Letter to Mr. Raymond H. Bitney, Superintendent, Klamath Agency, Oregon

Collection

Identifier: SHL079

Staff Only

Content Description

Letter is written by Mr. Mastin G. White, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior, April 1, 1949. The subject is the proposed Constitution for the Klamath Tribes of Oregon.

Dates

Creation: 1949

Biographical / Historical

Raymond H. Bitney joined the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1926 as forest assistant at the Klamath Agency. He became superintendent of Neah Bay Agency in Washington in 1930 for three years and was then superintendent of Red Lake Agency in Minnesota for six years. From 1939 to 1942, Bitney was transferred to Taholah Agency in Washington. Between 1942 and 1946, he served in the military. When Bitney returned to the Bureau, he spent two years at Red Lake Agency and another two at Klamath Agency.

The Klamath Agency was an Indian Agency established for the Klamath Indian Reservation in 1866. The Klamath Reservation was terminated in 1961, but the Agency still exists.

Extent

1 Sheets ([describe boxes, items, etc. here]) : The letter is typed on both sides of a sheet of paper under the heading of United States Department of the Interior. Office of the Secretary. Washington 25, D.C.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Raymond H. Bitney joined the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1926 as forest assistant at the Klamath Agency. The Klamath Agency was an Indian Agency established for the Klamath Indian Reservation in 1866. Collection contains a letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior to Mr. Bitney regarding the proposed Constitution for the Klamath Tribes of Oregon.