Content Description

Collection was donated by the owners of the Modoc Lumber Co., the Shaw Family. Laurence Shaw is remembered as the founder of the Shaw Historical Library in 1983 at the Oregon Institute of Technology. Collection contains Metzker's Atlases, maps of the Klamath Indian Reservation and lumber industry (one of them framed), books, government documents and one periodical "The Forest Herald" (4 copies of one issue). Two boxes with folders: "Klamath Indian Reservation Termination/Creation of Winema National Forest", "Creation of the Shaw Historical Library", and "Survey Notes From Shaw October 2008/Hwy 97 Maps". Vertical file pocket with folders: "Materials on the Klamath Reservation Termination from BIA." (1959-1964). Other materials include printed copy of the article “Tionesta and West Central Modoc County: Its Life, Time and Legacy” by Maurice O’Callaghan from “The Journal of Modoc County Historical Society” No. 6 – 1984; spiral-bound brochure “Modoc Lumber Company. Laurence L. Shaw, President. Klamath Falls, Oregon”: black and white photographs of tree cutting and lumber work, no text; negative of a photograph of John A. Shaw tugboat, sent to Modoc Lumber Company, with the original envelope; folder with revised lists of employees of the Modoc Lumber Company, some with their work titles listed next to names: 1952-1953; printed copy of “United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Sale Prospectus. 382,000,000 Feet National Forest Timber. Four Mile Creek and Bear Creek Units. Crater and Paulina National Forests, Oregon,” issued by the District Forester, Portland, Oregon, 1914. Some text is underlined in ink; and “Fremont National Forest: Progress Report. 60th Anniversary. 1906-1966.” Also included are 2 maps of the Klamath Indian Reservation: 1925 and 1932. Donated in 2019 by Steve Kandra on behalf of the Shaw family.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Restrictions Apply

No