Company
10
Priest Rapids Irrigation
District
10
Priority rating and
correspondence
10
Private and district
lands
10
Prosicuting [sic] Attorney, Benton
County
10
Prosser
10
Department of Public
Lands
10
Public Works
Administration
10
Pump information, Consolidated
Builders, Inc. [Grand Coulee Dam]
10
Receipts, miscellaneous
10
Reconstruction Finance
Corporation
11
Redemption receipts
1940-1942
11
Refunding bond issue
11
Reports, federal and
state
11
Roberts pumping plant
estimates
11
Salvini, B. [John Bert]
11
Salvina, James P.
11
Sanford, Charles M.
11
Secretary's manual
11
Standard Oil Company
11
State and governmental
departments
11
State auditor
11
State tax commission
11
State treasurer
11
Statements [of predecessor
companies]
11
Supply firms
12
Tax schedule
12
Victory tax and withholding
tax
12
Technical data
12
Tinling and Powell,
attornies
12
Toll receipts
1952
12
Transfers [of
contracts]
1936
12
Treasurer's receipts
1943
12
Unemployment
compensation
12
Union Oil Company
12
Yakima Valley Iron
Works
12
Letters in which warrants were
sent
12
Washington Rural Rehabilitation
Corporation
12
Water charges
12
Water contracts
12
Water deliveries
12
Water information
13
Water statements
13
Water users
13
Webber, Leo
13
Westinghouse Electric
Company
13
Woodward Governor
Company
13
C.F. Wooten case
13
Works Progress
Administration
13
XYZ [Miscellaneous]
13
Yakima County
13
Yakima Hardware Company
13
Yearly totals
1936
14
Condemnation and dissolution of the
Priest Rapids Irrigation District
1943-1951.
Priest Rapids Irrigation District
Files
15
Minutes and
resolutions
1938-1944
15
Copies of PRID deeds
15
Land Remittance Ration: Priest
Rapids Land Development Company
15
United States Army
15
War Department
15
Description of Bonds issued in
1940
15
Application to Reconstruction
Finance Corporation
1933
15
White Bluffs--Hanford Project as
proposed by Citizens Committee
1919
16
Condemnation and liquidation:
Correspondence, briefs, depositions and related papers, mostly dealing with
legal matters
1943-1954.
17
Appraisals of PRID properties
(Including photographs)
1908-09
17
Transcripts and reports of trials
before federal courts
1947-1952