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Indians of North America -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

William Henry Boyle papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 187
Abstract Colonel William Henry Boyle (circa 1830s-1917) was a professional soldier who served in the Civil War and was stationed in the Pacific Northwest from 1866 to 1884, serving in the Modoc War, 1872-1873. The William Henry Boyle papers consist of military correspondence, U.S. Army documents, military and service organizations memorabilia, social memorabilia, watercolors of scenes on the Umatilla Indian reservation, a hand-drawn map of a Modoc War site, notebooks, scrapbooks, publications, and...
Dates: 1851-1917

Bunting and Trulove papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Bx 180
Abstract

David Bunting (1940-) and William Thomas Trulove (1943- ) researched the economic effects of the termination of the Klamath Indian Reservation. The collection contains research files, surveys and interviews, original manuscripts, and published material.

Dates: 1947-1973

Charles Wellington Furlong papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 698
Abstract

Charles Wellington Furlong (1874-1967) was an explorer, writer, lecturer, an artist, a college professor, a scientist, a cowboy, a collector, and a foreign correspondent to name but a few of his ‘trades.' The collection contains biographical and military records, manuscripts, articles and lectures by Furlong, notebooks and journals, Philippine Island material, photographs and daguerreotypes, correspondence, audio recordings and books.

Dates: 1896-1967

Daniel Giles autobiography

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CB G391] 1: [Barcode: i39081448]
Identifier: CB G391
Abstract

Daniel Giles was born in 1836. He traveled overland from Iowa to Oregon in 1852. Collection consists of a typed copy of the account of Giles' journey overland from Iowa to Oregon in 1852, and his experiences in gold mining and Indian fighting in southern Oregon, 1853-1855.

Dates: 1852-1855

Alanson Hinman papers

 Collection
Identifier: A 051
Abstract

The Alanson Hinman papers comprise thirty-two letters and an account book. The correspondence dates from 1872 to 1900 and concerns Indian training schools, proposed changes in the charter of Pacific University, and personal issues. The account book contains miscellaneous accounts receivable as well as a record of apples shipped.

Dates: 1872-1900

KOAC Library Hour records

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 007] 1: [Barcode: i18074674]
Identifier: SFM 007
Abstract

Typescripts for the radio program KOAC Library Hour, prepared under the direction of Martin Schmitt for the University of Oregon Library, 1952. Includes related correspondence (1951-1952), program schedules, and short critiques of the programs Stage Coach to Roseburg and The People L'arn done by high school students. Principal correspondents include Karl Hintz of the University of Oregon Library and William S. Forth of Oregon State College.

Dates: 1951-1952

Silas Russell diary

 Collection — Folder 1 (shares a clamshell box): [Barcode: 35025042918157]
Identifier: A 283
Abstract

Silas Russell (1835 or 1837-1919) was an Oregon pioneer who farmed near Pleasant Hill, Lane County and who also served in Company H, First Oregon Volunteer Infantry, during the period of "Indian Wars" in Oregon. The collection (1865-1866) contains a diary that describes Russell's experience in the infantry.

Dates: 1865-1866

U.S. Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office records

 Collection — Multiple collection box [CA 1881 Mar 30] 1: [Barcode: i50171562]
Identifier: CA 1881 Mar 30
Abstract

The collection contains two letters written on stationery from the Third Auditor's Office of the U.S. Treasury Department regarding supplies allegedly furnished by Messrs. Field and Blakely during the "Oregon and Washington Indian War of 1955-1956." The letters are dated March 30, 1881, and March 22, 1876.

Dates: March 1881