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Vern C. Gorst Pioneer and Grandad of United Air Lines

by Gorst, Wilbur H. 1979. Signed by the author. Book details the development of the 1st airmail system and Gorst's part in that system. 

920 G67 1979
Armstrong, S.M. letters, 1854

letters from S.M. Armstrong in Jacksonville to Mary and Sarah Armstrong

Pam 920 A76
Grants Pass Hero Jim Eugene Eastman

Jim Eastman joined the Navy before his woth birthday in 1942.  He studied medicine at medical field schools and earned the rank of Pharmasist…

Vertical File Biographies, EA
Antique Combs & Purses

Evelyn Haertig, 1983

391.4 H13 1983
Healing Hands, The Story of Susie Jessel

The Lady of Love with the Healing Hands, as told to her daughter Mary Jessel Sanderson. 83 page pamphlet, 2 copies.

Pam 920 J44 1970
Shasta Indian Tales

Rosemary Holsinger, illistrations by P.I. Piemme, 1982

398.2 H64 1982
Places of Worship: Exploring Their History

James P. Wind, 1990

726.09 W76 1990
Recycling Public Buildings

Judith N. Getzels, 1976

725.1 G38 1976
Frank Clark Project

SOHS

720.9795 A88
Rogue River, Gold Hill, Wimer telephone directory, 1987

phone directory, including yellow pages.

PAM 920.9795, R6
The Historic American Building Survey: Recording Historic Buildings

Harley J. McKee, 1970

720.973 U55 1970
The Ever Victorious: A Beginner's Guide to Ottoman Empire Numismatics

Jem Sultan, 1971

737 S94 1971
Medford high schools unite for DC parade

Mayor Randy Sparacino nominated them for the 2023 National Memorial Day Parade.  There were 188 students in the parade with 26 chaparones.…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, Medford High.
Victorian Home Building: A Transcontinental View of 1875

E.C. Hussey, 1976 (first printed in 1875)

728.3 H88 1976
Marian Anderson Visits Medford's Holly Theater

March 3, 1940 Marian Anderson sang opera to spirituals in a concert which was delayed by local area flooding.  

Vertical File, Subject Index, Theater
Log Structures: Preservation and Problem-Solving

Harrison Goodall and Renee Friedman, 1980

728 G66 1980
Old-Time Circus Cuts: A Pictorial Archive of 202 Illustrations

Charles Philip Fox, 1979

743.9 F69 1979
Johnny Gruelle: Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy

Patricia Hall, 1993

741.6 H17 1993
Dover Stamping Co. 1869

1971, illustrated catalog of tin items.

739.02 D69 1971
Pottery and Porcelain volumes 1 & 2

Warren E. Cox, 1944, China, Korea, Japan, Europeans

738 C83 1944
A Concise History of Costume

James Laver, 1969, Greeks, Romans, Middles Ages, Renaissance, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth Century 

746.5 L39 1969
Historical Perspective has present lessons

Undated (but at least a decade after 1968) Ashland Tidings newspaper clipping mentions Martin Luther King Jr. day and the advancement of…

Blacks in Southern Oregon
Died - Richard Conway

(colored man) 10 Oct 1863 Oregon Sentinel death notice

Blacks in Southern Oregon
The Quilters: Women and Domestic Art An Oral History

Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley Buferd, 1978, textiles, women's history

746.46 C65 1978
David John et al Swackhanner Ex Cannibal

Central Point Hearald 27 Jul 1911 [A black man] Deavid John Henry Allen Zamboss Swackhanner Jr. ... reformed cannibal from Hayti.... claimed to be…

Blacks in Southern Oregon
Decorative Frames and Borders: 396 Copyright-Free Designs for Artists and Craftsmen

Edmund V. Gillon Jr., 1973

745.6 D42 1973
Practical Black-Smithing: The Original Classic in One Volume

M.T. Richardson, 1978

682 R52 1978
Plywood: What it is- What it Does

Louis H. Meyer, 1947

674.806 M3
Underwater Logging

John E. Cayford and Ronald E. Scott, 1964, wood, timber, survey, salvage

674 C35
The Handbook of Practical Cutting on the Centre Point System (1866)

Louis Devere, 1986, coats, suits 

687.11 D39 1986