Collection is open for research.
Gift of Ron E. Shay, 1986.
Reuben "Reub" Aaron Long was born in Lakeview, Oregon, in 1898. His family moved to a ranch in the Fort Rock Valley in Oregon's high desert region when he was two years old. In 1957, he and Norma Eleanor Workman were married. He ranched in the Fort Rock area his entire life. In 1964, a collection of his stories was published in the book "The Oregon Desert." He died in 1974.
Handwritten index (2 pages) is available for in-person use at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Oral history interview with Reub Long, by Ron E. Shay, SR 9117, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
This oral history interview with Reub Long was conducted by Ron E. Shay on October 6, 1971. The sound recording consists of two audiocassettes. The interview was recorded on the first tape, and the second tape contains edited highlights of the interview. In this interview, Long discusses range and wildlife management issues in Oregon's high desert region, including the management of wild horses. He talks about issues regarding vandalism and littering in the desert. He discusses the plant life and agriculture, describes how the changes in the desert have affected the deer population, and how the desert landscape is affected by fires. He talks about the use of controlled burns, grazing lands for deer, and how land-use laws have affected how desert land is managed.
Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estate of Reub Long. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted,
An article about Reub Long, "Reub Long and Ron Shay" by Ron Shay, was based on this interview and published in Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 2 (Summer 1987), pages 183-195.