Subject File Index
The William Kyle Research Library maintains an extensive file collection on subject matters of Florence and its surrounding areas, beginning with early pioneer history. The collection includes articles, events, photos, research and stories. These files are available for public viewing by appointment only on Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon to 4 p.m. Contact the library (541-997-7884, ext. 1) for further information. The following index is updated on a periodic basis and provides a list of files in our Subject collection.
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| SUBJECT | FILE NAME(S) |
|---|---|
| A | |
| Acme/Cushman (Community) | Cushman - Cheese Factories; Photo File |
| Ada (Community) | |
| Airport | Civil Air Patrol (C.A.D.); Florence Municipal, Ground Observation Corps (G.O.C.) |
| Arts | Astoria Clowns - see: Rhododendron Festival Events, Anchor on Bay Street, Art Galleries - See Businesses, Galleries, Community Chorus,Florence Regional Arts Alliance (FRAA), Flo Tones, Performing Arts - see: Theater |
| B | |
| Bandon (Community) | |
| Beach & Beach Life | |
| Bears and Beavers | see: Wild Life - Oregon |
| Beck (Community) | |
| Beeswax | |
| Bell | |
| Betzen, Railroad Siding | |
| Birding | see Wild Life - Oregon |
| Blachly (Community) | General, Photo File |
| Boats / Ships, Barges, Tugs | Accidents, Boat Building, Captains, Commercial fishing, Dredges, Ferries, Mail Boat Service, Row Boats, Canoes; see: LINK |
| "Bob the Beach Comber" | |
| Booth (Community) | |
| Brickerville (Community) | |
| Bridges | Area and Oregon Bridges, Siuslaw River Drawbridge; Covered Bridges; Also see books on bridges: Big Creek Bridge, Coastal (Ed Shiflets), Covered Bridges |
| Buildings | Buildings, Homes, also see: LINK |
| Businesses - current to post 1950's | General, photo files, Advertising Historical, see also see also: Yearbooks in Kyle Museum Library |
| "C" | General Subjects |
| Calendars (1945-1994) | |
| Callison Building | see: LINK |
| Cameras | Brochure, Instruction Manuals for cameras on display in museum |
| Camp Grounds | see: LINK |
| Camps - Florence & Surrounding Area | Camps Baker, Cleawox Florence, Mapleton, Siltcoos, Civilian Conservation Corps, Girl Scout, See LINK** |
| Canary (Community) | see: also Fiddle Creek |
| Canneries | see: LINK |
| Canning & Preserving | |
| Cape Creek - Photo File | |
| Cape Creek Tunnel, Bridge & Community | |
| Cape Perpetua | |
| Carnivorous Plants | see: Darlingtonia, Waterways, Mercer Lake |
| Cattle Industries | see: "Farming/Ranching/Dairy":"Ranching" |
| Cemetery Files | Cemetery Research, Markings, Care, Pioneer Cemetry Listing; see LINKS |
| Cheese / Factory | see: Acme/Cushman, Cushman Cheese Factory |
| China Flat / Chinese | |
| Citizens in the News - Florence | |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | see: Camps in Florence |
| Coast Guard | see: Federal Agency":"U.S. Coast Guard |
| Coast Resource Management | |
| Coast Management Plan | |
| Coastal Zone Management | |
| Communications - Cell, Land | see: Telephone Books - Florence |
| Community Emergency Response Team | see: "Fire Dept":"Residential & Busiess":"2002 - 2020" |
| Cookery | |
| Cox Island House | see: LINK |
| Creeks | see: LINK |
| C.R.O.W. | C.R.O.W. Children's Theater; also see: LINK |
| Crabs/Clams | see: Beach & Beach Life |
| Cushman/Acme (Community) | see: Acme/Cushman Community |
| "D" | General Subjects |
| Dairies & Dairying | see: Farming/Ranching/Dairies |
| Davidson Industries | see: LINK |
| Darlingtonia | Mercer Lake Road |
| Deadwood (Community) | |
| Department of Transportation | see: Lane county Oregon Gov't & U.S.:Gov't Organizations |
| Disasters | see: Storms |
| DMV | |
| DMV 1931 Manual | |
| Dog Team (Mail Run) | |
| Drive-in Rhododendron | Miller Park location |
| Duncan Island (Waite Island) | |
| Dunes City/Westlake Community file 1 & 2 | |
| Dunes | see: Beach & Beach Life: Sand Dunes Restorative Project |
| "E" | General Subjects |
| Earthquake Tsunami - 1965 | |
| Equestrian | All Horse Events |
| Estuary | (1974 recommendations) see: "Waterways":"Estuaries" |
| "F" General | General Subjects |
| Fair Local | |
| Fair - Western Lane County Fairs | Starting 1929; also see Story Time (2020) Video on 1922 Fair |
| Farming / Ranching / Dairy | Cheese Factory - see: Acme/Cushman, Cushman - Cheese Factory; Libby Dairy, Diary Creamery, Milk Separator Machine, Mushrooms, Wasabi Growers, Cattle Industry |
| Federal Agencies | Bureau of Land Management, Department of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, Indian Creek Watershed, Siuslaw National Forest, U.S. Coast Guard |
| Ferries - River | see: "Boats" |
| Fiddle Creek (Community) | see also: LINK Canary (Community) |
| Fire Department (Rural) | Employees, Equipment, New Fire Station, Drills, Controlled Burns, Fire Lookouts, Fires 1800's, Forest Fires, Residential & Business Info and Fires; Western Lane Ambulance District |
| Fishing | Commercial, Hatcheries, Salmon, Salmon Trout Enhancement Program, State & Federal Fish & Game Department |
| Flora & Fauna | see: Lane County |
| Florence Firsts List | |
| Florence City Government | City Budget Commission, Charter, Council, Water Department, Planning & Building Commission, Police Department, Public Works, see also Lane County, |
| Florence Chamber of Commerce | Brochures, Siuslaw Boosters Club, Sister City, Athletic Club |
| Florence Events Center | see: "Theaters" |
| Florence History | Multiple files including brochures, population, voting, photos, events, early name origins, 1910 Fire |
| Florence Municipal Airport | see: "Airports" |
| Florence Post Office | see: Post Office |
| Forest Rangers | see: "Federal Agencies" |
| "G" | General subjects |
| Game Licenses & Information | |
| Gardiner (Community) | |
| Genealogy | see: Archival Information |
| Geology | see: Lane County Government, Planning |
| Geology & Maps | see: Lane County Govnment, Planning |
| Glenada (Community) | Photo File, Highways & Roads, Proposed Community Center 1936 |
| Glenada Speedway | Jaycee Racers 1950's - 1960's |
| Granges | Ada, Canary, Glenada, Main River/Cushman, Maple Creek, Mapleton, Minerva, North Fork |
| "H" | General |
| Hair Jewelry | |
| Handicrafts | |
| Hans Petersen Memorial Field | see: Buildings add LINK |
| Haunted | see: Lighthouses and Heceta Head Lighthouse |
| Head Start | see: Schools, Siuslaw" |
| Heceta Head | 1880-1950, Coastal Conference, Devils Churn, Devil's Elbow |
| Heceta Head Directory | see: Telephone Books |
| Heceta Head & Needles Eye | |
| Heceta Head Lighthouse | see: Lighthouses |
| Herbicides | see: Forestlands, Lumber:Mills |
| Heritage Players (aka John Quay Players) | see: Museums, Siuslaw Pioneer Museum |
| Herman Peak | |
| Highways & Roads | Accidents, Florence Street Name Changes, Landslides, Mapleton, Cushman, North Fork, Roosevelt Highway, Route F, Stagecoach Road, Tunnel |
| Honeyman Park | see: Parks:, Campgrounds |
| Hospitals | Hospice, Peace Health Hospital, Harbor Hospital, Western Lane Hospital |
| Housing - Florence | see: Florence City Gov't, Planning, Housing Developments |
| Humane Society | see: Organizations, Community |
| Hunting - Photo File | |
| "I" | General Subjects |
| Ice Cream Parlors | see: Businesses post 1950's |
| IOOF Mapleton | see: Organizations, Fraternal |
| IOOF - Florence | see: Organizations, Fraternal |
| Indians (American) | Articles, Museum Artifacts, Photos, Basketry, Books, Casinos, Construction, News Articles, Foundation and Community Suport, Public Against Casinos, Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw Confederated Tribes, Descendants, Indian Dan, Milliken Collection |
| Invasive Species in Oregon | see: LINK also see Darlingtonia |
| Indian Creek (Community) | |
| "J" | General Subjects |
| Japanese - Oregon | |
| Jetties, North and South | Abbreviated History of Siuslaw Jetty, Construction of Jetty |
| Joshua's Mermaid | |
| "K" | General Subjects |
| "L" | General Subjects |
| Lakes | see: Water Ways & Bodies of Water |
| Land Settlements | Abstracts of title |
| Lane Community College | see Schools Lane County |
| Lane County & U.S. Gov't Organizations | Elections, F.E.M.A., Land Management, Geology & Maps |
| Libraries | Siuslaw Public Library, Mapleton Public Library |
| Lighthouses | Construction of Coastal Lighthouses, Bandon, Cape Arago, Cape Meares, Coquille River, Heceta Head, Port Orford, Umpqua, Yaquina Bay |
| Lakes | see: Water Ways/Bodies of Water |
| Lookout Stations - Oregon | |
| "M" | General Subjects |
| Mapleton | Photo file, Mapleton Public Library, Swimming Pool, see Schools, Mapleton |
| Maps | Coastal, Lane County |
| Marine Life | see: Beach & Beach Life |
| Mill Work | Original Newspaper Articles |
| Mill Work Binder | Registered Log Brands |
| Mills: | Early Siuslaw Logging, Logging, Lumber, Shingle Sawmills of Florence , Dictionary of Logging Terms, Photo File, Replica Sawmill on Display; See LINK Shingle Mills |
| Minerva (Community) | |
| Mining & Gold | |
| Moonshine | |
| Motor Cycles Races - 1930's | |
| Mushrooms | see: Farming/Ranching/Dairy, Farming |
| Museums | Brochures, Doll Museum, Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum, Heritage Museum, Oregon Trail Museum; See Siuslaw Pioneer Museum |
| Music | |
| Musical Instruments | |
| Mysteries Unsolved (Including Treasures) | |
| "N" | General Subjects |
| Names of Places | see: Florence History |
| National Oregon Dunes Seashore | see: Beach & Beach Life |
| Newspapers | The ARCH, Florence Newspaper History |
| Nobody's Magazine - September 1908 | |
| North Fork (Community) | |
| Noti (Community) | |
| "O" | General Subjects |
| Old Man Siuslaw | |
| Oral History Project | see: LINK |
| Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) | |
| Oregon Department of Transportation | see: Lane County Oregon Gov't & U.S. Gov't Organizations |
| Oregon Fish & Game Department | see: "Fishing" |
| Oregon History | Booklets, Buildings LINK**, Historical Quarterly Magazine, Trails, Lore & Health |
| Oregon Invasive Species | see: LINK also see Darlingtonia |
| Oregon Parks & Recreation Department | see: Parks / Camp Grounds / Resorts |
| Organizations | see Organizations LINK** |
| "P" | General subjects |
| Parks / Camp Grounds / Resorts | General Information, Florence Park Commission, Oregon Parks & Recreation Department, Oregon Statewide Outdoor Recreational Resource/Facility, also see: LINK** |
| Patterns | |
| Poetry - Florence | Hurd, Margie Knolls Collection, Joaquin Miller |
| Police Dept. and Jail | see: Florence City Government |
| Port of Siuslaw | General, Port Commissioners |
| Postcards - also see the "postcard binders" | General |
| Post Office | Origin of Post Office Names, Locations |
| Point Terrace (Community) | |
| Q | General Subjects |
| Quilts & Quilting | General Subjects, Books |
| "R" | General Subjects |
| Railroads - General | General Subjects |
| Rainrock | Community |
| Rainbow Ballroom | |
| Real Estate Offices | see Businesses |
| Resorts | see: Parks/Camp Grounds/Resorts |
| Retirement Facilities | see: Businesses, Retirement Residences and Care Facilities |
| Reedsport (Community) | |
| Rhododendron Festival Events | Astoria Clowns, carnival, clam chower, Budweiser Clydesdales, Grants Pass Cavemen, Junior and Senior Courts, Grand Marshalls, Themes |
| Rockport | see: Tiernan Community |
| Roosevelt Hwy 101 | see: Highways & Roads |
| Rivers | see: Water Ways/Bodies of Water |
| S | General file subjects |
| Salmon | see: Fishing |
| Sand Dunes | see: Beach & Beach Life:"Dunes Studies & Informtion, Sand Dunes Restoration Project |
| Sand Dune Sally - 1959 | Lane County Schools |
| Schools | see Schools (includes early schools) LINK** |
| Sea Lion Caves | |
| Seaton (Community) | |
| Sewing Machine Collection | |
| Ships | see: Boats / Ships LINK** |
| Sister City - Ijera, Japan | see: Florence City: Chamber of Commerce |
| Shoreline Coastal Mgmt. | see: Waterways: Estuaries |
| Siltcoos Station Retreat | Learning Center (Lane Community Center) |
| Siltcoos Lake | see: Waterways: Lakes, Siltcoos |
| Siuslaw Boom Company (Siboco) | see: Mills:, Sawmills LINK** |
| Siuslaw Outreach Services (SOS) | see: - Organizations, Community LINK** |
| Siuslaw National Forest | see: Department of Forestry |
| Siuslaw Newspaper | see: Newspapers |
| Siuslaw Pioneer Association | see: Museums, Suislaw Pioneer Museum LINK** |
| Siuslaw Pioneer Museum | Heritage Players (aka John Quay Players) ; see: Museums, Suislaw Pioneer LINK** |
| Siuslaw Port & River | see:: Port of Siuslaw or Water Ways: Rivers |
| Siuslaw Public Library | see: Libraries, Siuslaw Public |
| Siuslaw Soil & Water District | see: Department of Forestry |
| Siuslaw Valley Fire & Rescue | see: Fire Dept., Residential - Business, WLFCA |
| Siuslaw Water Shed Council | see: Federal Agencies, Department of Forestry |
| Skateboard Parks | see: Parks/Campgrounds, Miller Park LINK** |
| Smith River, Oregon | Memories |
| Snowy Plover Controversy | see: Wildlife, Birds |
| Soap Making | |
| Sports - Adult events | |
| Spruce Point Cape | |
| Stage Lines | Bangs & Barretts, see: Transportation |
| Stagecoach Rd & Territorial Hwy | |
| Stagecoach books | book notes (Dale Pretzer), see: Transportation |
| Stamp Collections | |
| Stereo Scopes | |
| Storms | see: Weather |
| Sutton Creek | see: Water Ways/Bodies, Creeks |
| Sutton Lake | see: Water Ways/Bodies, Lakes |
| Swisshome (Community) | |
| S.T.E.P | see: Salmon |
| "T" General | |
| Takenitch Lake | General Subjects, also see Waterways, Lakes |
| Telephone Books - Florence | |
| Television | see: Business LINK**, Western Lane Translator |
| Tenmile Creek | see: Water Ways/Bodies, Creeks |
| Theater | see also Arts,Theater LINK**, General |
| Tiernan (Community) | |
| Time Capsule | |
| Transportation, (O.D.O.T.) | see: Lane County, OR., Dept of Transportation |
| Transportation - General | Automobiles, Bicycles, Bus, Cruise ships (1900's), Eugene to Bandon, Railroads LINK**, Stage, Trains |
| Trash Disposal | see: Florence City, Private Utilities |
| Truffle Industry | see: Farming/Ranching/Dairy, see also: Businesses LINK** |
| Tsunami | see: Weather |
| "U" | General Subjects, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, see: Federal Agencies |
| "V" | General Subjects |
| Veneta (Community) | |
| Veteran's & War Activities | Veteran's Remembered - newspapers, Area Veterans, Civil War, Ground Observers, National Guard, Veterans Moving Wall, Vine Maple Savages |
| Vine Maple Savages | |
| W | General Subjects |
| Waite Island | see: Duncan Island |
| Walton (Community) | |
| Wasabi Growers | see: Farming/Ranching/Dairy, Farming |
| Water Tower | see: Florence City, Government, Public Works Dept. |
| Water Ways/Bodies Of Water | Misc. |
| Weather | General, Earthquakes, Florence Annual Rainfall, Extreme Weather & Flooding, Slides, Tsunami, Tides, El Nino slides - see: Highways & Roads, Landslides Coastal, Tsunami |
| Slides - see: "Highways & Roads": "Landslides Coastal" | |
| Tides, El Nino, etc. | |
| Tsunami (2 files) | |
| Weaving Loom | |
| Western Lane Ambulance District (W.L.A.D. & E.M.S.) - see: "Fire Dept.": Residential & Business" | |
| Western Lane Community Foundation | see:Organizations/Community |
| Western Lane Taxpayers Assn. | see: "Business Post 1950's" |
| Western Lane Translator - Original Television Service- see: "Businesses post 1950's to current" | Original Television Service- see: Businesses post 1950's to current |
| Westlake (Community) | see also: Dunes City |
| Wetlands | see: Federal Agency, Department of Forestry |
| Whales / Squid | Squid, Whales, Whales - beached, explosions, Whale Watching |
| Wildlife - Oregon | Bats, Bears, Birding, Maps: Mapleton Forestry Dept and Bald Eagle Nesting Sights; Also see: Snowy Plover controversy, Cougar, Deer, Elk, Moose, Tanning Hides, Trapping, Hunting, Turtles |
| Wineries | see: "Business" "Wineries" |
| Winter Folk Festival | see: Theater, Florence Events Center |
| Woahink Lake | see: Waterways: Lakes, Woahink |
| "YZ" General | |
| Yachats (Community) |