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Roget's International Thesaurus fifth edition

Robert L. Chapman, 1992

423.1 Rog
The National List of Historic Theater Buildings, 1978 edition

Gene Chesley, 1978

725.82 L41 1978
Upland South Building Tradition in Southern Oregon

Richard H. Engeman, 1981

720.9795 E54 1981
Ashland 1977 Directory

52 page pamphlet published by the Daily Tidings in cooperation with the Ashland Chamber of Commerce.

Lists businesses, churches, city…

PAM 920.9795, A85, 1977
Lost America: From the Mississippi to the Pacific

Constance M. Greiff, 1972

Showing pictures and short stories of older buildings that no longer exist.

Page 91 shows the Peter…

720.973 G73 1972
Craftsman Bungalows: 59 Homes from "The Craftsman"

Gustav Stickley, 1988

728.64 S85 1988
Guest Register and Program for the Grand Opening of the Research Library

February 9, 1990. 579 guest counted.

728.6 S6
The Shingle Style and The Stick Style Revised Edition: Architectural Theory and Design from Downing to the Origins of Wright

Vincent J. Scully, Jr. 1971

728 S38 1971
Hanley Farm preserves history, feeds Southern Oregon Families

The 37 acres of Hanley Farm are more than history of local agriculture.  They also provide food for area families that are dealing with…

Vertical File Subjects, Hanley Farm
Machinery and Mechanical Devices: A Treasury of Nineteenth-Century Cuts

William Rowe, 1987

743.9 R87 1987
Journal of Michael F. Hanley IV

Serving as Wagon Master on the 150th Anniversary of the Applegate Trail 30 Aug to 3 Oct 1996

979.5 HAN 1996
American Antique: Weather Vanes: The Complete Illustrated Westervelt Catalog of 1883

A.B. & W.T. Westervelt, 1982

739.51 A44 1982
Enamels

Susan Benjamin, 1983, Byzantium, Persia, India, China, Russia, Europe, Gold, Silver 

738.4 B46 1983
The History of Del Norte County California

by Esther Ruth Smith 1953

979.411 S65 1953
Booker T. Washington Noted Colored Educator

Ashland Tidings clipping 24 mar 1913 p. 1 - Washington spoke at the M.E. Church to a packed house

Blacks in Southern Oregon
Veteran of Rogue River Indian War is Wanted

Louis Southworth, a  former slave from MO xd the plains in 1852 ... Veteran of the Rogue River Indian War ...lived in Polk County. The…

Blacks in Southern Oregon
A D Griffin- Republican

Democratic Times 7 Feb 1898 p. 3 Local Notes A D Friffin, "who is not colored, but born that way," is scheduled to make some Republican speeches…

Blacks in Southern Oregon
Quilts of the Oregon Trail

Mary Bywater Cross, 2007, quilts, textiles, women's history

746 C95 2007
Negro Badly Cut; May Die

Medford Mail Tribune clipping 19 Sep 1910 p. 1 James Watson stabbed an employee of the Clark-Henery Construction Comp. near depot. The negro is…

Blacks in Medford
Victorian Patterns and Designs in Full Color: All 100 Plates from "The Practical Decorator and Ornamentist"

George Ashdown Audsley and Maurice Ashdown Audsley, 1988

745.44 A89 1988
Clock Trademarks: 1,000 Names Index

Antique Clock Publishing Concord, California, 1977

681.1 A57 1977
Sawmills of Jackson and Josephine Counties in 1946 or 1946: A list

John C. Carnegie

674.2 C
The Old West Lives Again

A poster of early photos of Jacksonville.

Vertical File, Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, BROCHURES
Old Dolls

Eleanor St. George, 1950

688.722 S23 1950
Natorium Sold.

Merrick's ball room and auto camp was sold to Riverside Investment Group reports the 1955 February 1st Mail Tribune.  The building was built…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, OR, businesses, Natatorium
G. W. Hunt. Fred Lockley's Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man

Interviews of GW Hunt telling of his encounters with Indians.  Article from Oregon Journal.  

Vertical File, Biographies, Hunt
Godey's Lady's Book vol. 70

1865, fashion, engravings, short stories, poetry, music pages

687.05 G63 V.3
The Restorer's Handbook of Furniture

Daniel Alcouffe, 1977

684.1 A43 1977
A Plan For Parks and Recreation Jackson County, Oregon

1968

711.3 J32 1968
Dr. John William Gilsdorf (obituary)

August 31, 1937 to November 27, 2023.  Dr. Gelsdorf was born, raised, and educated in North Dakota.  He and his wife Karen  moved…

Vertical File Biographies, GI