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Ashland (Or.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: City of Ashland (Or.)

Found in 477 Collections and/or Records:

Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Oddfellows Building, 49-57 North Main Street, Ashland, Oregon, 1976

 File — Box 06: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116383], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:01.77
Scope and Contents

The National Registry of Historic Places form describes the I.O.O.F building as constructed between 1879–1880. Merchants used the lower levels for a variety of businesses, while the Oddfellows used the upper level for their Fraternal Hall.

Dates: 1976
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

Itinerary brochures, 2011

 File — Box 10: Series MSS029:01 [Barcode: 35138007966994], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS029:01.58
Scope and Contents

The materials include various documents for the 2011 AIFF, including festival brochures listing all the films shown and the days of their showings and cards advertising the festival.

Dates: 2011
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Ashland Independent Film Festival records / AIFF program of films and directors

Jackson County Conversation photographs, Prior to 1976

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:02.90
Scope and Contents

The hand-drawn map of the Ashland, Oregon Railroad District, typed notes, and 92 photographs used in the Jackson County Conversations book.

Dates: Prior to 1976
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

JHR and AHR-biographical, bulk: 1880-2002

 File — Box 39: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116722], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:04.66
Scope and Contents Military document including information on John and James Russell; Census record for James H. Russell in household of William F. Preston; Census record for James H. Russell, Mifflin, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Ancestry.com search for James Russell; Miscellaneous notes on James Russell; Census record for J.H. Russell 1880; Letter to Elizabeth from William Russell regarding census records for the Russell family, dated February 24th, 2002; Internet search on James Howard Russell; Census ledger...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1880-2002
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Illahe

JHR and AHR-professional, bulk: 1860-2013

 File — Box 39: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116722], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:04.65
Scope and Contents Statement from Ashland Marble Works concerning orders made with proximity to memorial day; Letter to Kay Atwood from Jan Wright regarding a woman who carved her own monument, dated March 4th, 2013; Excerpt of the glossary for “The Strother Family, 300 Years from Virginia to Louisiana” includes miscellaneous notes on the back; Fact sheet for J. Russell; Census image from 1860; Miscellaneous handwritten notes pertaining to the Russell brothers, dated October 12th, 1996; Letter to Kay...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1860-2013
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Illahe

Jo Widness, bulk: 1968-1987

 File — Box 01: Series MSS070:01 [Barcode: 35138008124809], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS070:01.08
Scope and Contents

Information and materials about Joanne Widness, regarding her child hood and her time as a faculty member and coach at SOSC and her many accomplishments.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1968-1987
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Rogue Valley Women's Movement papers / Women's Movement

John McCall House, 153 Oak Street, Ashland, Oregon, 1980

 File — Box 03: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116359], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:01.33
Scope and Contents

The National Registry of Historic Places nomination form describes the house as a family residence, in Ashland, for the John McCall family in 1882-1883. It remained in the McCall family for eighty years.

The documents include a city plot plan, description of the home, and images of the house. Also included is correspondence concerning the nomination.

Dates: 1980
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

Josephine Poley, 1865-1928

 File — Box 02: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115849], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS014.01.13
Scope and Contents The real estate abstract documents the many changes in ownership of Henry H. Eldridge's Donation Land Claim. The last recorded owner in 1928, is the State of Oregon, which represents the World War Veterans State Aid Commission. In 1859, the United States transferred land to the State of Oregon by a land grant, and the property was sold to George W. Rockfellow for the schools. The abstract includes court documents regarding probates for three landowners. In two probates, the assets were...
Dates: 1865-1928
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Jackson County Abstract Company records / Real Estate Abstracts

Katie Spindler and James H. Monroe, 1865-1921

 File — Box 03: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115856], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS014.01.36
Scope and Contents

The real estate records show the transfer of ownership for the properties of these two abstracts between various owners through 1865 and 1921. The Articles of Incorporation for the Bank of Ashland in 1884, with William H. Atkinson, John Marshall McCall, and Henry Beach Carter, being the initial investors, is also included. In addition to maps of the properties in the abstracts.

Dates: 1865-1921
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Jackson County Abstract Company records / Real Estate Abstracts

Kay Atwood books

 File — Box 38: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116714], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.55
Scope and Contents

Blossoms & Branches: A Gathering of Rogue Valley Orchard Memories by Kay Atwood (3 copies); An Honorable History by Kay Atwood (4 copies)

Dates: 1822-2014
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Illahe

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