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Schools and Education Scrapbook
Effective and comprehensive public-school education in Oregon started in the early twentieth century. Currently there are 188 school disctricts in the state. Collection consists of a scrapbook with newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and typed sheets of text on the education and school districts in the area.
Shasta View School Collection
Shasta View High School was built in Malin, Oregon, in 1910. Collection consists of photographs, copies of photographs and articles, and handwritten notes. Photographs show the school building and a group of students next to it. Also includes materials on the school reunion in 1959.
Laurence L. Shaw Collection on the Klamath Basin Timber Industry
The collection focuses on the connections between the Klamath Indian Reservation and the Klamath County, Oregon timber industry in the twentieth century. Laurence L. Shaw was a well-known Oregon timber man and philanthropist.
Sketch Map of Oregon Territory (Indian Tribes)
The Oregon Territory existed from 1848 to 1859. It encompassed present-day Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as parts of what became Wyoming and Montana. Collection consists of a copy of a sketch map of "Oregon Territory, Exhibiting the Location of Various Indian Tribes, the Districts of Country, Ceded by Them, With the Dates of Purchases and Treaties, and the Reserves of the Umpqua and Rogue River Indians."
Southern Oregon Trains: Photo Collection
Rail transportation in Oregon has existed since 1855. The first railway in Oregon was proposed in 1864, while Oregon Portage Railroad, which operated from 1858 to 1896, was the first railroad in Oregon. Collection contains 34 black and white photographs and copies of photographs of trains.
Speckle Butte Railway Map
Speckle Butte is located in the Crook County, Oregon. Collection contains a hand-drawn map of Central and Southern Oregon with railroad, ranches, rivers, roads and mountains.
Stacking Loose Hay with Horses and a Wooden Slide: Photograph
Wooden Beaver slides, pulled by horses, were used on farms and ranches to create tall stacks of loose hay as feed for livestock. Collection consists of a color photograph of a painting, showing how loose hay was put up by pulling a wooden slide into the hay stack by a team of horses.
Stan Turner Collection
In 1942, shortly after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 with the intention of preventing espionage. The result was forced relocation and incarceration of 110,000 to 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry in the western part of the country. Collection contains a folder with 14 photographs of the War Relocation Authority camp from a variety of time periods and scenes.
Steens Mountain Area
Steens Mountain, located in southeastern Oregon, is so large that it is often mistaken for a mountain range. This size has contributed to a diverse area surrounding the mountain which is now protected as the Steens Mountain Wilderness. Collection contains a briefing notebook with resource information and management direction for the area.