Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Joel Palmer papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 114
Abstract
Papers of Joel Palmer (1810-1881) of Dayton, Oregon, and his family, including correspondence, diaries, government documents, and property records. The majority of papers relate to Palmer's roles as commissary general during the Cayuse War, as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent at the Siletz Reservation in the early 1870s. Family papers include correspondence of Palmer's wife, Sarah Ann Palmer (1815-1891), and of Palmer's...
Dates:
1783-2001; Majority of material found within 1848-1880
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
A true copy of the record of the official proceedings at the council in the Walla Walla Valley
Collection
Identifier: Mss1137
Abstract
Bound photostat manuscript record of the official proceedings at the Council in the Walla Walla Valley, 1855, held jointly by Isaac I. Stevens of Washington and Joel Palmer of Oregon, where treaties were made with the Nez PerceĢ, the Walla Walla and the Umatilla.
Dates:
1855
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