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Firestorm 2020: A Southern Oregon Fire Survivor's Account of 9-8-2020

Firestorm 2020: A Southern Oregon Fire Survivor's Account of 9-8-2020 by Sandra Phoenix

This is a first-hand account of the year…

363.34 PHO 2021 Library
Pernoll, Pursel, Applegate, Pernoll's Store, Provolt

Folder 1. Billy Pernoll's hand written store Ledger

Folder 2. Phoenix Presbyterian Church and "Early Days…

M24 B 5 Mezzanine List
Beside the Beautiful Willamette

Beside the Beautiful Willamette by John Parsons, 1924

History of Oregon circit riders and early church. This book was handed out by…

979.5 P37 1924 Library
Historic Oregon

Historic Oregon by Philip H. Parrish, 1937

Oregon History textbook owned previously by Ashland High School.

979.5 P26 1937 Library
John K Jones, Jacksonville, Kubli, Hartman Bros

Folder 1. Story of John K Jones, notes, maps and articles

Folder 2. Illustrated street map of Jacksonville…

M24 B 4 Mezzanine List
Your Oregon: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Your Oregon: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by John B. Woods and Nelson S. Rogers

Oregon history text book made to be used in…

917.95 W65 1942 Library
The Beginnings of the Rogue Valley

Plastic spiral binding self published by Rosalyn Rhinehart possibly published in 1990. Note inside the book says "Portions of this book were taken…

979.527 Rhinehart, R Library
Foots Creek, Gold Hill, Ruch

Folder 1. handwritten diaries of Bessie Anderson January - Sept 1880 Foots Creek

Folder 2. 1994 paperwork…

M24 B 3 Mezzanine List
Before the Covered Wagon

Before the Covered Wagon by Philip H. Parrish

School book from District 8 Library about pre-gold rush Oregon white settlement.

979.5 P24 1931 Library
Photographer of a Frontier: the Photographs of Peter Britt

Photographer of a Frontier: The Photographs of Peter Britt by Alan Clark Miller

 

770.092 B73 1976 Library
EMPTY BOX

to be determined

M24 A 6 Mezzanine List
Oregon Oddities 1938-1941

Oregon Oddities 1938-1941

  and Items of Interest        with information service of The Federal Writers' and…

979.505 O74 1938 Library
Oregon Firsts Past and Present

Oregon Firsts   Past and Present    by James Andrew Long

details and describes over 1,500 chronological and other ranging "…

979.505 L84 1994 Library
Voices of the Oregon Territory

Voices of the Oregon Territory 

Conversations with Bullwhackers, Muleskinners, Pioneers, Prospectors, '49ers, Indian Fighters, Trappers…

979.504 L81 1981 Library
Rogue River Rooster Crow, Hammond Organ Co., Hotel Jackson, Hotel Medford

Folder 1. Rooster Crow Court Jun 1968// People in a jail (float) being pulled along// Red truck with a band playing// Parade…

M24 A 5 Mezzanine List
John McLoughlin's Business Correspondence, 1847-48

John McLoughlin's Business Correspondence, 1847-48

edited by William R. Sampson

published in cooperation with the Washing State…

979.503 S19 1973 Library
Woman's Relief Corps William H Harrison Corp No. 27

Woman's Relief Corps William H Harrison Corp No. 27

Minutes and roll 21 Jan 1958 to 20 Apr 1965 - opening page has list…

M24 A 4 Mezzanine List
The Oregon Companion

The Oregon Companion

An Historical Gazetteer of The Useful, The Curious, and The Arcane 

by Richard H. Engeman [grad of Reed…

979.503 ENG 2009 Library
Woman's Relief Corps W.H. Harrison No. 27

Woman's Relief Corps W.H. Harrison No. 27:

Minutes and roll call 5 Jan 1946 to 21 Dec 1950// Minutes 4 Jan 1941 to 15 Dec 1945// Minutes 4…

M24 A 3 Mezzanine List
The Oregon Archives, 1841-1843

The Oregon Archives, 1841-1843

editors David C. Duniway and Neil R. Riggs

reprinted by the Oregon Historical Society from the Oregon…

979.503 D85 1959 Library
An Account of the Origin and Early Presecution of the Indian War in Oregon

An Account of the Origin and Early Prosecution of the Indian War in Oregon 

by [Lieutenant Colonel] Charles S. Drew [born in Canada…

979.5-3 D74 1973 Library
"Celestials" i the Oregon Siskiyous: diet, dress, and drug use of the Chinese miners in Jackson County, CA (OR) 1860-1900

"Celestials" in the Oregon Siskiyous:  Diet, Dress, and Drug Use of the Chinese Miners in Jackson County, CA (OR) 1860-1900 (CA is clearly an…

979.5004951 LALANDE,J. [O REF] Library
The Indians of Southwestern Oregon: An Ethnohistorical Review

The Indians of Southwestern Oregon:  An Ethnohistorical Review 

by Jeff LaLande

presented at the Symposium:  "Living…

979.500497 LeLande, J. Library
Indians of the Rogue Valley

Indians of the Rogue Valley

from the Jackson County Extension Office of Oregon State University, 1980

names, translations, various…

979.500497 Library
Dictionary of Oregon History

Dictionary of Oregon History

compiled from the research files of the former Oregon Writers' Project with much added material

edited by…

979.5001 D55 1989 Library
Dictionary of Oregon History

Dictionary of Oregon History edited by Howard McKinley Corning

compiled from the research files of the former Oregon Writers' Project with…

979.503 C67 1956 Library
Lithia Park: Centennial 1916-2016, The Heart and Soul of Ashland

Lithia Park: Centennial 1916-2016, The Heart and Soul of Ashland by John Enders

"Born in the vision of several dozen Ashland women…

917.527 END 2016 Library
The Wilkes Expedition

The Wilkes Expedition, Puget Sound and the Oregon Country

Frances B. Barkan, Editor, Washington State Capital Museum, Olympia, Washington…

979.503 B25 1987 Library
Juan Perez on the Northwest Coast

Juan Perez on the Northwest Coast, Six Documents of His Expedition in 1774

Translation & Annotation by Herbert K. Beals

book's…

979.501 B36 1989 Library
Archaeology of Oregon

Archaeology of Oregon

by C. Melvin Aikens (professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon, teaching and researching archaelogy)

979.501 A20 1993 Library