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Indian Basket Weaving

Beige smallest paperback book, 91 pages, by Sandra Corrie Newman.  How to weave Pomo, Yurok, Pina Navajo Baskets. Black and white…

970.6 N49 1974 Library
Authentic Indian Designs

Edited by Maria Naylor, Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Large paperback book royal blue in color, 219 pages.   Includes,…

970.6 N39 1975 Library
30,000 tons of Tomatoes seen in county area

But the above headline in the Medford Mail Tribune in 1934 was wrong.  There was a great harvest of tomatoes on 250 acres.  There was a…

Vertical File Subjects, Agriculture. 1 of 2 Vertical File Subjects
Ledger Pacific and Eastern Railway

1998.98.1: Tan fabric over pasteboard cover. August through December 1918 ledger, way bill freight receipt book for Pacific and Eastern Railway.…

M47 C 3 Mezzanine List
City Old-Timers Played in Band in Younger Days

This 1933 article in the Medford Mail Tribune refers to an article from 1902 which lists the members of an early day band and glee club from 1892…

Vertical File Subjects, Music, City Bands. Vertical File Subjects
Bill Thorndike Jr. 1953-2025

Bill Thorndike was a longtime pillar of the Rogue Valley, known for his enthusiastic support and participation in community organizations.  …

Vertical File Biographies, TH Vertical File Biographies
Susannah Mask Mathews Johnson Weeks 4/2/1823--12/13/1909

Susannah who was a mulatto slave reached Oregon on October 3, 1853.  She moved West in a wagon train which likely used the Applegate trail.…

Vertical File Biographies, Weeks Vertical File Biographies
Penelope Elender Mask 1796-11/1882

Penelope was a mulatto slave.  She had three children fathered by Dudley Mask.  Her generology is very confused with several versions in…

Vertical File Biographies, Ma Vertical File Biographies
U. S. Bank - Jacksonville

1999.79.6.1: Two copies of newspaper article on Formal reopening of the US Hotel in Jacksonville, after restoration. Jan 21, 1965 

1999…

M45 E 6 Mezzanine List
Historical Society hires new Director

Will Brake was named new executive director in January of 2025.  He has managed organizations with the goal of keeping them financially sound…

SOHS clippings, 2017 to present. Vertical File Subjects
Central Point Times

Two copies of newspaper article on Formal reopening of the US Hotel in Jacksonville, after restoration. Jan 21, 1965 

M61 D 4 Mezzanine List
Sheriff Singler's Sacrifice

August Singler, our first law enforcement officer, was the only Jackson Counter sheriff killed in the line of duty.  He left a wife with…

Vertical File Biographies, Singler, August D Vertical File Biographies
Hero of the skirmish at Tarbon Bridge (James Edward Thorton)

James Edward Thorton was a member of Lawton's famous band of scouts.  The twenty of them held back 200 Philippinos at Tarbon Bridge.  He…

Vertical File Biographies, Thornton Vertical File Biographies
A Peek inside Britt Fest's historic Building

Britt's board of director's opened the historic United States Hotel for visitor's as they previewed its future use as their new headquarters.…

Vertical File Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, Historic Houses, United States Hotel Vertical File Subjects
Government wants to dispose of historic Medford courthouse

The Hames A Redden US Courthouse on West Sixth Street in Medford has been classified as a building that is not core to government operations.…

Vertical File Subjects, Historic Houses, Federal Building Vertical File Subjects
Holly Revived at Last

On March 13, 2025, the restored Holly Theater will open its doors for the first time since 1986.  This building which was opened for the…

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, OR, Theaters, Holly Vertical File Subjects
Pueblo Indian Embroidery

 1943 Paperback book by H. P. Mera of the Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico

970.6 M47 1943 Library
Indian and Eskimo Artifacts of North America

1963 by Charles Miles with a foreword by Frederick J. Dockstader

970.6 M34 1963 Library
Indian Uses of Native Plants

Paperback book by Edith Van Allen Murphey, Alida C. Bowler, Paiutes of Pyramid Lake, Walker River and Fort MacDermitt, Nevada, Shoshones, Bannock…

970.6 M87 1959 Library
Indian Basketry

Two Volume hardback 1904 book by Otis Tufton Mason, Curator, Division of Ethnology U. S. National Museum.  Studies in a Textile Art Without…

970.6 M38 1904 v. 1 and v. 2 Library
Indian Blankets & Their Makers

1974 hardback book by George Wharton James with 254 illustrations, 32 in Color, Published by Dover Publication, New York

970.6 J34 1974 Library
Indian Baskets of North America

1972 Hardback book by Dr. Frank W. Lamb, published by Riverside Museum Press, Riverside, California

970.6 L34 1972 Library
Indian Basketry

paperback book by George Wharton James with over 250 Illustrations 

970.6 J34 1972 Library
Siletz - survival for an Artifact

paperback by Leone Letson Kasner sponsored by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz, Carrie Bensell Streets

970.6 K38 1976 Library
The Hover Collection of Karuk Baskets

paperback catalogue from the Clarke Memorial Museum, Eureka, California, inspired by Grace and Madeline Davis

970.6 H84 1985 Library
The Navajo and His Blanket

1903 book by U. S. Hollister with 3-color plates of a few blankets.

970.6 H64 1903 Library
Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians of California

Paperback by John Harrington, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology

970.6 H37 1932 Library
Oregon Indians Profiles

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

PAM 979.500497 Library
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see accession N 1986.9

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Pomo Basketmaking, a Supreme Art for the Weaver

By Elsie Allen (Pomo Indians of Northwestern California).  Paperback pages 67, cover yellow tones.  Contents: Life Story, Gathering…

970.6 A45 1972 Library