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Mega Index
| Title | Body | Location | Source Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Historical Vignettes | Jack Pement, sketches by Paul Keller, 1964, Oregon history, Willamette Valley, Portland, Oregon City |
979.5 K44 | Library | |
| Pacific Trail Camp-Fires | Reese P. Kendall, 1901, Missouri Column, Applegate Battalion, "Pathfinder" Detachment, Barneburg Contingent, immigration |
979.5 K4 | Library | |
| One By One | Robert Bradley Jones, 1973, Oregon and California Railroad land grant in Oregon, industry, commerce, includes newspaper clippings |
979.5 J63 | Library | |
| Empire of the Columbia: A History of the Pacific Northwest | Dorothy O. Johansen and Charles M. Gates, 1967 (1957), early history of Oregon and Washington, fur trade, Hudson's Bay Company, illustrated with… |
979.5 J63 | Library | |
| Oregon's Main Street: U.S. Highway 99 "The Stories" | Jo-Brew, 2013, folk history, transportation, travel, illustrated with photographs |
979.5 J6 | Library | |
| The Frontier, the Union, and Stephen A. Douglas | Robert W. Johannsen, 1989, 1850s frontier politics, election of 1860, Western United States, Oregon territory and statehood |
979.5 J63 | Library | |
| In This Great Land of Freedom: The Japanese Pioneers of Oregon | Akemi Kikumura, Lawson Fusao Inada, Mary Worthington (eds.), 1993, Poetry by Lawson Fusao Inada, Historical essay by Eiichiro Azuma, Issei… |
979.5 I53 | Library | |
| Oregon's Golden Years: Bonanza of the West | Miles F. Potter, 1976, history of gold mining and gold trade in Oregon, illustrated with photographs, sketches, maps |
979.5 P68 | Library | |
| Frontier Politics on the Eve of the Civil War | Robert W. Johannsen, 1955, 19th c. political history, settlement, slavery, western United States, southern Oregon |
979.5 J63 | Library | |
| Early Days on the Upper Willamette | Veryl M. Jensen, 1970, illustrated with sketches by Shirley Brady and Sharon Dick, photographs, early history, geographical name, commerce and… |
979.5 J3 | Library | |
| Yamsi: A Year in the Life of a Wilderness Rancher | Dayton Hyde, 2000 (1971), stewardship, ranching, Upper Williamson River, Klamath Basin, illustrated with photographs, 1996 epilogue by the author… |
979.5H99 2000 | Library | |
| Oregon: Its History, Condition, and Prospects | Gustavus Hines, 1851, geography, economy, encounters with indigenous peoples, the Oregon Mission, journal entries, world travel |
979.5 H55 | Library | |
| 1847 Diary of Applegate Trail to Oregon | by Lester Hulin, 1897 (1959), journal entries, pioneers, travel |
979.5 H5 | Library | |
| An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, two copies | H. K. Hines, 1893, early history to ca. 1890, biographical sketches, illustrated with photographs |
979.5 H55 | Library | |
| Fifty Years in Oregon | T. T. Geer, 1912, early political history ca. 1860-1910, illustrated with photographs |
979.5 G43 1912 | Library | |
| The Historical Development of Southern Oregon, 1825-1852 | by Anna Lee Guest, 1929, MA thesis, University of California, early explorers, settlers, fur trade, discovery of gold |
979.5 Guest | Library | |
| Oregon in the U.S.A. | by Francis Haines and E. Bernice Tucker, illustrated by Ron Wicke, 1955, history, geography, economy, illustrated with photographs and sketches |
979.5 H4 | Library | |
| Journal of Michael F. Hanley IV | by Michael F. Hanley, Wagon Master, 150th Anniversary of the Applegate Trail, Reenactment, 30 August to 3 October, 1996, two copies |
979.5 H36 HAN | Library | |
| Only When I Laugh | by Gladys Workman - a mixture of urbanity and insanity- descends on Oregon's remote Umpqua Valley with infectious results -humorous biography.… |
917.952 W67 1959 | Library | |
| Fern Leever Diaries | Fern Leever's 1944 Appointment Book Dailyaide "The Silent Secretary 1944// Fern Leever's 1952 Appointment book// Fern Leever's 1953 Business Year… |
M22 A 7 | Mezzanine List | |
| Leever, Constant genealogies; Fern Leever diaries 1915-79 | clipping out of the paper showing chart of the Dow Jones Industrial from January to April 1972// Article in the Medford Mail Tribune entitled "… |
M22 A 6 | Mezzanine List | |
| Hall, Phyllis | RVTimes obituary May 1, 1932 to June 11, 2025, Owned Phil's Froshty in Shady Cove in the 1970's. |
Hall | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Oregon Lime Products Company | MMT article 1-17-1935, The Oregon Lime Products company has been operating on a quarry on Williams creek between Williams and Provolt. The… |
Quarries | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Voegeli, Henry | Med Success article 10-31-1902, Henry Voegeli returned to Medford from the Dalles. He served three years and seven months in a Misouri… |
VO | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Hoover Elementary School | Oregonian articles May 5 & 12, 1983, Two fires in the Hoover Elementary School gymnasium 8 days apart are being investigated as arson. |
Medford, OR, Schools | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Schubert, Ruth | Letter from Vicky Bryden 1990, local artist at the Rogue Gallery |
SC | Vertical File Biographies | |
| photographs of Jacksonville | Collection of twenty (20) black and white 8 x 10 photographs of various locations in Jacksonville, Oregon in the 1960s - 2025.44.2 Envelope… |
M22 A 5 | Mezzanine List | |
| Zufich, Nancy R. | Ashland.news obituary Dec. 26, 1935 to Oct.14, 2025, Blue Heron Gallery and Art & Soul in Ashland, married Bob Cox |
Z | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Bessonette, Alice Aleen Mooers | Ashlland.news obituary Feb. 7, 1926 to Nov. 3, 2025, B & G Restaurant in Ashland |
BE | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Kelly, Scott | Ashland.news obiturary 6-2-1965 to 11-5-2025, Asante Health System, Rogue Regional Medical Center |
Kelly | Vertical File Biographies |