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Goodbye to Dirk Siedlercki, My friend

Bill Miller wrote a column about his friend Dick who retired to Southern Oregon after a career with Transworld Airlines.  He was a member of…

SI
Victorian Domestic Architect: A facsimile of Oliver P. Smith's "The Domestic Architect" A Victorian Stylebook of 1854 featuring Rural and Ornamental Cottages in Grecian and Cottage Styles

The American Life Foundation Library of Victorian Culture, 1978

728 V52 1978
Trades and Professions

Over 2,000 pictures in the public domain that can be reproduced without fee or permission. A fine resource for artists, advertising agencies, and…

743.9 T73 1977
A Short History of the Medford School System from 1925 to 1955

by Robert Stedman a paper presented to the U of O for Education 505 class ; Hedrick, Depression Years, ROTC; War Years, Post War population…

370 Stedman
In the Court of Claims of the United States

Indian Depredation claim of John Anderson, deceased by Edward B. Myer, Administrator vs US and The Rogue River Tribe of Indians  -official…

Biographical Vertical File - Anderson
The Old China Book

N. Hudson Moore, 1903, English Pottery and Porcelain. American Revolution era.

738.92 M82 1937
Wall Papers For Historic Buildings

Richard C. Nylander, 1983

747.3 N99 1983
Arrested and Discharged

Joe Mimms, a colored man arrested in Ashland w/ partern, B. L. Tompkins (white) holding religious meetings at Henley, Hornbrook and Pokegama.…

Blacks in Southern Oregon
Jack Berry, a colored man

death notice 10 Jun 1892  unknown source, Jack came with Overbeck family to Oregon

Blacks in Southern Oregon
Victorian Crochet by Weldon and Company

Weldon and Company, 1974, textiles, clothes

746.43 V52 1974
A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework

Susan Burrows Swan, 1976

746 S93 1976
Victorian Patterns and Designs in Full Color

George Ashdown Audsley and and Maurice Ashdown Audsley 

745.44 A89 1988
Victorian Antiques

Thelma Shull, 1963

745.0942 S562 1963
Clock Identification and Price Guide

Roy Ehrhardt, 1977

681.1 E37 1977
Becoming History

Talent Middle School students take home honors at state history competition.  The Oregon Historical Society sponsored the competition which…

Vertical File, Subjects, Talent, OR, Schools.
Toy and Miniature Sewing Machines: An Identification & Value Guide

Glenda Thomas, 1995, collecting, signed by author

688.728 T45 1995
100 years after Tunnel 13 train robbery, victims remembered at Medford Cemetery

At  Coyl Johnson's gravesite in the Medford cemetery, there is no plaque explaining he was a victim of one of Medford's biggest crimes.…

Vertical File Subjects, Railroads, Southern Oregon Company, folder 1
Peterson's Ladies National Magazine vol. 55 and 56

1869, cloth designs, clothing styles, short stories, poetry, book reviews

687.05 P48 1869 v.1
Restoring Antique Furniture

Leslie Wenn, 1975, workshop, Oak, Walnut, Carving, Lacquer, Embossing

684.1 W45 1975
Zoning Ordinance For Jackson County, Oregon, 1973

1973

711.3 J32 1973
Fred Lockley's Observations of the Journal Man

(8/15/33)  J.C. Mason, an 83 yr. old Pioneer, shares the many homes he had working and farming in Oregon.  From Yamhill to Milwaukee to…

Vertical File Biographies, MA
North Siskiyou Planning Unit: Draft Environ- Mental Statement

USDA, Forest Service, 1979

711.09 U55 1979a
Nautical Antiques for the Collector

Jean Randier, 1976, ships, models, painting, books, navigational instruments, flags, small-arms, uniforms, arts and crafts

708 R35 1976
Woodworking Tools, 1600-1900

Peter C. Welsh, 1969

694.078 W44 1969
Reports of Exploration and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Vol XI (copy 2)

A.A. Humperys,1861, old maps of Oregon pre-statehood, copy 2 is in very poor condition with extensive water damage, but mostly still readable.

625.11 R42 1861 V.11 Copy 2
Neighborhood Conservation: A Handbook of Methods and Techniques

Robert H. McNulty and Stephen A. Kliment, 1976

711.4 N43 1976
Steel rises for aquatic center

The 76 million dollar aquatic and recreational center added an acre and one-half of cement and structural steel was added to the 76,000 square…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, OR, Parks, general
a February 1960 Report on Air Pollution on and Around Medford 2 (two copies)

Oregon State Sanitary Authority, 1960

711.3 074 1960
Ballou-Wright: Automobile Supplies Catalog 1906

Oregon Historical Society, 1971

629.27 B34 1971
Fish Lake Construction 1921 Diary

Rogue River Project

627.0979 F15 1921