Washington (State)

Papers and records relating to the business interests of Philip Buehner (1858-1940), an engineer and lumberman. Buehner developed municipal water-supply projects in Washington state and Oregon, and, in partnership with with Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works, supplied pipelines for the Bull Run water system for Portland, Oregon. Buehner also operated multiple Oregon lumber companies.

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.

Oral history interview with David Campiche, conducted by Clark Hansen on June 21, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Campiche discusses the history and ecology of the Cape Disappointment area on the Columbia River in Washington, and his work on the board of the Willapa Bay Alliance, an affiliate of the Portland, Oregon, nonprofit Ecotrust.

Watercolor sketch by Grace Ketchan, depicting the house of Captain George E. Pickett at 910 Bancroft St. in Bellingham, Washington.

The Carpenter family owned large amounts of land in Portland, Oregon, and Clark County, Washington. Family members included Gwendoline Carpenter, Isabelle Carpenter and Royal E. Carpenter. Collection includes title abstract and warranty deeds, 1900-1956, for land in Portland and Clark County; account books, 1910-1943; plat maps of Carpenter's Addition in Marysville, Washington, undated; and miscellaneous documents, 1892-1956.

Typescript history, 34 pages, regarding the Whitman killings. Manuscript is unfinished and author is anonymous.

The Celilo Bridge, also called the Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge, crosses the Columbia River just south of where Celilo Falls was located. Collection includes a general plan of the bridge and a typescript description of the bridge's construction with descriptions of photographic views.

Oral history interview with Ed Chaney, conducted by Clark Hansen in two sessions, on May 4 and May 5, 1998, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral Histories Series. Chaney, founder of the Northwest Resource Information Center, discusses his opposition to the fish conservation policies of the organizations that manage the Columbia River Basin and the dams in the basin.

Oral history interview with James C. Chatters, conducted by Clark Hansen on May 30, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Chatters talks about his research on the effects of climate on human behavior, discusses the archaeological record of Native peoples in the Pacific Northwest, and speaks about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).