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Mater Engineering
Mater
Engineering, Ltd.
Mater Engineering Tribal Consultation
Files
1920-1995
1970-1985
10 cubic feet
10 boxes
The Mater Engineering Tribal Consultation
Files were generated and assembled by Mater Engineering, Ltd. and pertain to
the company's consulting work with Native American tribes in the use of their
forest lands. Mater Engineering, Ltd., located in Corvallis, Oregon, provides
engineering and consultation services to the forest products
industry.
Materials in English.
Historical Note:
Mater Engineering, Ltd., located in Corvallis, Oregon, provides
engineering and consultation services to the forest products industry. It was
founded in 1952 by Oregon State College alumna Jean Mater, who earned her Ph.D.
in Forest Products Chemistry from OSC in 1955, and her husband, Milton Mater,
who served as president until his death in 1991. A graduate in mechanical
engineering from the City University of New York, Milton Mater held numerous
patents in sawmill automation.
The Mater Engineering Tribal Consultation Files were generated and
assembled by Mater Engineering, Ltd. and pertain to the company's consulting
work with Native American tribes in the use of their forest lands. In addition
to correspondence, proposals, contracts, photographs, and studies documenting
the interaction between the tribes and the company, the files include
informational materials such as articles, maps, newspaper clippings, and
publications. The bulk of the informational materials was collected and
submitted by the tribes for lawsuits against the federal government. Materials
pertaining to the Colville, Hoopa, Klamath, Makah, Quinault, San Carlos Apache,
Umatilla, Warm Springs, White Mountain Apache, Yakima, and Yankton Sioux tribes
are included in the files.
Collection is open for research.
Mater Engineering Tribal Consultation Files, Oregon State University
Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Preliminary container list
available online.
This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.
The Mater Engneering Tribal Consultation Files are a component of the
Oregon Multicultural
Archives. The OSU Archives collections include a variety of materials
pertaining to forestry and forest products.
The Jean Mater Papers document Dr. Mater's service on various boards and
councils, including the Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco, the Oregon Consortium, the State Job Training Coordinating Council,
the Governor's Employment and Training Council, the Balance of State Private
Industry Council, the OSU College of Business Advisory Council, and the
Community Services Consortium.
Mater,
Jean, 1916-
Mater,
Milton H.
Colville
Indian Reservation (Wash.)
Hoopa
Valley Tribe, California.
Klamath
Indian Tribe of Oregon.
Makah
Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation, Washington.
Quinault
Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, Washington.
San Carlos
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona.
Umatilla
Indian Reservation (Or.)
Yakama
Indian Reservation (Wash.)
Warm
Springs Indian Reservation (Or.)
White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona.
Yankton
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Intertribal Timber Council.
United
States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Branch of Forestry.
Forest
management--Oregon.
Forest
management--Washington (State)
Forest
management--California.
Forest
management--Arizona.
Forest management--South
Dakota.
Forest
products--Oregon.
Forest products--Washington
(State)
Forest
products--California.
Forest
products--Arizona.
Forest products--South
Dakota.
Indians of North
America--Government relations.
Indians of North
America--Industries.
Indians of North
America--Land tenure.
Photographs.
Forestry and Forestry Products
Logging
Native Americans
California
Oregon
Washington (State)
Photographs