Box 17

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...

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The file contains photocopies of numerous tables concerning the occupational distribution of Indians in British Columbia data. There is also an excerpt titled Chapter 10: Occupational Motivations and Attitudes.

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A series of six letters authored by Theodore Orcutt to various customers dated 1934-1948. Orcutt was a dealer and collector of Indian relics and a world-famous flintknapper.

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Various newspaper articles related to Native American run casinos in Washington state, an advertisement and brochure for the Swinomish Indian Bingo, and a flyer for the Lucky Eagle casino located in Rochester Washington.

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Two letters to or from Oscar Brown dating from 1936 and 1937, three letters to or from Caleb Carter dated 1958. A series of four letters regarding Edwin Eells, a U.S. Indian Agent, in which the earliest letter is dated 1878. A series of letters from Edward Huggins dating to the early 1900s, letters from Louis Mann, a Yakima Indian, dating from the 1910s and 1920s, and various letters from the 1930s-1950s.

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A series of notes that Douglas Martin copied from the court records of the Washington State Historical Society. The records pertain to the Washington counties Esquimalt, Jefferson, Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom and individuals such as George Chute, Eels, Huggins, Barbara Lane, and Van Ogle. Also contains a few handwritten letters from Douglas Martin to the Washington State Historical Society.

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Newspaper clippings about east coast Indian gaming. Handwritten notes concerning the Florida Seminoles, and a map of Indian tribes of Pennsylvania.

Scope and Contents Newspaper articles that describe the connection of tribal rights in reference to fisheries and other wildlife in the Pacific Northwest including Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. A few of the pieces address the Northern Spotted Owl. Photocopied newspaper articles regarding fisheries in British Columbia.Also found here are some handwritten notes regarding salmon fishing and a series of letters to or from Mr. Geo Chute about the halibut industry in the Pacific Northwest and some...

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The materials include newspaper articles reviewing books authored or reviewed by Douglas D. Martin. Other articles authored by Martin regarding Native Americans. Also includes handwritten notes and correspondence to Douglas Martin.

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The materials included reference to the state of Oregon, newspaper articles about tribal rights, letters from the Indian Service, the payroll of the Indian Teamsters, and Douglas D. Martin's handwritten note cards.