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Looking Northwest. Scaffolding surrounds the cinder block walls of the substation. Three workers stand on top of the scaffolding, one is looking towards the camera while two look into the substation. Another workman is climbing timber…

Looking north east shown is the in-work construction progress of Building 305. Several workers can be seen positioning various building materials (beams and blocks). There are two cranes at either end of the building, with several piles of other…

Margie talks about her involvement with Atomic Energy / National Labs, and Kadlec. She fondly remembers the Dorm Club.

Carlos Leon talks about the hiring process, the friends and mentors he had while working in the N Reactor.

Garrold Lyon talks about his time working in Hanford Patrol and at various reactor sites and tank farms. He talks about his sons that still work at Hanford.

Donna Whiteside reflects on moving to Richland when her father moved the family from Montana. Donna worked as a patrolman working graveyard or swing before taking other security related positions until she retired and traveled for sometime in her RV.

Betty reflects on moving to Richland from Tennessee when her father (Cecil Bell) moved from working with Kankakee Ordnance to Hanford in February 1944.

Sandra Paine talks about her time working in the Tank Farms as a Nuclear Chemical Operator. She reflects on the changes that have happened and the pleasant memories while working at the Hanford site.

Lito Ines started as an apprentice operating engineer for the local 370 working as a heavy equipment operator. He immigrated from the Philippines at age 15 in 1967.

Cliff Groff was a reporter for the Tri-City Herald before becoming a writer for the Hanford Site. He started writing as an operations procedure specialist and retired as the senior engineering writer. In addition to working as a writer for the…

Peggy Gardner relocated to the Hanford area when she followed her parents and started out working as a gas station attendant/mechanic/wrecker driver before accepting a machinist position with Westinghouse.

John Garcia's career at the Hanford Site spanned over 20 years, primarily working as a nuclear process operator at the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) and as a health physics technician (HPT) at various facilities like PUREX, Tank Farms, and the True…

Jack came to the Hanford site in 1969 as an intern and built his career at Hanford labs. He received an AEC Fellowship and worked with thermoluminescent dosimetry. Ultimately expanded the field of Medical Radiation Physics.

Robert Brown started at the Hanford Site from 1948-1971. Robert worked for B Reactor and H Reactor, 300 area, 703, and was an elected member of the Richland City Council. He worked for General Electric, Douglas United Nuclear, and Energy Research and…

Larry Gabaldon moved to Washington in 1977 to work at the Hanford Site. Larry spent time in the 300 Area as an electrician, and also assisted at 100-N (N Reactor), Tank Farms, and the FFTF.

An interview conducted as part of the Hanford Oral…

Shirley Stewart's father, Chester McGee, settled in the Cold Creek area and drilled the last, and one of the largest, artesian wells on the central plateau. Shirley grew up on the McGee homestead and attended school in White Bluffs.

John McFadden's father, Charles, was the superintendent of the Hanford (Wash.) school district and later an investigator workig for the Du Pont Company.

Biography of Willard J. Kincaid, manager of the First Bank of White Bluffs

The collection includes 30 video oral histories, 18 audio oral histories, 42 other video tapes, and a binder of notes and correspondence from the Mid Columbia Oral History Association/Coalition.

This collection consists of oral histories and audiovisual material held by the CREHST Museum. Part of the collection is oral histories collected by CREHST, both one-on-one and in group settings, the latter recorded public events the museum put on. …

This collection was donated by a former secretary, Teresa Tritt, of the American Nuclear Society, in Richland, WA. The collection consists of approximately 600 items, which include documents, photographs, films and other media pertaining to public…

This collection consists of various reports and literature collected by Bill Kennedy during his career in waste control at the Hanford Site. This material is published but not readily available in the library or public document system.

Collection contains music programs, newspaper clippings, photographs,
and other miscellaneous items from and about various acting, chorale, and
orchestra groups from the Tri-Cities including the Richland
Meistersingers, Richland Light Opera…

Collection contains 1.) tax information (1968-1969); 2.) Richland Teen Canteen, Inc. Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, building lease, inventory information, operating instructions, employee information (SSNs cannot be released), and lists of names,…

The collection includes archive and artifact material from the Day’s Pay bomber and the Army Air Corps career of Arlys Wineinger. The artifacts are all from the Day’s Pay bomber. The archival material includes records of Arlys’ study…

From issue no. 1: “Villagers Inc., a non-profit organization open to all residents of Richland and nearby tract homes in the area, was formed here last month for the purpose of ‘providing means for contributing to the welfare, recreation,…

This collection consists of documents pertaining to the Pasco Holding and Reconsignment Point, a supply depot in operation during Hanford construction in 1943.

This collection consists of documents pertaining to the residents of White Bluffs, Hanford, and the surrounding areas that were forced by the government to sell their land and leave the area, in order to make way for the Manhattan Project. Housed in…

This collection consists of documents (the bulk of which are from the 1980s and 1990s) pertaining to environmental issues at the Hanford Nuclear Site.

The collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, speeches/presentations, publication by Wilfrid E. Johnson, and other miscellaneous documents (i.e. programs, invitations, books and booklets, personal research materials,…

The CREHST collection contained numerous documents including maps, books, articles, and brochures relaying the history of Hanford and the Tri-Cities. The CREHST collection chronicles the research and lifestyles of the Hanford workers, as well as how…

The collection contains color photographs, color transparencies, color copies of photographs, and contact sheets. These all relate to the Russian visits to the Hanford Site in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Artist's renditions, photocopies, maps, blueprints, magazine, a report, and a document.

Twenty-four (24) bound volumes of the Hanford sites employee and contractor employee newspaper from 1947 to 1982. Through the years it has had name changes, publisher changes, frequency of publication changes, and format changes. Seventeen volumes…

The collection contains maps and blueprints. A detailed list of the collection includes: Maps of Reactor Areas 100-B, 100-C, 100-D, 100-DR, 100-F, 100-H, 100-K, 100N, Separation Areas 200E and 200W, Metal Preparation Area 300, a mileage chart for…

Four bound volumes of Rockwell News from 1977 - 1987. Titles and dates of volumes as follows: Rockwell News 1977-1979, 1980-1982, 1983-1985, and 1986-1987.

The Hanford Reach was published by Westinghouse Hanford Company from 11/1990 - 1997 then by Fluor Daniel Hanford (later Fluor Hanford) until 9/2003. It was first published only for Westinghouse employees, then in 1994 for all the Hanford site…

Documents were from a walkthrough of the 622-R Building, Hanford Meteorological Station, on December 5, 2007.

Creator of the collection is unknown. __ __The 100 KE Work Permit Collection was deposited by Thomas Marceau, employed by Hanford Site Contractor to the U. S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations, on October 19, 1999. The collection arrived in…

These materials cover plutonium processing and reactor use at the Hanford Site, specifically focused on the 200 areas (PFP and PRF), the PRTR, and the FFTF (LMBFR). Included are design criteria, standards, and training manuals. Photos of the 234…

Arthur Paul Vinther arrived at the Hanford Site on June 26, 1950 and worked at Hanford for 38 years. Vinther held dual bachelors degrees in Physics and Teaching and originally took a job with GE at hte B Reactor. His career includes working on the…

Little is known about the creator of the collection except that he worked at 165K Power House and on the Fast Flux Test Facility

J. Steve Buckingham first came to the Hanford Site in 1947 to work as a Chemist at the T Plant. Buckingham spent more than 40 years on the site in different chemistry positions working for various contractors.

Records of the Worrel family employment at Hanford. Fred Worrel worked for Hanford Patrol beginning in the Manhattan Project. His wife Maxine worked at some point at the 222-S labs. Their son, John, worked at PUREX. Materials include photographs,…

A listing of books held in the Hanford, Washington library. Hanford was one of the three towns removed to make way for the Hanford Nuclear Site.

14 x 20 cm: N-Reactor Brochure made by General Electric

14 x 20 cm: N-Reactor Brochure made by General Electric

27 x 20cm: Brochure for the Arid Lands Ecology Project