OITshl003.xml Guide to the A. Harvey Wright Collection on Tribal Termination in Oregon 1952-1964 Wright (A. Harvey) Collection on Tribal Termination in Oregon Finding aid prepared by Anne Hiller Clark Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Shaw Historical Library at Oregon Institute of Technology 2012
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Finding aid encoded by: Anne Hiller Clark 5/10/2012 Finding aid written in: English English Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical Library
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SHL003 Wright, A. Harvey A. Harvey Wright Collection on Tribal Termination in Oregon 1952-1964 1 linear foot 1 box and 1 scrapbook As director of Indian education and training programs for the Oregon Department of Education in the 1950s and 1960s, A. Harvey Wright was very involved in implementing federal education and training programs, including preparations for federal termination of tribal status for several Indian tribes in Oregon. The collection consists of correspondence and documents related to federal termination of tribal recognition for the Klamath Tribes and other Oregon tribes in the 1950s. Shaw Historical Library at Oregon Institute of Technology Collection materials are in:English Biographical Note

Albert Harvey Wright was born in Kansas on November 19, 1903. He graduated from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon in 1930 with a degree in Education. He served in the US Army, including in WWII, eventually attaining the rank of Colonel. His wife was Noris Winona Irving (1910 – 2001). They had one child, Charles Albert Jackson Wright (1942 – 2000).

A. Harvey Wright served as director of Indian education and training programs and as director of transportation for the Oregon Department of Education in the 1950s and 1960s. He was very involved in implementing federal education and training programs for Indians of Oregon. He authored several manuals on school transportation as well as other documents. He died on December 15, 1994 in Salem, Oregon.

The collection consists of correspondence, other documents and newspaper clippings related to the implementation of federal termination of tribal recognition for the Klamath Tribes in the 1950s. Termination-related educational training programs for the Klamath Tribes served as a pilot program for similar activities elsewhere. A significant set of documents in this collection describes related educational programs implemented with the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Rhonde Reservation in Oregon. The scrapbook primarily includes newspaper clippings from the 1950s covering termination of federal recognition of the Klamath Tribes sovereign nation status. Some photographs are included.

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[item identification], A. Harvey Wright Collection on Tribal Termination, The Shaw Historical Library, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon.

This collection was donated by Noris Winona Irving Wright, widow of A. Harvey Wright.

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Wright, A. Harvey--Archives Klamath Indian Reservation (Or.) Warm Springs Indian Reservation (Or.) Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon Klamath Indians -- Government relations Indian termination policy -- Oregon Siletz Indians -- Government relations Indians of North America -- Oregon -- Warm Springs Indian Reservation -- Government relations Native Americans scrapbooks 1/1 Memoranda, correspondence and legislation regarding the Klamath Termination Bill 1/2 "Status and Evaluation Report, Klamath Termination", US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Office May 1958 1/3 "Final Status and Evaluation Report, Klamath Termination", US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Portland Office July 1961 1/4 "Data on Termination of Federal Supervision over the Klamath Indian Reservation," Oregon State Department of Education 1956 1/5 Klamath Information Program on Public Law 587--permanent personal file 1/6 "The Economic Impact of Federal Indian Policy: Incentives and Response of the Klamath Indians," W.T. Trulove and David Bunting, 1971 Western Economic Association presentation manuscript 1/7 "Some Experiences with Guaranteed Incomes and Lump Sum Payments: The Case of the Klamath Indians," W.T. Truelove, AAAS December 1970 meeting presentation manuscript 1/8 Research grant proposal "The Liquidation of a Southern Oregon Indian Reservation: A Study of the Economic Impact of Windfall Payments to the Poor" 1969 1/9 "Warm Springs Research Project, Final Report, Volume 1: Introduction and Survey of Human Resources" 1960 1/10 Klamath Special Education and Training Program documents and correspondence 1/11 Siletz and Grand Ronde Tribal Rolls, etc 1/12 "Your Key to Chiloquin," Oregon Dept. of Education, Klamath Education Program September 1958 1/13 "Chiloquin Voters Guide" October 1958 1/14 Final Roll, Klamath Tribe, Federal Register 21 November 1957 1/15 A. Harvey Wright biographical clippings & photograph 2 Newspaper clippings scrapbook