OITshl017 Guide to the Devere and Helen Helfrich Collection 1859-1990 Helfrich (Devere and Helen) Collection 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 6/25/2012 Finding aid written in: English English Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical Library
3201 Campus Drive Klamath Falls, OR 97601 URL: http://www.library.oit.edu/shaw
SHL017 Helfrich, Devere Helfrich, Helen Devere and Helen Helfrich Collection 1859-1990 49 linear feet 42 boxes, 4 file drawers The collection includes research materials gathered by Devere and Helen Helfrich as editors of the Klamath Echoes, photographs used in that publication, part of the Helfriches personal photography collection and annotated maps they used to trace emigrant trails in the western United States. Devere and Helen Helfrich were the official photographers of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association for many years, the editors of the Klamath Echoes, and had a long-time interest in tracing and documenting early emigrant trails in the western United States. Shaw Historical Library Collection materials are in: English

Devere and Helen Helfrich spent many years researching the history of Klamath County, Oregon and the Klamath Basin. Devere Helfrich was editor and Helen Helfrich was assistant editor of the Klamath Echoes, a sixteen volume series of Klamath County, Oregon history published between 1964 and 1978. Devere and Helen Helfrich were the official photographers of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association for many years. The Helfriches also had a long-time interest in tracing and documenting early emigrant trails in the western United States. They authored or edited several books including Rodeo Pictures and Emigrant Trails West : a Guide to Trail Markers Placed by Trails West, Inc. along the California, Applegate, Lassen, and Nobles' Emigrant Trails in Idaho, Nevada, and California.

Devere Helfrich was born on April 16, 1902 in Lamonta, Oregon. Helen Grace Reed was born on October 29, 2907 in Bend, Oregon. Devere and Helen married on August 2, 1926. They had two daughters, Darle Bernice and Delores Helen. Devere and Helen Helfrich moved from central Oregon to Klamath Falls, Oregon in 1933, started and ran several businesses in Klamath Falls, and Devere began photographing rodeos in 1939. Klamath Falls was the Helfriches home base for the rest of their lives, although they spent many years following the rodeo circuit as the official photographers of the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association. Devere specialized in action photography while Helen specialized in portraits. Devere Helfrich died in Klamath Falls, Oregon on September 1, 1981. Helen Helfrich died in Klamath Falls on July 30, 1989.

The collection includes research materials gathered by Devere and Helen Helfrich as editors of the Klamath Echoes, photographs used in that publication, part of the Helfrich's personal photography collection and annotated maps they used to trace emigrant trails in the western United States. The collection is arranged into three series. Series I: Documents includes a variety of types of research materials related to the creation of the Klamath Echoes. Series II: Images includes original photographs, copies of photographs and negatives. Some photographs appear to have been used in the production of the Klamath Echoes. Others are ones created by Devere and Helen Helfrich. Series III: Maps includes topographic maps of quadrangles throughout the western United States as well as other maps covering the same geographic area. Many maps are annotated with notes about emigrant trails traces.

Arranged into Series I: Documents, Series II: Images and Series III: Maps.

The collection is open for research use.

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[item identification], Devere and Helen Helfrich Collection, The Shaw Historical Library, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Donated to the Shaw Historical Library by Helen Helfrich and Darle Runnels.

Devere and Helen Helfrich's personal library of books, periodicals and pamphlets related to the history of the Land of the Lakes and emigrant trails were individually cataloged into the Shaw Historical Library's collections.

The Devere Helfrich Rodeo Photographs collection is held by the Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The finding aid is available at http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/research/cms/FindingAids/HELFRICH/tabid/255/Default.aspx.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Helfrich, Devere--Archives Helfrich, Helen Klamath County (Or.)—History Klamath Basin (Or.)—History Applegate Trail—History Pioneers Series I Documents 8 linear feet 1 Index 2 Tribute to Helen Helfrich 3 Logging and Lumbering 4 F.A. Bishop 2 files 5 Jessie D. Carr/ Clear Lake 6 Capt. Jack's pony 7 John S. Parke 8 John Muir 9 Shaw 10 Co-Op teaching in Klamath Falls 11 Tule Lake photos 12 Levi Scott - Diary 13 Chronological History of the Klamath National Forest 14 Boston Store 15 Roughing it on the Deschutes 16 Klamath National Forest and Siskiyou Co. 17 CCC Reunion 18 Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps 19 Pacific Spruce Corp 20 Wood River Valley 1880s 21 Hudson's Bay Record Society 22 W.G. "Bill" Hoover 23 Professional Letters 24 Personal Letters 25 Correspondence 26 Notes 27 Notes 28 Cards 29 Diaries 30 Diaries 31 Diary Notes 32 Stories 33 Stories 34 Stories 35 Miscellaneous Stories 36 As Told to Me 37 McLoed Letters 38 McLoed Letters 39 McLoed Microfilm 40 Journals 41 Journals 42 Journal Stories 43 Journal Books 44 Collection of Excerpts 45 Research Papers 46 Travel Logs 47 Magazines 48 Pioneer Days 49 Works in Progress - Administration of Oregon 50 Applegate Bio 51 Ashland Tidings 52 Newspapers - Early Settlers 53 Newspapers - Index and Location 54 Newspapers - Clippings and Miscellaneous 55 Newspapers - Miscellaneous 56 Klamath County 57 Historical Klamath County 58 Swamp Land 59 Klamath Falls - Linkville 60 Buildings - Klamath Falls 61 Klamath County - Poems, Miscellaneous 62 Klamath Falls - Miscellaneous 63 City Information: Yanix, Bly, Beatty, Sprauge River 64 History of Area Before Settlement 65 Fremont 66 Redmond Spokesman Clippings 67 Diary - Richard M. May 68 Bonanza, Langell Valley 69 Unused - Bonanza 70 Scrapbook - Modoc Country 71 Merrill 72 Pokegama 73 Malin 74 Keno 75 Chiloquin 76 Crater Lake 77 Fort Klamath 78 Modoc County 79 Sherman County 80 Siskiyou County 81 Cook County 82 Lake County - Hart Mountain 83 Arizona 84 Oregon Geography 85 Eva Adams 86 Laws and Calavan Fued 87 Lewis and Clark 88 Adam's Dredge 89 Jessie D. Carr 90 Frain Family 91 Mrs. Helfrich 92 Ben Pickett 93 Brown Family - History at Crystal Creek 94 W. H. Wagner 1859 95 Applegate History 96 T. H. Jefferson 97 George Nurse 98 John H. Benson 99 Abbot Williams 100 Bruffs 101 Interviews 102 Modoc War/ Captain Jack 103 Indian 104 Court of Claims 105 Miscellaneous Modoc War 106 Bloody Point 107 Presettlement - Indian History 108 Missions 109 Newspaper Clippings 110 Klamath Falls Creamery 111 Geology - Klamath Basin 112 School 113 Miscellaneous Political History of Klamath County 114 Central Klamath Basin 115 Klamath County History - Fir Trade 116 Churches - Klamath County 117 Land Laws and Early Settlers of Oregon 118 Deeds - Klamath County - Notebook 119 Railroads - Land Grants 120 Deeds 121 Staging 122 Irrigation 123 Boats 124 Lumber 125 Logging 126 Electricity and Water 127 Miscellaneous Transportation 128 Cartridges 129 Baseball 1876 130 Livestock 131 Fencing Brochures 132 Scrapbook - Irrigation 133 Scrapbook - Railroad History 134 Bly and Strahorn Railroad 135 Postal History 136 Newsletters 137 Documents 138 Pamphlets 139 Brochures 140 Insurance Papers 141 Maps 142 Maps 143 Maps 144 Maps 145 Maps 146 Wild Flowers and Barbed Wire 147 Western Drawings 148 The Overland Emigrant Trail to California 149 Applegate Trail Travels of 1846 150 Blue Bucket Cutoff 151 Southern Emigrant Route 152 Roads 153 Grave - Lloyd Dean Shook 154 Oregon Trail 155 Southrn Oregon Wagon Trail 156 California Trail - Truckee Route 157 Elliott Cutoff 158 Yreka Trail 159 Military Pass 160 Wagon Trails 161 Crossroads of the Pioneers 162 Roads Miscellaneous of Eastern Oregon 163 Guidebook of the Western U. S Series II Images 22 boxes, 12 linear feet 1 Klamath Falls Images 1-124 2 Klamath Falls, Rodeos, Fairs, Parades, Camping Images 125-278 3A Other Towns Images 279-408 3B Other Towns Images 409-533 4 Boats Images 534-629 5 Boats Images 630-753 5/1 North American Indians with Boats Images 744-749 6 Rivers and Lakes Images 754-893 6/1 Crater Lake Images 754-774 6/2 Lakes Images 775-810 7 People - Identified Images 894-1048 8 People - Unidentified Images 1049-1190 9 Farming and Ranching Images 1191-1263 10 Transporation Images 1264-1406 11 Railroads Images 1407-1527 12 Logging Images 1528-1657 13 Logging Camps, Mill Equiptment, Loggers Images 1658-1748 13/1 Mill Equiptment Images 1658-1671 13/2 Logging Camps Images 1672-1688 13/3 Loggers Images 1689-1748 14 Lumber Mills Images 1749-1897 15 Landscapes, Roads, Animals, Signs, Graves, Wildlife, Interior Rooms Images 1898-2026 15/1 Landscape Images 1898-1946 15/2 Roads Images 1947-1957 15/3 Animals/Wildlife Images 1958-1976 15/4 Signs/Graves Images 1977a-2004 15/5 Interior of buildings/rooms Images 2005-2026 16 Oregon Trail Images 2027-2148 16/1 Trail Marking Trips (1/2) Images 2083-2113 16/2 Trail Marking Trips Continued (2/2) Images 2114-2145 16/3 Inventory of Historic Site 1976 Images 2146-2148 17 Oregon Trail Images 2149-2223 18 Miscellaneous Structures, General Images 2224-2304 18/1 Miscellaneous Structures Images 2224-2265 18/2 Miscellaneous General Images 2266-2304 19-21 Glass Negatives 22 Film Negatives Series III Maps 24 boxes 1 Untitled 2 Untitled 3 Untitled 4 Untitled 5 Untitled 6 Untitled 7 Untitled 8 Untitled 9 Untitled 10 Untitled 11 Klamath County, Oregon 1908-1959 12 Oregon 1926-1975 13 Oregon 1926-1975 14 California 15 California 16 Nevada 1909-1969 17 Nevada 1909-1969 18 Wyoming 19 Idaho 20 Utah and Colorado 21 Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Missouri 22 National Forests 23 Western Trails and Emmigrant Routes 24 Miscellaneous Maps