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Prescott Metropolitan Park

original research paper on Prescott Metropolitan Park by Carolyn H. Norton

for History of Pacific Northwest, Dr. F.D. Haines, Spring Term…

979.5286 N67 1960 Library
A Brief History of St. Mary's School, Medford, Oregon

Brief history of St. Mary's School, Medford, Oregon by Mary Metz

December 15, 1958, History 478 M W F - 4

979.5286 M48 1958 Library
MEDFORD [Short History of Medford School System 1883-1910

"A Short History of the Medford School System from 1883 through 1910"

from a thesis by Robert Douglas Stedman 1953

includes District…

979.5286 M3 Library
MEDFORD Public Works Dept. Organization, Special Report 65-2

City of Medford Public Works Department Organization, divisions, functions, operations

Special Report 65-2

V.F. V.F. Oregon (Medford)…

979.5286 M 3 Library
A Short History of Tucker Sno-Cat

by Karl Kuethe

term paper presented to Mr. Haines, Southern Oregon College, December 16, 1970

   for class of History of the…

979.5286 L84 1970 Library
History of the Pilgrim Holiness Church, Medford

Pilgrim Holiness Church, Medford, Oregon history 

by Helen Little, December 10, 1958

Hist. 478 4:00 M. W. F.

979.5286 L58 1958 Library
A History of St. Mark's Church, Medford, Oregon

compiled by Katherine Nealon Huntress Leavitt, 1970

St. Mark's Church history plus active groups in church, e.g. choir, altar guild,…

979.5286 L41 1970 Library
A Century of Fellowship

The Rogue River Valley University Club. (Medford, Oregon) by Ronald H Kramer

edited by William H. Williams

appendices includes charter…

979.5286 K73 Library
Medford City Planning Commission

Sandra J. Harwood, Medford City Planning Commission, for History of the Pacific NorthWest MWF 4-5 1959

includes 2 maps

 

979.5286 H37 1959 Library
The Volunteer Medford Fire Department

a Project for History of the Pacific Northwest

by Don Gray, June 6, 1959

979.5286 G73 1959 Library
Knob Hill: 1320 East Main Street, Medford, Oregon

Russell Brown loaned photos, etc., copy of the Southern Oregon Historical Society

photos, houseplans and descriptions of 1320 East Main…

979.5286 K56 1982 Library
Images of America Eagle Point

by Margaret LaPlante

includes The people of Eagle Point, business, schools and sports, recreation, the Railroad and Logging Industry, Camp…

979.5283 W6 c.2 Library
Images of America Medford, copies 1 and 2

by Kevin Keating

1883-1910 The Founding, 1910-1930 Visions Realized, 19380-1945 Depression and War, 1945-1970 Work and Modernization, 1970-…

979.5286 K3 c.1 and c.2 Library
A Real Estate Transaction and the City It Founded

by Mrs. Ruby L. Hiatt for Southern Oregon Historical Society, includes map

979.5286 H51 1957 Library
Medford Elks Temple

Medford Lodge Number 1168

National Historic Structure on the National Register of Historic Places

Proceedings and Correspondence

979.5286 E Library
My Mother Was A Grapevine

...105 Views of Grief...   by Guri Duncan

Driftwood Press, Yachats, Oregon

105 poems regarding grief

979.5286 D8 v.2 Library
My Mother's Arm Swings the Broom With Mine

by Marijane Dill Duncan, edited by Nancy J. Guri Duncan

Driftwood Press, Yachats, Oregon

I: Ancestors     II: Life in a…

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A Short History of the Medford School System, 1883-1910

by Sharon Case

First School, West School, Washington School, early schools Reorganization and Growth

Lincoln School built, High School…

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Archaeological Investigation for the Lithia Motors Headquarters Building at the Commons, City of Medford, Oregon

Heritage Research Associates Report No. 358, January 2012

prepared by Kendra Carlisle and Linda P. Hart

979.5286 C33 Library
Perils of Progressivism: The Wilson War Effort and Its Effects on a Small Northwest Town--Spring 1918 Medford, Oregon

A Thesis @ University of Idaho by Thomas A. Balogh, December 2008

  1. A New Progressive Century
  2. The Small Town in a New Age
979.5286 B3 Library
Initial Medford Sound Picture Produced Here by HD Kem is praised.

HD Kem, advertising manager for California Oregon Power completed adding sound to his film, "Jim Stays On The Farm."  The film was four…

Vertical File Biographies, KE Vertical File Biographies
Charles Logan, Ashland Pioneer, Dies in Montery

Charles Logan died June 12, 1934.  A book, "Trail of the Little Wagon" was written by Alice McGowan  and it tells of how at 15 years he…

Vertical File Biographies, LO Vertical File Biographies
Tom Thompson and Sweetheart of 55 years Wed

Tom and his love Lucy went to school together many years ago, but their paths went in different directions, and they met in 1891, and then in 1924…

Vertical File Biographies, Thompson Vertical File Biographies
Sweeney sketch run by journal

Dr, Charles Thomas Sweeney, treasurer of the Jackson county Democrats, was recognized for his contributions.  He graduated in Medicine in…

Vertical File Biographies, SW Vertical File Biographies
Snow Sled Inventor Returns to Medford for Lecture

The Copco Forum hosted EM Tucker who invented the Tucker motor sled.  He brought pictures of the latest model and explained some of the…

Vertical File Biographies, Tucker Vertical File Biographies
Combine Shrubs at Court House Experts Advice

Two articles in a 1934 Mail Tribune discuss the proper landscape for the Jacksonville court house grounds.

Vertical File, Subjects, Jacksonville, OR, Historic Houses, Court house Vertical File Subjects
Caves City Fire Wipes Out Main Business Block

Caves City , a fast growing town near the junction of the Redwood and Oregon Caves highway, was destroyed in a blaze.  Burned were the…

Vertical File Subjects, Cave Junction Vertical File Subjects
Savage Family Story, 1853, 161 years ago.

When the wagon train carrying James and Margaret Savage paused on a slope facing the Pacific highway east of Grants pass and a 

a…

Vertical File Biographies, Savage Vertical File Biographies
CP Cheese Plant prepares to Open

These 1934 issues of the Mail Tribune explain the beginning of Rogue Valley Cheese production.  The plant had 2 1100 vats, purchased at least…

Vertical File Subjects, Central Point, OR, Businesses, Rogue Valley Creamery. Vertical File Subjects
Crater Vol. V No. 2, Medford Senior High School, May 1936

Light teal, textured 8.5 x 11 inch yearbook.  Pages 48.  

PAM 373.058 M43 1936 Library