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Medford Mail Tribune archives

rv-times, 7/6/2026, Southern Oregon Historical Society secures Mail Tribune archives, Hard copies, photo negatives, news clippings, and microfilm…

Medford, OR, newspapers Vertical File Subjects
Lincoln School

rv-times 8/27/2025, Lincoln School building closed over "catastrophic failure" risk

Ashland, OR, Schools, Elementary Vertical File Subjects
Norman Huynh

Go!Rogue 8/27/2025 Norman Nuynh will be the new Music Director of Britt Festival Orchestra replacing Teddy Abrams

Britt Festival Vertical File Subjects
West Coast Fisher

rv-times, 9/3/2025, Federal wildlife officials have decided against protecting a population of west coast fishers in Southern Oregon and Northern…

Wildlife Vertical File Subjects
C. R. Pursell House

Jacksonville Review, July 2026, Log Cabin at 645 E. California Street built in 1930 by Chester R Pursell. for Alphonse and Gertrude Boone.  …

Jacksonville, OR, Historic Houses, etc. Vertical File Subjects
Ryan's Outpost

Jacksonville Review, July 2026, Applegate Valley, Ruch, OR, Bob and Elma Christean, Tony and Virginia Ryan, Time and Sandy Ryan

Ryan Vertical File Biographies
Ubhaus, John

Jacksonville Review July 2026, Obituary, Sandpiper Restaurant in Medford, Bella Union Restaurant in Jacksonville, Uphill One, Jackson County Fair…

U Vertical File Biographies
Jacksonville History Center

Jacksonville Review, July 2026, by Carolyn Kingsnorth, Jacksonville's Old City Hall is becoming the Jacksonville History Center

Jacksonville, OR, Museums Vertical File Subjects
Family Roots of Clark, Jones, Corbin and McCauley Families

4/18/2012 written by Nicholas Clark, former Executive Director of SOHS

Clark Vertical File Biographies
Talent Historical Society

rv-times 5/30/2026, Talent Town Hall renovated and may become new home of the Talent Historical Society

Talent, OR, Historical Houses, etc. Vertical File Subjects
Vietnam War Memorial in Medford

GPDailyCourier 5/21/2026, Veterans prepare to dedicate Vietnam War Memorial replica in Medford at corner of Rossanley Drive and North Ross Lane

Vietnam War Vertical File Subjects
Talent News Flashes, 1966

Please visit the general Talent News Flashes page for further information. 

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The Salt of the Earth, Pioneers of Evans Valley

The Salt of the Earth, Pioneers of Evans Valley  -  two copies

written and compiled by Gladys Boulter and Connie Weide Liles (…

979.527 B68 Library
The Continuing History of Jackson County

The Continuing History of Jackson County   by Carl Bondinell

An account of the events and people that contributed to the history of…

979.527 BON Library
An Ohioan's Role in Oregon History

An Ohioan's Role in Oregon History

by Thomas H. Smith

photocopied from Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 66, No. 3 (Sept. 1965)

979.527 B53 1965 Library
The History of Rogue Valley International - Medford

The History of Rogue Valley International - Medford

    formerly known as Medford - Jackson County Airport

Southern Oregon…

979.527 B39 1995 Library
Pioneering in Oregon

Pioneering in Oregon  

by Marion Miller Bagley  copyright 1960

printed by Davidson Printing Company, Duluth, MN

approx…

979.527 B33 1960 Library
Gerry Frank's Oregon: 2nd Edition

Gerry Frank's Oregon: 2nd Edition published by The Oregonian, 2014

This is an informational book about different local businesses…

917.95 FRA 2014 Library
Tales Out of Oregon: Since the Beginning

Tales Out of Oregon: Since the Beginning by Ralph Friedman

Published by Pars Publishing Co., 1967

This book tells the…

979.5 F75 1967 Library
Larry Smith Collection: photographs

(30) color pictures mostly students, Brad Mayfield, Van Granger, Tony Sherin, Brian Badura, Todd Faulk, Mark Braezelle, Donny James, Donny Page,…

M27 F 4 Mezzanine List
Larry Smith Collection: photographs

.3 One laminated National Park Service "Area Closed" sign // .4 Two laminated PSA posters from Crater Lake about bears "Enjoy them at a Distance…

M27 F 1 Mezzanine List
As Long As The World Goes On: Environmental History of the Evans Creek Watershed

As Long As The World Goes On:  Environmental History of the Evans Creek Watershed c.1 and c.2

by Katherine C. Atwood with Frank A. Lang…

979.527 A88 1995 c.1 & c.2 Library
A Touch of Oregon: Lovesong to a State

A Touch of Oregon: Lovesong to a State by Ralph Friedman

Published by Pars Publishing Company, 1970

This book gives a…

979.5 F75 1970 Library
Blossoms & Branches c.1, c.2, c.3, c.4

 Blossoms & Branches   c.1, c.2, c.3, c.4

     a gathering of Rogue Valley orchard memories  (with photos…

979.527 A88 1980 c.1, c.2, c.3, c.4 Library
Jackson County Conversations c.1, c.2, c.3

Jackson County Conversations c.1, c.2, c.3

by Kay Atwood  copyright 1975

Verl Barnthouse, Lewis Beeson, Faye Carver, Almeda…

979.527 A88 1975 c.1, c.2, c.3 Library
Polk County Pioneer Sketches, Vol. 1

Polk County Pioneer Sketches, Vol. 1 compiled by Sarah Childress Polk Chapter No. 6, Daughters of the American Revolution

Published…

PAM 979.538 DAR 1927 Library
Minorities of Early Jackson County, Oregon c.1 and c.2

Minorities of Early Jackson County, Oregon c.1 and c.2

material prepared by Kay Atwood, Intermediate Education District, published 1976

979.527 A88 1976 c.1 & c.2 Library
Tales of the Oregon Country

Tales of the Oregon Country by Carole Nielson

Published by Nielsen Publishing, 2019

This book details the lives of prominent…

979.5 NIE 2019 Library
The Oregon & California Trail Diary of Jane Gould in 1862: The Unabridged Diary with Introduction and Contemporary Comments by Bert Webber

The Oregon & California Trail Diary of Jane Gould in 1862: The Unabridged Diary with Introduction and Contemporary Comments by Bert Webber…

978 GOU 1987 Library
Minorities of Early Jackson County, the Chinese, the Negroes, the Jews

Minorities of Early Jackson County, the Chinese, the Negroes, the Jews

prepared by Kay Atwood compoked for Intermediate Education District…

979.527 A88 1975 Library