Leslie Spier recorded traditional songs sung by several Modoc tribal members in 1934. The collection consists of two tape cassettes of Modoc Indian songs and accompanying documentation. Copied for the Shaw Historical Library by the Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
While serving as director of Indian education and training programs for the Oregon Department of Education in the 1950s and 1960s, A. Harvey Wright collected correspondence, documents and newspaper clippings related to the Termination of the Klamath Tribes. Additional documents describe related educational programs implemented elsewhere in Oregon.
Collection contains township and range plat maps and plat surveys dated in the mid-1860s along with an allotment census for the Klamath Tribes and a register of persons living in the Yainax Agency area. Other items include surveyor time book, Indian Agent Draft book, a couple of annual reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, an abstract of title and a letters book with references to the Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin tribes.
Francis S. “Van” Landrum was a businessman, registered engineer and land surveyor in Klamath Falls, Oregon, as well as a noted amateur historian and author. The collection focuses on Modoc Indians and the Modoc War of 1872-1873.
Series I: Logging and Local History Images. Series I of this collection includes images of the 1929 American Legion Indian Congress in Klamath Falls and Native Americans from the region.