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December 19, 2024 2:37 pm
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Sagebrush War (1850s-1860s) was an armed conflict between the California county of Plumas and the now-defunct Nevada County of Roop over the jurisdiction of Honey Lake Valley and Susanville, California. Collection consists of a box with 4 folders, containing a copy of Charles Curry Aiken's Master of Liberal Studies Thesis for the University of Oklahoma Graduate College: "Sagebrush War: The California-Nevada Boundary Dispute on the 120th Meridian".
December 19, 2024 2:23 pm
BLM Maps of Oregon Collection, 1999-2001
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was formed in 1946 by the merger of the General Land Office and the United States Grazing Service. BLM is in charge of administering over 245 million acres of public land, most of which is located throughout the 12 western states. Collection consists of a set of 6 maps, produced by the Bureau of Land Management: North County Klamath/Deschutes County Boundary, Bonanza, Bly Mountain, Sprague River, Crescent Gilchrist + Crescent Lake, Bly Area, and Keno-Midland Klamath County.
December 19, 2024 2:07 pm
Army Operations: Modoc Expeditionary Force, 1974
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Modoc War was known as one of the costliest of the 19th-Century Indian Wars. It lasted for 8 months between 1872 and 1873. Francis S. "Van" Landrum was a businessman and self-taught structural engineer/land surveyor in Klamath Falls, Oregon as well as a noted amateur historian and author. Collection contains a map drawn by Landrum that includes all the major points of importance related to the Modoc War.
December 19, 2024 1:47 pm
Klamath County Fairgrounds Committees' Records, 1973-1974
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Klamath County Fairgrounds and Klamath County Event Center are located in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Fairgrounds host a wide variety of year-round recreational and educational activities. Collection consists of documentation of the activities of the two Fairgrounds Committees: Advisory Committee and Organizational Committee: memos, meeting minutes, surveys, Klamath County Chamber of Commerce Organization list, and reports
December 19, 2024 1:31 pm
Modoc War Correspondence Compilation, 1850-1901
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Modoc War between the Modoc Tribe and the US Army lasted for 8 months between 1872 and 1873. Collection contains correspondence and records of interviews of the main participants of the conflict.
December 19, 2024 1:22 pm
Modoc War Correspondence Compilation, 1850-1901
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical LibraryThe Modoc War between the Modoc Tribe and the US Army lasted for 8 months between 1872 and 1873. Collection contains correspondence and records of interviews of the main participants of the conflict.
December 19, 2024 9:38 am
Subject files collection, undated
Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & ArchivesThis collection includes files on numerous topics associated with Oregon Health & Science University and other institutions in the region, health science in the Pacific Northwest more broadly, and some holdings on other general health science topics. File contents vary widely, but can include news clippings, publications, and other writings; ephemera; images; correspondence; and more.
December 18, 2024 3:58 pm
Albert R. Jonsen papers, 1970-1998 (approximately)
University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsResearch materials on the field of bioethics, primarily related to the book The Birth of Bioethics (1998) and Jonsen's History of Bioethics research project
December 18, 2024 2:09 pm
J. Fred Thunell photograph collection, 1948-1987
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives DivisionNegatives primarily of students, faculty, staff, and events at Utah State University. Also includes local Cache Valley citizens and events.
December 16, 2024 11:29 am
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Design and Construction Bureau records, undated
Montana Historical Society, Library & ArchivesThis collection is a sub-subgroup (Bureau) of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks records, RS 497. The Design and Construction Bureau currently (as of 2024) operates within the Operations and Financial Services Division. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks records . These records consist of planned landscaping of the Montana State Capitol grounds, prepared by R.C. Hugenin and Associates, architects and engineers, for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks; and two drawings by landscape architect Harman Krogman.
