Ida Odell Photographic Collection
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of images of life in early Klamath County, Oregon at the end of the nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth century. Photographers’ identities are uncertain. Topics include Linkville (later Klamath Falls), logging operations at Algoma, Oregon, the Canby Cross at the Modoc War battlefield, early transportation operations and local businesses. The collection is arranged in two series: Series I: Images and Series II: Scrapbook. In Series I the images are individually sleeved. Series II: Scrapbook includes images associated with a large scrapbook.
Dates
- 1873-1963
Creator
- Odell, Ida (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use note
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Biographical / Historical
Ida Odell (1881-1972) was well-known in Klamath County business and social circles during the first half of the twentieth century. Her business activities included banking and sheep ranching. She was the founder and first President of the Klamath County Historical Society.
Ida Momyer was born on December 24th, 1881, in Dawson, Pennsylvania. She first came to the Klamath Basin with her family in 1899, moved to Ashland and San Francisco (1906-1909) and later returned to Klamath County. She married Robert Odell in 1931; they moved from Klamath Falls to Salem in 1964. She died at the age of 90, on February 11, 1972, in Salem, Oregon.
Ida Odell held various positions in Klamath Falls: banking secretary and assistant cashier in early financial organizations, Klamath Falls city treasurer and school clerk and bookkeeper for a local sheep-raising partnership.
Ida Odell was active in the civic life of the Klamath Falls community, including church, fraternal and patriotic circles. She was very interested in the history of the southern Oregon region and arranged for donations of Modoc artifacts from her Hopkins Ranch in the Lower Klamath area to the Klamath County Museum. She wrote several articles for Klamath Echoes published by the Klamath County Historical Society.
Extent
1 box and 1 scrapbook
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ida Odell was a well known early twentieth century business woman in Klamath County, Oregon and founder of the Klamath County Historical Society. The collection consists of images of life in early Klamath County, Oregon around the end of the nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth century.
Location note
Shaw Historical Library
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated to the Shaw Historical Library by Carrol Howe.
Processing Information note
Some individual images were removed from the scrapbook and sleeved individually for preservation purposes.
Creator
- Odell, Ida (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ida Odell Photographic Collection 1873-1963
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Anne Hiller Clark and Constance McCornack
- 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