The SOHS Library is OPEN to the public at 106 N. Central Avenue in Medford, with FREE access to the SOHS Archives, from 12:00 - 4:00 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. Appointments are not necessary. Please contact library@sohs.org, or call 541-622-2025 ex 200 to ask questions or request research.

 

Mega Index

Click this link to view sources included in the Mega Index, and to limit your search to a particular source.
Keyword Search
Searches Title and Description fields
Title Body Location Source Reference
The Jews of Oregon: 1850-1950

Steven Lowenstein, 1987, Judaism in Oregon, pioneers, business leaders, illustrated with photographs and maps, two copies

979.5 L91 Library
Equality on the Oregon Frontier: Jason Lee and the Methodist Mission 1834-43

Robert J. Loewenberg, 1976, Willamette Valley, John McLaughlin, Hudson's Bay Company, the Americanization of Oregon, egalitarianism on the…

979.5 L63 Library
Conversations with Pioneer Women

Fred Lockley, 1981, compiled and edited by Mike Helm, oral history, narratives, the Lockley Files

979.5 L62 Library
Visionaries, Mountain Men & Empire Builders: They Made a Difference

Fred Lockley, 1982, compiled and edited by Mike Helm, narratives of historical figures, the Lockley Files

979.5 L62 Library
A Bit of Verse: Poems (& Etc.) from the Lockley Files

Fred Lockley, 1983, compiled and edited by Mike Helm, the Lockley Files, early poetry

979.5 L62 Library
Voices of the Oregon Territory: Conversations with Bullwhackers, Muleskinners, Pioneers, Prospectors, '49ers, Indian Fighters, Trappers, Ex-Barkeepers, Authors, Preachers, Poets & Near Poets, & All Sorts & Conditions of Men

Fred Lockley, 1981, compiled and edited by Mike Helm, oral history, the Lockley Files 

979.5 L62 Library
History of the Columbia River Valley: From the Dalles to the Sea, Volume 3

1928, biographical, illustrated with photographs

979.5 L62 Library
History of the Columbia River Valley: From the Dalles to the Sea, Volume 2

1928, biographical, illustrated with photogaphs

979.5 L62 Library
History of the Columbia River Valley: From the Dalles to the Sea, Volume 1

Fred Lockley, 1928, discovery of the Columbia River, early navigation, Astoria, fishing, Washington and Oregon, illustrated with photographs

979.5 L62 Library
An Early History of Table Rock

Katherine (Nealon) Huntress Leavitt, 1968, geological history, Indians, Euro-American settlers, agriculture, transportation, 1850-ca. 1933,…

979.5 Le Library
Land of Giants: The Drive to the Pacific Northwest 1750-1950

David Lavender, 1958, early sea explorers, fur traders, pioneers, illustrated with maps

979.5 L39 Library
Applegate Trail Markers

Mark Lawrence, 1979, pioneer travel, landmarks, Southern Oregon, maps and index

979.5 La Library
Oregon Historical Vignettes

Jack Pement, sketches by Paul Keller, 1964, Oregon history, Willamette Valley, Portland, Oregon City

979.5 K44 Library
Pacific Trail Camp-Fires

Reese P. Kendall, 1901, Missouri Column, Applegate Battalion, "Pathfinder" Detachment, Barneburg Contingent, immigration

979.5 K4 Library
One By One

Robert Bradley Jones, 1973, Oregon and California Railroad land grant in Oregon, industry, commerce, includes newspaper clippings

979.5 J63 Library
Empire of the Columbia: A History of the Pacific Northwest

Dorothy O. Johansen and Charles M. Gates, 1967 (1957), early history of Oregon and Washington, fur trade, Hudson's Bay Company, illustrated with…

979.5 J63 Library
Oregon's Main Street: U.S. Highway 99 "The Stories"

Jo-Brew, 2013, folk history, transportation, travel, illustrated with photographs

979.5 J6 Library
The Frontier, the Union, and Stephen A. Douglas

Robert W. Johannsen, 1989, 1850s frontier politics, election of 1860, Western United States, Oregon territory and statehood

979.5 J63 Library
In This Great Land of Freedom: The Japanese Pioneers of Oregon

Akemi Kikumura, Lawson Fusao Inada, Mary Worthington (eds.), 1993, Poetry by Lawson Fusao Inada, Historical essay by Eiichiro Azuma, Issei…

979.5 I53 Library
Oregon's Golden Years: Bonanza of the West

Miles F. Potter, 1976, history of gold mining and gold trade in Oregon, illustrated with photographs, sketches, maps

979.5 P68 Library
Frontier Politics on the Eve of the Civil War

Robert W. Johannsen, 1955, 19th c. political history, settlement, slavery, western United States, southern Oregon

979.5 J63 Library
Early Days on the Upper Willamette

Veryl M. Jensen, 1970, illustrated with sketches by Shirley Brady and Sharon Dick, photographs, early history, geographical name, commerce and…

979.5 J3 Library
Yamsi: A Year in the Life of a Wilderness Rancher

Dayton Hyde, 2000 (1971), stewardship, ranching, Upper Williamson River, Klamath Basin, illustrated with photographs, 1996 epilogue by the author…

979.5H99 2000 Library
Oregon: Its History, Condition, and Prospects

Gustavus Hines, 1851, geography, economy, encounters with indigenous peoples, the Oregon Mission, journal entries, world travel

979.5 H55 Library
1847 Diary of Applegate Trail to Oregon

by Lester Hulin,  1897 (1959), journal entries, pioneers, travel

979.5 H5 Library
An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, two copies

H. K. Hines, 1893, early history to ca. 1890, biographical sketches, illustrated with photographs

979.5 H55 Library
Fifty Years in Oregon

T. T. Geer, 1912, early political history ca. 1860-1910, illustrated with photographs

979.5 G43 1912 Library
The Historical Development of Southern Oregon, 1825-1852

by Anna Lee Guest, 1929, MA thesis, University of California, early explorers, settlers, fur trade, discovery of gold

979.5 Guest Library
Oregon in the U.S.A.

by Francis Haines and E. Bernice Tucker, illustrated by Ron Wicke, 1955, history, geography, economy, illustrated with photographs and sketches

979.5 H4 Library
Journal of Michael F. Hanley IV

by Michael F. Hanley, Wagon Master, 150th Anniversary of the Applegate Trail, Reenactment, 30 August to 3 October, 1996,  two copies

979.5 H36 HAN Library