Janis Kafton Collection on Klamath County, Oregon Local History
Scope and Contents note
The Janis Kafton Collection on Klamath County, Oregon Local History is organized by family, location, business, and organization. This collection is made up of documents, photocopies, newspaper clippings, hand written notes, audio cassette tapes, card files, sketches, maps, and photographs.
Series I: Klamath County Local History consists of materials documenting many Klamath County, Oregon families, businesses, organizations and events. Many of these topics correlate with one another.
Series II: Audio-Visual Series consists of 93 audio cassettes. Some cassettes document Klamath County Historical Society programs, and others contain interviews by Janis Kafton. The contents of some cassettes are not documented.
Series III: Janis Kafton Papers consists of information on Janis Kafton and her family. This includes her autobiography, personal journals, photographs, drawings, paintings, and poetry.
Dates
- 1905-2000
Creator
- Kafton, Janis (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research use. Researchers should contact the library in advance of their visit if they wish to use the audio-visual materials in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use note
Before materials from the Shaw Historical Library may be quoted in print or otherwise reproduced in whole or in part in any publication, exhibit, broadcast or other manner, the user must obtain permission from the owner of the physical property and the holder of the copyright. Copyright status for collections in the Shaw Historical Library varies. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
Janis Kafton was a Klamath County educator and amateur historian. She and her husband William were active volunteers and supporters of the Klamath County Museum and the Klamath County Historical Society. In 1988 William and Janis Kafton received the National Community Service Award from the American Association of Retired Persons due to their outstanding volunteering and contributions to the community.
Janis Blackman was born April 15, 1919 in Weleetka, Oklahoma. Her family moved to the Klamath Basin in Oregon to take up farming when she was very young. She and her five siblings attended Henley grade school and high school. After graduation in 1938, Janis attended Ashland Normal School and in 1940 began teaching in Klamath Falls, Oregon where she met William Kafton. They were married in December of 1940. Together they had two daughters, Sharon and Linda, and a son, Eddie. Janis was a stay-at-home mother and a homemaker until 1955 when she resumed teaching.
After William’s death in 1988, it became Janis’s passion to continue volunteering and collecting extensive research in several areas regarding Klamath County. She served on the Klamath County Museum Board, Klamath County Historical Society, and the Landmark Commission Board. Janis Kafton died on February 6, 2002.
Extent
25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Janis Kafton Collection on Klamath County, Oregon Local History is organized by family, location, business, and organization. This series is made up of documents, photocopies, newspaper clippings, hand written notes, audio cassette tapes, card files, sketches, maps, and photographs covering the period 1905-2000. Janis Kafton was a Klamath County educator and amateur historian.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged into three series: Series I: Klamath County Local History, Series II: Audio-Visual Series, and Series III: Janis Kafton Papers.
Location note
Shaw Historical Library
Custodial History note
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated to the Shaw Historical Library by Janis Kafton and her family.
Separated Materials note
Janis Kafton’s local history books and periodicals have been cataloged into the book collection of the Shaw Historical Library.
General Physical Description note
47 boxes and 1 audio cassette cabinet
Processing Information note
Portions of the collection arranged by library staff.
Creator
- Kafton, Janis (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Janis Kafton Collection on Klamath County, Oregon Local History 1905-2000
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Anne Hiller Clark and Tessa Simpson
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical Library Repository