Box 1
Container
Contains 53 Results:
Correspondence (including handwritten copies and drafts) relating to Palmer's work as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory, 1854 July-December
File — Box: 1, Folder: 51
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include S. H. Culver, George L. Curry, Matthew P. Deady, George W. Manypenny, Nathan Olney, and R. R. Thompson.
Dates:
1854 July-December
Correspondence (including handwritten copies and drafts) relating to Palmer's work as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory; estimate of funds for defraying expenses, 1855
File — Box: 1, Folder: 52-53
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include George H. Ambrose, George L. Curry, George W. Manypenny, R. B. Metcalfe, and Isaac Stevens.
Dates:
1855
Typescript copies of Palmer's diaries for 1854 and 1856, with biographical information, by Gertrude Palmer, 1939
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1939
Typescript excerpts from diaries, 1853-1854, 1872
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1853-1854; 1872
Resignation as superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon Territory, addressed to U.S. President Franklin Pierce, 1854 March 6
File — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1854 March 6
Treaty with the Kalapuya Tribe (written as Calipooia), 1854 March 25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1854 March 25
Treaty with the Walla Walla and Wasco Tribes (photostat reproduction), 1855 June 25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1855 June 25
Vouchers to S. H. Culver, 1855
File — Box: 1, Folder: 43
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1855
Voucher for W. R. Spratt, 1856 August 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1856 August 15
Voucher to the Steamer Enterprise for transportation of Native people and baggage en route to Coast Reservation (typescript copy), 1856 July 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains papers of and relating to Joel Palmer and his family that were compiled by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library over the course of a century. The papers are a mix of original documents, typescript copies, photocopies, and photostat reproductions.The majority of the materials relate to Palmer's work as a commissary general during the Cayuse War, as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent on...
Dates:
1856 July 12