Native Americans

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.

Papers of a Wallowa County, Oregon, official and amateur historian, consisting primarily of a manuscript of his unpublished book "Wallowa River and Valley," as well as correspondence with Otis Halfmoon and other documents.

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).

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.

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.

Three engravings in various sizes, made from the same drawing by John Webber, artist for the third voyage of James Cook. The image, titled "The Inside of a Home in Oonalashka," depicts Native adults and children at various activities inside a dwelling with a thatched roof in Unalaska.

Collection includes typescript photocopies of reports on the capture of Captain Jack, Modoc chief, and other Indians of the Modoc Indian War, collected from available sources by Francis S. Landrum.

Oral history interview with James K. Logan conducted by Toni R. Black Cloud from April 12 to May 23, 2002, as part of the Radical Elders oral history series. Logan discusses his early life as a homeless teenager, his recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction, and his involvement with the American Indian Movement.

Collection consists of correspondence by Lorenzo Lorain dating from 1855 to 1861, as well as biographical information about Lorain collected between 1958 and 1968. The bulk of the letters concern his time stationed at Fort Walla Walla and Fort Umpqua between 1856 and 1861.

Collection consists of photographs taken by or attributed to Lorenzo Lorain while stationed at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon, between 1857 and 1861. They depict scenes around Fort Umpqua and the Coast Reservation, portraits of Native Americans and soldiers, and street scenes of Portland, Oregon City, and The Dalles.