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Mega Index
| Title | Body | Location | Source Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon: Its History, Condition, and Prospects | Gustavus Hines, 1851, geography, economy, encounters with indigenous peoples, the Oregon Mission, journal entries, world travel |
Library | ||
| 1847 Diary of Applegate Trail to Oregon | by Lester Hulin, 1897 (1959), journal entries, pioneers, travel |
979.5 H5 | Library | |
| An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon, two copies | H. K. Hines, 1893, early history to ca. 1890, biographical sketches, illustrated with photographs |
Library | ||
| Fifty Years in Oregon | T. T. Geer, 1912, early political history ca. 1860-1910, illustrated with photographs |
Library | ||
| The Historical Development of Southern Oregon, 1825-1852 | by Anna Lee Guest, 1929, MA thesis, University of California, early explorers, settlers, fur trade, discovery of gold |
Library | ||
| Oregon in the U.S.A. | by Francis Haines and E. Bernice Tucker, illustrated by Ron Wicke, 1955, history, geography, economy, illustrated with photographs and sketches |
979.5 H4 | Library | |
| Journal of Michael F. Hanley IV | by Michael F. Hanley, Wagon Master, 150th Anniversary of the Applegate Trail, Reenactment, 30 August to 3 October, 1996, two copies |
979.5 H36 HAN | Library | |
| Only When I Laugh | by Gladys Workman - a mixture of urbanity and insanity- descends on Oregon's remote Umpqua Valley with infectious results -humorous biography.… |
917.952 W67 1959 | Library | |
| Fern Leever Diaries | Fern Leever's 1944 Appointment Book Dailyaide "The Silent Secretary 1944// Fern Leever's 1952 Appointment book// Fern Leever's 1953 Business Year… |
M22 A 7 | Mezzanine List | |
| Leever, Constant genealogies; Fern Leever diaries 1915-79 | clipping out of the paper showing chart of the Dow Jones Industrial from January to April 1972// Article in the Medford Mail Tribune entitled "… |
M22 A 6 | Mezzanine List | |
| Hall, Phyllis | RVTimes obituary May 1, 1932 to June 11, 2025, Owned Phil's Froshty in Shady Cove in the 1970's. |
Hall | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Oregon Lime Products Company | MMT article 1-17-1935, The Oregon Lime Products company has been operating on a quarry on Williams creek between Williams and Provolt. The… |
Quarries | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Voegeli, Henry | Med Success article 10-31-1902, Henry Voegeli returned to Medford from the Dalles. He served three years and seven months in a Misouri… |
VO | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Hoover Elementary School | Oregonian articles May 5 & 12, 1983, Two fires in the Hoover Elementary School gymnasium 8 days apart are being investigated as arson. |
Medford, OR, Schools | Vertical File Subjects | |
| Schubert, Ruth | Letter from Vicky Bryden 1990, local artist at the Rogue Gallery |
SC | Vertical File Biographies | |
| photographs of Jacksonville | Collection of twenty (20) black and white 8 x 10 photographs of various locations in Jacksonville, Oregon in the 1960s - 2025.44.2 Envelope… |
M22 A 5 | Mezzanine List | |
| Zufich, Nancy R. | Ashland.news obituary Dec. 26, 1935 to Oct.14, 2025, Blue Heron Gallery and Art & Soul in Ashland, married Bob Cox |
Z | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Bessonette, Alice Aleen Mooers | Ashlland.news obituary Feb. 7, 1926 to Nov. 3, 2025, B & G Restaurant in Ashland |
BE | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Kelly, Scott | Ashland.news obiturary 6-2-1965 to 11-5-2025, Asante Health System, Rogue Regional Medical Center |
Kelly | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Jessamine Bushnell | Oregonian article Dec. 13, 1914, May be a direct descendent of Admiral David Bushnell who invented the submarine. She may christen a… |
BU | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Jackson, Mary Linda | Ashland.news, obituary, 12-12-2025, managed dentist practice of husband Daniel Jackson in Ashland, |
Jackson | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Bound volumes of Harper's Magazine | Harper's New Monthly Magazine & Brothers-publishing No. 277, June 1878. 800 pages. End pages missing. Illustrated, leather cover of light tan… |
M33 F 2 | Mezzanine List | |
| Hayes, James | 2021 Letter from Larry and Liz Siessler to Gayle Lewis about paintings by Dorland Robinson given to James Hayes by Dr. Robinson. James Hayes… |
Hayes | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Loughridge, Dr. Sherman | GP Daily Courier article 1-25-2026, Grants Pass, born 1864 and died 1925, Methodist Episcopal Church, Nannie M. Findley, Josephine County Bank of… |
LO | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Elder, George W. | GP Daily Courier article 1-25-2026, Waldo, Charles N. Decker, Sailors Diggings, Postmaster |
EL | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Holst, Jaunnesse Maria Lucretiz | Obituary 11-12-1904 to 3-11-1917, Sams Valley |
HO | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Bound volumes of Harper's Magazine | Vol. 34 Dec. 1866 to May 1867 |
Mezzanine List | ||
| Frost, Evan J. | Ashland.news obituaty, April 18, 1963 - December 12, 2025, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument |
FR | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Lizotte, James "Jim" Desmond | Ashland.news obituary 2-28-2026 |
LI | Vertical File Biographies | |
| Hansen. Doris Irene | Ashland,news obituary 2-25-2026, Program Manager of the Talent Food Pantry, 1994 Talent Community Service Award |
Hansen | Vertical File Biographies |