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Southern Oregon Historical Society: The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon

Vivian Stevenson, 1960

363.973 S74 1960
The Jacksonville Museum A Southern Oregon Institution

Pamphlet prepared by Arthur Samuel Taylor (2 copies) 

PAM 069.0979 T39
Jobs

by J.C. Barnes, Medford, OR - Currency A minimum wage 1934  Commercial Printing Dept. of the Mail Tribune, Medford, OR - A discussion of the…

PAM 331.2 B37 1934
Masonry Comes To Southern Oregon

Henry H. Halvorsen, 1950

355. 134 R25 1992Ore. Cab. REF 366.1 HAL VORSEN, H
SOHS, Community Outreach Programs

 

Compiled in the Spring of 2016, the paper lists and explains all of their areas of outreach.

Vertical File Subjects, SOHS, Miscellaneous
Wheeler's Graded Readers: A Primer

W.H. Wheeler, 1900. Written on inside cover is "Marie (&)? Margaret Weler 001 99" Also stamped "Mcnair Brothers Druggist and Stationers…

372.412 W54 1900
Pioneer Mikes: A History of Radio & Television in Oregon (paperback, two copies)

Ronald Kramer, 2009

384.54 K
Rogue Retreat founder terminated, Chad McComas chose not to resign.

Rogue Retreat founder and executive director Chad McComas was to resign or be terminated from the organization he founded over 24 years ago.…

Vertical File Biographies, Mac/Mc 2 of 2
Discharge Papers, Joseph E Newcomb

Joseph E Newcomb of the New York Infantry's discharge papers along with a personal letter and a hand drawn map of a  Tennessee Lookout…

Vertical File Biographies Newcomb
Handmade Home: Michael Klein, violin-maker built a chalet

Michael Klein took 12 years to turn his 100 acres overlooking the Applegate Valley into a 2,800 square foot home and violin business.  He…

Vertical File Biographies, KL
The Umpqua Trapper

Spring 2023  Vol. LIX No. 1 published by Douglas County Historical Society includes articles on Dr. Eugene R. Fiske,  Memories of my…

G2 F
F. B. Mills Fair View Seed Farm

Pansy shaped advertisement for seeds 1890s? part of accession number 1967.119.6

M51 F3
Dreams and Schemes: Building the Oregon Railroad

Medford Mail Tribune articles 12/23/2012 - 1/6/2013

385.09 M
Stations West, The Story of the Oregon Railways

Edwin D. Culp, 1972

385.3 C84 1972
The Overland Express

William H. Rideing, 1970

388 R53 1970
In The Ruts of the Wagon Wheels: Pioneer Roads in Eastern Oregon

Lawrence E. Nielsen, 1987

388.1 N66
Play-Based Rogue Primary School set to welcome students in Central Point

District 6's newest school is an alternative for families who feel their students would benefit from a more hands-on approach to learning.

Vertical File Subjects, Central Point, OR, Schools, Elementary.
Searching for Mother Hubbard: Function and Fashion in Nineteenth-Century Dress

Sally Helvenston Gray, 2014

391.009 G73
Auto dealer Chuck Butler dies at 83

Chuck Butler was a cherished local philanthropist and a member of numerous Southern Oregon boards and organizations.  He was a civic leader…

Vertical File Biographies, Butler
Fabulous Fashion 1907-67

Stella Blum and Louise Hamer, A Catalogue from The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

391.09 c68 1981
California-Pacific Utilities Company Annual Report 1965

Power Company report with photo of Oregon Shakespeare Outdoor Theater on the cover

PAM 380.06
The Coachman was a Lady, the story of the life of Charley Parkhurst

16 page pamphlet by Mabel Rowe Curtis. Published by the Pajaro Valley Historical Association, Watsonville, California.

Charlie was a noted…

Pam 920 p37 1961
The Gift of Christmas Past: A Return to Victorian Traditions

Book of Victorian Christmas traditions, 1981

394.268 054 1981
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest

Katharine Berry Judson, 1910

ORE CAB REF 398.2 Judson, K
A Copious & Critical Latin-English Lexicon

1857, written in inside page, "E.V. Hover, Roseberg, Oregon Nov. 7 1892"

470.04 A56 1857
A Courthouse Conservation Handbook

Preservation Press, 1976

725.15 N38 1976
Southern Oregon Historical Society: Frank C. Clark Inventory Vol.3

1982

720.9795 A88 1982 V.3
Moving forward, and backward, on homelessness

The homeless population in the Medford/Ashland area increased 132% from 2017 to 2022.  Both cities and Gov Tina Kotek are trying to solve the…

Vertical File, Subjects, Homeless
Oregon Trade Tokens

James Hemphill, 1992

737.3 H49 1992
Theater Materials / Menus

Chautauqua Comes to Ashland, Three days of programs patterned after the old Chautauqua, Medford Community Theater June 1983, Playbil "Barefoot in…

M30 E 4