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Genealogy on Rosses and Hopwood's

Remembrance Birthday Book by Frances Ridley Havergal used as a photograph album. Black and white photographs are pasted into the book . One of the photographs is labeled "Mabelle B. Stiles Eugene OR". Subjects for the photographs include a beach trip with several women in the late 1890s or early 1900s, a lighthouse, a child in and Indian basket, women at work doing laundry and one with a broom and dustpan, Pokegama, and postage stamp photos of various unidentified people. - 2006.57.5

.6 ALBUM, AUTOGRAPH. Small black album belonged to Winnie M. Stanley of Woodville, OR and dated 7 May 1886. People who signed her book include M. L. Stanley, W.J. Stanley, Effie Hopwood, Lizzie Burkhardt, Maggie Witt, Carrie Counts, Vienna Steckel, Sarilda Steckel, Blanche Kent, Angie E. Simpkins, Myra Bedford, Anna Hill, Sabrey Booker, Nellie Stanley, F. E. Taylor, Bertha R. Osborn, Alice Roden, Mabel Howell, May Gault, B. H. Taber, & Jimmy Hildreth. - 2006.57.6

.7 NOTES. Handwritten biographical notes of the granddaughter of Col. and Elizabeth Ross. Dated Jan 1959. Six pages on lined, green paper torn from a spiral notebook. - 2006.57.7

.9 PRINT,PHOTOGRAPHIC. Black and white photograph of an unidentified woman. Print mounted on gray pasteboard. Woman is standing in a photographic studio with one hand a chair and the other hand on her hip. She is wearing a dark shirt and darker skirt. She has a pin at the throat and a long chain around her neck. Circa 1890s. 2006.57.9

.10 DRAWING. Amateur pencil drawings of Nina Royal, niece of W. J. Stanley, John D. Stanley, father of W.J. Stanley,and Dollie Stanley mother of W. J Stanley. Folded piece of yellowed paper, on the inside is another pencil drawing of Helen B. Stanley, Maria E. Stanley, Pete Tiffany and Robt. Lamberton. Artist unknown. - 2006.57.10

.12 NEWSPAPER and clippings. Section of the Medford Mail Tribune 13 Oct 1957 with article about Mrs. James M. Cantrall. And misc. clipping for the vertical file. Included in this folder is a small green envelope addressed to Mrs. M.L.Stanely in Eugene, OR postmarked 1903; small green lined paper inside has a note for a happy Thanksgiving - 2006.57.12

.13 RECEIPT. Northwestern Finance Corporation of America Subscription Agreement signed by Evan R. Hildreth 10 Sep 1931. Verso: Handwritten in pencil funeral arrangement for Ethan Allen Hildreth of Butte Falls - 2006.57.13

.15 NOTES. Typed genealogy notes on Hopwoods and Rosses. Three pages. - 2006.57.15

.18 POSTCARD. Collection of 18 Post cards and one oversized Christmans postcard in an envelopes marked Winifred Hildreth Cantrall. Thirteen of the postcards are stamped and postmarked between 1903 and 1912. Most of them are address to someone in the Hildreth family in Ashland, OR, Eugene, OR & Santa Curz, CA. - 2006.57.18

.19 PRINT,PHOTOGRAPHIC. Large mounted "Davies of Portland, OR" black and white photograph of Mary L. Ross Stanley born Oct 8, 1853 First white girl born in Jacksonville, Oregon". Verso: "Mary L. Stanley Aug. 26 1903" - 2006.57.19

20 POEM. "A Prayer" by Max Ehrmann.One sheet handwritten in ink, copied by Winifred Cantrall. Verso: in pencil Births, Marriages and Deaths of some members of the Ross family. [copied for Ross Vertical File] - 2006.57.20

.22 BOOKLET. "A Brief History of Jacksonville its Churches and Schools". Advertising pages in front and back pages. Brown paper cover with black border on the front. Unnumbered pages. Stapled binding, 6 x 9 inches. ( three copies) - 2006.57.22

.23 BOOK. "the Shasta Route along the Southern Pacific the Road of a Thousand Wonders" Photographic record of trains and scenery. Unnumbered pages, each page is a copy of a photograph of views of mountains, towns, tunnels, and rivers along the road from San Francisco,CA to Portland, OR - 2006.57.23

.24 BOOKLET. "One Day of Southern Oregon History" by Jack Sutton. Photographs and captions of the town of Jacksonville, Oregon. Twelve pages, illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and drawings. A Pictorial Motor Tour Guide of Jackson and Josephine Counties. Stapled in upper left corner - 2006.57.24

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