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Tailholt, Woodville, Rogue River, Oregon

By Elizabeth Sheffield

PAM 979.5288 SH 542 1950 Library
"Century in Review" Chronology for the Mail Tribune Project

Century in Review Chronology, 1900-1904
Compiled by Bill Alley, Southern Oregon Historical Society

PAM 979.529 A5 Library
Pioneer Days in the South Umpqua Valley, Lawrence Michaels, Vol. 32

The life of Lawrence Michaels
By The South Umpqua Historical Society, Canyonville, Oregon

PAM 979.529 M53 Library
Yoncalla, Home of the Eagles

An account of the development of Yoncalla from 1850
By Anne Applegate Kruse

PAM 979.529 K78 1950 Library
Ginia, the Story of an Oregon Pioneer

By Rose Arrington Blanchard, 1954, daughter of Virginia Putnam Lyons ("Ginia")

PAM 979.529 B5 Library
The Start of the Bagley Canning Company

Details of the beginning of the Bagle Canning Company in Talent.

PAM 979.5289 B33 1948 Library
"A Walk in the Past"

A Pictorial History of the Business Enterprises in Rogue River, Oregon

Sponsored by the Woodville Museum, Inc.
Calista Moore, Founder and…

PAM 979.5288 M82 1993 Library
"The House of Many Faces" by Sonja Swinney

A history of the Colver House in Phoenix, and its various owners and uses over the years.

PAM 979.5287 S85 1960 Library
Samuel Colver House, Phoenix, OR, Preliminary Report

By George Cramer
For Phillip Dole, Professor of University of Oregon, Eugene
Arch 431 - Settlement Patterns March 1989

PAM 979.5287 K89 1989 Library
The Colver House, Ashpole Real Estate, Inc.

Pictorial history of the Colver House, 150 S. Main St., Phoenix, OR

PAM 979.5287 C72 1987 Library
Wilson, Verna Torncrook Scrapbook, 1933/34

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings 1933/34

PAM 979.5286 W6 Library
Research Paper "Medford Public Library"

By Jackie Whitsett
History of the Pacific Northwest
Dec. 15, 1961

PAM 979.5286 W45 1961 Library
First Church of the Nazarene, Medford, Oregon

By Ron Warner
Paper written for Dr. Haines, History of the Pacific Northwest

PAM 979.5286 W37 1959 Library
Tiller: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Marlene Powell

By Marlene Powell
History of the Pac. N. W.
Spring 1961

Development of the Tiller area from its early beginning to the present time…

PAM 979.529 P69 1961 Library
Disaster of Roseburg, Oregon. August 7, 1959

A history of the disaster of Roseburg, Oregon, August 7, 1959 and the events following the explosion.

PAM 979.529 L43 1960 Library
Pictorial History of the Lower Umpqua February 1976

Official Bicentennial Project of the lower Umpqua Historical Society, Reddsport, Oregon.Dedicated to the pioneers who settled the area. A…

PAM 979.529 P52 1976 Library
Sutherlin/Sutherland Families 1620-1999

By Yvonne Aaron Sutherlin
Connection to Oregon not found.

 

PAM 979.529 S8 Library
Sears, Dental Society, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Album 1. Photograph album documents the Sears building and employees at Medford, Oregon in the late 1950s and 1960s.  …

M23 D 8 Mezzanine List
History of the Elkton Community

Paper submitted by Leona Madison for History of the Pacific Northwest, taught by Dr. Francis Haines.

PAM 979.529 M33 1962 Library
Barton family photographs

Folder 1.  2 signed copies, Rubinoff and his Violin, Grants Pass Lions Club, April 6, 1951// Annual Graduation Announcement…

M23 D 7 Mezzanine List
Scrapbook, Britt Festival, Green Springs OldTimers Memories

scrap book black hard cover, gold lettering (RECORD) newspaper clippings, diary, photographs// Envelope: Lists of old Timers connected with…

M23 D 6 Mezzanine List
Southern Oregon Pioneer Society:

Folder 1. receipts, invoices, hand written notes, canceled checks, and Bank statements

Folder 2. Meeting minutes, correspondence, Pioneer's…

M23 D 5 Mezzanine List
Oregon Historical Quarterly-Spring 2026

"All of Us":

A Symposiam on Immigration and Civil Rights; pg. 6

"The 'All Of Us' public symposiam…

G2 Library
Hargadine Cemetery collection: invoices, checks, receipts

Folder 1. 

Carson-Fowler Lumber Co. May 6, 1926  Hargadine Cemetery $5.00 1926, Audley Porter (hours worked) July 1, 1922  …

M23 D 4 Mezzanine List
Abbey, Walter W

MMT 3-10-1932 article, opens dealership in Medford selling Nash cars.

A - AL Vertical File Biographies
Walter W. Abbey, Inc.

MMT 9-1-1937 article, Car dealership on Riverside Ave. in Medford, Walter Abbey, Joe Daly, Nate Thornton

Medford, Or, Businesses, A - B Vertical File Subjects
Our Valley Who Does That?: Odd Jobs in the Rogue Valley (two copies)

Medford Mail Tribune, April 20 2008, section editor Cathy Noah, photo editor Bob Pennell, section design Robert Galvin, Rogue Valley employment,…

979.527 M3 2008 Library
Our Valley: The Way We Are

Medford Mail Tribune, April 20 2003, Rogue Valley history, places, people, events, icons, minorities in the Rogue Valley (Hispanics, African…

979.527 M3 2003 Library
Our Valley: Now You Know (three copies)

Mail Tribune, April 22 2007, section editor Cathy Noah, photo editor Bob Pennell, section design Robert Galvin, Rogue Valley trivia, history,…

979.527 M3 2007 Library
Our Valley Our Valley's Would You Believe? (two copies)

Medford Mail Tribune, April 23 2006, Our Valley's myths, urban legends, conspiracies and ghost tales, folklore, Rogue Valley history…

979.527 M3 2006 Library