Modoc Indians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Modoc Indian Songs and Documentation
Collection
Identifier: SHL002
Abstract
Leslie Spier recorded traditional songs sung by several Modoc tribal members in 1934. The collection consists of two audio tape cassettes of Modoc Indian songs and accompanying documentation.
Dates:
1934
Modoc War Correspondence: Don C. Fisher Papers, 1865-1878
Collection
Identifier: SHL028
Abstract
Don C. (Custer) Fisher was the first Superintendent of the Lava Beds National Monument. The collection contains bound photocopies of letters related to the Modoc War of 1872-1873 and provides the cultural context of the time period between 1865 and 1877.
Dates:
1865 - 1877; Majority of material found within 1872 - 1873
Patricia Trolinger Collection
Collection
Identifier: SHL253
Abstract
Patricia Jane Scruggs Trolinger,1930-2010, was a Tribal historian for the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma 1978-2003 and wrote the “History of the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma”. Collection consists of two documents: a chapter, titled "A Glimpse of the Modoc Tragedy", written and copyrighted on March 13, 2002, by Francis S. Landrum. It is accompanied by a short letter addressed by Landrum to Ms. Trolinger. The second document is a copy of a paper written by Ms. Trolinger in 1981 in Miami, Oklahoma. The...
Dates:
1981-2002
Charles E. Worden Collection
Collection
Identifier: SHL-2016-033
Abstract
Charles E. Worden was born in Medina County, Ohio in 1849 and died in Portland, Oregon in 1923. Major Worden served as the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Allotting and Special Agent of the Klamath Reservation at Klamath Agency, Oregon. The collection includes a Klamath Indian Allotment Census for the Klamath Tribes and a register of persons living in Yainax Agency area. It includes working papers, notebooks, reports, and an abstract of title for several lots in Linkville established 1867, later...
Dates:
1859-1990; Majority of material found within 1894-1896