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Jessamine Bushnell

Oregonian article Dec. 13, 1914, May be a direct descendent of Admiral David Bushnell who invented the submarine.  She may christen a…

BU Vertical File Biographies
Jackson, Mary Linda

Ashland.news, obituary, 12-12-2025, managed dentist practice of husband Daniel Jackson in Ashland, 

Jackson Vertical File Biographies
Bound volumes of Harper's Magazine

Harper's New Monthly Magazine & Brothers-publishing No. 277, June 1878. 800 pages. End pages missing. Illustrated, leather cover of light tan…

M33 F 2 Mezzanine List
Hayes, James

2021 Letter from Larry and Liz Siessler to Gayle Lewis about paintings by Dorland Robinson given to James Hayes by Dr. Robinson.  James Hayes…

Hayes Vertical File Biographies
Loughridge, Dr. Sherman

GP Daily Courier article 1-25-2026, Grants Pass, born 1864 and died 1925, Methodist Episcopal Church, Nannie M. Findley, Josephine County Bank of…

LO Vertical File Biographies
Elder, George W.

GP Daily Courier article 1-25-2026, Waldo, Charles N. Decker, Sailors Diggings, Postmaster

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Holst, Jaunnesse Maria Lucretiz

Obituary 11-12-1904 to 3-11-1917, Sams Valley

HO Vertical File Biographies
Bound volumes of Harper's Magazine

Vol. 34 Dec. 1866 to May 1867
Vol. 35 June to Nov. 1867
Vol. 36 Dec 1867 to May 1868
Vol . 37 June to Nov. 1868
Vol. 38 Dec. 1868 to…

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Frost, Evan J.

Ashland.news obituaty, April 18, 1963 - December 12, 2025, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

FR Vertical File Biographies
Lizotte, James "Jim" Desmond

Ashland.news obituary 2-28-2026

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Hansen. Doris Irene

Ashland,news obituary 2-25-2026, Program Manager of the Talent Food Pantry, 1994 Talent Community Service Award

Hansen Vertical File Biographies
Jarvis, Barbara

Ashland.news Obituary 3-9-2026, Judge, April 14, 1934 - January 13, 2026

JA Vertical File Biographies
Handbook to the Rogue River Canyon

by James M. Quinn, James W. Quinn and James G. King, 1978

917.9521 Q55 1979 Library
Handbook to the Illinois River Canyon

By James M. Quinn, James W. Quinn and James G. King, 1979

step by step guide to running the rapids, camping, flora and fauna.

917.9525 Q55 1979 Library
Discovery and Exploration of the Oregon Caves

by Frank K. Walsh and William R. Halliday 1971

Pamphlet

917.9525 W14 1971 Library
"On the Trail of Skookum John"

by Charles Aiken

From Sunset Magazine October 1908 pp. 478-494

Photocopy

917.9527 A33 1908 Library
Medford and the Beautiful Rogue Valley: The Center of it all

Picture book of Medford and local businesses published by Barry Levin 2001 

917.8521 MED Library
"Up and Down Oregon's Rogue"

articles on the Rogue and Umpqua rivers and recreation found in Sunset Magazine, June 1966

917.9521 Library
Domain of the Cavemen

A historic resource study of Oregon Caves National Monument

by Stephen R. Mark, 2006

2 copies

917.9525 M2 copies 1 and 2, 2006 Library
...About the Rogue River

a series of brochures from the U. S. Dept. of Interior and Bureau of Land Management, 1980

Orcas Ref 917.9521 About Library
The Rogue: Portrait of a River

Photographs and text by Roger Dorband 2006

2 copies

917.9521 D69 2006 Library
Diary of David Hobart Taylor, 1862

Camp Baker

photocopy of diary and transcription of diary at Oregon Historical Society

additional copy in MS107

920 T39 1862 Library
From Abbott Butte to Zimmerman Burn

of the Rogue River National Forest by Jeff LaLande, 1995 

3 copies 

917.952 L34 1995 Library
Union Creek Fact Sheet 1

AOHS FAct Sheet series #1

917.952 S7 Library
Recreation Resources of the Rogue River Basin

1954 study done by the US Department of Interior for the Rogue Basin Project

917.952 U55 1954 Library
Prehistoric Siskiyou Island and Marble Halls of Oregon

photocopy of book by C. B. Watson, 1909

geology

917.952 W38 1909 Library
Charles Skeeters

Genealogical information found in the back of a scrapbook in box M25 D2 for Joseph, Marggie, Julia, Albert, Mrs. Joseph (Maggie Scranton…

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Joseph Scranton

Genealogical information found in the back of a scrapbook in box M25 D2 for Joseph, Marggie, Julia, Albert, Mrs. Joseph (Maggie Scranton Taylor…

Vertical File, Biography -SC Vertical File Biographies
Album, Photograph

1964.203.5.2 Hard front cover with flowers and a girl in blue and white belonged to Millie Hodges Walker and was donated by her daughter Mrs.…

M25 E 4 Mezzanine List
Oregon History and Early Literature

John B. Horner, 1931, illustrated with photographs, sketches, maps, folk lore, Indians, prehistory, 19th c., early 20th c., territorial governance…

979.5 H81 Library