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Jay Ellis Ransom papers, 1903-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Ransom, Jay Ellis
Title: Jay Ellis Ransom papers
Dates: 1903-1995 (inclusive)
19031995

1931-1994 (bulk)
19311994
Quantity: 16 cubic feet, ((46 document cases and 1 oversize folder))
Collection Number: MSS 2723
Summary: Writings, correspondence and ephemera related to Jay Ellis Ransom's life and work.
Repository: Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions: The collection is open to the public.
Additional Reference Guides
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Jay Ellis Ransom was born in Missoula, Montana in 1914. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1935. The following year the Bureau of Indian Affairs sent him to Nikolski, Alaska, where he served as a community worker and teacher, accompanied by his wife Barbara Callaran. He later worked in Stevens Village, Alaska. After his time in Alaska, Ransom earned a Master’s Degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Ransom was a prolific writer. In addition to working for newspapers such as the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier, the Oregon Journal, the Siskiyou Daily News, the Pacifica Tribune, the Sacramento Bee, and the Oxnard Press-Courier, he worked as a free-lance writer, and was a contract writer for Harper & Row Publishers, for whom he wrote such books as Gems and Minerals of North America and The Gold Hunter’s Field Guide. He also wrote about anthropology, education, and linguistics.

Starting in the early 1970s, Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon. He was active in community affairs, and served on the Wasco County Juvenile Services Commission.

In the early 1990s, Ransom was involved in the controversy concerning the usage and preservation of the Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming. Ransom argued that the wheel was an Aztec-Tanoan cosmological structure, and that claims of modern-day Native American tribes having used the site for spiritual purposes were false.

Ransom was married three times. His first wife was Barbara Elizabeth Callarman, with whom he had two children, Jay Frederick and Alix-Gay. His second wife was Frances Lake McKenna. His final and longest marriage was with Dutch-born Wilma Johanna Buitelaar, with whom he had three children: Scott; Lisa Johanna; Stuart.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers consist of correspondence, journals, writings, newspaper articles, publications, and ephemera related to Jay Ellis Ransom’s life and work. There is extensive correspondence between Ransom and Ray O. Wright, his mother Lucy Sophia Adams Ransom, his sister Margot Edith Ransom Paul, his daughter Alix-Gay Ransom Harper DeVito, and his wife Wilma Buitelaar Ransom. Written works include typescript copies of his books The Bighorn Medicine Wheel: The Birth and Death of Humanity and Aleutian Adventures, as well as correspondence and other papers related to his books Gems and Minerals of America and The Gold Hunter’s Field Guide. There are also issues of periodicals that published his writing, including Northwest Ruralite.

There are materials related to Ransom’s teaching jobs and his time in Australia from 1967 to 1969, documents related to the Wasco County Juvenile Services Commission, and documents pertaining to his son Scott Ransom’s education and career.

The papers also house many newspaper clippings. These include articles by Jay Ellis Ransom that appeared in the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier and other newspapers, but also articles by other writers at a variety of newspapers about subjects such as education, archaeoastronomy, anthropology and linguistics.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders.

Preferred Citation

Jay Ellis Ransom Papers, MSS 2723, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged in the following series:

Series A: Correspondence
Series B: Australia
Series C: Big Horn Medicine Wheel
Series D: Community Activism
Series E: Education
Series F: Journalism
Series G: Logbooks
Series H: Research Notes & Papers
Series I: Teaching
Series J: Wasco County Juvenile Services Commission
Series K: Western America Institute for Exploration, Inc.
Series L: Writings of Jay Ellis Ransom
Series M: Other Jay Ellis Ransom-Related Material
Series N: Other Ransom Family Papers
Series O: Others' Writings
Series P: Songbooks
Series Q: Clipping & Printed Material
Series R: Other Material
Series S: Restricted Material

Custodial History

Acquisition Information

Lib. Acc. 18836, Lib. Acc. 22657, Lib. Acc. 22974, and possibly others.

Processing Note

Processed by Megan Friedel and Jeffrey A. Hayes

Separated Materials

Loose photographs moved to Org. Lot 392.

Bibliography

Related Materials

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series A : Correspondence , 1936-1995 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	American Automobile Association (AAA) - Adams, Ellis
1/2	Adams, Richard W. ("Dick")
1/3	Aircap Manufacturers, Inc. - Allstate Financial Corp.
1/4	Alaska Northwest Publishing Company
1/5	Allen, John Elliott
1/6	Amara, Mark
1/7	American Anthropological Association - American Biographical Institute
1/8	American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
1/9	American Humanist Association
1/10	American West Publishing Company
1/11	Anderson, Dell - Applegate, Shannon
1/12	Ann Elmo Agency, Inc.
1/13	Arkansas Geological Commission
1/14	Armstrong, Karen
1/15	Arnold, Herb W. & Dottie
1/16	Association of Oregon Archaeologists - Avila, Mary Kate
1/17	Baker, James
1/18	Baldwin, H. W.
1/19	Bank, Ted II & Trina Includes advice from Ted Bank II regarding Ransom's incorporation of Western America Institute for Exploration, Inc.
1/20	Barthell, Robert J.
1/21	Bennett, J. William
1/22	Billings Gazette
1/23	Bird, Edward W. & Mike C.
1/24	Bishop, Ellen Morris
1/25	Black, Lydia T.
1/26	Bonebrake, Phyllis G. - Brandt, Bert
1/27	Boulé, Margie
1/28	Broome, Sherwood
1/29	Buckley, John F.
1/30	Buffalo Bill Museum
1/31	Burrell, Frances G.
1/32	Bush, Dr. Robert D.
2/1	California Museum of Science & Industry - California State Library
2/2	Callarman, F. A.
2/3	Caren Woods Lecture Bureau
2/4	Clack, Rebecca
2/5	Campus Conservative Newspaper Fund - Clear, David
2/6	Chandler, Ethel M.
2/7	Collector's World - Crystal, David
2/8	Connecticut Historical Society
2/9	Curry, Marjorie
2/10	Cutler, Sandy
2/11	Cyguus-Quasar Books
2/12	Day, Ralph
2/13	"Dear Abby"
2/14	Delaware Tribe of Western Okalahoma Library - Drake, Bill
2/15	DeVito, Dana Ralph
2/16	DeVito, Alix-Gay Ransom Harper	1975-1979
2/17	DeVito, Alix-Gay Ransom Harper	1980-1981
2/18	DeVito, Alix-Gay Ransom Harper	1982-1983
2/19	DeVito, Alix-Gay Ransom Harper	1984-1986
2/20	DeVito, Alix-Gay Ransom Harper	1987-1994
2/21	Drake, Don
2/22	Drews, Robin A.	1979 - 1980 June
2/23	Drews, Robin A.	1980 June - 1983 January
2/24	Drews, Robin A.	1983 April - 1988 December
2/25	Duin, Steve - Dunn, Robert L.
3/1	Eckardt, Dennis
3/2	Efteland, Josephine - Equipment Northwest, Inc.
3/3	Fawbush, Wayne
3/4	Feehely, Erros
3/5	Fiedler, Bob & Lillian
3/6	Flannery, Louis - Friends of Heritage Trees
3/7	Frischknecht, Anne
3/8	G
3/9	Graywolf Press
3/10	Hanimax Manufacturing Co. - Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
3/11	Harper, Lee
3/12	Harris, Bruce - Hinds, Judy A.
3/13	Hilbert, Vi
3/14	Hodges, Gayla
3/15	Holmes, Danielle
3/16	Hoffman, Mike - Hylen Photo Shop
3/17	Idaho State Historical Society
3/18	Instructor Magazine
3/19	Jenkins, William E.
3/20	Jernstedt, Ken
3/21	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
3/22	Johnson, Dale
3/23	K. C. Publications
3/24	Kenney, Lanrette W.
3/25	Kerr, Scott - KYTE Radio
3/26	Koski, Kenneth M.
3/27	L
3/28	Mabre, John
3/29	McBurney, Bill
4/1	Madden, Anita & William S.
4/2	Madden, George
4/3	Madden, Jeanne
4/4	Mair, Dr. Victor - Muth, Lois
4/5	N
4/6	Odegaard, Norman - Oxnard City Hall
4/7	Oregon State University
4/8	Oyler, Marian
4/9	Pacific Northwest Bell - Patton, Arlene
4/10	Parks, Annette White
4/11	Paul, Margot Edith Ransom	1936-1953
4/12	Paul, Margot Edith Ransom	1972-1984
4/13	Paul, Margot Edith Ransom	1985-1994
4/14	Perlich, Elinor - Portland Cutlery
4/15	People Monthly
4/16	Plains Anthropologist
4/17	Poutala, Carlo A.
4/18	Powers, Margaret - Putney, Elinore Includes June 1981 from Jay Ellis Ransom to Elinore Putney informing her of Ted Bank II's suicide.
4/19	Q
5/1	Ramsey, John & Linda	1977-1978
5/2	Ramsey, John & Linda	1979-1994
5/3	Ransom, Barbara Callarman
5/4	Ransom, Frederick Arthur
5/5	Ransom, Jay Frederick
5/6	Ransom, Jay George
5/7	Letters from Jay Ellis Ransom to Jay George & Lucy Ransom
5/8	Ransom, Lisa Johana & Bob
5/9	Ransom, Lucy Sophia Adams	undated
5/10	Ransom, Lucy Sophia Adams	1936
5/11	Ransom, Lucy Sophia Adams	1937-1939
5/12	Ransom, Lucy Sophia Adams	1940-1941
5/13	Ransom, Lucy Sophia Adams	1942-1943
5/14	Ransom, Scott Pieter
5/15	Ransom, Stuart & Family
5/16	Ransom, Wilma Buitelaar	1968-1969
5/17	Ransom, Wilma Buitelaar	1981-1987
5/18	Ransom, Wilma Buitelaar	1991-1993
6/1	Reish, Daniel - Rowe, Norma
6/2	Roth, John
6/3	Ruberg, Sherry Spray
6/4	Sabom, Michael
6/5	Safeway Stores, Inc.
6/6	Saunders, Debra J.
6/7	Sawyer, Arthur
6/8	Sbait, Dirgham H.
6/9	Schlager, Connie
6/10	Schrepel, Ireatha Lane Harper
6/11	Schrik, Frederick W. - Short, Earl
6/12	Seidl, Roger P. & Mary Ann
6/13	Simmons, Marjorie
6/14	Sirrine, Sally - Sunset Magazine
6/15	Suttles, Shirley & Wayne	1981
6/16	Suttles, Shirley & Wayne	1982
6/17	Suttles, Shirley & Wayne	1983-1991
6/18	Swanson, Sandy
6/19	Tacorda, Barbara Callarman Ransom
6/20	The Dalles District Court
6/21	Taylor, Dr. Allan R.
6/22	Thomas, Melvin - Treece, Ian & Briendi
6/23	Trailer Life Magazine
6/24	Turck
7/1	U
7/2	University Professors for Academic Order (UPAO)
7/3	University of Washington Archives
7/4	University of Washington, Suzzallo Library Correspondence reagrding Ransom's donation of papers to the library.
7/5	Von Geldt, Elmer
7/6	Walsh, Peggy - Winchester Press
7/7	Washington State Library
7/8	Waxman, Nahum J.
7/9	Webb Research Group Publishers
7/10	Will, Ann M.
7/11	Wiser, Kay Ayers
7/12	Woodside, Francie
7/13	Woodworth, Miles - Wright, Charles Ray
7/14	Wright, Louise F.
7/15	Wright, Ray O. Bound volume.	1973-1987
8/1	Wright, Ray O.	1981-1990
8/2	Wurm, Prof. Stephen A.
8/3	Y
8/4	Z
8/5	Zuck, Sally	1991 December - 1992 January
8/6	Zuck, Sally	1992 February - 1992 June
8/7	Jay Ellis Ransom Christmas Letters
8/8	Jay Ellis Ransom Newsletters
8/9	Letter to Unnamed Aunt & Uncle
8/10	Bonnie Surname unknown.
8/11	Ian & Janet Surnames unknown.
8/12	Isabell Surname unknown.
8/13	Jean Surname unknown.
8/14	Jim & Joyce Surnames unknown.
8/15	Karen Surname unknown.
8/16	Owen Surname unknown.
8/17	Cousin Phil Surname unknown.
8/18	Ron & Fran Surnames unknown.
8/19	Shiela Surname unknown.
8/20	Unsorted Correspondence Relating to Schools & Education
8/21	Letters to the Editor & Responses (1)
8/22	Letters to the Editor & Responses (2)
8/23	Correspondence & Newsclips About Religion Bound volume.

Series B : Australia , 1967-1970 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
9/1	Correspondence
9/2	Correspondence & Papers Related to Teaching Jobs
9/3	Travel Documents, Forms, Maps, Pamphlets, Etc.

Series C : Big Horn Medicine Wheel , 1903-1995, (bulk 1993-1994 ) Return to Top

Mostly concerns the 1990s controversy over the preservation and usage of the Medicine Wheel, as well as Ransom's own thoughts and notes on the subject.

For Materials regarding the books Ransom wrote on the Medicine Wheel, see: Writings of Jay Ellis Ransom - Big Horn Medicine Wheel.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
9/4	Articles about the Medicine Wheel & Similar Sacred Sites (1)
9/5	Articles about the Medicine Wheel & Similar Sacred Sites (2)
9/6	Articles about the Medicine Wheel & Similar Sacred Sites (3)
9/7	Brochures Published by the Bighorn National Forest office; includes handwritten, disapproving commentary by Ransom.
9/8	Correspondence: B-C
9/9	Correspondence with Fred Chapman
9/10	Correspondence: D-F
9/11	Correspondence: G-K
9/12	Correspondence: M-N
9/13	Correspondence: O-S
10/1	Correspondence: T-Z
10/2	Correspondence with Cal Taggart	1992-1993
10/3	Correspondence with Cal Taggart	1994-1995
10/4	Correspondence with Unidentified People	1994 September
10/5	Federal Aviation Administration Environmental Assessment
10/6	Highway 14A Rest Stop Construction Project
10/7	Maps & Diagrams
10/8	"Memorandum of Agreement . . . Regarding Short-Term Protection and Management of the Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark"
10/9	Notes on Aztec Calendar Stone
10/10	Loose Notes on Medicine Wheel
10/11	Personal Notebook on Medicine Wheel

Series D : Community Activism , 1972-1994 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
10/12	Camping Ordinance, The Dalles
10/13	City of the Dalles Museum Commission
10/14	Dalles Trade Center Association
10/15	"Events of Late Evening 4 July 1972 at the 'Beehive' Apartments on Main Street" Report by Jay Ellis and Wilma Buitelaar regarding disorderly conduct by neighbors.
10/16	Fort Dalles Museum Tree Campaign
10/17	"Fourth Street Elm" Campaign
10/18	Historic Designation of Mid-Columbia National Historic Area
10/19	Murals in The Dalles, Oregon
11/1	Neighborhood Watch Activities Includes report by Jay Ellis Ransom about possible drug dealing.
11/2	Repairs to the Natatorium, The Dalles
11/3	The Dalles, Oregon Tourism Promotion - Correspondence & Other Papers
11/4	The Dalles Tourism Promotion - Newspaper Articles

Series E : Education , 1931-1995, (bulk 1931-1960 ) Return to Top

Series F : Journalism , 1956-1978 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
11/11	Papers and Articles Related to Employment as Staff Writer for the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier
11/12	Drafts of Newspaper Articles
11/13	Sigma Delta Phi Fraternity Membership

Series G : Logbooks , 1954-1994 Return to Top

In numbering Logbooks, Ransom appears to have skipped the number 23.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
12/1	Automobile Records	1954-1960
12/2	Automobile Records	1960-1963
12/3	Automobile Records	1968-1982
12/4	Book 1	1962-1964
12/5	Book 2 Entries written while Ransom resided in Etna, California.	1964 July 28 - 1965 September 20
12/6	Book 3 Entries written while Ransom resided in Etna, California and Ventura/Oxnard, California.	1965 September 21 - 1968 March 19
12/7	Book 4 Entries written while Ransom resided in Oxnard, California and Australia.	1968 March 27 - 1969 October 8
12/8	Book 5 Entries written while Ransom resided in Oxnard, California and Etna, California.	1969 October 14 - 1971 April 21
12/9	Book 6 Entries written while Ransom resided in Etna, California.	1971 April 22 - 1972 July 5
12/10	Book 7 Entries written while Ransom resided in the Dalles, Oregon and Etna, California.	1972 July 5 - 1973 November 10
12/11	Book 8 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1973 November 11 - 1975 February 18
13/1	Book 9 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1975 February 19 - 1976 April 19
13/2	Book 10 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1976 April 20 - 1977 August 11
13/3	Book 11 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1977 August 11 - 1978 December 12
13/4	Book 12 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1978 December 13 - 1979 December 31
13/5	Book 13 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1980 January 1 - 1981 May 31
13/6	Book 14 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1981 May 31 - 1981 November 18
13/7	Book 15 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1981 November 9 - 1983 March 11
13/8	Book 16 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1983 March 12 - 1984 July 15
14/1	Book 17 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1984 July 15 - 1985 September 23
14/2	Book 18 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1985 April 24 - 1986 July 7
14/3	Book 19 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1986 July 8 - 1987 September 9
14/4	Book 20 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1987 February 20 - 1987 December 31
14/5	Book 21 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1988 January 1 - 1989 May 30
14/6	Book 22 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1989 May 31 - 1989 December 31
14/7	Book 24 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1990 January 1 - 1991 April 9
15/1	Book 25 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1991 April 10 - 1992 July 3
15/2	Book 26 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1992 July 4 - 1993 March 29
15/3	Book 27 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1993 March 30 - 1993 December 10
15/4	Book 28 Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.	1993 December 11 - 1994 July 17

Series H : Research Notes & Papers , 1923-1994, (bulk 1970-1994 ) Return to Top

Includes articles and guides; pre-1970 materials are guides and papers in Ransom's prossession.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
16/1	United States History; United States Constitution
16/2	"Father Florian and His Gold Rush Church"
16/3	John G. Heinrich and the Great Southern Railroad
16/4	Jay George Ransom & Logging
16/5	Linguistics - General
16/6	Linguistics - Duwamish, Sahaptin, and Chinook Languages
16/7	Linguistics - Guides to Foreign Languages
16/8	"Preliminary Field Report: Mutliple Tipi-Ring Site"

Series I : Teaching , 1936-1986 Return to Top

See also: Australia - Correspondence & Papers Related to Teaching Jobs

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
16/9	Articles & Correspondence
16/10	Certificates, Contracts & Applications
16/11	Hood River, Oregon Teachers' Strike Ransom served as an interim teacher during the strike.	1978 November - 1978 December
16/12	Judson Baptist College (1)	1981-1982
16/13	Judson Baptist College (2)	1981-1982
16/14	Stevens Village, Alaska	1938
16/15	University of California Santa Barbara	1967

Series J : Wasco County Juvenile Services Commission , 1980-1990 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
17/1	1980-1982
17/2	1983
17/3	1984-1985
17/4	1986-1987; 1990

Series K : Western America Institute for Exploration, Inc. , 1970-1994 Return to Top

Incorporated research library which Ransom directed.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
17/5	Correspondence
17/6	Research Data

Series L : Writings of Jay Ellis Ransom , 1931-1994 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Aleutian Adventures Account of Ransom's time in Alaska 1936-1937. Bound Volumes. Volumes in Box 19 not in folders due to size. The 1986 volumes include photographs attached to some pages.	1944; 1986
Box/Folder
18/1	1944 Tyepscript
19/1	1986 Copy, Part I Consists of Chapters 1-5.
19/2	1986 Copy, Part II Consists of Chapters 6-13.
19/3	1986 Copy, Part III Consists of Chapters 14-19.
	Subseries 2 : Bighorn Medicine Wheel	1976-1994; 1992-1994
Box/Folder
20/1	Mysteries of the Bighorn Medicine Wheel: A Prehistoric Shrine in Northern Wyoming Tyepscript copy.	1976
20/2	The Big Horn Medicine Wheel: The Birth and Death of Humanity and Its Successor, the Aztec Calendar Stone Typescript copy with illustrations and maps.
20/3	Correspondence regarding The Big Horn Medicine Wheel: The Birth and Death of Humanity
20/4	Photographs and Illustrations for The Big Horn Medicine Wheel: The Birth and Death of Humanity Photocopies.
20/5	Advertising for The Big Horn Medicine Wheel: The Birth and Death of Humanity
	Subseries 3 : Gems and Minerals of America	1970-1976
Box/Folder
20/6	Articles and Other Publications
20/7	Correspondence (1)
20/8	Correspondence (2)
20/9	Illustrations
20/10	Book Cover
20/11	Book Reviews
	Subseries 4 : The Gold Hunter's Field Guide	1962-1980; 1974-1975
Box/Folder
21/1	Correspondence
21/2	Correspondence
21/3	Research Notes - Articles & Publications (1)
21/4	Research Notes - Articles & Publications (2)
21/5	Book Reviews
	Subseries 5 : Northwest Ruralite Articles & Notes Contains notes for and drafts of articles. See also: Writings of Jay Ellis Ransom - Publications.	1972-1991; 1973-1977
Box/Folder
21/6	"Agness Brenner: Heard the Coyotes Howling"	1974 April
21/7	"Albert Granoli: The Future Seems Secure"	1973 January
21/8	"Allen Davis: A Way of Life Is Passing"	1974 March
21/9	"Anita Cory: Records History on Film"	1974 May
21/10	"Arrowhead Collectors of Wendover"	1973
21/11	"Art Grock: Best Thing Ever Happened"	1974 January
21/12	"Artists of the Sagebrush Country"	1973 August
21/13	"The Bicentennial Goes"	1976 November
21/14	"Big Boost in Business"	1976
21/15	"Birth of The Dalles"	1988 May 30
21/16	"A Bit of Old Scotland Along the John Day"	1973 July
21/17	"Candle Hobbiests Light Up the Night"	1974 January
21/18	"Chet Salvi, Beach-Boy to Businessman"	1974 January
21/19	"Chuck Bolin: Traded a Dog for a Banjo"	1974 February
21/20	"Coloradoans Move to the John Day Country"	1973
21/21	"Coppei Mt. Radios"	1976
21/22	"Curt Parsons: Rescues Cats and Puts Out Fires	circa 1973-1975
21/23	"Desert Pays Off for Modern Homesteads"	1973 July
21/24	"Does Diversified Farming Really Pay?"	1976 September
21/25	"Duck Hunting Cheechaco Style"	1991
21/26	"Ed Marck: High, Wide, and Handsome"	1979 June
21/27	"Eldon Tucker: Happy and Versatile Man"	1974 January
21/28	"Emmy Cotton: 50 Years a Piano Teacher"	1974 July
21/29	"Harold LeMay: A Bear by the Trail"	1974 May
21/30	"Ernest Fatland: Condon Businessman"	1974 March
21/31	"Ethel Engler: We Care for Your Pets"	1974 June
22/1	"First Street Lights Along the Yukon River"	1976 April
22/2	"Former Military Academy Goes Civilian"	1973
22/3	"Fort Dalles Days Radio"	1989 May
22/4	"Frank Newman: A Big Man Who Thinks Big"	1973 July
22/5	"Fritz Beitz: A Friend by the Side of the Road"	1974 April
22/6	"Gene Stoddart: Keeps Faith with Past and Present"	circa 1973-1975
22/7	"Gold Is Where You Find It, No?"	1975 April
22/8	"In Service to Others"	circa 1976-1977
22/9	"Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos"	1977
22/10	"Ingram Island - Part I"	1976 August
22/11	"Ingram Island - Part II"	undated
22/12	"Jack Sumner: Mobile and Capable Legislator"	1973 December
22/13	"Joe McCann: The Service Was Good to Me"	1974 January
22/14	"Last of the Wheat Country Pioneers"	1973 November
22/15	"The Life of Riley"	1976 July
22/16	"Lift Up Thine Eyes"	1973 June
22/17	"A Little Child Shall Lead Him"	1973 October
22/18	"Lloyd Williams: An Educational Experience"	1974 May
22/19	"Loren Irish: 130 Varieites of Fuchsias"	1974 November
22/20	"Lyman Rosenlund: A Versatile, Dynamic Director"	1974 March
22/21	"Man of Destiny"	1973 June
22/22	"Man of Many Talents"	1973 June
22/23	"A Man Who Keeps Pitching"	1973 November
22/24	"The Many Facets of Frances Griffith"	1973 July
22/25	"Margaret Rowe: No End of Energy"	1974 August
22/26	"Marion Weatherford: Teacher, Rancher, Historian"	1974 August
22/27	"More for Your Money"	1976
22/28	"Mules Were a Man's Best Friends"	1973 June
22/29	"Nevada's Never Never Land"	1973 July
22/30	"Nevada Wisdom School Changes Lives"	1973-1974
22/31	"Newcomers to the Golden Wheatlands"	circa 1973-1975
22/32	"Ozzie Ellingson, Volunteer Fireman"	1974 August
23/1	"Parkland Couple Preserves Old Church"	1974 January
23/2	"The Personal Art of Photography"	1975 May
23/3	"A Pet's Best Friend Is Its Veterinarian"	1973 December
23/4	"Pierce County Co-Ops Beat Tacoma's City Hall"	1973 December
23/5	"Pipeline Welder"	circa 1974-1976
23/6	"The Power Pulse of Machcek"	1973 June
23/7	"Rancher on the Wing"	1973 July
23/8	"Robert E. Wright: Clover Valley Fire Chief"	1974 March
23/9	"Seth Collier: Raises Turkeys by the Half Dozen"	1974 July
23/10	"She Had to Get Home"	circa 1973
23/11	"Tall Texan Takes Over Heppner's Gazette-Times"	1973 July
23/12	"Their Eyes Have Seen the Glory"	1973 August
23/13	"They Built Their Dreams Themselves"	circa 1973-1975
23/14	"Timber Topper Takes Time to Retire"	1973 October
23/15	"Vern Cyr - Booster of Co-Op Power"	1973 October
23/16	"Versatile Businessman Keeps Nevada Progress Rolling"	1973 November
23/17	"Washington Ghost Towns"	1976 November
23/18	"Water-Alcohol Vapor Injection System Increases Mileage Power" Published title was, "Will Vapor Injection System Increase Mileage?"	1974 April
23/19	"Wayne Gonder: We Dreamed a Dream"	1974 January
23/20	"Wendover's Home of the Atom Bomb"	1973 June
23/21	"The Will-O'-The-Wisp of Boom and Bust"	1973 July
23/22	"Wyne's Farms: 8400 Dozen Eggs Daily!"	circa 1976
23/23	Untitled Articles
23/24	Northwest Ruralite Personality Histories in Ruralite & All-Edition Specials, Vol. I Bound volume.	1973-1978
23/25	Northwest Ruralite Personality Histories in Ruralite & All-Edition Specials, Vol. II Bound volume.	1973-1978
24/1	Annual Meeting Coverage - Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc.	1973
24/2	Annual Meeting Coverage - Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Co.	1973-1974
24/3	Annual Meeting Coverage - Parkland Light & Water Co.	1973
24/4	Annual Meeting Coverage - Wells Rural Electrical Co.	1973
24/5	Correspondence - Boies - Juiner
24/6	Correspondence - Jones, Aaron	1972-1973
24/7	Correspondence - Jones, Aaron	1974
24/8	Correspondence - Jones, Aaron	1975-1977; undated
24/9	Correspondence - Kellogg-Quan
24/10	Correspondence - Rowe-Weis
24/11	Correspondence - Wright, W. V.
24/12	Correspondence - Wentz, Walter	1976-1991
24/13	Ruralite Writers' Seminar	1976 June
24/14	Other Notes Relating to Articles	1972-1973
24/15	Other Notes Relating to Articles	1974
24/16	Other Notes Relating to Articles	1975-1977
24/17	Other Notes Relating to Articles
	Subseries 6 : Publications Issues of magazines which contain published writings by Jay Ellis Ransom.	1933-1995; 1940-1977
Box/Folder
25/1	The Alaska Journal Summer 1978 and Winter 1979 issues.	1978; 1979
25/2	Alaska: The Magazine of Life on the Last Frontier	1978 June; 1980 August
25/3	Alaska Life	1940-1949
25/4	Alaska Orthodox Messenger	1941
25/5	The Alaska Sportsman	1939
25/6	The Alaska Sportsman	1940 March - 1940 May
25/7	The Alaska Sportsman	1941-1946
25/8	The Alaska Sportsman	1961 May
25/9	American Boy - Open Road	1953 October
25/10	American Forests	1946-1961
25/11	American Red Cross Youth & News	1972 February
25/12	The American West	1971 March; 1971 September
25/13	American Woodsman	1954 August
25/14	Author & Journalist	1950 March; 1950 September
25/15	Better Farms	1950 October
25/16	The California Highway Patrolman	1949
25/17	The California Highway Patrolman	1971 April
25/18	Catholic Digest	1954 November; 1971 February
25/19	The Clearing House	1948 November
26/1	Columbia: Knights of Columbus Magazine	1955 March
26/2	The Cracker Baker	1949 July
26/3	Deseret News Magazine	1949 November 20; 1949 December 4; 1950 April 30
26/4	Desert	1940-1953
26/5	Desert	1954 October
26/6	Desert	1957 April; 1957 February
26/7	Epic	1957 July
26/8	Era	1964 January
26/9	Explorers Journal	1966-1967; 1973
26/10	Field & Stream	1952 October; 1956 April
26/11	For Men Only	1955 June
26/12	The Frontier: A Magazine of the Northwest Contains Ransom's poem "Sage."	1933 March
26/13	Frontiers: A Magazine of Natural History	1963 April
26/14	Gems & Minerals	1962-1963
26/15	Gems & Minerals	1964-1966; 1968
26/16	Golfers & Sportsman	1948 April
26/17	Highlights for Children August-September 1981 issue. Includes hardcover copy of issue.	1981
26/18	The Hobbyist	1941 May
27/1	In Times Past: Celebrating the History of Wasco County and The Dalles, Oregon Publication of The Dalles Reminder.	1994 April
27/2	The Lapidary Journal	1954-1956
27/3	Male	1953 June; 1954 September
27/4	Mammoth Western	1949 August
27/5	Man's Life	1954 July; 1955 September
27/6	Man's True Action	1955 October; 1955 December
27/7	The Mineralogist	1944 June; 1946 March; 1947 February; 1956 December; 1964 August
27/8	Montana: The Magazine of Western History Spring 1969 issue.	1969
27/9	Montanan	1983 November
27/10	The National Future Farmer August-September 1964 issue.	1954
27/11	Natural History	1965 May
27/12	The Nevada Magazine	1945-1946
27/13	The Nevada Magazine	1947-1948
27/14	Northwest Ruralite	1973 July - 1973 October
27/15	Northwest Ruralite	1973 November - 1973 December
27/16	Northwest Ruralite	1974 January
27/17	Northwest Ruralite	1974 February
28/1	Northwest Ruralite	1974 March
28/2	Northwest Ruralite	1974 April
28/3	Northwest Ruralite	1974 May
28/4	Northwest Ruralite	1974 July
28/5	Northwest Ruralite	1974 August
28/6	Northwest Ruralite	1974 September
28/7	Northwest Ruralite	1974 October - 1974 December
28/8	Northwest Ruralite	1975 February - 1975 May
28/9	Northwest Ruralite	1975 July
28/10	Northwest Ruralite	1975 August - 1975 October
28/11	Northwest Ruralite	1975 September
28/12	Northwest Ruralite	1976 March
29/1	Northwest Ruralite	1976 August - 1976 December
29/2	Northwest Ruralite	1977 January - 1977 April
29/3	Northwest Ruralite	1977 July
29/4	Northwest Ruralite	1977 September
29/5	Northwest Ruralite	1978 January
29/6	Northwest Ruralite	1981 August
29/7	Northwest Ruralite	1989 July
29/8	Outdoor Adventures	1957 April
29/9	Pacific Road Builder and Engineering Review	1953 May
29/10	Pageant	1950 November
29/11	PC, the Weekly Magazine of Ventura County	1966 May - 1966 June
29/12	PC, the Weekly Magazine of Ventura County	1966 July
29/13	PC, the Weekly Magazine of Ventura County	1966 August - 1966 October
29/14	PC, the Weekly Magazine of Ventura County	1967 January - 1967 March
29/15	PC, the Weekly Magazine of Ventura County	1967 May - 1967 June
29/16	PC, the Weekly Magazine of Ventura County	1967 August - 1967 September
29/17	PC, the Weekly Magazine of Ventura County	1967 October
29/18	People Newsletter released by the Kohler Co.	1977 January
29/19	Petroleum Today Summer 1964 issue.	1964
29/20	The Phi Delta Kappa	1945 September; 1946 February; 1978 March
29/21	PIC	1950; 1953; 1957
29/22	Pilgrim Youth	1948 February
29/23	Popular Boating	1956 October
29/24	Reachout for Young Teens	1972 April
29/25	Report to Writers	1953 June
30/1	Rockhound Buyers Guide	1954; 1956
30/2	Sea and Pacific Motorboat	1955 June - 1955 July
30/3	Senior & CPL Highlights	1977 February
30/4	Senior Highlights	1982 January
30/5	Senior Highlights	1992 May
30/6	Shooting Times	1962 December
30/7	Sir!	1949 December; 1950 March
30/8	Skiing Spring 1971 issue.	1971
30/9	The Spice Mill	1949 February
30/10	Sportsman	1953 April; 1955 January
30/11	Sports Afield	1956 April
30/12	Stag	1951; 1953
30/13	Texas Livestock Journal	1949 December
30/14	Trailer Life	1954 March
30/15	Trailer Tapes & Mobilhome Life	1961 July; 1961 September
30/16	Universitas	1983-1984; 1986
30/17	Western Sportsman May-June 1949 issue.	1949
30/18	Westways	1953-1960
30/19	Woodall's Trailer Travel	1961 May; 1965 November
30/20	Writer's Digest	1953 June
30/21	Collected Writings - "Gem and Mineral Collecting Features by Jay Ellis Ransom in the Desert Magazine, 1947-1960" Bound volume.
30/22	Collected Writings - "Published Vignettes of Nevada History (Goldfield & Aurora): County Seats of Esmerelda County"	1995
31/1	Collected Writings About the Fox Island Peoples Bound volume of articles published in Alaska Journal, Alaska Life, Alaska Magazine, Alaska Sportsman, and elsewhere. Not in a folder due to size.
Folder
Oversize 1	Better Homes and Gardens Separated due to size.	1954 August
	Subseries 7 : Other Writings	1931-1995
Folder
32/1	"Alaska's Confusing Native Languages"	1991 May
32/2	Aleutian Writings
32/3	"Anthropology and Native American Linguistics at the University of Washington, 1939-1941: A Personal Experience Narrative" Bound volume.	1982
32/4	"Archaeolinguistics and Paleoethnography of Ancient Rock Structures in Western North America"	1984
32/5	"Archaeolinguistics and Paleoethnography of Ancient Rock Structures in Western North America" Bound copy.	1984
32/6	Australia - "Go South Young Man - to Australia"	1965
32/7	Australia - Other Writings
32/8	"Big Smoking Waters"
32/9	"The Bighorn Medicine Wheel (An Ancient Trail to the Distant Past)" See also: Writings of Jay Ellis Ransom - Big Horn Medicine Wheel.
32/10	Brief Biography of Charles H. Clements
32/11	"California's Railraod in the Sky"
32/12	"The Caribou Hunt"	1950
32/13	"Cheechaco Duck Hunting"
32/14	Essay on Lucy Sophia Adams Ransom's Near-Death Experience
32/15	"Geology: Common Denominator for Slow or Fast Learners"
32/16	"Historical Synopsysis of the Press Expedition;" "High Deserts of Southeastern Oregon"
32/17	"In My Opinion" Essay decrying the removal of historic trees.	1992 September
33/1	"Is Communism Still Influencing American Education?"	1983 March
33/2	"John G. Heinrich: The Entrepeneur Who Failed"	1994 April
33/3	"Lost Village in the Burma Jungle"	1957
33/4	"Memoirs of Camp Meriwether (Ten Weeks Summer of 1929)"	circa 1976
33/5	"A New Approach to 8th Grade Remedial Mathematics (An Experience in Official Intransigence)"
33/6	"Oddities in the Life of a Free-Lance"
33/7	"Oregon Trail Crossing of the 'Great' South Pass of the Continental Divide, Wyoming"
33/8	"Outboard Expedition to the Bering Sea"
33/9	"Pioneer Crossing of the Great South Pass" Bound volume.	1992
33/10	"Salmon Eggs Make Rich Caviar"	circa 1978
33/11	"Scabs! Shame on You Scabs!" Account of Ransom's experience as a substitute teacher during a Hood River teachers' strike.	circa 1978-1979
33/12	"Secrets of Successful Technical Writing"	1964
33/13	Self-Teaching Cross-Cultural Bilingualism (A Personal Experience)"
33/14	"The Story of Fossils"	circa 1978
33/15	"The Dalles 25 Years Hence;" "Goldfield History, circa 1942-1934;" "Fort Dalles Rodeo Association;" "Birth of the Dalles"
33/16	"Tinder on a Stick"	circa 1978
33/17	"Unseen Canyons Beneath the Seas"	circa 1978
33/18	"Wendover: Home of the Atom Bomb"	circa 1978
33/19	"Write Your Memoirs"
34/1	Writing for Publication Bound volume. Not in a folder due to size.	1981
34/2	Writing for Publication Vol. I Bound volume. Not in a folder due to size.	1982
35/1	Writing for Publication Vol. II Bound volume. Not in a folder due to size.	1982
35/2	Brochures
35/3	Poems	1931-1992; undated
35/4	Poems - "Songs of the Wastelands"	1940-1950
35/5	Notes on Writing Poetry	1989-1992; 1989-1992; undated
35/6	Tehcnical Writing - "An analysis of Several Classes of Proposals and Their Cost Breakdown"	1960 February
35/7	Techical Writing - "Proposal to Department of the Army Defense Supply Service . . . For National English Preprocessor (Technical Sections)	1969
35/8	Bibliography to Writings on the Fox Island Peoples	1940-1980
35/9	Bibliography of Writings	1952 June - 1992 September
35/10	Bibliography of Jay Ellis Ransom Bound volume.	1939 - circa 1981
35/11	Bibliography of Publications	1939-1994

Series M : Other Jay Ellis Ransom-Related Material , 1950-1995 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
36/1	Books Proposals - "Men of the Old High North - the Story of Alaskan Archeology" [sic]
36/2	KFI Radio Interview Transcript Interview regarding Ransoms' time in Alaska.	1950
36/3	Lectures	1972-1984; undated
36/4	List of Purchased Photographic Equipment
36/5	Reference Letters	1964-1968
36/6	Resumés
36/7	Western Tour	1952 September - 1952 October

Series N : Other Ransom Family Papers , 1939-1995 Return to Top

Correspondence and other papers related to Ransom's relatives, and family genealogy.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
36/8	Alix-Gay Ransom Haper DeVito Correspondence Card to Wilma B. Ransom	1980
36/9	Letters from Edith Ransom to Jay G. & Lucy Ransom	1939-1943
36/10	Lucy Ransom correspondence	1936-1942
36/11	Wilma B. Ransom Correspondence	1983-1986
36/12	Resumés and Job Applications of Jay Frederick Ransom
36/13	Scott Pieter Ransom's Schooling in The Dalles	1976-1976
36/14	Scott Pieter Ransom - The Dalles High School Prospectuses Includes related correspondence by Jay Ellis Ransom.	1977-1979
36/15	Scott Pieter Ransom - College Applications
36/16	Scott Pieter Ransom - Reed College Papers & Ephemera	1981-1982
36/17	Scott Pieter Ransom - Resumés and Job Applications
36/18	Wilma Buitelaar Ransom - Application for Oregon Teaching Certificate	1980
36/19	Wilma Buitelaar Ransom - Professional Papers
36/20	Ireatha Lane Harper Schrepel
37/1	Correspondence Regarding Genealogy
37/2	Genealogy
37/3	Genealogical Papers (1)
37/4	Genealogical Papers (2)
37/5	Other Rasom Family Papers

Series O : Others' Writings , 1954-1995 Return to Top

Articles, stories and poems written by other people, including relatives and friends of Jay Ellis Ransom's.

Arranged in alphabetical order by author.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
37/6	"Gidu'tikada Rock Circle District" by Mark Amara Bound volume.
37/7	"Ethnobotany as an Adjunct to Archaeology: Studies in the Aleutian Islands" by Ted Bank II
37/8	"Sea of Okhotsk Eskimoids" by Ted Bank II
37/9	"Medicine Wheels on the North Plains: A Summary & Appraisal" by John H. Brumley Bound volume.
38/1	Articles & Papers by Alix-Gay Ransom Harper DeVito
38/2	Articles & Writings by Robin A. Drews
38/3	"Knulp" by Hermann Hesse Copy of book belonging to Scott Pieter Ransom.
38/4	"Who the Sam Hill Was Sam Hill?" by Thelma Kimmel
38/5	"Atka" by Lael Morgan Article in October 1974 issue of National Geographic.
38/6	"Nikolski 1936: A Brief Look at a Small Aleutian Village" by Marti Murray
38/7	"Country School-Girl" by Lucy Sophia Adams Ransom Condensed by Jay Ellis Ransom from "Country Schoolma'am."
38/8	Newspaper Articles by Stuart Ransom
38/9	"Should Parents Be Held Responsible for Children's Crimes? (An Opinion)" by Stuart Ransom
38/10	"Our Plants are Keeping Us Young" by Wilma Buitelaar Ransom Published in January 1978 issue of Women's Household.
38/11	"The D(ratted) P(rogress) Report" and "How to Write Gobbledygook" by Russell Smith
38/12	"Evidence of a Moebius Effect in Government Communications" by E. J. Stefanides
38/13	"A Web of Words" by Dr. Harold Wooster Text of keynote address for 6th Annual Institute in Technical and Industrial Communications, July 1963.
38/14	Poems by Various Others	1956-1989

Series P : Songbooks , Return to Top

Published songbooks owned by Jay Ellis Ransom Papers.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
38/15	"30 Years 30 Hits
38/16	"31 Songs to Remember"
38/17	"Cavalcade of Songs of the 30's"
38/18	"Hits Through the Years"
38/19	"Leeds' 40 Hits of Our Times"
38/20	"Les Paul And Mary Ford Song Folio"
38/21	"Your Big Song Folio"

Series Q : Clippings & Printed Material , 1948-1994 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
39/1	34th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference	1981 March
39/2	36th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference Call for Papers & Symposia
39/3	Aleutian Region School District Student Publications
39/4	Columbia Gorge Guide
39/5	Discover Magazine	1992 June
39/6	"Downtown the Dalles Moonlight Madness"
39/7	"Gorge East"
39/8	"In Times Past"
39/9	The Library of Science Book Club Promotional Pamphlets
39/10	Los Angeles Times - West
39/11	Mailings from the University of Washington
39/12	"Montanan"
39/13	"Native Studies"
39/14	Newsletters & Reports
39/15	"OMSI Science Camps and Adventures"	1994
39/16	Oregon Maps
39/17	Oregon Promotional Brochures
39/18	Oregonian Issue covering Richard Nixon's resignation from the presidency.	1974 August 9
39/19	"Phi Delta Kappan"
40/1	"Pioneer Press"	1972
40/2	"Pioneer Press"	1983
40/3	Planning Reports for The Dalles	1946; 1989
40/4	Reed College Magazines
40/5	"A Salute to Timber!"	1989
40/6	"The Dalles Chronicle"	1948 April 9
40/7	"The Dalles Chronicle" 125th Anniversary Commemorative Editions 3 issues.	1982 July 2
40/8	"The Dalles Chronicle" Convention Guide
40/9	"Universitas"	1982-1985
40/10	"Universitas" 1986-1993
40/11	University Professors for Academic Order (UPAO) Brochures & Papers
40/12	"Whiskey Flats Gazette"
40/13	"Whitehorse Yukon Star"	1974 June 21
40/14	Newspaper Articles Written for the Oregon City Enterprise-Journal by Jay Ellis Ransom"	1956
40/15	Newspaper Articles by or About Jay Ellis Ransom (1)
40/16	Newspaper Articles by or About Jay Ellis Ransom (2)
41/1	Newspaper Articles by or About Jay Ellis Ransom (3)
41/2	Newspaper Articles by or About Jay Ellis Ransom (4)
41/3	Newspaper Articles by or About Jay Ellis Ransom & Family	1967-1975
41/4	Newspaper Clippings by or About Jay Ellis Ransom & Family	1976-1988
41/5	Newspaper Clippings by or About Jay Ellis Ransom & Family	1989-1993
41/6	Press-Courier, "Presbyterians Break New Ground" Article by Jay Ellis Ransom. Contains bag of dirt, presumably gathered at groundbreaking ceremony.	1967 June 5
41/7	Sacramento Bee Photos Photographs possibly taken by Jay Ellis Ransom.
41/8	Subjects - Alaska
41/9	Subjects - Australia
41/10	Subjects - Archaeoastronomy
41/11	Subjects - Archaeology
41/12	Subjects - Astronomy
41/13	Subjects - Automobiles
41/14	Subjects - California - Red Mountain
41/15	Subjects - Child Abuse
41/16	Subjects - Dinosaurs & Fossils
42/1	Subjects - Employment
42/2	Subjects - Future Leads for Stories
42/3	Subjects - Japanese Internment During World War II
42/4	Subjects - Geology
42/5	Subjects - Joe Meek
42/6	Subjects - Kennedy Assassination (1) Includes a typed account of Ransom's own experience learning about the assassination.
42/7	Subjects - Kennedy Assassination (2)
42/8	Subjects - Kennedy Assassination (3)
42/9	Subjects - Linguistics
42/10	Subjects - Logging
42/11	Subjects - Marine Biology
42/12	Subjects - Native Americans
42/13	Subjects - Newspaper Journalism
42/14	Subjects - Obituaries
42/15	Subjects - Oregon Authors
42/16	Subjects - Photography Includes photography manuals.
42/17	Subjects - Poetry
42/18	Subjects - Psychology
42/19	Subjects - Runaways
42/20	Subjects - Schools & Education
42/21	Subjects - Teaching
42/22	Subjects - Trees
42/23	Subjects - Writing
43/1	Unsorted (1)
43/2	Unsorted (2)
43/3	Unsorted (3)
43/4	Unsorted (4)
43/5	Unsorted (5)
43/6	Unsorted (6)
44/1	Unsorted (7)
44/2	Unsorted (8)

Series R : Other Material , 1966-1992 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
44/3	1992 Irrigation Rules
44/4	"Corporate Organizational Chart" Satirical drawing.
44/5	List of Subjects Jay Ellis Ransom Enjoys Reading About
44/6	Resolution 90-090, City of The Dalles
44/7	Resumé of Margot Ramsey Jay Ellis Ransom is listed as a reference.
44/8	Space Shuttle Postcards
44/9	Ventura County Community Action Commission By-Laws
44/10	Odd Scraps Contains handwritten notes and a photocopy of a page regarding the Henry Herbing House.

Series S : Restricted Materials , 1962-1994 Return to Top

Access to this series is restricted.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Financial Papers of Jay Ellis Ranson
Folder
45/1	Australia (1)
45/2	Australia (2)
45/3	Bank Statements & Checks
45/4	Publications
45/5	Receipts
45/6	Benjamin Franklin Savings & Loan Association
45/7	Big Horn Medicine Wheel
45/8	Far West Federal Bank
45/9	Oregon State Scholarship Commission
45/10	Scott Valley (Etna, California) Home
45/11	Trailer
45/12	"Notes" - "About $12,000 of Paid-Up Bank Loans"
45/13	Book Royalties - "A Complete Guide to American Wildlife"
45/14	Book Royalties - "Fossils in America"
45/15	Book Royalties - "Gems and Minerals of America"
46/1	Book Royalties - "The Gold Hunter's Field Book"
46/2	Book Royalties - A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals"
46/3	Book Royalties - "The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide"
	Subseries 2 : Other Restricted Material
Folder
46/4	Scott Pieter Ransom - Financial Aid Papers for Reed College
46/5	Scott Pieter Ransom - Portland State University Courses	1982
46/6	Scott Pieter Ransom - Work Permit
46/7	Western America Institute for Exploration, Inc. - Tax Forms & Correspondence
46/8	Wilma Buitelaar Ransom - Unemployment Benefits Notice

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Anthropologists
Archaeoastronomy
Authors - Oregon
Education
Journalists - Oregon
Lingusitics - Aleut Language
Mineralogy - Handbooks & Manuals

Personal Names

DeVito, Alix-Gay Ransom Harper
Paul, Margot Edith Ransom
Ransom, Jay Ellis, 1914- - Archives
Ransom, Lucy Sophia Adams
Ransom, Scott Pieter
Ransom, Wilma Johanna Buitelaar, 1929-1996
Wright, Ray O.

Corporate Names

Harper & Row, Publishers

Family Names

Ransom family

Geographical Names

Alaska - Education
Australia - Education
California - Education
The Dalles, Or. - Authors

Form or Genre Terms

Correspondence
Manuscripts for publication
Serials (publications)

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
11/5	Transcripts
11/6	Diplomas
11/7	Schoolwork Includes an essay on Atlantis.
11/8	Master's Thesis: "An Analysis of the Essential Factors in Education in Ancient Nationas Prior to the Rise of Greek Culture	1948
11/9	Papers Relating to Graduate Studies at the University of California Los Angeles	1948-1950
11/10	University of Montana, Class List of 1934 Undated list of persons who were in the class of 1934 and who attended at the time, including Ransom.

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Jay Ellis Ransom papers, 1903-1995

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arrangement

Custodial History

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Separated Materials

Bibliography

Related Materials

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series A : Correspondence , 1936-1995 Return to Top

Series B : Australia , 1967-1970 Return to Top

Series C : Big Horn Medicine Wheel , 1903-1995, (bulk 1993-1994 ) Return to Top

Series D : Community Activism , 1972-1994 Return to Top

Series E : Education , 1931-1995, (bulk 1931-1960 ) Return to Top

Series F : Journalism , 1956-1978 Return to Top

Series G : Logbooks , 1954-1994 Return to Top

Series H : Research Notes & Papers , 1923-1994, (bulk 1970-1994 ) Return to Top

Series I : Teaching , 1936-1986 Return to Top

Series J : Wasco County Juvenile Services Commission , 1980-1990 Return to Top

Series K : Western America Institute for Exploration, Inc. , 1970-1994 Return to Top

Series L : Writings of Jay Ellis Ransom , 1931-1994 Return to Top

Series M : Other Jay Ellis Ransom-Related Material , 1950-1995 Return to Top

Series N : Other Ransom Family Papers , 1939-1995 Return to Top

Series O : Others' Writings , 1954-1995 Return to Top

Series P : Songbooks , Return to Top

Series Q : Clippings & Printed Material , 1948-1994 Return to Top

Series R : Other Material , 1966-1992 Return to Top

Series S : Restricted Materials , 1962-1994 Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Family Names

Geographical Names

Form or Genre Terms

Finding aid prepared by Jeffrey A. Hayes 2015

Finding aid prepared by Jeffrey A. Hayes
2015