Jeffrey M. LaLande papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS-027

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection covers LaLande’s work beginning in 1982 and contains books, articles, reports, and other items published by LaLande, as well as his correspondence and research materials. In addition to regional cultural resource inventories, archaeological surveys, and environmental histories, he is known among historians for his research on the early explorer Peter Skene Ogden. His definitive book, First over the Siskiyous: Peter Skene Ogden's 1826-1827 Journey through the Oregon-California Borderlands, was published by Oregon Historical Society Press in 1987.

Other areas of LaLande's historical research focus include indigenous peoples of Southern Oregon, native uses of fire, environmental histories of specific watershed areas in Southern Oregon, archaeology and history of the Chinese gold miners in Jackson County, the Ku Klux Klan in Southern Oregon, the forest ranger in popular culture, and regional extremist organizations.

Dates

Creation: 1979-2019

Creator

LaLande, Jeffrey M., Dr., 1947- (Compiler, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright and any related rights protect materials in this collection. Researchers are free to use these materials for any purpose that is permitted by the copyright and any rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses, researchers need to obtain permission from the rights holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

For fair use/educational reproduction, please provide the following credit: From the Jeffrey M. LaLande papers, courtesy of Southern Oregon University Hannon Library.

Biographical / Historical

Jeffrey LaLande worked as an independent historian outside of his Forest Service career, and this collection resulted from his independent research. These papers include correspondence with researchers on various topics; files from essays, articles, book reviews, and books he has written; and his peer reviews, requested by various editors, of manuscripts submitted for publication.

For more than thirty years, LaLande was the forest archaeologist for the Rogue River National Forest (called Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest since 2002), where he was responsible for its cultural resource management and heritage program. He served concurrently as the forest historian, and for many years also held Forest ’s wilderness coordinator position. He was also an adjunct professor of history at Southern Oregon University for more than 20 years, and currently (2014) offers professional services as a historical and archaeological consultant.

A 1969 graduate of Georgetown University, LaLande earned a master’s degree in archaeology from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Oregon. He has authored numerous articles and several books and is knowledgeable about a wide range of Northwest history topics.