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Mega Index
| Title | Body | Location | Source Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Warning Systems, 1942-1943 | Laura E. Hartley, 1943 Personal diary of author written on the night watch of 1943, photographs |
979.52 H3 | Library | |
| Overstory: Zero, Real Life in the Timber Country of Oregon | Robert Leo Heilman, 1995 Detailed description and terminology of the timber industry, Umpqua forest |
979.529 H36 1995 | Library | |
| Historic Douglas County, Oregon 1982 | Douglas County Historical Society, 1982 Natural surroundings, history, industry, agriculture, organizations, families and individuals,… |
979.529 H58 1982 | Library | |
| A Place Called Douglas County | Douglas County Board of Commissioners, 2003 Natural setting, people, economy, community resources |
979.529 J5 | Library | |
| Umpqua Valley, Oregon and Its Pioneers | Harold Avery Minter, 1967 Umpqua River early history, towns and settlement, government, transportation, communities, churches, pioneers |
979.529 M55 1967 | Library | |
| The History of the Scott and Bryson Families | by John Scott Bryson. 1901 inside inscription in pencil "Presented to Alice Ethelyn Martin by Grandma Isabelle Rose Bryson More? Aug 18,… |
920 B9 1901 | Library | |
| Nomination Papers, Oakland Historical District, Oregon | 1978 Topography, economic development, history, inventory of places with descriptions and photographs |
979.529 O13 1978 | Library | |
| The Diaries of Minnie Ida Bybee 1890-1893 | Anne Bogley, transcriber, 1979. Diary written at age 19 while attending St. Mary's Academy in Portland. One of her boarding school… |
920 B92 1890 | Library | |
| Cultural Resource Overview, Umpqua National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Roseburg District | Oregon State University, Department of Anthropology, 1980 Environment and background, cultural resources, aboriginal people, exploration and… |
979.529 O74 1980 | Library | |
| Pioneer Days in Canyonville | 1968 Canyonville, 1828-1868, Days Creek, Tiller, Ed Schieffelin, William P. Thomason |
979.529 P55 1968 | Library | |
| Pioneer Days in Canyonville and the South Umpqua Valley | South Umpqua Historical Society, 1970 John and Malinda Yokum Family, industry, Fernvale, circuit rider. photographs |
979.529 P55 1968 | Library | |
| Caton Family Records, 1884-1908 | Our Complete Family Record and Biographical Compendium. 1882 Milo James Caton, Harry Freeman Caton, Daniel Caton all born in Jacksonville, Oregon… |
920 C38 1908 | Library | |
| Pioneer Days in South Umpqua Valley | South Umpqua Historical Society, 1973 Days Creek Methodist Church, Napoleon Poole Family, settlement of Days Creek, illustrations |
979.529 P55 1968 | Library | |
| The Rev. John M. Camron and Descendants 1790-1962 | complied by Alice Purvine Murphy. This book does not appear to be locally relevant |
920 Camron 1962 | Library | |
| Autobiography of Wm M Colvig, an Oregon Pioneer of 1851, Prepared at the Request of George F. Himes, Secretary of the Oregon Pioneer Association | Prepared at the Request of George H Himes, Secretary of the Oregon Pioneer Association |
920 C64 1928 | Library | |
| Life in Douglas County, Oregon, The Western Experience | Fred Reenstjerna and Jena Mitchell, 1993 Natural resources and mining, farming, transportation, towns, social and family life, work, schools… |
979.529 R28 1993 | Library | |
| Lane County, An Illustrated History of the Emerald Empire | Dorothy Velasco, 1985 Native people, settlement, cities, economic development, education, communities |
979.531 V43 1985 | Library | |
| Peter Britt: Pioneer Photgrapher of the Siskiyous | by Alan Clark Miller. Trinity College thesis 1972 (two copies) |
920 B73 1972 | Library | |
| Environment and Experience, Settlement Culture in Nineteenth-Century Oregon | Peter G. Boag, 1992 Oregon's Calapooia Valley, natural history, native people, settlers, community life |
979.535 B66 1992 | Library | |
| An Independent Scholar In Twentieth Century America | The Autobiography of Vaughn Davis Bornet. 1995. "The an Emory, Georgia and Stanford trained historian. ... he retired when professor of history… |
920 B73 1995 | Library | |
| Pioneer Landmarks of Washington County, Oregon | Clyde Keller, 1978 Illustrations of landmarks |
979.543 K44 1978 | Library | |
| This Time and Place | by Martin F. Bridges. 1979 George Washington Patton married Elizabeth Hudson - this book follows their family story from Indiana to Missouri to… |
920 B75 1979 | Library | |
| 'Twas Many Years Since, 100 Years in the Waverley Area 1847-1947 | Elizabeth F. Dimon, 1981 Area bordering the east bank of the Willamette River north of Milwaukie, Oregon Settlement, families,… |
979.549 D54 1981 | Library | |
| A Time for Remembering | by Louise Du Bois Burt b in 1920 to Eva Storey and Flloyd M. DuBois in Wisconsin. Includes genealogical and family history about the following… |
920 B82 | Library | |
| Timberline Lodge | Friends of Timberline, Edited by Rachael Griffin and Sarah Munro, 1978 History and architecture, construction, arts and furnishings,… |
979.549 T54 1978 | Library | |
| Letters between George Brown and Lizzie Anderson (Brown, McCall) | 1857-1864 letters from George H. Brown and at least one letter from J. A. Wilber. later letters are from the time that George went with his… |
920 B87 1857 | Library | |
| East of the Cascades | Phil F. Brogan, edited by L. K. Phillips, 1964 Prehistoric period, Indians, settlers, cattle and sheep production, development of towns,… |
979.55 B75 1965 | Library | |
| History of Hood River County, Oregon 1852-1982 | Published by the Hood River County Historical Society, 1982 The family histories and stories written by family members and friends of the… |
979.561 H67 1982 | Library | |
| The Lady of the House | An autobiography of Sally Stanford. 1966 Signed by the author in 1971 America's Number One Madam who operated out of a house of pleasure 1144 Pine… |
920 B88 1966 | Library | |
| An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, with a brief outline of the early history of the State of Oregon | Western Historical Publishing Company, 1902 Water, land, Astor Expedition, missions, immigration, Indian Wars, settlement, government,… |
979.5 H55 1893 | Library |