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Miscellaneous Rogue Valley research material, bulk: 1822-1940

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.53

Scope and Contents

Photograph of woman with large woven baskets; Article titled “Earliest Oregon Post offices as Recorded at Washington” written by Lewis A. McArthur, dated 1940; Article titled “The Roads and Transportation of Territorial Oregon” written by Oscar Osburn Winther, dated 1940; Research material relating to Smith’s Indian Reservation; Handwritten ledger of receipts and deposits; Chronological list of events throughout the Rogue Valley starting in 1854 and ending in 1873; SOHS Receipts signed by Richard Dugan; Written statement for the Shasta Courier from the Jacksonville, O.T. Correspondence, dated May 4th, 1853; Miscellaneous research on Rogers & Co.; Page from a book titled “Letters of Charles Stevens”; Page from a book titled “History of Siskiyou County, California”; Notes on the Oregon Sentinel; Photocopy of the book “The History of Del Norte County, California” written by Esther Ruth Smith with an introduction by Oscar Lewis. Published in 1953.; Page from “My Play House was a Concord Coach”; Letter to Kay Atwood from Rob regarding starting a business, dated August 1st, 1990; Letter to Rob from Kay Atwood regarding the SHPO and the Advisory Committee, dated July 23rd, 1990 (2 copies); Larger copy of “My Play House was a Concord Coach” an anthology of newspaper clippings and documents relating to those who made California history during the years 1822-1888, compiled by Mae Helene Bacon Boggs; List of ads and headlines from various publications throughout the Rogue Valley; Document sent to Robertson Collings from Kay Atwood relating to the Jacksonville Building Project

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1822-1940

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright and any related rights protect materials in this collection. Researchers are free to use these materials for any purpose that is permitted by the copyright and any rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses, researchers need to obtain permission from the rights holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

For fair use/educational reproduction, please provide the following credit: From the MSS 025 Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History, courtesy of Southern Oregon University Hannon Library.

Extent

From the Collection: 28 Linear Feet (52 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English