Collection consists of pages excised from the December 10, 1870, and May 20, 1876, issues of the periodical Appletons' Journal, both featuring articles and engravings related to salmon fishing on the Columbia River.

Six photographic prints, primarily from the 1920s. They include handwritten captions and may have accompanied, or been intended to accompany, magazine pieces by Paul A. Ewing. The photographs depict an overland wagon train; a car parked along the roadside near the summit of the McKenzie Pass highway; Native people fishing at Celilo Falls; a mountain along the John Day River; and a logging scene with a "big wheel."

Oral history interview with Philip A. Meyer, conducted by Clark Hansen on April 5, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Meyer discusses Canadian and United States policies regarding water use and energy production in the Pacific Northwest, and talks about his work as a private consultant for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and for the Yakama Nation.

Oral history interview with Robert W. Schoning, conducted by Clark Hansen on March 27, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Schoning discusses working as a biologist at and later director of the Oregon Fish Commission, the effect of dams on Columbia River fish populations, and court decisions regarding Native fishing rights on the Columbia River.