Nelson Reed and Nell Kuonen Collection on the Klamath River Compact Commission
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of documents, photocopies and images related to the Klamath River Commission's activities that eventually created the Klamath River Compact in 1957 and the early activities of the Klamath River Compact Commission. Both organizations addressed land and water use in the Klamath River watershed of Oregon and California. Series I is Collection Description. Series II: Nelson Reed Papers includes correspondence, minutes and other records of the Klamath River Commission from 1951-1958. Series III: Additional Donations contains related materials added to the collection at a later date.
Dates
- 1914-1994 1951-1958
- Majority of material found within 1951 - 1958
Creator
- Kuonen, Nell (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use note
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Biographical / Historical
Nelson Reed was a businessman, civic leader and philanthropist in the Klamath Basin of Oregon and California. He was appointed chairman of the Oregon Klamath River Commission, the legislative study group that developed the Klamath River Compact with the California Klamath River Commission in 1957. Nelson Reed was born on June 21, 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died on November 11, 1970 in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He is also recognized as the chairman of the Examining Board for the opening of Tulelake, California homesteading land in 1947 and 1948 and the author of the books Tales of the Klamath Country, Tule Smoke and Stories of Let’s Pretend.
Nell Kuonen (born November 10, 1928) is a businesswoman, former Klamath County, Oregon Commissioner and philanthropist. She was appointed the Federal Representative on the Klamath River Compact Commission in 1983 and served as chairperson of the group.
Extent
3 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of documents, photocopies and images from the Klamath River Commission addressing land and water use in the Klamath River watershed of Oregon and California. The Commission was instrumental in the creation of the 1957 Klamath River Compact. Nelson Reed was a founding member of the Klamath River Compact Commission. Nell Kuonen was appointed Federal representative and Chairperson of the Commission in 1983.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged into Series I: Collection Description, Series II: Nelson Reed Papers and Series III: Additional Donations.
Location note
Shaw Historical Library
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Nelson Reed, a founding member of the Klamath River Compact Commission, gave his Klamath River Compact papers to Laurence L. Shaw upon the closing of Reed's office in Klamath Falls, Oregon. In 1967, Mr. Shaw donated the papers to the Oregon Historical Society. In 1990 Nell Kuonen, chair of the Klamath River Compact Commission and a Shaw Historical Library Board member, arranged with the Oregon Historical Society to create a duplicate collection at the Shaw Historical Library.
Accruals note
Related materials were added to the collection in the early 1990s.
Existence and Location of Originals note
Series II: Nelson Reed Papers consists of photocopies and some original duplicates of the Klamath River Commission records (Mss 1154) held by the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205.
- Klamath Basin (Calif.)
- Klamath Basin (Or.)
- Klamath River (Or. and Calif.)
- Klamath River Compact Commission -- Records and correspondence.
- Kuonen, Nell
- Land use -- California -- Klamath Basin
- Land use -- Oregon -- Klamath Basin
- Reed, Nelson--Archives
- Water resources -- California -- Klamath Basin
- Water resources development -- Oregon -- Klamath Basin
Creator
- Kuonen, Nell (Person)
- Reed, Nelson and (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Nelson Reed and Nell Kuonen Collection on the Klamath River Compact Commission 1914-1994
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Torrie Scott in 1998 and revised by Anne Hiller Clark
- 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