Here is a list of historical literature held at the Alvin A. Josephy Library. Stop by during open hours to browse any of these manuscripts.
For a list of library books that you can check out, click here. We also house a great number of Alvin Josephy’s magazine articles – click here to see that list.
| Manuscript Title | Author | Date | Subject |
| Nez Perce Sketches | Bartlett, Grace | 01/01/75 | Life of the western side of the Nez Perce reservation circa 1900 as seen by H.E. Bartlett |
| From the Wallowas | Bartlett, Grace | 12/01/91 | Historical essays arranged by: Indians, Settlers, Places, & People and Events |
| Historical Sketches of the Eagle Cap Wilderness | Broadwell, Jo | 06/00/82 | Stories of the Eagle Cap Wilderness |
| Nez Perce Country, National Historic Sites, Idaho, a Feasibility Report | Burroughs, Daniel; Kuehl, Alfred; Hussey, John; & Thompson, Erwin | 06/00/64 | Feasibility report for the proposed Nez Perce Country National Historic Sites project, corrected copy |
| Nez Perce Country, National Historic Sites, Idaho, a Feasibility Report | Burroughs, Daniel; Kuehl, Alfred; Hussey, John; & Thompson, Erwin | 10/00/63 | Feasibility report for the proposed Nez Perce Country National Historic Sites project |
| A Guide to Understanding Idaho Archaeology | Butler, Robert | 00/00/1966 | Logic and strategy of archaeological research |
| This Otherwise Miserable Land, Foreword through Chapter XX | Christie, James B | History of Baja California | |
| This Otherwise Miserable Land, Chapters XXI-XXVIII | Christie, James B | History of Baja California | |
| Wallowa: Land of Winding Waters | Decker, Peter | 06/01/99 | Brief reflection on Wallowa county, its geography & Nez Perce history |
| The Bly (and Edgmand) Ranch: A Pictorial History, MS #0013A | Edgmand, Mike | 11/11/05 | History of the Bly and later Bly and Edgmand Ranch and the families |
| Ranch History: An Addendum, MS #0013B | Edgmand, Mike | 07/04/06 | Addendum to The Bly (and Edgmand) Ranch, A Pictorial History |
| Traveling to Lower Joseph Creek: A Pictorial History, MS#10013C | Edgmand, Mike | History of Asotin County, WA | |
| Main Poc: Potawatomi Wabeno | Edmundson, Dave | 10/06/83 | History of this influential spiritual leader preceeding the War of 1812 |
| Chief Joseph and the Red Napoleon Myth | Evans, Steven Ross | 01/01/69 | Traces the roots of the myth that every tactical & strategic move by the Nez Perce in their trek was a product of Chief Joseph’s military genius. Thesis for Masters of Arts, Washington State University |
| The Nez Perce Country | Fletcher, Alice | Background to 1891 map of Nez Perce country by Jonathan Williams (Kew-kew-lu-yah) | |
| Education, Culture, and Academic Freedom: The Reagan Administration’s Attack on an American Indian-Chicano College | Forbes, Jack D. | Reagan’s administration upon Indian education | |
| Seven Saddles: Bronc-buster Legends of Billy Brown | Hadley, Drum | Poem of the life of Billy Brown | |
| Voices in the Rangelands | Hadley, Drum | Oral history | |
| This Bloody Deed, The Magruder Incident | Hamilton, Ladd | 00/00/93 | A re-telling of the Magruder massacre in the Bitterroots |
| The Horner Papers Index | Harvey, Melanie | 00/00/2005 | Index for The Horner Papers including Christina Perren’s 2002 index of place names & pioneer & Indian customs |
| Scenes from Skirmishes on the Bilingual Front | Holthman, Gary | 08/19/92 | Reminiscences of conflicts between Native Alaskan & white cultures |
| The Horner Papers | Horner, J.H. | 00/00/1950 | History of Wallowa country |
| The Longest Trail | Josephy, Alvin | 10/00/15 | Selected writings edited by Marc Jaffe and Rich Wandschneider |
| The American Indian and the Bureau of Indian Affairs – 1969 | Josephy, Alvin | 02/11/69 | A study with recommendations |
| Termination of The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon: Politics, Community, Identity | Lewis, David Gene | 03/01/09 | A Dissertation presented to the Dept. of Anthropology and the Graduate School of the University of Oregon |
| The Cheyenne Sun Dance: A Study in Cultural Survival | Liberty, Margot | 09/01/63 | A study of the most spectacular and widespread religious ceremoney of the Plains Indians. Paper for Dept. of Anthropology, University of Minnesota |
| Blood and Murder: Anti-Indian Violence of the Revolutionary Frontier | O’Donnell III, James Howlett | 04/08/76 | Examines the psychological and sociological motives of anti-Indian violence |
| Fettered Sovereignty: Cases & Materials on American Indian Legal Problems, Chapters IV & V | Price, Monroe E. | 12/00/70 | Reservation land use & tenure as affected by statutes, regulations & judicial decisions of the dominant American society |
| Register of the Institute of the American West Records | Reichman, Ann | 01/01/92 | Register of conference topics from 1974 – 1984 |
| Prehistory and Paleonenvironments at Pittsburg Landing: Data Recovery & Test Excavations at Six Sites in Hells Canyon National Rec. Area, West Central Idaho, Vol I | Reid, Kenneth C | 01/01/91 | Results of data recovery & test excavations in 1989 at six sites at Pittsburg Landing |
| Prehistory and Paleonenvironments at Pittsburg Landing: Data Recovery & Test Excavations at Six Sites in Hells Canyon National Rec. Area, West Central Idaho, Vol II | Reid, Kenneth C | 01/01/91 | Test results of 1989 excavations in six sites at Pittsburg Landing |
| A Collection of Writings | Rember, John L. | 01/01/92 | A collection of Rember’s columns circa 1990 |
| A History of Placer Gold Mining in Oregon, 1850-1870 | Spreen, C.A. | 06/00/39 | Thesis presented to Dept. of History & graduate faculty of the Univ. of Oregon |
| Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity | Thomas, David Hurst | 11/19/99 | 1996 discovery of 9,000-year-old Caucasoid skeleton & the resulting controvery & lawsuit that raised the question, “Who owns history?” |
| A Survey of the Recreational and Tourism Resources in The Nez Perce Country, Volume II (Includes foreward by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.) | Thompson, Erwin N. | 04/00/63 | With the opening of the Lewis and Clark Highway, the Nez Perce country became easily accessible. This report provides history of the area to support interpretive programs to enchance the tourists’ experience. |
| Smohalla, the Washani, and Religion as a Factor in Northwestern Indian History | Trafzer, Clifford E. | 10/13/83 | Smohalla, 19th century spiritual leader, emerged as a leader among the Indians and became an enemy of the Indian Bureau and the War Department agents. |
| Historical Sketches of the Wallowa National Forest | Tucker, Gerald J. | Historical sketches up to 1954 based on personal experiences & interviews with “old timers” | |
| The One Hundred Year Lie that Told the Truth: Chief Joseph’s Surrender Speech as a Literary Text | Venn, George | 10/05/97 | Chief Joseph’s surrender speech as literary history |
| Claiming the Watershed: Property Lines, Treaty Rights, and Collaborative Natural Resource Management Planning in Rural Oregon | Waage, Sissel Annette | 04/00/00 | Ph.D. dissertation chapter discussing “Land, Natural Resource Use, and People: Historical Relationships between Vegetation, Economies, and Human Communities in the Wallowas |
| American Indians, Time and the Law | Wilkinson, Charles F. | 11/19/86 | Examination of the constitutionality and complexities of Indian Law |