United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Oregon Superintendency
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward R. Geary papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 68
Abstract
Papers of Edward R. Geary, a missionary and Presbyterian minister who served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon and Washington from 1859 to 1861, founded Albany College, and was a regent of the University of Oregon. The collection includes correspondence, writings, and financial records, including copies of letters from Geary's brother, John W. Geary; papers relating to the Oregon Central Railroad; papers relating to the estate of John Webster Perit Huntington; and detailed...
Dates:
1840-1878
Oral history interview with Omar C. Palmer
Collection
Identifier: SR70
Abstract
Oral history interview with Omar C. Palmer conducted by Terence O'Donnell on December 6, 1982, as part of research for O'Donnell's book "An Arrow in the Earth: General Joel Palmer and the Indians of Oregon." Omar C. Palmer was a descendant of Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory from 1853 to 1856.
Dates:
1982 December 6