Collection of papers and publications relating to ship building in Oregon and southern Washington State during World War I. Collection contains: guides to Oregon district plants, including: Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding Corp., Portland; Coast Shipbuilding Co., Portland; Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland; G. M. Standifer Construction Corp., North Portland and Vancouver, Washington; Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co., Portland; Feeney & Bremer Shipbuilding Co., Tillamook; St. Helens Shipbuilding Co., St. Helens; Sommarstrom Shipbuild Co., Columbia City; Wilson Shipbuilding Co., Astoria; McEachern Ship Co., Astoria; Kiernan & Kern Co., Portland; Astoria Marine Iron Works, Astoria; E. F.C. Copper Works, Portland; Peninsula Iron Works, Portland; and the Port of Portland. Also includes: dredging report, October 1919; plans and maps of shipyard property; magazines and articles concerning shipping and shipbuilding in Portland and the U.S.; U.S. laws concerning shipping, 1918-1919; map and plans of shipyards in District 8 and 11 (including Portland, Vancouver and Astoria), 1919 (92 p.); and ephemera.
