Douglas D. Martin papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS-002

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Dr. Martin was a long-time member of the Western History Association and a recognized scholar of Native American/white relations. He published widely. Dr. Martin's areas of specialty included the socio-cultural history of the United States, the history and literature of the American frontier, American environmental history, and Indian-White relations in American history.

Dates

Existence: 1850-1999

Creator

Martin, Douglas D., Dr. (Douglas Dale), 1943-2000 (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 Douglas D. Martin papers, courtesy of Southern Oregon University Hannon Library.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Douglas Dale Martin (1943-2000) was a historian and teacher. His undergraduate and postgraduate education was at the University of Washington, Seattle. His teaching career began at the University of Washington, Seattle (1968-69) and continued at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (1969-70) and Towson State University, Towson, Maryland (1970-2000). Dr. Martin was a long-time member of the Western History Association. Dr. Martin’s areas of specialty included the socio-cultural history of the United States, the history and literature of the American frontier, American environmental history, and Indian-White relations in American history. Dr. Martin's works were widely published.

Dr. Martin was engaged by the Department of Justice to prepare accounts of Indian reservation history and management practices in connection with cases brought by various tribes before the U.S. Court of Claims. His report regarding the Fort Peck, Montana reservation was completed in 1979. That regarding the Fort Berthold, ND reservation was completed in 1980.

Extent

9.5 Linear Feet (19 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Douglas D. Martin was a long-time member of the Western History Association and a recognized scholar of Native American/white relations. Dr. Martin published widely. Dr. Martin’s areas of specialty included the socio-cultural history of the United States, the history and literature of the American frontier, American environmental history, and Indian-White relations in American history.

This special collection contains 16 boxes of manuscript materials relating mostly to Native Americans in the Northwest. Box 15 in the collection contains various small objects, such as arrowheads. While most of the donation consisted of monographs that were added to the Library’s holdings, the collection also included manuscript materials described within this document.