Pioneers
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joel Palmer papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 114
Abstract
Papers of Joel Palmer (1810-1881) of Dayton, Oregon, and his family, including correspondence, diaries, government documents, and property records. The majority of papers relate to Palmer's roles as commissary general during the Cayuse War, as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory in the 1850s, and as an Indian agent at the Siletz Reservation in the early 1870s. Family papers include correspondence of Palmer's wife, Sarah Ann Palmer (1815-1891), and of Palmer's...
Dates:
1783-2001; Majority of material found within 1848-1880
Robert Shortess papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1189
Abstract
Papers of Robert Shortess (1797-1878), an early emigrant to Oregon. Papers consist of correspondence, reports, and certificates relating to Shortess's work as an Indian sub-agent, his guardianship of Grace Tibbets and John Tibbets, and his work as a school district clerk; financial and property records; family correspondence; and a photostatic reproduction of the marriage certificate of Shortess's daughter, Susan Shortess (later Susan Walkley).
Dates:
1843-1877