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History, Local

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use as a topical subdivision under names of countries, etc., for the collective histories of several local units. For the history of a single locality, use the subdivision --History under the name of the locality.

Found in 353 Collections and/or Records:

Payne/Dennis Building, 1929-1944

 File — Box 02: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115849], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS014.01.21
Scope and Contents The real estate documents show the ownership of the Payne/Dennis Building in the City of Ashland. The property located at the center of the East wall on of the Payne/Dennis building on the Southside of Main Street approximately 249 feet West from the intersection of Second Street beginning at the Northwest corner of the property that was previously owned by the Estate of Henry G. Enders in the Enders Addition. Included in the description of the property is the Probate of the will of Jennie...
Dates: 1929-1944

People and the River, volume I, 1995

 File — Box 32: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116656], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.27
Scope and Contents

People and the River. A History of the Human Occupation of the Middle Course of the Rogue River of Southwestern Oregon Volume I. Kay Atwood, Dennis J. Gray

Dates: 1995

People and the River, volume I, 1995

 File — Box 32: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116656], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.28
Scope and Contents

People and the River. A History of the Human Occupation of the Middle Course of the Rogue River of Southwestern Oregon. Volume I. Kay Atwood, Dennis Gray

Dates: 1995

Periodicals, 1879-1899

 File — Box 02: Series Archives009:01 [Barcode: 35138008257534], Folder: 14
Identifier: Archives009:01.26
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains materials from Southern Oregon State Normal School, such as publications from the Alumni Association, articles of incorporation, newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Dates: 1879-1899

Photograph album

 File — Box 03: Series MSS063:01; Series MSS063:02 [Barcode: 35138008244284], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS063:01.06
Scope and Contents

A photograph album of Walter's Live at Oregon Agricultural College

Dates: 1912-1918

Photograph and Illustrations poss. and sources

 File — Box 41: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116748], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:05.06
Scope and Contents

Illustrations and brief descriptions of land survey; List of land surveyors in Oregon; Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding online archives of land surveying

Dates: 1809-2013

Photographs, 1920-1932

 Item — Box 03: Series MSS011:01 [Barcode: 35138008115815], Object: 03
Identifier: MSS011:01.40
Scope and Contents

This file contains 13 photographs and includes images of Genevive Swedenburg, the Swedenburg home, pear trees, and Dr. Swedenburg.

Dates: 1920-1932

Pioneer Marble works – PowerPoint presentation, bulk: 1865-1915

 File — Box 39: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116722], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:04.62
Scope and Contents

Printed PowerPoint presentation titled “James H. and Ann Hill Russell Proprietors of a Pioneer Marble Works in Southern Oregon 1865-1915” by Kay C. Atwood and Elisabeth Walton Potter (2 copies)

Dates: Majority of material found within 1865-1915

Plans of Operation, 1960

 File — Box 01: Series MSS001:01 [Barcode: 35138008115062], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS001:01.16
Scope and Contents

A "Plan of Operation" for the Warm Springs reservation detailing their Administration Plan, information on their accounts, a soil conservation program, and various other information.

Dates: 1960

Population Information and Research, 1890-1920

 File — Box 10: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116425], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:02.15
Scope and Contents

The records concern the population of Medford, Ashland, Jackson County, and surrounding areas in Oregon. Also available are copies of the thirteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth Census of the United States. A graph notes the total population breakdown from 1890 to 1920. Excerpts from the United States Bureau of the Census, "Increase of Population: 1910-1920."

Dates: 1890-1920