Oral history interview with Walter R. Butcher, conducted by Clark Hansen on October 23, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Butcher discusses government programs that benefit farmers, particularly the Columbia River Basin Irrigation Project, as well as his involvement with cost-benefit studies related to dams and irrigation projects.

Typescript term paper, presented at the University of Washington, regarding the history of irrigation projects in the Columbia River Basin. With bibliography.

Oral history interview with Norman K. Whittlesey, conducted by Clark Hansen on October 25, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Whittlesey discusses his research on the economics of hydroelectric energy production and irrigation projects in the Columbia River Basin. He describes responses to the conclusions of his research, subsequent budget cuts to irrigation projects, and retaliation he experienced.