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."

Oral history interview with Peter A. Huhtala, conducted by Clark Hansen on March 28, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Huhtala discusses the history of the fish canning industry in Astoria, Oregon, and his involvement with the Columbia Deepening Opposition Group (CDOG), which opposed proposals to deepen the Columbia River and the Willamette River.