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Native Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Francis Galloway papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2582
Abstract Francis Galloway was born in McMinnville in 1885. He graduated from University of Oregon in 1907. He was admitted to the bar in 1911, and and in 1913, he moved to The Dalles, where he practiced law and was active in Democratic politics. Papers include correspondence, reports, memoranda and legal documents relating to the boundaries of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, self-government on the reservation, and federal Indian policy; correspondence relating to his political and business...
Dates: 1900-1940

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

J. Otto George papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2578
Abstract

Collection consists primarily of a typescript photocopy compilation, "Old Stories of the Arctic Eskimo," 1978. Also included are two letters to Ruth Whitcomb regarding the Finnish community in Clatskanie, Oregon.

Dates: 1968-1980

Great Northern calendar portraits

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5343
Abstract

Collection consists of color prints, based on original portraits by Winold Reiss, that were used in Great Northern Railway calendars, as well as full pages from the calendars.

Dates: circa 1931-1932

David Hall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2223
Abstract

Collection consists of manuscript financial claims submitted to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (Indian Dept. U.S. Government) from David Hall, 1855-1859, for supplies given to Native Americans in the Oregon Territory while acting as a special agent for the bureau.

Dates: 1855-1859

Washington Hall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 944
Abstract

Collection includes an affidavit and agreements between Washington Hall and the lower band of the Chinook Indian Tribe regarding Hall's land holdings at Chinook Point in Pacific County, Washington.

Dates: 1848-1851

J.H. Horner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6031
Abstract

Papers of a Wallowa County, Oregon, official and amateur historian, consisting primarily of a manuscript of his unpublished book "Wallowa River and Valley," as well as correspondence with Otis Halfmoon and other documents.

Dates: 1889-1985

John B. Horner collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 794
Abstract

Collection consists of materials by or belonging to John B. Horner that concern Oregon-related historical topics. These include diagrams and documents concerning the Kalapuya mounds; the text of an address Horner delivered to the Oregon Pioneer Association; and a letter from Gertrude Balch Ingalls with a biographical sketch of her brother, Frederic Homer Balch. Horner (1856-1933) taught English and history at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University).

Dates: circa 1902-1972

John Webster Perit Huntington papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 759
Abstract

Papers of John Webster Perit Huntington (1831-1869), who served as superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon from 1863 to 1869. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence and financial records relating to Huntington's work in that role. Other materials include papers relating to the the Unionist, Huntington's newspaper and printing business; Huntington's will; and a scrapbook with handwritten satirical captions about Oregon politicians.

Dates: 1855-1889; Majority of material found within 1863-1869

Indian training schools photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 736
Abstract

Small collection of 14 black-and-white photographs, most of which depict students and scenes at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Also included are two group portraits of students at the Indian Training School in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1870-1902