This is an oral history interview with Carrol B. Howe in Klamath Falls on January 23, 1992.
Why did you come to Ashland to go to normal school?
For one thing, I had a sister living in Ashland. For another, I wanted to play football there. I realized that, in those days, you could get into teaching with a two-year degree. Not having much money, I was in a hurry to get work after I got out of high school.
What degrees did you earn from the University of Oregon?
At the University of Oregon, I finished a bachelor’s degree in 1936 and a master’s degree in 1942.
Did you lay any groundwork for your later archeological interests while at the University of Oregon?
I became interested in archeology before I went to the University of Oregon, but I took work with Dr. Cressman there and I carried on conversations with him and exchanged information. I presented the university with a number of what I considered to be significant Indian artifacts. Later, I directed him as to where I thought the sites were for ancient people in the Lower Klamath Lake region. He followed up with studies, archeological excavations, and then he published a book on that material.
That was his Carnegie [Institution of Washington] book?
I think it was. I had one and I loaned it to somebody, and I forget who I loaned it to and they forget that they had it. I don’t think they’d steal it. I also had a book that I loaned that was called, “Early Man in Oregon,” which I think was his first publication of any size.
