Portions of Series I: Klamath Indian Reservation and Winema National Forest consist of photocopies of the Laurence L. Shaw Papers Regarding Sale of Klamath Indian Lands 1955-1959 (Mss 1139) held by the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205.
Laurence L. Shaw was a well-known Oregon timber man and philanthropist. He was born on July 11, 1908 in Ranier, Oregon. He entered the family’s timber business in 1935 as resident manager of Shaw Lumber Company in Tionesta, California after graduating from Stanford University and attending a year of Stanford Law School. In 1945 he started Modoc Lumber Company in Klamath Falls, Oregon and remained active in the business until 1995. He was one of the organizers of the effort to create the Winema National Forest from former Klamath Indian Reservation lands in the 1950s. The Klamath County Chamber of Commerce gave Laurence Shaw the Forest Industries Businessman of the Year award in 1984.
His philanthropic activities included service as a life member of the board of trustees of Lewis and Clark College, service on the Board of the Oregon Historical Society, support of many community activities and together with his wife Dorothy the founding of the Shaw Historical Library at Oregon Institute of Technology in 1982.
Laurence Shaw married Dorothy L. Jensen in 1937. They had one son, Thomas J. Shaw. Laurence Shaw died on February 26, 1998.
The collection focuses on the connections between the Klamath Indian Reservation and the local timber industry in the twentieth century. Series I: Klamath Indian Reservation and Winema National Forest includes correspondence, legislation and hearing reports, and newspaper articles about the creation of the Winema National Forest from Klamath Indian Reservation lands. Series II: Klamath Basin Timber Industry includes a speech given by Laurence L. Shaw about the local timber industry from 1935 to 1946 and a paper written by Ward Tonsfeldt about Klamath Indian Reservation timber sales between 1910 and 1935.
Arranged in two series: I. Klamath Indian Reservation and Winema National Forest and II. Klamath Basin Timber Industry.
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[item identification], Laurence L. Shaw Collection on the Klamath Basin Timber Industry, The Shaw Historical Library, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Donated to the Shaw Historical Library by Laurence L. Shaw.
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