Jeffrey M. LaLande papers

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.