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Soft Cover Publication
P thru Z


A collection of historical small booklets and pamphlets. These publications are not indexed in the main library catalog system.
​Listed alphabetically by author.

 P
  • Paher, Stanley W., “FORT CHURCHILL NEVADA MILITARY OUTPOST OF THE 1860’S”  pub 1981
  • Palmer, Joel & Garrison Joseph,  Journals of  an Indian Agent
  • Parker, Aaron F., see SHEEPEATER INDIAN CAMPAIGN in file ‘S
  • Perkins, Louis L. ‘YOU NEVER KNOW”  n.p.d.
  •  Phillips, Stanley,  see Allen Lorene
  • Piccolo, Margaret Justine Lo, “CATTLE INDUSTRY OF HARNEY COUNTY” pub 1962     
  • Pollard, Lancaster, “LEWIS AND CLARK AT SEASIDE”,  no date
  • Powell, Fred Wilbur, “HALL JACKSON KELLEY PROPHET OF OREGON” pub 1917
R
  • Rand, Helen B.  “BAKER EEPISCOPAL CHURCH” 
  • Rees, John E., “IDAHO CHRONOLOGY NOMENCLATURE BIBLIOGRAPHY” 1918
  • Richardson, Ruth Ellsworth, “OREGON HISTORY STORIES” pub 1937
  • Riddle, George W., “EARLY DAYS IN OREGON” pub 1953
  • Roberts, David, “THE LONG WALK TO BOSQUE REDONDO” pub. 1997 in the Smithsonian
  •  Rye Grass School Reunion 1993
S
  • Schaefer, Arlington C.  “THE INDIAN ART OF TANNING BUCKSKIN” pub 1977 2nd ed.
  • Schlesser, Norman Dennis, “FORT UMPQUA” pub 1973
  • Schneider, Henry, “MUSING OF YESTERYEAR” pub 1991 signed
  • Schoenberg , Wilfred P., “JESUITS IN MONTANA” pub 1960
  • Scofield W.M.  “OREGON’S HISTORICAL MARKERS” pub 1966
  • Scofield, W.M. “WASHINGTONS HISTORICAL MARKERS” pub 1967
  • Scott, Ethel Halsey, “HERITAGE OF THE WALLOWAS” pub 1980
  • Shearer, George, see SHEEPEATER INDIAN CAMPAIGN in file ‘S’
  • SHEEPEATER INDIAN CAMPAIGN includes three authors, “Forgotten Tragedies of an Indian War” by Aaron F. Parker, “The Sheepeater Campaign” by George M. Shearer, “Moccasin Tracks of the Sheepeaters” by John Carrey, pub 1968
  •  “SILVER LAKE LEADER” original copy of newspaper 29 Oct 1915
  • Smith, Donald K., “SERGEANT FEILNER’S FURLOUGH: A Scientific Journey into Modoc Tribal Lands in 1860”, pub. ?, by Assoc. for Northern California Records and Research, Chico, CA, Research Paper No. 3
  • Smith, Sylvester (Coon), “EVENTS OF THE INDIAN WAR OF 1878”
  • Smith, Warren D. “MOUNT MAZAMA: EXPLOSION VERSUS COLLAPSE”, pub 1936
  • Snyder, Wm. S., “KLAMATH HISTORY NOTES” pub 1988
  • Southern Oregon Historical Society, “OREGON’S HISTORICAL OLD JACKSONVILLE” pub
  • Springer, Harvey H., “BREAKING BUCKING BRONCOS” pub no date
  • St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church,  “GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, BURNS, OREGON”  pub 1979
  • Stafford, Howard Straub, “A REGIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF GUANO VALLEY A SECTION OF THE BASIN RANGE AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN OREGON” pub 1935
  • Stanford, Omer N., “OWYHEE COUNTY CORRAL DUST” pub 1963 signed
  • Stewart, Gordon & Patricia, “BAKER COUNTY SKETCH BOOK” pub
  • Stratton, R. B., “CAPTIVITY OF THE OATMAN GIRLS” pub 1909
  • Street, Mattie, “OPEN RANGE AND OPEN DOORS” poems, pub 1964
  • Stuart, Leland Everett, “MEN AND CATTLE ON NORTHERN PLAINS, 1860-1887” pub 1971 cattle ranching Montana and Wyoming
  • Sumpter – Old Time Coloring Book
  • Swanton, John Reed, "Indian Tribes of Washington, Oregon and Idaho" pub. 1979

T      
  • Talbot, Caryn, “P RANCH: HISTORY, PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETIVE DEVELOPMENT” pub 1976
  •  “THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES FO THE WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION OF OREGON ANNUAL REPORT, 1978 & 1979”
  • Tichenor, Mary Walker. “THE BATTLESHIP OREGON”, pub 1942
  • Titus, Dorothy and Mathew – THIS IS THE WAY WE MAKE OUR BASKETS, pub. 1979, Alaska Native Language Center, 28 pgs, (Wilda Toussaint)
  • Tresidder, Mary Curry,  “THE AHWAHNEE” (YOSEMITE) npd
  • Tweedie, William, “SOME ASPECTS OF THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF CROOK COUNTY” pub
U
  • USDA Forest Service – PASSPORT IN TIME, pub. 1995-1997, Chemult Ranger District, 272 pgs, (Wilda Toussaint)
  • USDA Forest Service – ORAL HISTORY GUIDE, pub.  No date, USDA Forest service Pacific Northwest Region, 68 pgs, ( Wilda Toussaint)
  •  U.S. Dept. of the Interior, “NATURAL RESOURCES OF OREGON”, npd
V
  • Vale, “WELCOME TO VALE, OREGON” pub
  • Villard , Oswald Garrison, “THE EARLY HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION IN OREGON” pub 1944
W
  • Walker Charles I., “HISTORY OF HINES LUMBER CO.”
  • Walsh, Frank K., “INDIAN BATTLES ALONG THE ROGUE RIVER 1855-56” pub 1972
  • Weare, Phyllis, “HISTORY AND EDUCATION OF THE BURNS PAIUTE INDIAN COLONY”, pub 1971 (2 copies)
  • Weatherford, Mark V., “BANNACK-PIUTE WAR, The Campaign and Battles” pub 1957
  • Weatherford, Mark V., “CHIEF JOSEPH HIS BATTLES HIS RETREAT” pub no date
  • Webb, Barbara J., “TUMBLEDOWN DREAM CASTLE OF THE SNAKE RIVER” pub 1986
  • Webber, Bert, “THE OREGON TRAIL DIARY OF REV. EDWARD EVANS PARRISH IN 1844” pub 1988
  • White, Elwood & Wilkie, David, “SHAYS ON THE SWITCHBACKS, A history of the narrow gauge, Lenora, Mt.Sicker Railway” pub 1963
  • White, Loring, “FRONTIER PATROL, The Army and the Indians in Northeastern California, 1861”, pub. 1974 by Assoc. for Northern California Records and Research, Research Paper No. 2
  • Wilkie, David,  see White, Elwood
  • Wolverton, Beverly A., “A HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES IN THE SAGE, Homestead History of the Immediate Post Area” pub 1984
  • Wood, Erskinen “DAYS WITH CHIEF JOSEPH”, diary and recollections, pub 1970
  • Woodward, Arthur – INDIAN TRADE GOODS, pub. 1989, Binford and Mort, pb, 38 pgs, (Library-10.00)
  • Wyoming Stock Growers Association, “90 YEARS COW COUNTRY, The History of a Fabulous Organization”  pub 1963
Y
  • Young, F. G., edited by, “THE CORRESPONDENCE AND JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN NATHANIEL J. Wyeth, 1831-1836” pub 1899
  • Young, F. G., edited by, “EXPLORATION NORTHWESTWARD”  pub 1898
  • Young, F. G., edited by, “THE INDIAN COUNCIL AT WALLA WALLA, May & June 1855” by Col. Lawrence Kip,  pub 1897
Z
  •  Zimmerman, Charles L. Dr., “WHITE EAGLE, The Story of the Indian – Yesterday and Today”, pub 1942 by Nebraska State Historical Society
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