Manuscript depicting the landscape south of the Dalles.

Article discussing negative perceptions of hawks.

Article describing central and eastern Oregon.

Meeting minutes discussing sheep on the Wallowa Mountains. Ticket for William Finley's lecture on Alaskan wildlife is included.

Report discussing the declining waterfowl populations due to European carp, agriculture, and hunting.

Report discussing the effects of carp, agriculture, and hunting on waterfowl populations in Washington and western Oregon. The report also describes species of waterfowl and their diet.

Report focuses on current and proposed waterfowl refuge sites as well as hunting and agriculture.

Documents focus primarily on the destruction of bird nesting sites through the careless practices of the Reclamation Service, including prescribed burning and leasing of land for grazing. Other topics include cooperation between the Reclamation Service and Biological Survey, duck hunting, and recommendations for restoring refuges to ideal nesting conditions. A map of the Klamath Irrigation Project is included.

Photograph showing flax being harvested in a field in the Clackamas area. Laborers are standing among shaves of flax, which is being cut, tied, and places on the ground. In the background are heaped carts of flax (negative 1 of 7).

Photograph showing flax being harvested in a field in the Clackamas area. Sheaves can be seen throughout the frame, next to three large piles of cut flax. A set of buildings are on the right side of the frame (negative 4 of 7).

Photograph showing laborers harvesting sheaves of flax in a field in the Clackamas area. Cut sheaves can be seen on the ground, and a man stands on top of a cart heaped with flax (negative 6 of 7).

Photograph showing a man and woman standing in a flax field in the Clackamas area. The woman is holding a sheave of flax, and the man appears to be using a tool to throw flax into the air (negative 7 of 7).

James Kanne drives a tractor along a dirt road in Happy Valley. He wears a sailors hat and looks back over his shoulder at the camera. An area of boysenberries seen next to the road, with houses and hills in the distance. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 25, 1951 (negative 3 of 13).

Photograph of an electric float from the Portland Rose Festival from 1914, with the name “In Harvest Time” written on a sign at the front. Electric light bulbs adorn much of the float, which includes several individuals dressed in western garb, a large bushel of wheat and two people riding oxen. A man in a full white outfit stands at the back of the float, while viewers can be seen at the right side of the frame.

Photographic postcard showing a tall crop of oats in a field in Redmond, Oregon. A sign in front of the field notes that these are the Shadeland Challenge variety of oats. A man stands neck-deep in the field. Only his head is visible above the crops. Handwritten label on the bottom of the print reads, "Oats on the Demonstration Farm, Redmond, Oregon. O. Hedlund, #1031."

Photograph showing 50 - 60 scattered farm workers working in rows of crops in a large agricultural field. Some look at the camera while others continue with their work.

Photograph showing a person standing in an empty, dirt irrigation canal in a forested area. The person faces away from the camera.

Photograph showing rows of crops on a farm in Central Oregon. A desert hillside is visible in the background. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "near Prineville."

Photograph showing water flowing in a dirt irrigation canal through a forested area.

Photograph showing water flowing in a dirt irrigation canal through a forested area. Three men on the left bank of the canal look down at the water. A felled tree lies in the foreground on the right bank of the canal.

Photograph showing a person standing on the left bank of an empty, dirt irrigation canal in a forested area. The person looks at the camera. There is a large tree stump on the right bank of the canal.

Photograph of a man holding onto a branch of a tree in an orchard. Long rows of trees stretch out behind him. Mount Hood is in the background. Likely taken near Parkdale, Oregon in the Hood River Valley.

Photograph of several rows of crops, including strawberries and young fruit trees. In the background is a farmhouse. Stamps on the front and back of the print for Kiser Photo Co. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "From R.H. Crozier."

Photograph looking down the middle of a row of trees in an orchard. There is a forested hillside in the background. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "From R.H. Crozier."

Photograph of an orchard and farmhouse. Rows of trees stand in an orchard on the left and in the right foreground. At the center of the photograph, behind a field of crops, is a farmhouse. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "From R.H. Crozier."

Photograph of a boy holding a branch of a small apple tree in an orchard at the Glen Cove Ranch near Scappoose, Oregon. Three apples grow on the tree. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "3 yr. Yellow Transparent Apple, Glen Cove Ranch near Scappoose. K9." Stamps on the front and back of the print indicate a 1911 copyright by Kiser Photo Co.

Photograph showing several rows of young trees in an orchard. Farm machinery is visible in the distance in one of the rows on the left. A house is also visible in the distance. There is a forested hillside in the background. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "R.H. Crozier."