Ray Lung papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials relating to Ray Lung's management of the Klamath Indian Management Trust (KIMT) administered by the United States National Bank of Portland. These include reports and proposals, clippings and publications, correspondence, registers and rosters, financial statements, maps, and photographs, as well as a scrapbook compiled by John D. Merritt. Some of the materials pertain to management of tribal forest land, led by US Bank trust forestry officer Robert Mezger. Tribal forest lands purchased by the federal government became part of the Winema National Forest.
Dates
- 1943-2007
Creator
- Lung, Raymond Henry, 1926-2009 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Biographical Note
Raymond Henry Lung (1926-2009) grew up in Fresno, California, and enlisted in the Merchant Marine prior to finishing high school. He studied at Fresno State and graduated from the University of Oregon. Lung enlisted in the Marine Corps and served in the Korean War. After the war, he moved to Portland with his wife, Jacquie. He began working in the US National Bank of Portland’s trust department while he was a student at the Northwestern School of Law. In 1959, Lung moved to Klamath Falls to take responsibility for the Klamath Indian Management Trust, which was formed following termination of the Klamath Tribe to manage land for the remaining 473 tribal members who elected not to receive a share of liquidated tribal assets. Lung also oversaw the later dissolution of the trust and sale of trust lands, as well as the subsequent distribution of proceeds. In 1975, Lung returned to Portland as manager of US Bank’s trust group and as a member of the bank’s executive board. He retired in 1991 as executive vice president.
Extent
1.7 Cubic Feet (3 document cases and 1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers of Ray Lung, who managed the Klamath Indian Management Trust for United States National Bank of Portland from 1959 to 1975.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Clippings, 1958-2007
- Series 2: General materials, 1943-2005
- Series 3: Klamath Indian Management Trust, 1959-2004
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jacquie Lung, February 2013 (Lib. Acc. 27837).
- Economics and Banking
- Forest management -- Oregon
- Indian reservations -- Oregon
- Indian termination policy -- Oregon
- Klamath Indian Reservation (Or.)
- Klamath Indians -- Government relations
- Klamath Indians -- Land tenure
- Klamath Tribes
- Lung, Raymond Henry, 1926-2009
- Native Americans
- Oregon
- Tribal trust funds -- Oregon
- Winema National Forest (Or.)
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
- photographs
- publications (documents)
Creator
- Lung, Raymond Henry, 1926-2009 (Person)
- United States National Bank of Oregon. Trust Department (Organization)
- Mezger, Robert (Person)
- Merritt, John D. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ray Lung papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Shawna Gandy
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2023-07-27: Revised to conform to current standard.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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