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Soft Cover Publication

A collection of historical small booklets and pamphlets. These publications are not indexed in the main library catalog system.
​Listed alphabetically by author.
I
  • Idaho Historical Society, “ LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL AND CAMPSITES IN IDAHO” pub 1966
  • Idaho Historical Sign Program, pub 1968
  • Idaho Humanities Foundation, AMERIKANUAK! BASQUES IN THE HIGH DESERT”, pub 1995
  • Indian Affairs, “ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT AMERICAN INDIANS” pub 1970
  • Indian Affairs, “ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMERICAN INDIAN” pub 1963
  • Indian Affairs, “ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ON AMERICAN INDIANS” pub. 1956
  • Indian Affairs, “INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST” pub 1966
  • Indian Affairs, “THE AMERICAN INDIANS ANSWERS TO 101 QUESTIONS” pub 1975
  • Indian Affairs, “THE INDIAN GIRL, Her Social Heritage, Her Needs and her Opportunities”, pub ?, prepared by: The Child Study Assoc. of America
  • Indian Affairs, “INDIAN MUSIC, Bulletin No. 19, 1928” pub 1928 prepared by The Indian Print Shop, Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, Chilocco OK
J
  •  Jackson, Clarence S. “PAGEANT OF THE PIONEERS”  pub 1958
  •  Joseph, “CHIEF JOSEPH’S OWN STORY” pub 2001
  •  Josephy, Alvin M. Jr., “CHIEF JOSEPH’S PEOPLE AND THEIR WAR” pub. 1964 by Yellowstone Library and Museum Assoc.
  •  Julin, Suzanne, “IGLOO: A HISTORY OF THE BLACK HILLS ORDNANCE DEPOT” pub 1984
K
  • Kathan, Melvin L., see Hawley, Brooks
  • Kilkenny, John F. “SHAMROCKS AND SHEPHERDS: THE IRISH OF MORROW COUNTY”  pub 1968
  • Klamath Falls, “SAGEBRUSH AND SWAMP, Klamath Fall, Oregon” pub 1910
  • Knuth, Priscilla, “PICTURESQUE FRONTIER: THE ARMY’S FORT DALLES” pub no date
  • Korea,  see Fine, Baldwin Frank Myers, pub 2005
L
  • Lane, Joseph, “LETTER OF HON. JOSEPH LANE TO THE PEOPLE OF OREGON” pub.
  • Washington D.C. January 12th, 1859
  • Latham, Frank B.  “THE STORY OF MONTGOMERY WARD” pub 1972
  • Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, “A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF LEBANON, OREGON” pub 1942
  • Lenox, Edward Henry, “OVERLAND TO OREGON in the tracks of Lewis and Clark, history of the first emigration to Oregon in 1843” pub 1904
  • Leonard A.R., “GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN HARNEY COUNTY” pub 1970
  •  Library of Congress, “IMAGE OF AMERICA, EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY, 1839-1900” exhibit held 1957
  • Lohse, E. S. & Holmer, Richard N., “FORT HALL AND THE SHOSHONE-BANNOCK” pub 1992
  • Lowry, Nita, “THE LAST OF THE JUNIPER MOUNTAIN HOMESTEADERS” pub 1989 signed
  • Lucia, Ellis  “DON’T CALL IT OR-E-GAWN” pub 1964
  • Lucia. Ellis  “THE BIG BLOW” pub 1963
  • Lucia, Ellis  “WILD WATER”
  • Lund, Lora Lee, See Huddell, Doris
M
  • Mainwaring, Bill “GOVERNMENT OREGON STYLE” pub 1999
  •  Malheur Refuge, “Company 795 CCC CAMP SOD HOUSE SPRINGS”. pub 1940
  •  Marshall, William I., “THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY’S ARCHIVES FURNISH NO SUPPORT TO THE WHITMAN SAVED OREGON STORY” pub 1905
  •  Martin, Wallace E.   see Genzoli, Andrew
  •  Mattison, Ray H., “HENRY A BOLLER MISSOURI RIVER FUR TRADER” pub 1966
  •  Maxton, James C., “LAKE MEAD & HOOVER DAM, The Story Behind the Scenery”, pub 1999
  •  McCormick, Evelyn,  “THE BLUFFS AROUND US” (N. CALIFORNIA)  pub. 1981​
 
M continued
  •  McDONALD, Floyd “HISTORY OF OREGON FARM BUREAU” pub 1982
  •  McKay, Daring Donald,  “THE LAST TRAIL OF THE MODOCS”.  pub 1896
  •  McKenzie, Glen, “HISTORY OF A FARM” pub 1997
  •  Meeker, Ezra, “PERSONAL EXPERIENCES ON THE OREGON TRAIL SIXTY YEARS AGO” pub 1912 signed
  • Metter, Olive, “MARY’S STORY” pub 1971
  • Miller, May, “GOLDEN MEMORIES OF THE PAULINA AREA” pub 2nd 1980
  • Morgan, Thomas, “MY STORY OF THE LAST INDIAN WAR IN THE NORTHWEST, The Bannock, Piute, Yakima, and Sheep Eater Tribes 1878-1879” pub 1954
  •  Morton, Lornel, “SUBSISTENCE AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS, KLAMATH INDIANS”, pub. 1988
  •  Multnomah County Library, “ART & ARCHITECTURE, IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY”, pub. 1980

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N
  • Nashone, “GRANDMOTHER STORIES OF THE NORTHWEST” pub 1987
  • Negus, Wayne, “WILDERNESS TALES AND TRAILS” pub 1980 signed
  • Nelson, Herbert B., “THE LITERARY IMPULSE IN PIONEER OREGON” pub 1948
  • Nettleton, Helen, “INTERESTING BUILDINGS IN SILVER CITY, IDAHO” pub 1971
  •  Nevada ,  “HISTORICAL MARKERS & GHOST TOWNS”.  pub 1979
  • N.W.N.A.W., “NORTHWEST NATIVE AMERICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION” pub. ?
​ O
  • Oakley, Obadiah, “EXPEDITION TO OREGON” pub 1967
  • Office of Economic Opportunity, “VISTA VOLUNTEER, CHANGES” pub. 1970 by Volunteers in Service to America
  • O’Grady, Patrick - THE 2000 HARNEY BASIN FIELD SCHOOL: ARCHEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE AND TESTING,pub. 2001, University of Oregon. 44 pgs (Wilda Toussaint)
  • Olds, Eric, “THE HISTORICAL DIARY AND LANDSCAPE OF APORTION OF THE APPLEGATE TRAIL” pub no date
  • Oliphant, J. Orin, “WILLIAM EMSLEY JACKSON’S DIARY OF A CATTLE DRIVE FROM LA GRANDE, OREGON, TO CHEYENNE, WYOMING, IN 1876” pub 1983
  •  Oregon Daughters of the American Revolution, “OREGON HISTORIC LANDMARKS, EASTERN OREGON” pub 1959
  •  Oregon Daughters of the American Revolution, “OREGON HISTORIC LANDMARKS”  pub 1957
  •  Oregon Daughters of the American Revolution, “OREGON HISTORIC LANDMARKS, SOUTHERN OREGON”  pub 1974
  •  Oregon Historical Society, “COLORS IN INDIAN ARTS: THEIR SOURCES AND USES” pub 1970 compiled by Amacker, Mary Ann
  •  Oregon Historical Society, “INDIAN ARTIFACT KIT, Porcupine Quillwork” pub 1970 compiled by Amacker, Mary Ann
  •  Oregon Historical Society, “INDIAN ARTIFACT KIT, Tanned Hide, Rawhide” pub 1970 compiled by Amacker, Mary Ann
  •  Oregon Historical Society, “OREGON COUNTRY INDIANS” pub 1970 compiled by Malin, Edward
  •  Oregon Museum of Science and Industry – STONE AGE ART: COLUMBIA RIVER PETROGLYPHS, no date, (Wilda Toussaint)
  • Oregon Publishing Company, “MOUNT ST. HELENS, THE VOLCANO” pub 1980
  • Oregon Society Daughters of the American Revolution, “OREGON HISTORIC LANDMARKS OREGON COAST” pub 1966
  •  Oregon State Highway Division, “OREGON, COOL, GREEN VACATIONLAND”, pub. ?
  •  Oregon State Sheriff Association, “OREGON STATE SHERIFFS’ ASSOCIATION HANDBOOK”  pub 1962
  •  Oregon State University, “THE SQUAW BUTTE EXPERIMENT STATION: ITS DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1935-1969”
  •  Oregon trail Coordinating Council, “OREGON TRAIL CELEBRATION ‘93” pub. 1992
  •  Oregon trail Coordinating Council, “OREGON TRAIL COORDINATING COUNCIL SESQUICNETENNIAL REPORT” pub. 1994
  •  OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO, “A HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIVE AND COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY OF OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO” pub 1898
  •  Owyhee Historical Society, “OWYHEE OUTPOST,”  pub 1981
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