Inland Empire Waterways
AssociationPacific Northwest Waterways Association
Title:
Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
Records
Dates:
1907-1978 ( inclusive )
1933-1978 ( bulk )
Quantity:
105 linear
feet (112 boxes)
Location of Collection:
E31-35
Collection Number:
USHTM_WCMss23
Summary:
This collection contains the record of
the formation and subsequent organizational and lobbying efforts of the Inland
Empire Waterways Association, later renamed the Pacific Northwest Waterways
Association.
Funding for preparing this
finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission.
Historical Note
In 1934 the Inland Empire Waterways Association was established as an advocacy group to represent the interests of the transportation industry, forestry, agriculture, energy producers, and local governments in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Most notably, they lobbied at the federal level for the construction of the locks and dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
In 1971, as the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, the association was expanded to include Puget Sound and coastal members. Today, the association represent over 100 members in public and private sectors in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and California. Members include public ports, navigation, transportation, international trade, tourism, agriculture, forest products, energy and local government interests.
Content Description
This collection contain the correspondence, reports, maps, financial
records, and other materials pertaining to the meetings and the annual conferences
held by the association between 1934 and 1978.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open for research except where noted.
Restrictions on Use :
Researchers are responsible for use in accordance with 17 U.S.C.
Copyright owned by Whitman College.
Preferred Citation :
Pacific Northwest Waterways Association Records, Whitman
College and Northwest Archives.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Into series, and within series, material is primarily arranged
chronologically.
Acquisition Information :
Donated by the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, 1973 and after
1978.
Processing Note :
Original order, when preserved, has been followed. Some separated materials are noted.
Separated Materials :
A donation made in 2007 by the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
is arranged separately.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1: Corporate records, 1934-1977
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
1-41
Correspondence
These files contain extensive correspondence and subject files
for the association, which includes contacts with United States Congressmen,
associated waterways organizations, and leaders in cities and towns concerned
with development of the Pacific Northwest rivers. Reports of Interstate
Commerce Commission (ICC) hearings and state and U.S. congressional bills are
contained here. In addition, river transportation discussions can be found
here, from barges to bridges, freight rates to tonnage.
At least two donation groups resulted in the split arrangement.
Both are per association alphabetizing. Boxes 1-33 ontain
correspondence from 1934-1957; boxes 34-41 contain correspondence from 1958-1977.
1934-1977
104
Freight rate commission
record
Incomplete records of the Washington Public Service Commission
hearing, cause number T-8332, docket number 29458, Inland Navigation Company
versus Big Creek and Telocaset Railroad Company.
These materials were separated from the correspondence prior to
the processing of this collection.
1949 November 21
42-45
Corporate records
Articles of incorporation and personnel biographical files for
board members and regional county vice presidents.
1907-1978
46-50
Missions to Washington,
D.C.
Records of lobbying efforts include contacts, donors,
photographs, financial reports, statements, and agendas. Also found here are
the records of testimony given to various governemnt agencies. The association
also labeled these records "overall programs."
Detailed records of each year's planning and organization,
agendas, speeches, resolutions, committee reports, and board meetings.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
52-69
Conventions
25 linear feet
Records of yearly meetings, including correspondence, planning
notes, brochures, meeting notes, speeches, resolutions, finacial reports,
photographs, registration materials, and plans
and reports for visits to Washington, D.C.
1934-1977
70
Resolutions
Administrative records of resolutions.
1934-1970
51
International Conference on Water
For Peace
Material on the World Meterological Organizations conference
held in Washington, D.C.
This contains cancelled checks, check and deposit registers,
bank statements, and deposit books. The most complete group is registers, which
cover 1934-1967. Other items cover the time frame 1957-1971.
1935-1971; 1957-1971
Box/Folder
89/1-5
Fiscal year cash
books
1934-1959; 1961-1965
Box/Folder
89/6-7
Financial Statements
1967-1972
Box/Folder
110
Receipt and expense
ledger
This ledger is a record of an account with Baker-Boyer National
Bank.
1934 March 1-1936 July
Box/Folder
89
Membership account
ledger
The account ledger kept by James W. Davis.
1954-1957
Box/Folder
90
Employee payroll
records
This material is not open to researchers until 2015.
This contains material relating to social security taxes,
unemployment compensation, and payroll.
This contains records of planning for dedications of dams the
association lobbied for, as well as dedications of other construction projects
in Pacific Northwest.
Album of images featuring Attalia Tank Farm, Port Kelley Wheat
Elavators, and images of dam building and river travel.
drawer
99-100
MC5,15
Photographs
Photographs of dignitaries, dam dedications, river
transportation, and association members attending meetings. Oversized are
rolled.
111-112
MC5,15
Maps
Rolled and foldered maps of dams areas, dam dedication plans,
maps of the Pacific Northwest, Corps of Engineers' surveys, and United States
Geological Survey maps.
101-103
Publication materials
Promotional newsletters, flyers, programs, brochures, correspondence with printers, printing dies, and other
print material. Also, there is a small section of what are labeled business
books, to include a dictionary and a book detailing how to save estate and gift
taxes.
106
Newspapers and othe printed material
The newspapers are the 1968
Tri-Cities Herald John Day Dam Edition series.
