Water Resources Department Records Guide
Record Series Descriptions
Willamette River Basin Commission Records
1930-1956
Location:
Boxes 84-87
Map Drawer 10
Map Box 3
Quantity:
3.75 total cubic feet
7 maps (.1 cubic foot)
6 photographs (.1 cubic foot)
Arrangement: Alphabetical by topic
Series documents the activities and duties of the Willamette River Basin Commission created in 1939 to oversee the management, construction, and maintenance of the Willamette river basin project. The commission was abolished in 1955. Series contains records variously titled the Willamette Valley Project, Willamette Valley Project Committee, and Willamette Basin Project.
Series contains correspondence concerning the basin project and annual "caravans," which were trips by politicians and interested citizens to dam and project sites. Series also includes correspondence with local Chambers of Commerce and with state and federal legislators. Topics covered by the records include watershed management, dams, water resource use, and development of water resources in the Willamette River Basin.
Separated Photographs:
Title: |
Willamette River Basin Commission Records |
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Removed from: |
Box 85 / Folder 16 |
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Transferred to: |
Photograph Box 1 / Folder 19 |
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Record type: |
4 photographs |
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Medium: |
black and white photoprints |
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Dimensions: |
8 x 10" |
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Description: |
Governor's Trip, 1953. |
Title: |
Willamette River Basin Commission Records |
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Removed from: |
Box 85 / Folder 44 |
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Transferred to: |
Photograph Box 1 / Folder 20 |
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Record type: |
2 photographs |
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Medium: |
black and white photoprints |
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Dimensions: |
8 x 10" |
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Description: |
Newbegin, Wade. |
Separated Maps:
SERIES TITLE: Willamette River Basin Commission Records
RECORDS REMOVED FROM: Box 86 / Folder 32
RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO: Map Drawer 10
TYPE OF RECORDS: 1 Drawing
MEDIUM: Blackline print
DESCRIPTION:
U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers
Drawing of Weston Bar, Survey near Weston Bend of Willamette River, Mile 59, 1950. Removed from letter dated 5 October 1951.
SERIES TITLE: Willamette River Basin Commission Records
RECORDS REMOVED FROM: Box 87 / Folder 50
RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO: Map Box 3
TYPE OF RECORDS: 1 Graph, 1 Map
MEDIUM: Print
DIMENSIONS: 19.5" x 12.5" (Map)
SCALE: 1" = 10 miles (Map)
DESCRIPTION:
Willamette Valley / Basin Project:
1. Willamette River and Tributaries, Condensed Profiles: Willamette River and West Side Tributaries, 1937.2. Willamette River and Tributaries: Proposed Plan for Coordinated Development, 1937.
SERIES TITLE: Willamette River Basin Commission Records
RECORDS REMOVED FROM: Box 87 / Folder 53
RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO: Map Drawer 10
TYPE OF RECORDS: 4 Maps
MEDIUM: Color print
DIMENSIONS: 31" x 19" (maps 1-3), 36" x 48" (map 4)
SCALE: Mixed: 1" = 6, 10, 16 miles
DESCRIPTION:
Maps:
1. Willamette River and Tributaries: Irrigable Areas, Reservoir Sites and Areas Now Irrigated, undated.2. Willamette River and Tributaries: Areas Needing Drainage and Areas to be Drained on Proposed Irrigation Projects, undated.
3. Willamette River and Tributaries: Proposed Plan for Coordinated Development, undated.
4. Oregon: Irrigation: By Drainage Basin, 1939.
