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MS1398 collection

2015.60.45: Employee monthly publication: '70's,'80's,'90's
box 6 - Jan 1978 - March - April 1993
box 7 - Feb 1966 - Dec 1977

M52 B 7 Mezzanine List
MS1398 collection

2015.60.45: Employee monthly publication: '70's,'80's,'90's
box 6 - Jan 1978 - March - April 1993
box 7 - Feb 1966 - Dec 1977

M52 B 6 Mezzanine List
MS1398 collection

2015.60.46 : 1967 - 1979 Southern Pacific Annual Reports

M52 B 8 Mezzanine List
MS1398 collection M52 B 5 Mezzanine List
Benjamin Thomas Davis

Benjamin Davis migrated to California in the Gold Rush.  His trip was  not a success and he ended up in Jacksonville, Oregon where he…

Vertical File Biographies, Davis, Benjamin Vertical File Biographies
Talent Pioneer Saw First Mail Sack Delivered.

On March 17, 1881, Mary Carey watched the stage coach drop off a sack of mail at a shanty that AP Talent had build for it.  The town was…

Vertical File Subjects, Talent, OR, Description Vertical File Subjects
Talent Pioneer saw first mail sack delivered.

On March 17, 1881, Mary Carey saw the first mail sack thrown from the stage coach at the small shanty A P Talent had built to serve as a post…

Vertical File Biographies, Ca Vertical File Biographies
Virginia Deason (obituary)

Virginia Deason was born in Chicago in 1941 and passed peacefully at home on July 3, 2025.  She attended the University of Iowa, but joined…

Vertical File Biographies, DE Vertical File Biographies
Thomas Chavner and his town Gold Hill

Thomas Chavner arrived in Rogue Valley in 1851, and purchased a donation land claim across the Rogue River from the current site of Gold Hill.…

Vertical File Biographies, Chavner Vertical File Biographies
The Basye family

The papers trace John Basye (b 18440,  William Basye, who bought a form in Jackson County in 1862, and Charles Basye, (b 1858) who became a…

Vertical File Biographies, Bayse Vertical File Biographies
Grants Pass Courier

The Grants Pass Courier celebrated its 140th birthday April 3rd, 2025.  It won many awards over the years, and is now the oldest continuously…

Vertical File, Subjects, Grants Pass, Businesses Vertical File Subjects
MS1398 collection

2015.60.35: Publications of Association of American Railroads

2015.60.37:  booklets for the Western Division with special notices and…

M52 B 5 Mezzanine List
Rowe, Jean Ellen Broadbent

RVTimes 4-29-2015 Obituary

Rowe Vertical File Biographies
Shannon, Cleo F.

MMT 12-16-1976 Obituary, Ruch Schools, 

Shannon Vertical File Biographies
MS1398 collection

2015.60.29: The Constitution, Statutes, and Rules of Order of the Order of Railway Conductors, Laws Governing the Mutual Benefit Department and…

M52 B 3 Mezzanine List
Davidson, Isaac

GPDailyCourier 4-13-2025 article, Lee-Janouch House placed on National Register of Historic Places.  Built in "Cascadian" style (or National…

Davidson Vertical File Biographies
Gore, Hattie

WestSideNews 1966, Edward E. Gore, 

Gore Vertical File Biographies
Mines

GPDailyCourier, 6-1-2025 article, Louis Belfils, Lost Frenchman's Mine, Golden, Buncom, Wold Creek, 

Mines Vertical File Subjects
Smith, S. Sumpter

MMT 11-5-1935 Obituary, Medford Sun, R. W. Ruhl, 

Smith Vertical File Biographies
MS1398 collection

2015.60.28: General Motors GP30 engines, GP20, Diesel Hydralic Model 4000 CC, SD9, GP9, 1600HP, SD40, ALCO Road Switcher Locomotives, Diesel-…

M52 B 2 Mezzanine List
Williams Creek

MMT 7-1-1935, Roy Williams, Elery Stone, H. H. Deemer, Provolt, George Cougle, Lester Hill

Williams Creek, OR Vertical File Subjects
Grace Wick

MMT 6-3-1935 Article, George Merritt, 

Merritt Vertical File Biographies
Oasis Ballroom

Eagle Point Museum newsletter 1980's??, Luke Kincaid, Ernie Dahack, Lefty Frizzle

Eagle Point, OR, History Vertical File Subjects
MS1398 collection

2015.60.39: periodic bulletins (multiple)
Western Division Timetables September 1956 - October 1078

 

BOXES 2 and 3

M52 A 3 Mezzanine List
MacArthur, Alicia Ruhl

RVTimes 6-28-2025 Obituary, Southern Oregon Land Conservancy

MAC/MC Vertical File Biographies
Munsell Glenn H.

RVTimes 7-19-2025 Obituary, William Briggs, Ashland Municipal Court Judge

MU Vertical File Biographies
Nixon, Deirde Ellen

RVTimes 7-19-2025 Obituary, Medford Children's Therapy Clinic

NI Vertical File Biographies
Deason, Virginia (Ginnie) Mary Selle

RVTimes 7-19-2025 Obituary  The Lion's Tale, Harry and David Country Store, Mary Phipps Center, Rogue Community College, Peace Corps

DE Vertical File Biographies
MS1398 collection

2015.60.39: periodic bulletins (multiple)
Western Division Timetables September 1956 - October 1078

 

BOXES 2 and 3

M52 A 2 Mezzanine List
Deszo (Ernic) Balogh. obituary

November 16, 1926-May 7, 2025.  Ernie was the youngest of six children of Hungarian immigrants.  After graduating from school, he…

Vertical File Bibliographies, BA #2 Vertical File Biographies