Confederated Tribes of Siletz records

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Confederated Tribes of Siletz.
Title: Confederated Tribes of Siletz records
Dates: 1855-1957 (inclusive)
18551957
Quantity: 11 cubic feet (25 document cases, 3 flat boxes, 4 reels microfilm)
Collection Number: Mss 442
Summary: Records of the Siletz Indian Agency in Oregon, along with records of the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, and a small group of records of the Grand Ronde reservation. Included is correspondence with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries; subject files; financial records; Indian census records; and records relating to students and the management of the Chemawa Indian School. Included is correspondence of Edwin Chalcraft, superintendent of the Siletz Agency in the early 20th century. Microfilmed records include vital statistics, 1910-1918; Yaquina vocabulary; property inventories; and an unpublished manuscript titled "Visit to the tribes of the Siletz Agency," by James Owen Dorsey.
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.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical Note

An 1855 directive from the U.S. Federal government called for the establishment of the Siletz Indian Reservation in western Oregon. As a result of the Rogue River Wars and other Indian conflicts, the Federal Government placed several tribes on the reservation, including members from the Coos, Umpqua, Siuslaw, Rogue River, Tututni tribes, and the Athapascan, Yakima, Kusan, Takilman, Shastan, and Shahaptian linguistic families.

After the close of the Rogue River War, the Federal Government established the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation in 1856. Large numbers of the Rogue River Indians were placed there, but they were later removed to the nearby Siletz Indian Reservation because of a decrease in population. The function of the Siltez Reservation was, ostensibly, to transform the Indians into industrious and substantial farmers. The reservation originally encompassed over a million acres, but by 1892 its size had shrunk to 47,000 acres, and in 1908 the land was divided among the Indian descendants. The agency's headquarters were originally located at Siletz, near Kernville, but they were later moved to Salem. The agency was closed 1925, but the community remained. Among the superintendents was Edwin Chalcraft, who served during the early decades of the 20th century.

The Chemawa Indian School was located northwest of Salem, Oregon, in the area of Lake Labish. It opened in 1886 and was the successor of the Indian Manual Training School at Forest Grove. The Chemawa school emphasized vocational education and operated a large student farm. By the 1950s it was the largest such school in the northwestern U.S.

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Content Description

The collection consists primarily of two distinct groups of records: those of the Siletz agency in general, dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries; and those of the Chemawa Indian School near Salem, dating mostly from the 1930s. Also included are a small number of records from the Grand Ronde agency.

A substantial part of the Siletz Agency records consists of correspondence between the agency and the U.S. Office of Indian Affiars in Washington, D.C., 1875-1899,with a gap between 1884 and 1889. Also among the Siletz records are checkbook stubs (1890-1917), Indian court cases (1873-1895), Indians' bank registers (1906-1928), census records of Siletz (1885-1929) and Grand Ronde (1885-1909) agencies, marriage and death records from the early 20th century, and financial records of the reservation. The Chemawa School records include correspondence files; surveys of former students, with information on the students' lives and work histories; supply records; Civil Works Administration records; and materials relating to a vote on the tribal constitution, 1936-1937.

Microfilmed records include: register of vital statistics (1910-1918); physician's semi-annual report (1914); fiscal year summary (1909-1915); Siletz Indian Reservation school vouchers (1908-1910) and inventory of all property; list of students at Chemawa School (1926-1935); Yaquina vocabulary; unpublished manuscript, "A visit to the tribes of the Siletz Agency," by James Owen Dorsey; reservation constitution and bylaws; tribal council minutes (1931-1954) and resolutions; business correspondence (1935-1955); budgets (1950-1955); congressional bills (1948-1955); Department of the Interior information service releases and conferences; and historical notes.

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Use of the Collection

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 before any publication use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Confederated Tribes of Siletz records, Mss 442, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Alternative Forms Available

Digital copies of the "Grand Ronde Agency--Original land allotments (ledger book, old volume 42), 1889"; and "Grand Ronde Agency--Letters sent, accounts, record of passes given, agriculture information (ledger book, old volume 40), circa 1862-1874," available in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following series:

Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936
Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932
Series C: Census records, 1878-1929
Series D: School records, 1898-1937
Series E: Microfilmed records, 1855-1957

Acquisition Information

Origin of the collection is unknown.

Location of Originals

Originals of microfilmed records were in the possession of Leonard Whitlow and Arthur Bensell when filmed, circa 1965. Originals of some census records in the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936
- Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1875 August
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1875 September-October
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1875 November-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1876 January-February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1876 March
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/5
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1876 April-May
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/6
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1876 June-August
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/7
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1876 September-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/8
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1877 January-February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/9
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1877 March-May
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/10
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1877 June
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/11
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1877 July-August
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/12
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1877 September-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/13
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1878 January-February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/14
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1878 March
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/15
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1878 April
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/16
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1878 May
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/17
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1878 June-July
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/18
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1878 August-September
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/19
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1879 September-November
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1/20
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1879 December-1880 February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1880 March-April
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1880 May-July
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1880 August-October
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/4
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1880 September-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/5
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1881 January
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/6
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1881 February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/7
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1881 March-April
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/8
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1881 May-July
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/9
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1881 August-November
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/10
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1881 December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/11
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1882 January-February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/12
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1882 March-April
    
    Container: Box/Folder 2/13
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1883 June-July
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1883 July-August
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1883 September
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1883 September-October
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/4
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1883 September-November
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/5
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1883 November-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/6
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1883 December-1884 January
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/7
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 January
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/8
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 January
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/9
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 January-February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/10
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 February-March
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/11
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 March-April
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/12
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 March-May
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/13
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 June-July
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/14
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 July
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/15
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 July-September
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/16
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 September
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/17
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 September-October
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/18
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 October
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/19
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 October-November
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3/20
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 November-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1884 December-1885 January
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/4
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1885 February-March
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/5
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1885 March-April
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/6
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1886 October-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/7
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1887 January-February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/8
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1887 March-April
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/9
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1887 May-June
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/10
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1887 September
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/11
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1887 October-November
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/12
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1887 December-1888 February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/13
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1888 March-June
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/14
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1888 August-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/15
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1889 January-March
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4/16
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1889 April
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1889 May-August
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1897 January-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1898 January-February
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/4
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1898 March-April
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/5
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1898 May-June
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/6
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1898 July-August
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/7
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1898 September-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/8
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1899 January
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/9
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1899 February-March
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/10
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
  - Dates: 1899 April-August
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/11
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
- Subject Files
  - Description: Allotments outside of reservation
    
    Photostatic copies of ledger pages.
    
    Dates: circa 1892-1914
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/12
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Annual report of Siletz Agency
    
    Dates: 1919
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/13
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Annual report of Siletz Agency
    
    Dates: 1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/14
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Annual report of Siletz Agency
    
    Dates: 1921
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/15
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Annual report of Siletz Agency
    
    Dates: 1922
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/16
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Building evaluation and description (ledger, old volume 54)
    
    Dates: 1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 26/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Congressional bills and regulations
    
    Dates: 1912-1932
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5/17
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Congressional bills, regulations, and related materials
    
    Dates: 1916-1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Contracts
    
    Dates: 1911-1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Council of the Walla Wall Valley, proceedings (typescript copy)
    
    Dates: 1855
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Delayed shipments
    
    Dates: 1916
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/4
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Department of the Interior, published materials
    
    Dates: 1924
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/5
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Estimation of needs for fiscal year
    
    Dates: 1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/6
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Forest guards
    
    Dates: 1916
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/7
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: General materials
    
    Dates: 1915-1928
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/8
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Grand Ronde Agency--Letters sent, accounts, record of passes given, agriculture information (ledger book, old volume 40)
    
    Dates: circa 1862-1874
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/9
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Grand Ronde Agency--Original land allotments (ledger book, old volume 42)
    
    Dates: 1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6/10
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Grand Ronde Agency--Indian court cases
    
    Dates: 1886
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Grand Ronde Agency--Indian court cases
    
    Dates: 1887-1889
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Grand Ronde Agency--Indian court cases
    
    Dates: 1873-1895
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Grand Ronde allotments
    
    Dates: 1915
    
    Container: Box/Folder 26/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Inheritance issues
    
    Dates: 1915-1924
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7/4
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Internal Revenue, statement of narcotics
    
    Dates: 1916
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7/5
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: "Issues and expendable"
    
    Dates: 1922
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7/6
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Land record ledger
    
    Dates: 1902-1906
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7/7
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Letters received register
    
    Dates: 1914
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7/8
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Letters received register (old volume 53)
    
    Dates: 1919-1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: List of descendants, administrators, guardians and heirs (ledger, old volume 46)
    
    Dates: circa 1900-1910
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Marriages and divorces record (ledger, old volume 43)
    
    Dates: 1902-1904
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Meat preservation forms
    
    Dates: 1934
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8/4
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Property returns
    
    Dates: 1915-1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8/5
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Proposals for unbleached flour for families in the Indian service
    
    Dates: 1926
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8/6
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Published materials, including circular no. 688
    
    Dates: 1912
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8/7
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Receipt book
    
    Dates: 1905-1910
    
    Container: Box/Folder 26/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Receipts and disbursements (ledger, old volume 51)
    
    Dates: 1914-1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 27/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Reclassification reports
    
    Dates: 1923
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8/8
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Record of births and deaths (ledger), Grand Ronde Agency
    
    Dates: 1899-1938
    
    Container: Box/Folder 27/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Record of births and deaths (ledger), Siletz Agency
    
    Dates: 1902-1937
    
    Container: Box/Folder 27/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Record of births and deaths (ledger, old volume 47), Siletz and Grand Ronde Agencies
    
    Dates: 1901-1937
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Red Cross Correspondence
    
    Dates: 1918
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/1
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Restricted payments to contractors
    
    Dates: 1923
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/2
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Reports, general
    
    Dates: 1918-1926
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/3
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Reports of supervisor and inspections of school
    
    Dates: 1914-1922
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/4
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Request for supplies
    
    Dates: 1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/5
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Return of medical property
    
    Dates: 1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/6
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Salary list and estimate for funds
    
    Dates: 1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/7
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Salary list
    
    Dates: 1926
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/8
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Simpson, Ben--Correspondence
    
    Dates: 1875-1877
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/9
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Surplus property
    
    Dates: 1910-1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/10
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
  - Description: Wheeler-Howard bill, Siletz absentee voters
    
    Dates: 1935-1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/11
    
    Location: Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936 / Subject Files
Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932
- Financial ledgers
  - Description: Apportionment ledger (old volume 52)
    
    Dates: 1916
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/12
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial ledgers
  - Description: Indian accounts, individual (old volume 44)
    
    Dates: 1876-1878
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/1
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial ledgers
  - Description: Indian accounts, individual (old volume 45)
    
    Dates: 1880-1887
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial ledgers
  - Description: Indian school support record (old volume 50)
    
    Dates: 1914-1916
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial ledgers
- Financial records, general
  - Description: Abstract of moneys and special deposits
    
    Dates: 1919
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/1
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Apportionment ledger pages
    
    Dates: 1925-1926
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Articles issued to Indians
    
    Dates: 1915
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Authorities for calendar year (check requests)
    
    Dates: 1915
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Banking
    
    Dates: 1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/5
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Bills of lading
    
    Dates: 1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/6
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Bills of lading
    
    Dates: 1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/7
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Bills of lading
    
    Dates: 1926
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/8
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Cash records (ledger, old volume 41)
    
    Dates: 1873-1877
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/9
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Check authorization
    
    Dates: 1913
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/10
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Check authorization
    
    Dates: 1914
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/11
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Check authorization
    
    Dates: 1914
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/12
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Check register, Roseburg National Bank
    
    Dates: 1917-1918
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Check register, U.S. Treasury
    
    Dates: 1913 Febuary-1925 November 12
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/5
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Check register, Umpqua Valley Bank
    
    Dates: 1917-1922
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/6
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Employees compensation
    
    Dates: 1908-1923
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/13
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Encumbrances
    
    Dates: 1917-1918; 1922-1923
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/14
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Encumbrances
    
    Dates: 1918
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/15
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Encumbrances
    
    Dates: 1925 July-November
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/16
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Financial records, general
    
    Dates: 1919
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11/17
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Financial records, general
    
    Dates: 1919-1924
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/1-4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: General expenses
    
    Dates: 1919-1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/5-7
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Individual Indian money ledger
    
    Dates: 1925-1928
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Journal vouchers
    
    Dates: 1917 July 1-1918 June 30
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/8
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Journal vouchers
    
    Dates: 1919
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/9-10
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Journal vouchers
    
    Dates: 1920 July 1-1921; June 30
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12/11
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Journal vouchers
    
    Dates: 1921 July 1-1922 June 30
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/1
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Journal vouchers
    
    Dates: 1924 July-1925 June
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Journal vouchers
    
    Dates: 1925 July 1-November 12
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Journal vouchers
    
    Dates: 1925 July-November
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Ledger of account, Merchant's National Bank
    
    Dates: 1906-1927
    
    Container: Box/Folder 28/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Medical supplies
    
    Dates: 1919
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/5
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Memorandum of vouchers
    
    Dates: 1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/6
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Memorandum of vouchers
    
    Dates: 1923
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/7
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Official receipts
    
    Dates: 1917 July-1918 June
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/8
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Official receipts
    
    Dates: 1918 July-1919 June
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/9
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Property accounting
    
    Dates: 1919
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/10
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Property sales/returns
    
    Dates: 1910
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/11
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Purchases
    
    Dates: 1910-1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/12
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Report of un-liquidated encumbrances
    
    Dates: 1918
    
    Container: Box/Folder 13/13
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Requisition for store
    
    Dates: 1927
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/1
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Requisition for stores
    
    Dates: 1931-1932
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Sale of land
    
    Dates: 1928
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: School property
    
    Dates: 1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Supplies
    
    Dates: 1910
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/5
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Supplies Committee
    
    Dates: 1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/6
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Supplies for Siletz Indians
    
    Dates: 1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/7
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Supply schedule
    
    Dates: 1926
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/8
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Supporting papers
    
    Dates: 1921 July-1922 June 30
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/9
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Supporting papers
    
    Dates: 1924
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/10
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Supporting papers
    
    Dates: 1924 July-1925 June 30
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/11
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Tax exemption certificates
    
    Dates: 1919-1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/12
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Typewriters
    
    Dates: 1911
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/13
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
  - Description: Voucher of receipts
    
    Dates: 1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/14
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Financial records, general
- Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 7
    
    Dates: 1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/15
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 8
    
    Dates: 1890-1891
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/16
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 9
    
    Dates: 1892
    
    Container: Box/Folder 14/17
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 10
    
    Dates: 1893-1901
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/1
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 11
    
    Dates: 1897
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 12
    
    Dates: 1898 June-December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 13
    
    Dates: 1898-1899
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 14
    
    Dates: 1900 March-November
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/5
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 15
    
    Dates: 1900-1901
    
    Container: Box/Folder 15/6
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 16
    
    Dates: 1901-1903
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9/13
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 17
    
    Dates: 1901-1902
    
    Container: Box/Folder 16/1
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 18
    
    Dates: 1903
    
    Container: Box/Folder 16/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 19
    
    Dates: 1903-1904
    
    Container: Box/Folder 16/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 20
    
    Dates: 1904
    
    Container: Box/Folder 16/4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 21
    
    Dates: 1904
    
    Container: Box/Folder 16/5
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 22
    
    Dates: 1905
    
    Container: Box/Folder 16/6
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 23
    
    Dates: 1905-1906
    
    Container: Box/Folder 16/7
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 24
    
    Dates: 1906-1907
    
    Container: Box/Folder 16/8
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 24[A]
    
    Dates: 1907
    
    Container: Box/Folder 17/1
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 25
    
    Dates: 1907
    
    Container: Box/Folder 17/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 26
    
    First National Bank of Newberg, with list of names of depositors
    
    Dates: 1908
    
    Container: Box/Folder 17/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 27
    
    Dates: 1908-1909
    
    Container: Box/Folder 17/4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 28
    
    Dates: 1908-1909
    
    Container: Box/Folder 17/5
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 29
    
    Individual Indian money account, Roseburg National Bank
    
    Dates: 1908-1910
    
    Container: Box/Folder 17/6
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 30
    
    Dates: 1910 June
    
    Container: Box/Folder 17/7
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 31
    
    Dates: 1910-1911
    
    Container: Box/Folder 18/1
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 32
    
    Individual Indian money accounts, Roseburg National Bank
    
    Dates: 1910-1911
    
    Container: Box/Folder 18/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 33
    
    Dates: 1911 March-July
    
    Container: Box/Folder 18/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 34
    
    Individual Indian money accounts, Roseburg National Bank
    
    Dates: 1912-1913
    
    Container: Box/Folder 18/4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 35
    
    Dates: 1911-1912
    
    Container: Box/Folder 18/5
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 36
    
    Dates: 1912-1913
    
    Container: Box/Folder 18/6
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 37
    
    Dates: 1913-1914
    
    Container: Box/Folder 19/1
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 38
    
    Dates: 1914-1916
    
    Container: Box/Folder 19/2
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 39
    
    Dates: 1916-1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 19/3
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
  - Description: Old volume 49
    
    Individual Indian money land sales fund No. 18, Roseburg National Bank
    
    Dates: 1909-1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 19/4
    
    Location: Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932 / Check stubs
Series C: Census records, 1878-1929

Records in this series are original, unless otherwise noted.
- Siletz censuses
  - Description: Heads of families and individual Indians (photostats from U.S. National Archives, record group 75)
    
    Dates: 1878
    
    Container: Box/Folder 19/5
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Census (photostats)
    
    Dates: 1885-1887
    
    Container: Box/Folder 19/6
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Siletz Indian census (photostats)
    
    Dates: 1888
    
    Container: Box/Folder 19/7
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Census of Siletz Indian Reservation
    
    Dates: 1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 19/8
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Census of Siletz (photostats)
    
    Dates: 1891
    
    Container: Box/Folder 19/9
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Siletz census
    
    Dates: 1892-1899
    
    Container: Box/Folder 20/1
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Siletz census
    
    Dates: 1900-1908
    
    Container: Box/Folder 20/2
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Siletz census
    
    Dates: 1909-1915
    
    Container: Box/Folder 20/3
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Public domain census
    
    Dates: 1916-1921
    
    Container: Box/Folder 20/4
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Siletz census
    
    Dates: 1916-1923
    
    Container: Box/Folder 20/5
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Public domain census
    
    Dates: 1922-1929
    
    Container: Box/Folder 20/6
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
  - Description: Siletz census
    
    Dates: 1924-1929
    
    Container: Box/Folder 21/1
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Siletz censuses
- Grand Ronde censuses
  - Description: Census (photostats)
    
    Dates: 1885-1890
    
    Container: Box/Folder 21/2-7
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Grand Ronde censuses
  - Description: Census
    
    Dates: 1891-1900
    
    Container: Box/Folder 21/8
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Grand Ronde censuses
  - Description: Census
    
    Dates: 1901-1909
    
    Container: Box/Folder 21/9
    
    Location: Series C: Census records, 1878-1929 / Grand Ronde censuses
Series D: School records, 1898-1937
- Siletz School records
  - Description: Attendance of school children
    
    Dates: 1925-1926
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/1
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Books used by school
    
    Dates: 1923
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/2
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Deposits
    
    Dates: 1918-1931
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/3
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Dispensary records
    
    Dates: 1924-1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/4
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Employee and quarterly report
    
    Dates: 1893
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/5
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Employee records
    
    Dates: 1919-1920; 1934
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/6
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Employment changes
    
    Dates: 1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/7
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Financial records
    
    Dates: 1920
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/8
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Indian day schools
    
    Dates: 1918; 1927
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/9
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Inventory of property, Siletz School
    
    Dates: 1918
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/10
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Monthly reports
    
    Dates: 1898-1901
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/11
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: School calendars
    
    Dates: 1915-1919
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/12
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: School census and teacher evaluation
    
    Dates: 1915; 1917
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/13
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
  - Description: Supplies for Indian school
    
    Dates: 1925
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/14
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Siletz School records
- Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Civil Works Administration Correspondence
    
    Dates: 1934
    
    Container: Box/Folder 22/15-16
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Civil Works Administration requisition forms
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/1
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Constitution and by-laws of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
    
    Dates: 1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/2
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Constitution and by-laws (extra copies returned)
    
    Dates: 1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/3
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Contracts and contractors Correspondence
    
    Dates: 1922-1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/4
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Correspondence, general
    
    Includes some Siletz School materials)
    
    Dates: 1911-1939
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/5
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Employment
    
    Dates: 1926-1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/6
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Employment
    
    Dates: 1928-1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/7
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Employment
    
    Dates: 1928-1931
    
    Container: Box/Folder 23/8
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Employment
    
    Dates: 1928-1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/1
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Employment--Teachers
    
    Dates: 1928-1931
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/2
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Employment--Teachers
    
    Dates: 1931-1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/3
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Financial records
    
    Dates: 1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/4
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Former student survey forms
    
    Dates: 1936-1937
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/5-6
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: General materials
    
    Dates: 1921-1934
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/7
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: General materials--Primarily contracts and land sales
    
    Dates: 1910-1934
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/8
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Indian referendum ballots
    
    Dates: 1934-1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 24/9
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Requisitions for stores
    
    Dates: 1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/1
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Roads--Siletz
    
    Dates: 1937-1938
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/2
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Sheep Correspondence
    
    See also microfilm, reel 2, for additional materials regarding sheep and livestock.
    
    Dates: 1934-1936
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/3
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Sheep data
    
    Dates: 1936-1937
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/4
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Statistics and names of students
    
    Dates: 1928-1932
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/5
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Survey of ex-students in Portland
    
    Dates: 1937
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/6
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Survey of Indian arts and crafts
    
    Dates: 1934
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/7
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Telegrams sent and received
    
    Dates: 1928-1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/8-10
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Telephone system
    
    Dates: 1929-1933
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/11
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
  - Description: Transmittal sheets
    
    Dates: 1934
    
    Container: Box/Folder 25/12
    
    Location: Series D: School records, 1898-1937 / Chemawa Indian School, Salem
Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957
- Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965
  
  The Society did not film all records in Mr. Whitlow's possession. The complete accounts for fiscal year 1909 were filmed as an example; Mr. Whitlow had other records through 1926. Bills and receipts, routing business papers, etc., were not filmed; nor were printed materials issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other governmental agencies.
  - Indians on the reservation--personal statistics
    - Description: Authorities on form 5-139
      
      With comments on the character and personal habits of various Indians on the reservation, 1914
      
      Dates: July-December 1914
      
      Container: Reel 1
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Indians on the reservation--personal statistics
    - Description: Register of vital statistics
      
      Dates: 1910-1918
      
      Container: Reel 1
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Indians on the reservation--personal statistics
    - Description: Physician's semi-annual report
      
      Dates: 1914 December
      
      Container: Reel 1
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Indians on the reservation--personal statistics
    - Description: Miscellaneous letters regarding tribal membership
      
      Dates: 1954-1957
      
      Container: Reel 1
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Indians on the reservation--personal statistics
    - Description: Letters on Larkey Logan Indian murder case
      
      Dates: 1908-1909
      
      Container: Reel 1
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Indians on the reservation--personal statistics
  - Siletz Agency
    - Description: Descriptive state of government buildings
      
      Dates: 1905 March 31
      
      Container: Reel 1
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Siletz Agency
    - Description: Fiscal year-end summaries
      
      Dates: 1910; 1911; 1913; 1915
      
      Container: Reel 1
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Siletz Agency
    - Description: Continuation of above files
      
      Dates: 1910-1915
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Siletz Agency
    - Description: Abstract of individual Indian monies with special deposits, third quarter
      
      Dates: 1920
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Siletz Agency
  - Siletz Indian Agency School
    - Description: Vouchers
      
      Dates: 1908-1910
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Siletz Indian Agency School
    - Description: Invoices, general property, fiscal year
      
      Dates: 1915
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Siletz Indian Agency School
    - Description: Inventory of all property on hand
      
      Dates: 1925 November 12
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Siletz Indian Agency School
    - Description: Analysis of operating income
      
      Dates: 1926 February
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Siletz Indian Agency School
  - Chemawa School, Salem, Oregon
    - Description: List of students
      
      Dates: 1925-1935
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Chemawa School, Salem, Oregon
    - Description: Book invoices and library lists
      
      Dates: 1925
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Chemawa School, Salem, Oregon
    - Description: Letters concerning school's dealings in sheep pelts and meat
      
      Dates: 1934-1937
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Chemawa School, Salem, Oregon
    - Description: Yaquina vocabulary and account of a visit to the tribes of the Siletz Agency, by James Owen Dorsey
      
      Dates: 1884
      
      Container: Reel 2
      
      Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965 / Chemawa School, Salem, Oregon
- Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Constitution and by-laws (1 folder)
    
    Dates: 1948-1950
    
    Container: Reel 3
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Tribal Council minutes (3 folders)
    
    Dates: 1931-1954
    
    Container: Reel 3
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Tribal Council resolutions (1 folder)
    
    Dates: 1950-1955
    
    Container: Reel 3
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Business correspondence and papers (7 folders)
    
    Dates: 1935-1955
    
    Container: Reel 3
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Continuation of above materials
    
    Dates: 1935-1955
    
    Container: Reel 4
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Budgets (1 folder)
    
    Dates: 1950-1955
    
    Container: Reel 4
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Congressional bills (1 folder)
    
    Dates: 1948-1955
    
    Container: Reel 4
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Department of the Interior, information service releases (1 folder)
    
    Dates: 1949-1954
    
    Container: Reel 4
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Programs, conferences, addresses (1 folder)
    
    Dates: 1950-1955
    
    Container: Reel 4
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.
  - Description: Historical notes and general materials (1 folder)
    
    Includes genealogies for some Indian families.
    
    Dates: 1855-1900; undated
    
    Container: Reel 4
    
    Location: Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957 / Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.

Confederated Tribes of Siletz records, 1855-1957

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Alternative Forms Available

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Location of Originals

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series A: Siletz Agency general records, 1855-1936

Correspondence, primarily with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs

Subject Files

Series B: Siletz Agency financial records, 1873-1932

Financial ledgers

Financial records, general

Check stubs

Series C: Census records, 1878-1929

Siletz censuses

Grand Ronde censuses

Series D: School records, 1898-1937

Siletz School records

Chemawa Indian School, Salem

Series E: Microfilmed records of the Siletz Agency and Chemawa School, 1855-1957

Materials in the possession of Leonard Whitlow, filmed by the Oregon Historical Society in 1965

Indians on the reservation--personal statistics

Siletz Agency

Siletz Indian Agency School

Chemawa School, Salem, Oregon

Materials microfilmed January 1965 by the Oregon Historical Society from papers on loan from Mayor Arthur Bensell, Siletz, Oregon, through Leonard Whitlow, Portland.

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Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Geographical Names

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