Pen and ink sketch of a fish wheel belonging to the Seufert Brothers Company on the Columbia River near The Dalles, Oregon.

Minute book contains minutes, articles of incorporation, bylaws, and list of stockholders. The Astoria Packing Company was incorporated in 1878 by M. J. Kinney, James Young and William S. Sibson for "preserving ... all edibles in the State of Oregon and elsewhere."

Typescript speech or report by Joseph K. Carson, Jr., circa 1954, on the history of the domestic tuna industry, with recommendations for action by the federal government. Carson (1891-1956) was mayor of Portland, Oregon, 1933-1941, an attorney, and an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Oregon.

Miscellaneous business records of the fish-packing company Everding-Farrell.

Bound manuscript account book, 1877-1879. J. W. & V. Cook Company was a salmon packing company in Clatsop County, Oregon, operated by James W. Cook and Vincent Cook.

Interview with Bodie McDowell conducted by Ray Monty for the radio program "The Great Outdoors," which aired on KDUN around 1970. McDowell was the the outdoor editor for the Greensboro News & Record in North Carolina.

Papers of an Oregon businessman, consisting primarily of the records of the Alsea Packing Company, of which he was part owner. Also includes blueprint of Polhemus's house in northwest Portland, Oregon.

Carbon copy typescript of "Report on Salmon Wheel Studies, Columbia River Basin," 1908, regarding the history of the use of fish wheels on the Columbia River, with statistics.

Collection includes correspondence and financial accounts regarding operations of the SS Nehalem and SS Seakist, and the Warrenton Clam Company, Portland, Oregon; logs of the Nehalem and the Seakist; patents on cannery machinery, tariff and tow rates.