The W.R. Crawford Papers span the years 1917-1935 and consist of nineteen folders of assorted documents and four journals. Documents in the collection include newspaper clippings, correspondence between W.R. Crawford (Weddle Bar Mining Company) and various companies in the Western United States, correspondence with stockholders, freight shipping receipts, financial forms, legal agreements, minutes of directors’ meetings for the Columbia River-Puget Sound Natural Gas Company, stock records for the Columbia River Puget Sound Natural Gas Company, and a portrait photograph of five unidentified people. The four journals in the collection contain stock certificates for Dredge Syndicate Mining Company and various finance and account records. Topical focus of the collection centers around the business agreements and finances of Weddle Bar Mining Company and other companies in the area.