J. H. Horner papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Mss-6031-T50

Staff Only

Wallowa River and Valley by J. H. Horner

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists principally of the typescript (with corrections in hand) of Horner's work, Wallowa River and Valley, dealing with regional history, as well as the Nez Percé Tribe. Other papers include correspondence (ca. 1889-1985); legal documents (1898-1931); patents for window construction (1921-1922); and manuscript materials (undated). Horner's main correspondent is Otis Halfmoon, a Catholic Nez Percé who assisted with the author's manuscript. The collection also includes a list of other contributors that assisted Horner in his research.

Dates

1889 - 1985

Creator

Horner, J. H., 1870-1953 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

John Harland Horner (1870-1953) was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1870 and moved to Enterprise, Oregon, in 1911. He served as Wallowa County's deputy assessor from 1918 to 1924, before being elected county assessor in 1924. Horner also had a long-standing interest in the history of Wallowa County. For more than thirty years, he collected historical information and interviewed most of the area's early settlers and local Native Americans. His research resulted in an unpublished manuscript of more than 1,500 pages titled Wallowa River and Valley.

Extent

0.9 Cubic feet (2 document cases)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers of a Wallowa County, Oregon, official and amateur historian, J. H. Horner. Includes manuscript of his unpublished book Wallowa River and Valley as well as correspondence with Otis Halfmoon.