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Soil Survey of Jackson County Area, Oregon Vol.3

United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service

631.45 U55 vol.3 Library
Seed Savers Exchange; The First Ten Years 1975-1985

Kent Whealy and Arllys Adelmann, 1986

631.521 S45 1986 Library
Miscellaneous

Box contains:// Cataloging Manual for the Oregon Historical Society Map Collection, 1976, "Welcome to the Rogue River Valley," Newcomers Service,…

M37 E 4 Mezzanine List
Southern Oregon Historical Society "Talent Irrigation District"

Rus Briles, 1960

631.7 B75 1960 Library
Southern Oregon Historical Society "Talent Division of the Rogue River Project"

Jim Flora, 1958

631.7 F56 1958 Library
Southern Oregon Historical Society "History of the Talent Irrigation District"

Florence J. Hanson, 1957

631.7 H35 1957 Library
Beeson-Robison Irrigating Ditch State Level Documentation

George Kramer, 2018

631.7 K Library
Southern Oregon Historical Society "A History of the Original Talent Irrigation District"

Yvonne Kieth, 1960

631.7 K43 1960 Library
Talent Irrigation Project

Roland E. Pope, 1958

631.7 P66 1958 Library
Living Historical Farm Handbook (two copies)

John T. Schlebecker and Gale E. Peterson, 1972

631.9 S34 1972 Library
Harvesting New Rural History ALHAFAM 1989 Annual Conference Volume XII

Thomas A. Woods, 1992

631.9058 A44 1992 Library
History of the Rogue River Valley Pear Industry

Ferne Kellow, 1960

634.09 K44 1960 Library
"Preliminary Frost Fighting Studies in the Rogue River Valley"

C.I. Lewis and F.R. Brown, 1911, Oregon Agricultural College Division of Horticulture 

632.11 L49 1911 Library
The Protection of Orchards in the Pacific Northwest From Spring Frost By Means of Fires and Smudges

P.J. O'gara, 1910

632.11 U55 1910 Library
History of Mosquito Control in Jackson County

Roger Leatherman, 1962

632.7 L41 Library
Southern Oregon Fruit Industry Newspaper Clippings 1859-1938 634.09 Library
History of the Rogue Valley Fruit Industry

C.B. Cordy, 1977

634.09 C67 1977 Library
Men of Timber

1954, The Presidents of the Pacific Logging Congress

634.092 M45 1954 Library
Men of Timber Volume II

1956

634.09 M45 1956 Library
Southern Oregon Historical Society "Ashland Fruit Around 1900's"

Sue Main, 1960

634.0979 M33 1960 Library
Southern Oregon Historical Society "Bear Creek Orchards"

Sandra Califf, 1961, History of Pacific Northwest, Harry and David

634.13 C34 1961 Library
H. Hartman: Investigations Relating to the Handling of Rogue River Valley Pears on Eastern Markets

Henry Hartman, 1932, Medford Winter Pear Committee Inc. 

634.13 H37 1932 Library
Southern Oregon Historical Society "Progress With Pears"

Liz Hollis, 1960, Harry and David

634.13 H64 1960 Library
History of the Pear Industry in the Rogue River Valley

Wesley E. Nissen, 1968, Pear League, Medford Pear Shippers Association, growing, packing, storing, marketing, loan

634.13 N58 1968 Library
A Fruit For All Seasons: The Pear's Long Journey West,"

Luis F. Verano, 1978, Oregon Pears, Harry and David, Bear Creek

634.13 V47 1978 Library
McCredie Slated as Police Chief

Three articles from the 1927 Medford Mail Tribune about Clatous McCredie who was hired to replace Chief Adams as police chief.  The articles…

Vertical File Biographies, Mac/Mc Vertical File Biographies
Good Bye American

a column from the Medford Mail Tribune in January of 1927 about the death of a Central Point newspaper named The American which was published in…

Vertical File Subjects, Central Point, newspapers Vertical File Subjects
If These Walls Could Talk

George Kramer presented a Windows in Time talk around some of the historic Southern Oregon Buildings.  The Root-Banks house had one of the…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, OR, Buildings 1920-1949 Vertical File Subjects
Burned Out Historic Talent Building headed for restoration.

The Malmgren building, constructed in the 1920's, will be restored and listed on the national register of Historic Places.  Building owner…

Vertical File Subjects, Talent, OR, businesses. Vertical File Subjects
Robert Casebeer, obituary

3/12/1931--11/8/2021

Robert was born in Roseburg, married his high school sweetheart, graduated from SOU, and dedicated his professional…

Vertical File Biographies, CA Vertical File Biographies