About this Collection

The M.W.A.K. Columbian (retitled The Columbian in 1938) was published by the Safety Department for Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier Company, the contractors hired to construct the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. This publication includes notices about safety including safety tips and statistics about injuries on the job site. The publication also served as a news source providing information about local events and advertisements for local stores and movie theaters. M. Pete Shrauger is listed as the editor over the course of the newsletter's run. These issues were scanned from either the Roy Dimond Collection (SPC 012-0704) or the Donald Beaty Papers (SPC 982-0165).

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Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 3

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about the payroll department, upcoming basketball games, and a February 11, 1940 visit to the dam by Republican presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 4

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about block grouting, shock due to physical injury, a basketball tournament in Omak, and a visit by the Harlem Globetrotters.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 5

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about the dam's role in supporting mineral refinement in the region, including magnesium and aluminum, a lecture on the region's mineral resources, and an upcoming basketball game between Grand Coulee and Alpine Dairy.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 6

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about filling empty space in the penstocks using concrete delivered with pumps and the annual Easter egg hunt. There is also a poem titled "To All the Builders of Grand Coulee Dam," by Joe Boyer.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 7

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about the Ankeny Dam site, census taking, the first meeting for a women's softball league, and concrete pouring progress, which reached 82 percent. Page 2 is cut off and page 10 is marked as another page 9.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 8

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about spillway construction during flood season, the completion of the installation of cooling pipe, and results of a golf tournament at the Evergreen Golf Club in Nespelem.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 9

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about the use of steel wires on the dam, the installation of a large crane for handling powerhouse equipment, the organization of an AAU softball team named the CBI Dam Builders, and hunting and fishing information. Page 5 is marked as page 11. Only pages 3 and 7 are marked and in the correct position.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 10

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about the completion of pipe installation by Western Pipe and Steel, food borne illnesses, and the graduating classes for Mason City High School and Grand Coulee High School.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 11

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about concrete finishers and softball games by local teams.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 12

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about progress on concrete pouring, the relatively low peak elevation for the Columbia River, the accomplishments of local marksmen, and the opening of the Coulee Dam pool.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 13

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about the cancellation of the Fourth of July fireworks by Consolidated Builder so they can donate the funds to the American Red Cross, the construction of roads and rails to replace roads submerged by Lake Roosevelt, and a softball game between a team dressed in drag and a women's team sponsored by the Bureau of Reclamation.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 14

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about Columbia Basin irrigation plans, a volume of poetry titled "Grimy Men," by dam worker Bryan Buchanan, and progress on concrete pouring.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 15

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about several mundane features of the dam that are nonetheless important to its operation and local softball teams.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 16

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about work yet to be completed on the dam, a softball tournament near Coulee Dam, and the completion of the left powerhouse.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 17

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about drum gates place near the top of the dam, results from a softball tournament, an outdoor music festival, and the near completion of the east side of the dam. Page 9 marked as another page 7.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 18

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about the dam's turbines, applications for positions in the power plant, and remaining work the for screen plant.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 19

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about control gates in the dam, primary election results in the area, and the arrival of cooling towers for drum gate area concrete. Page 9 is marked as another page 7.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 20

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about twist adjustment slots, fire prevention, a forum series about world events, and the dismantling of gravel pit structures.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 21

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about electric defrosters used to prevent ice in the dam, and the upcoming arrival of a 150-ton grantry crane for handling bulkhead gates and other large items.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 22

Consolidated Builders

This Halloween issue includes articles about the powerhouses, the mess hall, the drawing of names by Selective Service, and cooling tower operations.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 23

Consolidated Builders

This issue includes articles about the reclassification of Columbia Basin land by the Bureau of Reclamation, a turkey shoot, and preliminary work to install drum gates. Page 6 marked as page 8.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 24

Consolidated Builders

This issue contains articles about elevators built into the dam, the use of air bubbles to prevent ice from forming on trashracks, and road construction on the west side of the construction site.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 25

Consolidated Builders

This issue contains articles about how hostilities in Europe may lead to an increased demand for electricty to support metal production (e.g., aluminum), and upcoming Christmas festvities.
Columbian, Vol. 6, No. 26

Consolidated Builders

This issue contains articles about the excavation of a landslide that caused damage to roads and railways, plans for an athletic association for the Coulee Dam area, and towers for electrical lines from Grand Coulee Dam.
Columbian, Vol. 7, No. 1

Consolidated Builders

This issue contains articles about work completed on the dam in 1940, the amount of materials delivered to the site by rail, a discussion organized by the Geology Club, and the high week for employment in 1940.