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The Elson Basic Reader: Book One Pre-Primer

1930. Written on the inside covers is the names "Donald Beers" and "Cleo Bishoff", stamped "Property of School District No. 18".

372.412 E49 1930 V.3 Library
Elson Basic Reader (both the Pre-primer and Primer books)

1930. Inside cover for both books has the name "Donald Beers" written in it, as well as a stamp that reads, "Property of School District No. 18…

372.412 E49 1930 V.1&2 Library
Barnes New National First Reader

1883. Inside cover has "Eddie Tonn" written 3 or 4 times, as well as "Roste 2 Berhold Oregon", and "Ed Medford 1898. Oregon". Cover is very faded…

372.412 B26 1883 Library
Josephine County Klamath County Home Private Schools V.5 370.97 S68 v.5 Library
Upper Rogue Schools Notebook V.6 370.97 S68 v.6 Library
Oregon Teachers Remember

1976

371 074 1976 Library
Local Schools: Exploring Their History

Ronald E. Butchart, 1986

371.01 B98 1986 Library
Stephen Macartney

Obituary.  12/13/1946 to 9/28m 2022

Steve spent 30 years in Law enforcement, and the last 18 years as Assistant Police Chief of…

Vertical File Biographies, Mac/Mc Vertical File Biographies
Polk Hull, Pioneer

In 1928 Polk Hull lived in Griffin Creek with his son.  both men were widowers.  He was born in 1844, and served in the Civil War with 6…

Vertical File Biographies, Hull Vertical File Biographies
Remembering the full life of Dr, Lanita Witt

Dr. Litt was co-founder of the Willow-Witt Ranch outside Ashland.  She passed on December 15 in hospice with her wife of 43 years, Suzanne…

Vertical File Biographies, WI Vertical File Biographies
New Snow Plow, invented here, arrives Sunday

Paul Wright, has invented a plow which will be used to clear the Crater National Park roads of snow.  It was built accoring to specifications…

Vertical File Biographies, Wright Vertical File Biographies
Local Architect Accorded Honors

Frank Clark was appointed to a committee to study the Salem Capital building group,  an honor explained in a 1928 Tribune article.

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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 Vertical File Subjects
SOHS Policy Re: Covid Vaccinations

The policy includes guidelines for masks and vaccinations downtown and at the farm.

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On Top Of Old Smoky

The Prospect Rural Fire Protection District received the first new custom-built firetruck in October 2022.  All of their equipment previously…

Vertical File Subjects, Jackson OR, County Fires and Fire prevention. Vertical File Subjects
Jacksonville Inn Closes Restaurant

MMT 1-10-2023, After 45 years, Jerry Evans, 86, closed his restaurant January 7.   The restaurant has been sold, and the new owners are…

Restaurants, Bars. Vertical File Subjects
Hanby Middle School finishes renovation

A 3.5 million dollar renovation pleases students and teachers alike in Gold Hill.  It was school district 57's only high school until 1955,…

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Know Your Britt! The History of SOU's Britt Hall

When the English Department moved to Britt Hall, they took a look back to the beginning when the building was titled to honor Mollie Britt (also…

Vertical File Subjects, Southern Oregon State College, SOU University. Vertical File Subjects
Up Close with Peter Sage: Local Newspaper Shuts Down

Political commentator Peter Sage writes about the troubles and demise of the Mail Tribune.

Vertical File Subjects, Medford, OR, newspapers, 2 of 2 Vertical File Subjects
Mail Tribune moving to online-only format

September 30 is the last day for printed newspapers for the Mail Tribune.  Steven Saslow admitted he made a commitment to print the newspaper…

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How Mail Tribune owner cost Medford its longtime Newspaper

The paper  went out of business on January 13, and Saslow will be remembered as the man who ruined the newspaper he set out to transform.

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The Pathway to Reading Third Reader

Bessie Blackstone Coleman, Willis L. Uhl, James Fleming Hosic, 1925. Stamped "Property of Reese Creek School District .no.47 Jackson County, Eagle…

371.1058 C6 Library
Teaching & Learning in the Elementary School Fifth Edition

John Jarolmek and Clifford D. Foster, Sr.

372.1102 J37 1993 Library
370.97 S68 School Histories V.1 Applegate V.2 Ashland V.3 Jacksonville V.4 Upper Rogue (Incl, Prospect, Gold Hill, Trail, Evan Valley, Shady Cove) V.5 Josephine County, Klamath County, Home, Private Schools

All five volumes located in same box folder.

370.97 S68 Library
[Constitution of Jacksonville Stamm 148, Improved Order of Redmen, 1870]

1870

366 U53 1870 Library
Early History of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodges No. 10 Jacksonville

Raymond Dick, 1961

366.309 D52 1961 Library
Report on the Colony Club Fiero

Grace Andrews Fiero, 1965

367.09 C64 1965 Library
Twelfth Census of the United States 1900 Volume V: Agriculture Part 1

Le Grand Powers, 1902

368.56 M47 1902 Library
Masonry Comes To Southern Oregon

Henry H. Halvorsen, 1950

355. 134 R25 1992Ore. Cab. REF 366.1 HAL VORSEN, H Library
Those Were the Days: Profiles of Americans During the Great Depression and World War II

Mary Catherine Martin, 2014

369.186 M37 2014 Library