Joseph Schafer
Joseph Schafer
Joseph Schafer (1867-1941) was the first academically trained historian in the U.S. state of Oregon. He studied with Frederick Jackson Turner,[1] and chaired the history department at the University of Oregon from 1900 to 1920.[2] He authored A History of the Pacific Northwest in 1905 and revised it in 1918; the book was considered the standard history of the region into the 1950s.[3]
References[]
- ^ https://www.oregonlive.com/books/2011/09/a_brief_history_of_oregon_hist_1.html
- ^ https://library.uoregon.edu/architecture/oregon/walton
- ^ LaLande, Jeff (17 March 2018). "Joseph Schafer (1967-1941)". Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Joseph Schafer at Wikimedia Commons
Works written by or about Joseph Schafer at Wikisource
Categories:
- 1867 births
- 1941 deaths
- Academics from Oregon
- Historians of Oregon