OHY_Mss2723 Guide to the Jay Ellis Ransom Papers 1903-1995 Ransom (Jay Ellis) Papers Finding aid prepared by Jeffrey A. Hayes Oregon Historical Society, Research Library © 2015 Finding aid encoded by Jeffrey A. Hayes 2015 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Oregon Historical Society, Research Library MSS 2723 Ransom, Jay Ellis Jay Ellis Ransom papers 1903-1995 1931-1994 16 cubic feet (46 document cases and 1 oversize folder) Writings, correspondence and ephemera related to Jay Ellis Ransom's life and work. Materials in the collection are in English

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.

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.

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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

The collection is open to the public.

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.

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

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

Processed by Megan Friedel and Jeffrey A. Hayes

Loose photographs moved to Org. Lot 392.

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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. 1973-1987

Bound volume.

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 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 1993-1994

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.

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 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 1931-1960

See also: Teaching.

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.

Series F Journalism 1956-1978 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

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

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 1964 July 28 - 1965 September 20

Entries written while Ransom resided in Etna, California.

12/6 Book 3 1965 September 21 - 1968 March 19

Entries written while Ransom resided in Etna, California and Ventura/Oxnard, California.

12/7 Book 4 1968 March 27 - 1969 October 8

Entries written while Ransom resided in Oxnard, California and Australia.

12/8 Book 5 1969 October 14 - 1971 April 21

Entries written while Ransom resided in Oxnard, California and Etna, California.

12/9 Book 6 1971 April 22 - 1972 July 5

Entries written while Ransom resided in Etna, California.

12/10 Book 7 1972 July 5 - 1973 November 10

Entries written while Ransom resided in the Dalles, Oregon and Etna, California.

12/11 Book 8 1973 November 11 - 1975 February 18

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

13/1 Book 9 1975 February 19 - 1976 April 19

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

13/2 Book 10 1976 April 20 - 1977 August 11

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

13/3 Book 11 1977 August 11 - 1978 December 12

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

13/4 Book 12 1978 December 13 - 1979 December 31

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

13/5 Book 13 1980 January 1 - 1981 May 31

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

13/6 Book 14 1981 May 31 - 1981 November 18

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

13/7 Book 15 1981 November 9 - 1983 March 11

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

13/8 Book 16 1983 March 12 - 1984 July 15

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

14/1 Book 17 1984 July 15 - 1985 September 23

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

14/2 Book 18 1985 April 24 - 1986 July 7

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

14/3 Book 19 1986 July 8 - 1987 September 9

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

14/4 Book 20 1987 February 20 - 1987 December 31

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

14/5 Book 21 1988 January 1 - 1989 May 30

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

14/6 Book 22 1989 May 31 - 1989 December 31

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

14/7 Book 24 1990 January 1 - 1991 April 9

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

15/1 Book 25 1991 April 10 - 1992 July 3

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

15/2 Book 26 1992 July 4 - 1993 March 29

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

15/3 Book 27 1993 March 30 - 1993 December 10

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

15/4 Book 28 1993 December 11 - 1994 July 17

Entries written while Ransom resided in The Dalles, Oregon.

Series H Research Notes & Papers 1923-1994 1970-1994

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

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

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

16/9 Articles & Correspondence 16/10 Certificates, Contracts & Applications 16/11 Hood River, Oregon Teachers' Strike 1978 November - 1978 December

Ransom served as an interim teacher during the strike.

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 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

Incorporated research library which Ransom directed.

17/5 Correspondence 17/6 Research Data Series L Writings of Jay Ellis Ransom 1931-1994 Subseries 1 Aleutian Adventures 1944 1986

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.

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 20/1 Mysteries of the Bighorn Medicine Wheel: A Prehistoric Shrine in Northern Wyoming 1976

Tyepscript copy.

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 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 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 1972-1991 1973-1977

Contains notes for and drafts of articles.

See also: Writings of Jay Ellis Ransom - Publications.

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" 1974 April

Published title was, "Will Vapor Injection System Increase Mileage?"

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 1973-1978

Bound volume.

23/25 Northwest Ruralite Personality Histories in Ruralite & All-Edition Specials, Vol. II 1973-1978

Bound volume.

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 1933-1995 1940-1977

Issues of magazines which contain published writings by Jay Ellis Ransom.

25/1 The Alaska Journal 1978 1979

Summer 1978 and Winter 1979 issues.

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 Most articles are in Russian. 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 1933 March

Contains Ransom's poem "Sage."

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 1981

August-September 1981 issue.

Includes hardcover copy of issue.

26/18 The Hobbyist 1941 May 27/1 In Times Past: Celebrating the History of Wasco County and The Dalles, Oregon 1994 April

Publication of The Dalles Reminder.

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 1969

Spring 1969 issue.

27/9 Montanan 1983 November 27/10 The National Future Farmer 1954

August-September 1964 issue.

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 1977 January

Newsletter released by the Kohler Co.

29/19 Petroleum Today 1964

Summer 1964 issue.

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 1971

Spring 1971 issue.

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 1949

May-June 1949 issue.

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.

Oversize 1 Better Homes and Gardens 1954 August

Separated due to size.

Subseries 7 Other Writings 1931-1995 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" 1982

Bound volume.

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" 1984

Bound copy.

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" 1992 September

Essay decrying the removal of historic trees.

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" 1992

Bound volume.

33/10 "Salmon Eggs Make Rich Caviar" circa 1978 33/11 "Scabs! Shame on You Scabs!" circa 1978-1979

Account of Ransom's experience as a substitute teacher during a Hood River teachers' strike.

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 1981

Bound volume.

Not in a folder due to size.

34/2 Writing for Publication Vol. I 1982

Bound volume.

Not in a folder due to size.

35/1 Writing for Publication Vol. II 1982

Bound volume.

Not in a folder due to size.

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 1939 - circa 1981

Bound volume.

35/11 Bibliography of Publications 1939-1994 Series M Other Jay Ellis Ransom-Related Material 1950-1995 36/1 Books Proposals - "Men of the Old High North - the Story of Alaskan Archeology" [sic] 36/2 KFI Radio Interview Transcript 1950

Interview regarding Ransoms' time in Alaska.

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

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

36/8 Alix-Gay Ransom Haper DeVito Correspondence 1980

Card to Wilma B. Ransom

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 1977-1979

Includes related correspondence by Jay Ellis Ransom.

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

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

Arranged in alphabetical order by author.

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 Book is in German.

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

Published songbooks owned by Jay Ellis Ransom Papers.

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 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 1974 August 9

Issue covering Richard Nixon's resignation from the presidency.

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 1982 July 2

3 issues.

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" 1967 June 5

Article by Jay Ellis Ransom. Contains bag of dirt, presumably gathered at groundbreaking ceremony.

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 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

Access to this series is restricted.

Subseries 1 Financial Papers of Jay Ellis Ranson 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 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