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photographs AUTHOR:Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service REMARKS:Handbook of 1970 conservation practices for which costs will be shared by the U.S. Agriculture Department's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service [ASCS]. Document includes copy of cover letter from Jack Ledbetter, County Executive Director, Douglas County ASC Committee. Cover photograph of sheep shearing is from the Douglas County Museum. - report

AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE

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maps AUTHOR:Carl H. Buttke REMARKS:"The purpose of this report is to provide the City of Roseburg with an analysis of present and future traffic circulation and parkign conditions within the downtonw, an assessment of deficiencies and an implementation plan to solve the deficiencies and provide improved traffic circulation and parking conditions.; The study area, as shown on Figure 1, is bounded by the South Umpqua River on the west, Diamond Lake Boulevard on the north, Fowler and Chadwick Streets on the east and Woodward Avenue on the south. For this analysis, the downtown is defined as that part of the study area east of the Southern Pacific Company tracks." [from INTRODUCTION]. - report

Buttke, Carl H.

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maps; bibliography 2 copies AUTHOR:Len Ramp REMARKS:"This report contains pertinent data on nickel deposits in Oregon gathered in recent studies....Summaries and references of essentially all previously published reports on nickel deposits in teh State are also included...." [from the Introduction].; 2 copies of this report are shelved in the Research Library. Accompanying plates are stored flat in the map collection. - report

RAMP, LEN

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bibliography 2 copies AUTHOR:Chris Maser REMARKS:ABSTRACT: Large, fallen trees in various stages of decay contribute much-needed diversity to terrestial and aquatic habitats in western forests. When most biological activity in soil is limited by low moisture availability in summer, the fallen tree-soil interface offers a relatively cool, moist habitat for animals and a substrate for microbial and root activity. Intensified utilization and management can deprive future forests of large, fallen trees. The impact of this loss on habitat diversity and on long-term forest productivity must be determined because managers need sound information on which to base resource management decisions. - report

Maser, Chris

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roster AUTHOR:G.A. GarrisonüJ.M. Skovlin REMARKS:[ABSTRACT] : This paper is basically an alpha code and name listing of forest and rangeland grasses, sedges, rushes, forbs, shrubs, and trees of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. the code expedites recording of vegetation inventory data and is especially useful to those processing their data by contemporary computer systems.... - report

Garrison, G. A.

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Report on the 2002 forest fire season which consumed nearly ten percent of the Umpqua National Forest. Tiller complex, Apple fire, Limpy Fire, Boulder fire, Little Boy, Acker and Tallow fires. Forest Supervisor Jim Caplan lead the firefighting effort on the Umpqua. - report

Umpqua National Forest, US Department of Agriculture

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questionnaire; chronology AUTHOR:Cindi Lagoudakis REMARKS:"This notebook contains the responses to questions posed as part of the first Jackson Creek Watershed Analysis conducted during 1994-5 regarding historical conditions in the Jackson Creek area of the Tiller Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest. Information was collected from past residents and emplyees as one method of obtaining an historical record to use as a baseline for comparison with conditions of today.; ; The full Watershed Analysis document is on file at the Tiller Ranger Station. These surveys are not organized to draw any scientific conslusions; however, a brief outline using combined responses was made to highlight trends and changes over time. As recollections from individuals are colored by emotion and altered by time, the reader is cautioned to use collective responses as the best method of verifying past events, circumstances and conditions in the Jackson Creek drainage." [introductory note by Cindi Lagoudakis]. - report

LAGOUDAKIS, CINDI

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bibliography; maps AUTHOR:William D. HoneyüThomas C. Hogg REMARKS:Library has only Volume I.; Report on prehistory and history of the Umpqua National Forest and Bureau of Land Management [Roseburg District] properties, areas that include property in most of Douglas County.; This survey discusses Native American settlement patterns, Euroamerican colonization, forest-products industrial development and gold mining activities in the study area, as well as geological/geographical features. - report

HONEY, WILLIAM D.

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typescript AUTHOR:Henry Weber REMARKS:Account by Henry Weber of a trip in 1985 to locate the remains of No-fog, a community in the North Umpqua region of eastern Douglas County. The author's party included Museum Librarian Ella Mae Young and Museum Photographer Jena Mitchell. - report

WEBER, HENRY

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photocopy AUTHOR:Joan Hartman REMARKS:School report [either high school or community college] on the history of Glendale, Oregon. Most of the sources are interviews with older Glendale-area residents. INSCRIPTION:U. S. History / Mr. Cantrell / June 1, 1971 - report

Hartman, Joan

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typescript REMARKS:Typed transcription of a report originally written in 1932. Subtitled, "The History and Growth of the Prune Industry in Douglas County and Our Immediate Locality", this document outlines prune growing in Douglas County between 1878 and 1932. - report

J. Gerald Bacon

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report AUTHOR:George B. Abdill REMARKS:Copy of a typed essay by George B. Abdill, Museum Curator [Director] 1966-1982, discussing the history of newspapers in Oregon. Although he cites no sources, Abdill does name editors and newspapers active ca. 1850-1870 in the Willamette Valley. He also refers to the duel between Roseburg newspaper editors ca. 1869. - report

ABDILL, GEORGE B.

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charts; bibliography REMARKS:[ABSTRACT] : Bats represent the second most diverse group of mammals nhabiting the western slopes of the Cascade Range in southern Washington and the Oregon Coast Range. Bat populatins may well be sensitive to changes in forest age, structure, or distribution, but their nocturnal habits and high mobility render the study of the habitat requirements of bats problematical. Unlike most other groups of vertebrates, bats are difficult to either observe or capture, and survey methods are poorly known. This paper reviews techniques for surveying bat populations and presents the emthodology used in the Old-Growth Forest Wildlife Habitat Program in the Pacific Northwest. - report

Thomas, Donald W.

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illustrations; genealogy AUTHOR:Dennis L. Minter REMARKS:Detailed genealogy of the Minter family of Virginia and Kentucky, chiefly the descendants of Joseph Minter, Jr., and Charles Minter and Mary Y. Alexander Minter. This edition was printed by the author for the Douglas County Museum, for research use by other genealogists. Limited photocopying from the original is permitted. - report

Minter, Dennis L.

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bibliography; charts; conference proceedings AUTHOR:Karen E. ClemensüPaul D. Komar REMARKS:Reprinted from 21st Coastal Engineering Conference, CERC/ASCE, Costa del Sol-Malaga, Spain, June 1988, Chapter 100.; ABSTRACT: The study of sand mineralogy and grain rounding can help answer many questions of immediate concern to coastal engineers or to broader issues of beach preservation. The heavy-mineral contents of sands, together with statistical techniques such as factor analysis, can be used to delineate sediment sources, trace transport paths, and map out patterns of mixing during sediment dispersal. Variations in the degree of grain rounding can similarly be used to trace sand movements, or to obtain additional information concerning the history of the sediment particles. - report

Clemens, Karen E.

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maps REMARKS:Draft Comprehensive Plan with separate Map Appendix for Drain, Oregon. The draft was published in October 1979, and set goals for Drain in such areas as population growth, economic development, and land use.; A separate Map Appendix reproduces maps related to soil types, land use, street distribution, and water/sewer systems. - report

LaDon Snyder; Paul Howard

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charts REMARKS:Three market-based methods for estimating values of sport fishing were compared by using a common data base. The three approaches were the travel-cost method, the hedonic travel-cost method, and the household-production method... [from the abstract]. - report

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photocopy; color, illustrations AUTHOR:Joseph H. WhitsettüDarla J. Whitsett REMARKS:Genealogical information on the Whitsett family, with special interest in Hames Harvey [Jim} Whitsett, ca. 1900. The Whitsett homestead, in Section 14 to 15 of Township 28 South Range 5 West Willamette Meridian, was the namesake for "Whitsett Limestone", a variety of limestone discovered by Diller in 1898 in his exploration of Southern Oregon geology.; There are some errors in this document. It attributes sources at the Douglas County Museum to the Douglas County Historical Society, and it describes the IOOF as the "International Order Of Foresters", when its correct name is the "International Order of Odd Fellows". - report

Whitsett, Joseph H.

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bibliography; illustrations; maps REMARKS:Summary report of possible sites for future archaeological investigation at the Milltown Hill Reservoir project. "The abundance of evidence recovered from the subsurface testing suggests that the Elk Creek Valley was extensively used in prehistoric times. The testing program obtained considerable information about the distribution of prehistoric sites throughout the project area in a very short period of time, and has made available useful planning information needed to address the range and significance of prehistoric sites witin the project area...." [from p. 4] - report

Fagan, John L.

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bibliography AUTHOR:William R. Meehan REMARKS:[from Abstract]: The community composition of macroinvertebrates and teh feeding habits of juvenile salmonids were studied in eight Oregon streams. Benthic, drift, sticky trap, and water trap samples were taken over a 3-year period, along with stomach samples of the fish. Samples were taken in stream reaches with and without riparian canopy....; In all aquatic sample types, including fish stomachs, Diptera and Ephemeroptera were the predominant invertebrates collected. In sticky trap and water trap samples, Diptera and Collembola were the predominant orders, reflecting the input of terrestrial invertebrates." - report

Meehan, William R.

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