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Medford City Planning Commission

Sandra J. Harwood, Medford City Planning Commission, for History of the Pacific NorthWest MWF 4-5 1959

includes 2 maps

 

979.5286 H37 1959 Library
The Volunteer Medford Fire Department

a Project for History of the Pacific Northwest

by Don Gray, June 6, 1959

979.5286 G73 1959 Library
Knob Hill: 1320 East Main Street, Medford, Oregon

Russell Brown loaned photos, etc., copy of the Southern Oregon Historical Society

photos, houseplans and descriptions of 1320 East Main…

979.5286 K56 1982 Library
Images of America Eagle Point

by Margaret LaPlante

includes The people of Eagle Point, business, schools and sports, recreation, the Railroad and Logging Industry, Camp…

979.5283 W6 c.2 Library
Images of America Medford, copies 1 and 2

by Kevin Keating

1883-1910 The Founding, 1910-1930 Visions Realized, 19380-1945 Depression and War, 1945-1970 Work and Modernization, 1970-…

979.5286 K3 c.1 and c.2 Library
A Real Estate Transaction and the City It Founded

by Mrs. Ruby L. Hiatt for Southern Oregon Historical Society, includes map

979.5286 H51 1957 Library
Medford Elks Temple

Medford Lodge Number 1168

National Historic Structure on the National Register of Historic Places

Proceedings and Correspondence

979.5286 E Library
My Mother Was A Grapevine

...105 Views of Grief...   by Guri Duncan

Driftwood Press, Yachats, Oregon

105 poems regarding grief

979.5286 D8 v.2 Library
My Mother's Arm Swings the Broom With Mine

by Marijane Dill Duncan, edited by Nancy J. Guri Duncan

Driftwood Press, Yachats, Oregon

I: Ancestors     II: Life in a…

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A Short History of the Medford School System, 1883-1910

by Sharon Case

First School, West School, Washington School, early schools Reorganization and Growth

Lincoln School built, High School…

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Archaeological Investigation for the Lithia Motors Headquarters Building at the Commons, City of Medford, Oregon

Heritage Research Associates Report No. 358, January 2012

prepared by Kendra Carlisle and Linda P. Hart

979.5286 C33 Library
Perils of Progressivism: The Wilson War Effort and Its Effects on a Small Northwest Town--Spring 1918 Medford, Oregon

A Thesis @ University of Idaho by Thomas A. Balogh, December 2008

  1. A New Progressive Century
  2. The Small Town in a New Age
979.5286 B3 Library
Initial Medford Sound Picture Produced Here by HD Kem is praised.

HD Kem, advertising manager for California Oregon Power completed adding sound to his film, "Jim Stays On The Farm."  The film was four…

Vertical File Biographies, KE Vertical File Biographies
Charles Logan, Ashland Pioneer, Dies in Montery

Charles Logan died June 12, 1934.  A book, "Trail of the Little Wagon" was written by Alice McGowan  and it tells of how at 15 years he…

Vertical File Biographies, LO Vertical File Biographies
Tom Thompson and Sweetheart of 55 years Wed

Tom and his love Lucy went to school together many years ago, but their paths went in different directions, and they met in 1891, and then in 1924…

Vertical File Biographies, Thompson Vertical File Biographies
Sweeney sketch run by journal

Dr, Charles Thomas Sweeney, treasurer of the Jackson county Democrats, was recognized for his contributions.  He graduated in Medicine in…

Vertical File Biographies, SW Vertical File Biographies
Snow Sled Inventor Returns to Medford for Lecture

The Copco Forum hosted EM Tucker who invented the Tucker motor sled.  He brought pictures of the latest model and explained some of the…

Vertical File Biographies, Tucker Vertical File Biographies
Combine Shrubs at Court House Experts Advice

Two articles in a 1934 Mail Tribune discuss the proper landscape for the Jacksonville court house grounds.

Vertical File, Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, Historic Houses, Court house Vertical File Subjects
Caves City Fire Wipes Out Main Business Block

Caves City , a fast growing town near the junction of the Redwood and Oregon Caves highway, was destroyed in a blaze.  Burned were the…

Vertical File Subjects, Cave Junction Vertical File Subjects
Savage Family Story, 1853, 161 years ago.

When the wagon train carrying James and Margaret Savage paused on a slope facing the Pacific highway east of Grants pass and a 

a…

Vertical File Biographies, Savage Vertical File Biographies
CP Cheese Plant prepares to Open

These 1934 issues of the Mail Tribune explain the beginning of Rogue Valley Cheese production.  The plant had 2 1100 vats, purchased at least…

Vertical File Subjects, Central Point, OR, Businesses, Rogue Valley Creamery. Vertical File Subjects
Crater Vol. V No. 2, Medford Senior High School, May 1936

Light teal, textured 8.5 x 11 inch yearbook.  Pages 48.  

PAM 373.058 M43 1936 Library
Crater Magazine Vol. 6 No. 1 December 1936

Medford High School, paperback 8.5 x 11 inch yearbook.  Pages 52.  Collection presently has 2 copies, 1of 2 accession number is:

PAM 373.058 G64 1936-37 Library
Crater Vol. 6 No. 2 April, 1937

Black and white photographs, are the objectives on the cover of the Yearbook. Presently in collection is 2 copies, identified by 1of 2 and 2of2.…

PAM 373.058 M43 1936/37 Library
The Nugget, 1939

Green paperback cover to Yearbook, 8.5 x 11 inch size. Pages 115.  

PAM 373.058 G64 1039 Library
The Nugget, Gold Hill Oregon

Beige colored paperback cover, size 8.5 x 11 inches.  Pages 81.

PAM 373.058 G64 1936 Library
The Nugget, 1927

Brown and dark brown marbled cover 5x7 inches in size.  Gold Hill High School, yearbook. 

PAM 373.058 G64 1927 Library
1923 Nugget, Gold Hill High School Annual

Light brown textured cover, paperback.  Size 5x7 inches.  Dark Brown lettering and numbers on cover. 

PAM 373.058 G64 1923 Library
Fourth Annual of The Gold Hill High School, 1921

Brown paperback cover of Yearbook, 1921.  "Crater Lake". 

PAM 373.058 G64 1921 Library
The High School, Gold Hill Oregon, 1913

Dark brown textured paperback cover with red lettering and illustration. 

PAM 373.058 G64 1913 Library