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MI 193158

Cutting from the Oregonian on Fraudulent Optimists club founded in Portland. Dated 1926.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193159

Cutting from the front page of the Seward Gateway with article on WWI in Europe. Dated June 21, 1917.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193160

Cutting of the Ashland Tidings with a report on the conditions of the citizen’s bank of Ashland. No Date.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193499

A new contract with the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California for the amount of $388 instead of $5000.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193500

Directory of Residents and Businesses of the City of Ashland for 1948.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193501

Fredrick White’s Geocentric Ephemeris. Dated 1870 to 1880.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193502

Fredrick White’s Geocentric Ephemeris. Dated 1901.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193503

Fredrick White’s Geocentric Ephemeris. Dated 1902.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193504

Fredrick White’s Geocentric Ephemeris. Dated 1903.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
Chinese slideshow script

Note from archivist, 12/3/2016: the slides for this slideshow are probably still in the collection but not adequately cataloged. Look in SOHS…

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Hanley Farm leach field drawing

Drawn 2017, prior to installment of new septic system. Linked to PastPerfect record, LIB2017.2

Electronic, LIB2017.2 Direct entry
George Andrew Jackson

Within the city limits of East Medford is a little fruit ranch of five acres owned by George Andrew Jackson, a pioneer of 1854, and a man who has…

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Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to Medford

Medford Mail Tribune from Medford, Oregon · Page ... - Newspapers.com

https://…

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Peninger Family

Peninger family papers in four attached files. 
Peninger Family Book 2

electronic files Direct entry
Commissioner Records

Attached file, Jackson County Commissioner Records Source Documents, lists holdins and gaps from 1853 through 1874

electronic only Direct entry
Geologic maps

Geologic hazard map of the parts of Ashland and Lake Creek Quadrangles, Oregon 
Geologic map of the Medford Quadrangle, Oregon 

D23 F8 Direct entry
Free coconuts

Note to SOHS, 4/5/2018:
In 1965 my family had just moved to Evans Valley and we were invited to go to get free coconut - just for taking it…

No print copy Direct entry
Thomas Donica

From familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LX77-CGV 
Emigrated to Oregon in 1848. Killed by Indians in Jackson, Oregon, October 1, 1852…

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Steve Wilson Era Golden Days of Logging Index

By Barbara Hegne (SOHS Location: PAM 920 W75 1991)

 

Adam~, Bill, logger, photo,98

Alley Brothers, sawmill between Phoenix…

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Rogue Valley fruit labels

Several manuscripts include fruit labels:
MS570 (oversize) - over 100 labels)
MS787
MS479
Some have been scanned (photos…

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Article on Rogue Valley Pears Industry

"Rogue River Valley: Pear Center of U.S.A." article in SP Bulletin, October 1958. Four pages, pdf.

"I:\Library\Misc text documents to sort\Pears_SP Bulletin, Oct. 1958.pdf" Direct entry
Article on John Day

Article on John Day and his animals. Several-page spread in Sports Illustrated, with photos, (Feb. 3, 1964). pdf. There is also a paper copy in…

"I:\Library\Misc text documents to sort\John Day Article_ Sports Illustrated Feb. 3, 1964.pdf" Direct entry
Umpqua Trapper

Collection of Umpqua Trapper from 1965-2018, the publication of the Douglas County Historical Society. Also included is a paper index of issues…

G2 bottom shelf Direct entry
Oregon Biography Index

Oregon Biography Index (1976). Printed copy. Authors Patricia Brandt and Nancy Guilford. Includes extensive index of notable Oregonians and books…

reference shelf Direct entry
A Taste of What Oregon High School Basketball Was Like During the 1960s

The following material was provided to SOHS by Hal Holman: 

Crater H.S. Comets vs. Klamath Union H.S. Pelicans Radio Broadcast
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MI 193120

Paper containing the handwritten copies of church prayers with names written next to the different verses. No date.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193121

Envelope labeled vetabelle contain a paper with a dried rose pinned to it. States that it was worn by Mrs. F. P. Burral. Aunt Lizzie gave a party…

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193122

Blank account receipt pad for the Sims & Anderson Lumber Company

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193123

Issue of the Central Point American. Headlines on the local WW2 effort. Dated July 23, 1942.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers
MI 193124

Issue of the Ashland Record detailing the conditions in post WW1 Europe as well as local news. Dated Jan 2, 1918.

MS1064 Anderson Family Papers