ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Klamath Falls, Oregon, is a city in and the county seat of Klamath County, Oregon, founded in 1867. Collection consists of aerial black and white photograph of Klamath Falls and adjacent areas. A few locations’ names are written in pen.

Cy Haager was a photographer at East Side Pharmacy (exact location unknown). The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) is an American fraternal order, originally founded as a social club in 1868 in New York City. The Klamath Falls Order of the Elks was founded in the beginning of the 20th century and is located on Main Street. Collection contains an envelope with 12 black and white photographs, depicting the 1930s and 1940s downtown Klamath Falls.

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) is an American fraternal order. Collection consists of a black and white photograph of the members of the Order in Klamath Falls, Oregon, shown after a successful duck hunt for Christmas charity.

The Ewauna Box Company was founded by C.B. Cristler and Charles McGowan in 1912 in Klamath Falls, Oregon. One of its new logging camps was the Quartz Mountain camp, which was established after OC&E Railway completed their line from Sprague River to Bly. Collection contains a 1930 group portrait of the Ewauna Box Company employees at the Quartz Mountain.

The Modoc Lumber Company was formed in 1918 by J. O. Goldthwaite. It operated in a company town called Pine Ridge, located on the Klamath Indian Reservation about 2 miles from Chiloquin. It was eventually renamed the Forest Lumber Company. Collection contains a sepia photograph from Harry Mesner collection: a Forest Lumber Company train carrying logs.

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 consists of a black and white photograph on the subject of the Japanese WWII Relocation.

Anders Tomlinson is an artist and photographer, who for many years recorded the noteworthy events and beauty of the Klamath Basin in his videos, photographs and on canvas. The collection consists of a CD with color photographs taken by Anders Tomlinson in 2001, at the time of the Klamath Basin water crisis.

Captain Oliver Cromwell Applegate was an Oregon-native born in 1845. He helped open the Applegate Trail and edited the Klamath Republican newspaper. The Denny Creek marker commemorates the camping site of pioneer John Fremont during his 2nd journey of exploration (1846). Collection contains paper-framed photograph of Captain Applegate in front of the Denny Creek marker, in color.

Ida Momyer Odell (1881-1972) was very active in the business and social life of the Klamath County during the first half of the twentieth century. Collection consists of two black and white aerial photographs from Ida M. Odell Collection: Klamath Falls view from Lake Ewauna (1910) and a view of an unidentified part of town.

Alfred Benjamin Meacham was an American Methodist minister, reformer, author and historian, who served as the U.S. Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon 1869 – 1872, and as chairman of the Modoc Peace Commission in 1873. Collection consists of two copies of the black and white photograph of Alfred Meacham, mounted on yellow cardboard.