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...