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MS1459

MS1459: Card with child's photograph; on the back is written "Martha C. Howard 1867" -2019.64.70.3 // Picture postcard showing people at a train station, dated July 29, 1917. -2019.64.21 // black-and-white photograph of Robert Roberts - 2019.64.71 // Baby picture of Miss Berna Roberts, 1893 - 2019.64.37 // Photo of Eva L. Roberts in embossed brown card. - 2019.64.55 // Robert Roberts and wife (?)-2019.64.13 // 8x10 black and white photo of Hotel Oregon; people standing (including Judge Touvelle, Governor West, Sam Hill, J.S. Howard) Nov 23, 1913 - 2019.64.16 // Sam Hill Breaking Ground for Pacific Highway over Siskiyou Mountains, with J.S. Howard, November 29, 1913. - 2019.64.17 // 11 black-and-white photographs, random subjects: nature scenes, buildings, people (some 3"x3", some 3"x4"). One is marked "Cactus at San Gabriel Cal." One is marked "Grandma Wininger age 80, Sadie Parramore age 48, Frank Dank age 30, Charles Thomas Dank age 4, Laurence Edward Dank, taking [sic] Feb. 1939." - 2019.64.20 //
Directions for using Ve-Po-Ad adding machine, with envelope.-2019.64.22 // Small brown notebook "day book" with handwritten title: "J. S. Howards Estate by Martha C. Roberts Executrix"; entries from 1919 to 1922.-2019.64.23 // Jackson County tax receipts, 1942 and 1943-1944; with envelope.-2019.64.24 // Golden Wedding announcement card: "Reception for Mr. and Mrs. C. J. T. Little, Tuesday Afternoon, May 18th, 1884, addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Howard.- 2019.64.25 // Letter to Martha from J. S. Howard, dated May 20, 1906, referencing the earthquake in San Francisco: "-2019.64.26 // Card announcing graduation exercises for nurses, St. Vincent Hospital Training School for Nurses, Portland, Oregon; June 15, 1904. Graduates include June Earhart.- 2019.64.30 // Article regarding the Jackson County 1917 Draft Class: "Local Men Reclassified, Placed in Class One." Includes "William B. Roberts, -2019.64.27 // Letter from U. S. Surveyor General R. P. Earhart (Portland, Oregon) to James S. Howard, U. S. Mineral Surveyor (Jacksonville, Oregon) regarding field notes; January 26, 1876. - 2019.64.29 // Birth notice: "In Medford, on May 19th, 1888, to Mr. and Mrs. B S Webb, a son."-2019.64.31 // Newspaper obituary of Nolo Milton Lindley, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Lindley; July 30, 1917.- 2019.64.34 // Short article regarding the 60th Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Howard (December 21)-2019.64.35 // Handwritten note: "Died. Mary E. O'Neil at 1023 East Main, Sept. 22, 1916,- 2019.64.32 // Reverse image, blueprint paper, with drawing of J.S. Howard; possibly by Bernard Roberts - 2019.64.38 // Receipt from Harry C. Skyrman (?) for $4.00 for publishing first notice in estate; issued to Martha C. Roberts; April 13, 1934. With envelope marked "Elizabeth".- 2019.64.39
Obituary for Harriet Lydia Howard (1933)-2019.64.1 // Obituary for Harold Wells, December 12, 1930-2019.64.3 // Obituary and short article about death of Martha B. Howard, wife of J. S. Howard, -2019.64.5 // Small obituary/death notice for Mrs. Elsie Howard Wells-2019.64.6 // Obituary for James E. Roberts (June 13, 1933)-2019.64.7 // Newspaper obituary of J. S. Howard dead at Age of 87 , dateline Medford Nov. 13.-2019.64.10 // Obituary and short article about death of Martha B. Howard, wife of J. S. Howard,-2019.64.5 // Photo album (1912-1916) of family members, family animals, local scenes, J.S. Howard, Reginald Fifer, Bernard Roberts, Ashland City Park, Ashland Blvd., Ashland Creek, Roosevelt Ave., Bear Creek, East Main St., Ada Evans, Ray Dam, Steinman Station, Fischer house, Siskiyou Road survey, Esther Warner, Jean Budge, Mildred Black, Butte Creek near Eagle Point, Eagle Point Road, Frank Rhodes, Ed Conley, Old Mill Eagle Point, Conley family, Lloyd Williamson, Mariam Gregg, Ralph Balcom, Annie Creek, Pelican Bay, Oregon Coast, Frances Benret, Walter Brown, Hazel Brown, Margaret Soulter, Marie Eifert, Eileen Pearl, Frances Bennett, Butte Falls, Newport, Louise Daddysman, Harry Bryant, Eva Jane, Gertrude Barber, Robert Lindley, Helen Lydmid, Bernice Balcom, Phoenix Griffin Creek, Pacific Highway, Nolo Lindley.-2019.64.67 //

Notes

Black photo album "Places and Faces" belonged to Berna Roberts Fields. Roberts Family Photo Album, includes Butte Falls (1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919), Lithia Park, Rogue River, Prospect Bridge, State Line, May Lindley, Mill Creek Falls, Natural Bridge, Hornbrook, Stella Krohn, Pelican Bay, Mrs. Reddin, Round-up Ashland, Jessie Thatcher, Castle Creek, Hospital, Ray Dam, Crater Lake, Red Cross Parade, Annette Waleman, Sand Creek Canyon, freight wreck Voorhies, Margaret Compton, Van Nuys Organ Factory, Harvey Field Jr., Henry Fields, Mildred Heim, Ralph Balcom & Co.; 1931-1933, 1934: R.S. Daniels, Pictograph Cliffs, Tule Lake, Mary Kern, Laura Lee, Mary Martha Warren, Cecil Grace- 2019.64.68 //
Newspaper clipping scrapbook. Includes: history of Medford news series, Jacksonville history, Julia E. Beekman obituary, Fred Furry obituary, Sherry Dean Rodenberger obituary, Medford Mail Tribune society pages. One partial issue of "The Tatler" Jan 1939 a Medford, Oregon shopping newspaper with an article cut out of it removing the title of the paper. -2019.64.69
Family photos, particularly Wells Family (Martha and Giles Wells). Many of the photos have identifiers on back. Identified photos of James Fruit Wells; Kitty Wells; Belle M. Kern; Uncle Abe and Aunt Belle M. Kern; brother of Emily M. Wells; Mr. and Mrs. Champ T. Payne, Jr.; Mattie Wells; Uncle Joe Wells and family; Kate and Uncle Lu Mauzey; Elizabeth Payne; Ditty and Pearl Sleppy; Maple Ada Payne, Ann Payne, and Homer Payne; Cora and Celia Crandle.-2020.26.1

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Location
M11 B 2
Source Reference
Accession Number
2019.64.