Section IV

Subject Bibliography of Polk County History Titles

Held by PCHP Agencies

Compiled by Cathi Rooth and Ron Baker

Introduction

This is a subject bibliography of printed Polk County history materials in the six PCHP agencies. It is the result of a survey of cataloging databases as well as an actual physical inspection of book collections at each agency. Most listed items are of book-length, although some pamphlets of particular significance have been included. Researchers are advised that copies of the listed pamphlets may also be located in agency local history pamphlet files. A few statewide reference and journal titles as well as state and regional “subscription histories” have also been included in this bibliography because they are rich sources of Polk County information.

Some items have been deliberately left out of this compilation. Most contemporary planning documents and promotional literature are not included, although more will be found in the bibliography on the Project website, www.wou.edu/provost/PCHP. Polk County newspapers were surveyed separately and these results are listed in Section V of this Pathfinder. Family genealogies with incidental or minimal local history content have not been included, although these decisions were based on a sense of content and format rather than on any exact standard. Researchers should note that the Polk County Historical Society has a large collection of genealogies and family histories in its library that is only minimally represented here. Finally, no attempt was made in compiling this bibliography to identify individual journal articles specific to Polk County. However, the journals and their indexes listed below should provide researchers with access to most significant Polk County-related articles.

A typical entry appears as follows:

Clarke, Gordon W.
The Streets We Live On. (1978)
38p.
[Covers Independence, Monmouth, & Falls City]
DAL IND MON PHS WOU

This entry gives the author, title, date of publication in parentheses, number of pages, notes in brackets, and holding agencies. Most titles appear only once, under their main topics. A few titles will be found both under a subject and under a place name. Blaine A. Schmeer’s Pottery on the Willamette: A History of the Oregon Pottery Company, for example, is found under “Buena Vista,” where the factory was located, and under “Industry.” In the interest of economy, full bibliographic citations, abstracts, and more specific agency locations for all of these listed titles will eventually be provided in the Project’s alphabetical bibliography on thePCHP website.

Bibliography of Polk County History Titles:

Table of Contents

OREGON REFERENCE

Brandt, Patricia.
Oregon Biography Index. (1976)
131p.
[Indexes Oregon’s subscription histories]
DAL PHS

Corning, Howard McKinley
Dictionary of Oregon History. (1956)
281p.
DAL IND MON WOU

Lenzen, Connie.
Oregon Guide to Genealogical Sources. (1996)
377p.
MON WOU

McArthur, Lewis A. and Lewis L. McArthur.
Oregon Geographic Names. (1928-1992eds.)
DAL (52, 74, 82, 92); HER (92); IND (52, 74, 82); MON (74, 92); PHS (44,52,74);
WOU (74, 92)

Onstine, Burton W.
Oregon Votes: 1858-1972, Election Returns. (1973)
395p.
DAL MON WOU

STATE AND REGIONAL SUBSCRIPTION HISTORIES

Bancroft, Herbert Howe.
History of Oregon. (1890?)
2v.
DAL WOU

Brandt, Patricia.
Oregon Biography Index. (1976)
131p.
[Indexes Oregon’s subscription histories]
DAL

Carey, Charles Henry.
History of Oregon. (1922)
3v.
DAL MON WOU

Clark, Robert Carlton.
History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. (1927)
3v.
DAL HER WOU

Gaston, Joseph.
The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. (1912)
4v.
DAL MON PHS WOU

Hines, Harvey K.
An illustrated History of the State of Oregon . . . (1893)
1300p.
DAL HER PHS WOU

History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington . . . (1889)
2v.
WOU

Lang, H. O. (editor)
History of the Willamette Valley . . . (1885)
902p.
[Subject and name index at back]
PHS

Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. (1903)
1571p.
DAL MON WOU

Portrait and Biographical Record of Western Oregon. (1904)
1033p.
MON

SERIAL PUBLICATIONS

Journals:

Historically Speaking.
v.l- 1963-
[Periodical of the Polk County Historical Society; separate index for volumes1-10]
DAL v.1-11
HER v.1-11
IND v.1-11 and index
MON v.1-11 and index
PHS v.1-11 and index
WOU v.1-2, 4, 8, 10

Oregon Historical Quarterly
v.1- 1900-
[Journal of the Oregon Historical Society; v. 1-25 entitled Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society]
Complete year holdings:
DAL 1960, 1962-1980, 1972, 1988-
HER 1996-
MON 1901, 1903-1905, 1907-1919, 1921-1922, 1924-1926, 1928-1934, 1946-
PHS 1907, 1913, 1916-1932, 1934-1936, 1947-1953, 1957-1996
WOU 1900-

Oregon Historical Quarterly Index.
3v.
[Coverage: volume 1, 1900 to 1939; volume 2, 1940 to 1960; volume 3, 1961-1980]
DAL (v.1-3); IND (v.1-2); MON (v.1-3); PHS (v.1-3) WOU (v.1-3)

Directories:

Cascade Telecom Development, Inc.
Dallas, Monmouth, Independence, Falls City, Rickreall Telephone Directory.
MON 1999, 2000, 2001

Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce.
Dallas Area Business and Professional Directory.
DAL 1982-1983; PHS 1971-1973, 1975, 1982-1983

Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce.
Dallas Oregon Buyers Guide.
DAL 1984-1987, 1990
IND 1987
PHS 1984-1987

Dallas Telephone Company.
Directory, Dallas Telephone Company.
PHS 1910

Hill-Donnelly Corp.
Cross Reference Directory, Salem, Oregon.
[Includes Dallas, Falls City, Independence, Monmouth, and, until 1988, Valsetz]
DAL 1979-1980, 1984-1985, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995-1999

Johnson Publishing Company.
Dallas, Oregon, City Directory Including Independence, Monmouth, and Falls City.
DAL 1971-1972, 1974, 1976-1977, 1980
PHS 1974, 1976-1977

Johnson’s Publishing Company.
Johnson’s Dallas, Oregon, Telephone and Business Locator.
PHS 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980

Monmouth Chamber of Commerce.
Monmouth City Directory.
HER 1939
MON 1924, 1939

Monmouth-Independence Area Chamber of Commerce.
Monmouth Independence Business Directory.
DAL 1988
MON 1990, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2000-01
PHS 1986-87, 1990, 1995-96, 1997-98

Northwest Telephone Company.
Sheridan, Willamina and Grand Ronde Telephone Directory.
PHS 1950

Pacific Coast Publishing.
Salem Regional Telephone Directory.
[Includes Dallas, Falls City, Independence, Monmouth, and Rickreall]
MON 1996-97, 1998, 1999, 2000

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Dallas and Falls City Supplemental Directory. (1948)
12p.
PHS

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Dallas and Vicinity Telephone Directory. (1947)
76p.
PHS

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Marion and Polk Counties Telephone Directory. (1922)
Various pagings.
[West Salem businesses are the only Polk County listings]
MON

Pacific Telephone and Telegraphy Company.
Salem, Marion and Polk Counties Telephone Directory. (1942)
lv.
HER IND

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Salem and Vicinity Telephone Directory. (1952)
[Includes Dallas, Monmouth, and Independence]
Various pagings.
MON

Polk Company.
Polk City Directory for Polk-Marion Counties, Oregon.
DAL 1997, 1998
MON 1998, 1999
WOU 1999

Polk Company.
Polk Cross-reference Directory for Salem, Oregon.
[Includes Polk County communities]
DAL 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Polk County Itemizer-Observer.
Polk County, Oregon, Telephone Directory. (1929)
lv.
DAL

Statesman Publishing Company.
Rural Directory and Reference Book. (1906)
various pagings.
[Includes names and rural delivery routes for Polk County residents]
DAL

Tri-city Phone Directory and Guide. (1981)
103p.
[Covers Dallas, Monmouth, and Independence]
PHS

Tscheu Publishing Company.
Polk County Directory.
DAL 1962, 1966, 1969
PHS 1969

Tscheu Publishing Company
Polk County Farm and Agricultural Directory.
PHS 1954/55

Tscheu Publishing Company.
Rural Directory of Polk County, Oregon.
DAL 1962, 1966, 1969

US West.
Catalist. (1993)
4v.
[Criss-cross directory includes Dallas, Falls City, Monmouth-Independence, and Rickreall]
DAL

US West.
Dallas, Oregon, Telephone Directory.
[Includes Falls City, Independence, Monmouth, West Salem, and Rickreall; title varies]
DAL 1980-2001
MON 1996-2001

Willamette Telephone Company.
Polk County Oregon.
[Includes Dallas, Falls City, Independence, and Monmouth]
PHS 1924

School Yearbooks:
Central High School.
Centralian.
HER 1951, 1954-1957, 1961, 1963-1967, 1969, 1972
IND 1990, 1991
MON 1977, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1991

Dallas College.
The Oaks.
PHS 1911

Dallas High School.
The Dragon.
DAL 1945-1980, 1982, 1983, 1986-1988, 1990-1995, 1997-2000
HER 1958
PHS 1944, 1960-1962

Dallas High School.
Oriole.
DAL 1914
PHS 1914

Dallas High School
Periscope.
DAL 1917, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929-1941
PHS 1921, 1923-1924, 1926-1927, 1936-1938, 1940, 1944

Dallas Junior High School.
Wildcat.
DAL 1955, 1957-1959, 1969
PHS 1955-1960

Henry Hill School.
The Cougar.
HER 1962, 1964

Independence High School.
The Cardinal.
HER 1948, 1949

Independence High School.
The Cyclone.
HER 1924, 1926

Monmouth High School.
Ex Libris.
MON 1940

Monmouth High School.
The Royal Purple.
HER 1921
WOU 1911, 1921

Oregon College of Education.
The Grove.
IND 1979
MON 1940-1954, 1956-1960, 1962-1963, 1965-1972, 1979
WOU 1940-1972, 1979

Oregon College of Education.
The Norm.
MON 1939
WOU 1939

Oregon Normal School.
The Norm.
HER 1912-1913, 1923, 1938
MON 1920-1931, 1936-1938
PHS 1916 (Feb. & June), 1924
WOU 1911-1932, 1936-1938

Perrydale High School.
The Pirate’s Diary.
PHS 1940-1941, 1945/46

Talmadge Middle School.
The Cougar.
HER 1968, 1971-1977, 1979

Talmadge Middle School.
Making the Pieces Fit.
MON 1994

Valsetz High School.
Cougar Tracks.
PHS 1940, 1948-1951, 1953-1959, 1961-1964, 1967-1978, 1980-1981

Valsetz High School.
The Last Hurrah. (1984)
HER IND MON PHS WOU

Western Oregon State College.
The Grove.
MON 1987-1991
WOU 1987-1991

Western Oregon State College.
Passages. (1994)
WOU

POLK COUNTY GENERAL HISTORY

A Century of Polk County History, 1859-1959. (1959)
59p.
DAL HER IND MON PHS WOU

Clarke, Gordon W.
Polk County, Oregon, Place Names (1977 and 2000)
157p. (1st ed.) and 78p. (2nd ed.)
DAL (77 & 00); IND (77); MON (77 & 00); PHS (77); WOU (77 & 00)

Clarke, Gordon W.
The Streets We Live On. (1978)
38p.
[Covers Independence, Monmouth & Falls City]
DAL IND MON PHS WOU

Clarke, Gordon W,
The Streets We Live On, #2. (1979)
104p.
[Covers Dallas, West Salem, and unincorporated communities of Polk County]
DAL IND MON PHS WOU

Crosiar, R. Roland.
Neither Rain nor Snow: A History of U.S. Post Offices within Polk County, Oregon, 1850-1993. (1993)
156p.
MON PHS WOU

Great Events. (1978)
48p.
[Includes 12 topical and biographical articles]
IND MON PHS WOU

Great Events Which Made Polk County—200 years of History. (1976)
64p.
[Includes 11 topical chapters]
DAL IND MON WOU

Great Events II. (1977)
64p.
[Includes 16 topical and biographical articles]
IND MON PHS WOU

History of Polk County, Oregon. (1987)
301p.
DAL HER IND MON PHS WOU

Moore, George R.
Community Profile, Chemeketa Community College District. (1975)
146p.
DAL

Oregon Historic Landmarks: Willamette Valley. (1963)
63p.
DAL IND MON PHS WOU

Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties: Polk County. (1991)
lv. (loose-leaf)
HER

Polk County Centennial: 1893-1993. (1993)
90p.
DAL PHS WOU

Polk County Centennial Souvenir Booklet and Program. (1947)
96p.
DAL MON WOU

Polk County Historic Resource Inventory, Phase II. (1992)
lv. (loose-leaf)
HER

Polk County Observer Progress Edition. (1911)
40p.
PHS

Polk County Oregon: “Best in the West.” (mid-1930s)
16p.
MON WOU

Polk County Parks. (1975)
20p.
[Provides a brief history for each county park]
PHS

Polk County Premium Fair List. (annual)
DAL 1979
PHS 1921-1922, 1926-1930, 1933-1936, 1941, 1948-1950, 1952, 1965, 1974-1975, 1977-1987, 1992

Polk County Rural Route Renumbering Booklet. (1976)
111p.
DAL

Resource Atlas: Polk County, Oregon. (1973)
69p.
DAL WOU

Statewide Inventory of Historic Sites and Buildings, Polk County. (1976)
1v. (loose-leaf)
DAL PHS

Swander, C. F.
Making Disciples in Oregon. (1928)
247p.
[Includes information on early Disciples of Christ churches in Polk County]
PHS

POLK COUNTY SUBJECTS

Agriculture (See also “Industry”):

Glen, Julia Veazie.
John Lyle and the Lyle Farm. (1925)
24p.
DAL

Jenkins, Freda.
You Picked What? (1993)
52p.
[Memoir of hops growing industry]
HER

Knezevich, Clarence A.
Soil Survey of Polk County, Oregon. (1982)
250p.
DAL IND MON WOU

Polk County Premium Fair List. (annual)
DAL 1979
PHS 1921-1922. 1926-1930, 1933-1936, 1938, 1941, 1947-1950, 1952-1953, 1965, 1974-1975, 1977-1987, 1992

Torgerson, E. F., et al.
Soil Survey of Polk County, Oregon. (1927)
[20p.]
MON WOU

Biography and Genealogy (See also “Oregon Reference” and “Subscription Histories”):

Applegate, Jesse A.
A Day with the Cow Column. (1990)
225p.
MON WOU

Brunson, Howard P.
I Remember Logging, 1923-1997. (1998)
115p.
MON PHS

Cawley, Martinus.
Father Crockett of Grand Ronde: Adrien-Joseph Croquet, 1818-1902, Oregon Indian Missionary, 1860-1898 . . . (1985? & 1996)
97p (85); 119p. (96)
DAL (85); MON (96)

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1890. (1983-1993)
11v.
[Compiled and Edited by Kenneth L. Holmes]
DAL HER IND MON PHS WOU

Crossing Polk County, Oregon Lines: A Collection of Five-generation Charts. (1995)
172p.
DAL MON PHS

Crowley, Helen D.
A Crowley Family: Solomon and Hannah Crowley of Rickreall, Oregon. (2000)
526p.
PHS WOU

Custer, Jeanne,
The Marriage Records of Polk County, Oregon, Volume I & Volume B, 1849-1879. (1981)
113p.
DAL MON PHS WOU

Dorman, George Richard.
The Life Work and Educational Influence of Thomas Higdon Gentle. (1941)
116p.
[Thesis for University of Oregon]
WOU

Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims. (1957)
5v. plus index.
[Includes geographic index for origin of applicants]
DAL

Gentle, Thomas H.
Memoirs of Thomas H. Gentle. (1993)
91p.
MON PHS WOU

Glen, Julia Veazie.
John Lyle and the Lyle Farm. (1925)
24p.
DAL

History of Polk County, Oregon. (1987)
301p.
DAL HER IND MON WOU

Jenkins, Freda.
You Picked What? (1993)
52p.
[Memoir of hops growing industry]
HER

La Mere, Cletus Edward.
Father Felix Bucher, S.D.S., Missionary and Mystic of Grand Ronde, Oregon. (1996)
87p.
DAL MON

McArthur, Harriet Nesmith
Recollections of the Rickreall. (1930)
24p.
DAL

Mekkers, Frances Charlotte (Brown).
Frances Charlotte Brown Mekkers. (?)
[Memories of the Salt Creek area]
40p.
PHS

1878 Itemizer Newspaper Extracts, Polk County, Oregon. (1990)
87p.
[Includes personal name index]
DAL HER MON PHS

1879 Itemizer Newspaper Extracts, Polk County, Oregon. (1991)
140p.
[Includes personal name index]
DAL MON

Polk County, Oregon, Death Records, 1903-1921. (1989)
71p.
DAL MON PHS

Polk County, Oregon, Marriage Records, Sept. 1879 to Dec. 1888. (1992)
68p.
DAL MON PHS

Polk County Pioneer Sketches. (1927 and 1929)
2v.
[Compiled by the Sarah Childress Polk Chapter No. 6 of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Dallas, Oregon]
DAL WOU

Polk County Pioneer Sketches, Volumes 1 and 2, 1927-1929. (1980?)
116p.
[Reprint ed.]
DAL IND MON PHS WOU

Polk County Probate Case File Index, 1853-1921. (n.d.)
55p.
DAL

Polk County Signal Births and Deaths, April 6, 1868-Dec. 29, 1893. (n.d.)
1v. (loose-leaf)
DAL

Rickreall: Coming to the Vale of the Rickreall (2000)
161p.
DAL MON PHS

Rushford, Jerry.
Christians on the Oregon Trail: Churches of Christ and Christian Churches in Early Oregon, 1842-1882. (1997)
543p.
MON PHS WOU

Schafer, Joseph.
Prince Lucien Campbell. (1926)
216p.
WOU

76 Reflections: A Bicentennial Salute. (1976)
134p.
[Includes memories of sixteen Polk County residents]
DAL MON PHS WOU

Cemeteries:

Armstrong, Dean E. and Michael J. Strom.
Cemeteries of Polk County. (1968)
28p.
HER

Oregon Cemetery Survey. (1978)
400p.
DAL IND MON

Polk County Cemeteries, Volume Five: More Cemeteries. (1995)
70p.
DAL HER IND MON PHS

Polk County Cemeteries, Volume Four: Small Cemeteries in Polk County. (1991)
107p.
DAL HER IND MON PHS

Polk County Cemeteries, Volume Six: Willamina Cemetery. (n.d.)
27p.
DAL HER PHS

Polk County Cemeteries, Volume Three: Hilltop Cemetery District. (1989)
83p.
DAL HER IND MON PHS WOU

Polk County Cemeteries, Volume Two: The Southwest Fourth. (1988)
94p.
DAL HER IND MON PHS WOU

Polk County, Oregon, Tombstone Inscriptions of Dallas Cemetery. (1986)
188p.
DAL HER IND MON PHS

Census:

Branigar, Tom.
Polk County, Oregon, 1880 Census. (1991)
135p.
DAL MON PHS

Branigar, Tom.
Polk County, Oregon, 1870 Census. (1980)
89p.
DAL MON PHS

Census of the United State, 1860-1920. Oregon. Polk County.
Microfilm.
DAL 1860-1880, 1900-1920 (DAL has entire state for 1860-1880.)
IND 1860-1880, 1900-1920

Copy of Census Roll for Polk County for the Year 1856. (1976)
21p.
[Includes name index]
DAL WOU

Haskins, Harley.
Oregon 1860 Polk County Oregon Census. (1974)
48p.
DAL

Hiday, Nellie C.
Oregon, 1870 U.S. Census: Benton County Polk County, Typed from Microfilm and Indexed . . . (1967)
61p.
WOU

Index to Microfilm of the 1900 Polk County, Oregon, Census. (1986)
13p.
DAL

Marsh, Robert A.
Polk County, Oregon, 1880 Census. (1986)
124p.
DAL

Oregon 1850 Territorial Census Index. (1978)
83p.
DAL

Thompson, Al.
1910 Polk County Oregon Census. (1992)
2v.
DAL MON PHS

Education (See also “Western Oregon University” and “Yearbooks”):

Morrison, Carl E.
Consolidation of Selected School Districts in Central Polk County, Oregon. (1953)
110p.
PHS

Our History of Education. (1973)
56p.
[Concentrates on Central School District and its predecessors]
HER IND MON WOU

School Directory, Polk County, Oregon (annual)
PHS 1916/17-1917/18, 1921/22, 1923/24-1976/77

Smith, John E.
Bethel, Polk County, Oregon; Christian College; Corvallis College. (1953)
Various pagings.
[Also titled “Early State Colleges of Oregon”; histories of three schools were also published separately]
DAL MON WOU

Wall, Lucille Eugenie.
The Growth and Development of Practice-teaching Facilities at the Oregon Normal School. (1937)
138p.
[M.A. thesis for School of Education, Oregon State College]
WOU

Forests & Logging:

Brunson, Howard P.
I Remember Logging, 1927-1997. (1998)
115p.
MON PHS

Frantz, W. C. Pete.
Timber up the Luckiamute. (1976)
47p.
DAL IND PHS WOU

Highways, Roads and Trails:

Munford, Kenneth.
Artifacts along 99W: Corvallis to Portland. (1981)
14p.
MON

Munford, Kenneth.
Ewing Young’s Willamette Valley Trail. (1981)
20p.
MON WOU

Industry:

Baldwin, Catherine A.
Making the Most of the Best: Willamette Industries’ Seventy-five Years. (1982)
172p.
DAL PHS WOU

Dallas Plant: Quality People, Quality Product. (198-?)
86p.
[Covers Dallas plant of Caterpillar, Inc.]
DAL IND PHS

Lucas, William
Canning in the Valley. (1998)
320p.
[Covers Polk County canneries]
PHS

Muir and MacDonald Company National Register of Historic Places Inventory, Nomination Form. (1978)
unpaged.
DAL

Schmeer, Blaine A.
Pottery on the Willamette: A History of the Oregon Pottery Company, 1866-1896. (1987)
61p.
IND MON

Native Americans (See also “Biography and Genealogy” and “Grand Ronde”):

Kent, William.
The Siletz Indian Reservation, 1855-1900. (1977)
54p.
[Originally an M.S. thesis for Portland State University]
PHS

Mackey, Harold, comp.
The Kalapuyans: A Sourcebook on the Indians of the Willamette Valley. (1974)
165p.
IND PHS WOU 

Railroads:

Culp, Edwin.
Valley & Siletz Railroad: The Luckiamute River Route. (1958)
36p.
DAL WOU

Rivers and Creeks:

Corning, Howard McKinley.
Willamette Landings: Ghost Towns of the River. (1947 and 1973)
241p. (1st ed.) and 224p. (2nd ed.)
[Includes chapters on Eola and Buena Vista.]
DAL (47); IND (47 & 73); MON (47); PHS (47); WOU (47 & 73)

Farnell, James E.
Marys River and Rickreall Creek Navigability Studies. (1979)
29p.
DAL

Frantz, W. C. Pete.
Timber up the Luckiamute. (1976)
47p.
DAL IND PHS WOU

Moser, Stephen A.
Luckiamute River Navigability Study. (1981)
80p.
DAL MON

Preliminary Willamette River Greenway: A Plan for the Conservation and Management of the Willamette River Greenway. (1974)
2v.
HER

Western Oregon University (See also “Monmouth” and “Yearbooks”):

Campus Development Plan: A Plan for the Orderly Growth and Development of Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, Oregon. (1987)
lv.
WOU

Campbell Hall to 1971. (1971)
10p.
PHS WOU

The Closure Issue: Western Oregon State College, 1973-1983. (1983?)
ca. 100p.
WOU

Jones, Helen Butler
The Contribution of Certain Leaders to the Development of the Oregon Normal School, 1850 to 1930. (1947)
131p.
[M.S. thesis for Oregon, School of Education]
WOU

Oregon Normal School Buildings. (1936)
16p.
WOU

Pioneering the Future: A 130-year Prospectus. (1987)
32p.
WOU

Smith, John E.
Bethel, Polk County, Oregon; Christian College; Corvallis College. (1953)
[Also titled “Early State Colleges of Oregon”; histories of the three schools were also published separately]
DAL MON WOU

Smith, John E.
Christian College. (1953)
15p.
PHS WOU

Stebbins, Ellis A.
The OCE Story. (1973)
DAL MON PHS WOU

Stebbins, Ellis A. and Gary Huxford.
Since 1856: Historical Views of the College at Monmouth. (1996)
442p.
MON WOU

Todd Hall. (1968?)
32p.
WOU

Wall, Lucille Eugenie
The Growth and Development of Practice-teaching Facilities at the Oregon Normal School. (1937)
138p.
[M.A. thesis for Oregon State College, School of Education]
WOU

POLK COUNTY COMMUNITIES

Ballston:

Ballston, 1880-1980. (1980)
Unpaged.
DAL IND MON WOU

If Oak Trees Could Talk: The Story of Ballston’s Old School in the Grove. (1991)
16p.
DAL PHS

Bethel:

Smith, John E.
Bethel, Polk County, Oregon. (1941)
70p.
DAL PHS WOU

Buena Vista:

Corning, Howard McKinley.
Willamette Landings: Ghost towns of the River. (1947 & 1973)
241p. (1st ed.) and 224p. (2nd ed.)
[Includes chapters on Eola and Buena Vista]
DAL (47); IND (47 & 73); MON (47); PHS (47); WOU (47 & 73)

100th Anniversary of Buena Vista Methodist Church History, 1868-1968. (1968)
7p.
DAL PHS

Schmeer, Blaine A.
Pottery on the Willamette: A History of the Oregon Pottery Company, 1866-1896. (1987)
61p.
IND MON 

Camp Adair:

Camp Adair, 50 Years Ago, World War II. (1992)
109p.
DAL IND MON PHS WOU

Camp Adair Memories, 1941-1993. (1993)
97p.
DAL IND MON PHS WOU

Dallas:

Baldwin, Catherine A.
Making the Most of the Best: Willamette Industries’ Seventy-five Years. (1982)
172p.
DAL PHS WOU

City of Dallas Street Renumbering Booklet. (1975)
137p.
DAL

Coad, Nola Evelyn.
A History of Dallas College. (1930)
25p.
[M.A. thesis for University of Oregon]
DAL PHS

Dallas Oregon in Polk County, in the Heart of the Great Willamette Valley. (1911)
32p.
PHS

Dallas Plant: Quality People, Quality Product, 1919-1989. (198-?)
86p.
[Covers Dallas plant of Caterpillar Inc.]
DAL IND PHS

Dallas, the Friendly City. (late 1950s)
16p.
DAL PHS

The Heritage of a Hundred Years, 1856-1956: First Christian Church, Dallas, Oregon. (1956)
35p.
PHS

Knight, Glenn
Dallas Public Library: A History. (1978)
unpaged.
DAL

Muir and MacDonald Company National Register of Historic Places Inventory, Nomination Form. (1978)
unpaged.
DAL

100 Years of Methodism in Dallas, 1849-1949. (1949?)
28p.
DAL

Grand Ronde:

Catholic Church Records of the Pacific Northwest: Grand Ronde Register I (1860-1885), Grand Ronde Register II (1886-1898). (1987)
various pagings.
DAL

Independence (See also “Monmouth-Independence”):

Fire Insurance Map of Independence, Oregon.
[Atlases published by the Sanborn Map Company]
HER 1913 with 1915 paste-overs, 1925 with 1931 paste-overs
IND 1884, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1902, 1913, 1925 (all photocopies)

Historic Resource Inventory. (1984-85)
2v. (loose-leaf)
IND

Independence Historic District National Register Nomination. (1989)
1v. (loose-leaf)
HER IND

Land of Plenty: Independence, Polk County, Oregon. (ca. 1910)
15p.
DAL

Morrison, Jane Altier, and Julie Pinger.
City of Independence Historic Resource Inventory 1984-85. (1985)
44p.
HER IND

Newton, Sidney W.
Early History of Independence, Oregon. (1971)
120p.
DAL HER IND MON PHS WOU

Newton, Sidney W.
Post Office History of Independence, Oregon. (1980?)
11p.
HER IND PHS WOU

Pfaff, John.
Lyon Lodge #29, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons: A Historical Perspective of One Hundred Thirty Years of Service in the Communities of Southern Polk County. (1990)
49p.
IND MON PHS

Pomeroy, Jr., T. D. “Tom.”
Where Rolled the Wagon Train: Some Notes about Independence , Oregon of Yesteryear. (n.d.)
6p.
PHS WOU

Monmouth (See also “Monmouth-Independence” and “Western Oregon University”):

Alcohol in Monmouth. (1991)
Various pagings.
[Compiled by Western Oregon State College Library]
MON WOU

Fire Insurance Map of Monmouth, Oregon.
[Atlases published by the Sanborn Map Company]
HER 1928 with 1931 paste-overs
MON 1888, 1892, 1902, 1913, 1928 (all microfiche)

Historic Resources Inventory. (1987)
1v. (loose-leaf)
MON

Monmouth, 1856-1956: The Growth of an Idea. (1956)
36p.
[Text attributed to Gordon W. Clarke]
DAL MON PHS WOU 

Monmouth-Independence:

The Community Kaleidoscope: The Monmouth-Independence Area. (1979)
106p.
IND MON WOU

A Comprehensive Plan for the Monmouth-Independence Area. (1961)
64p.
[Includes aerial photographs]
IND

Physical and Economic Survey: Monmouth-Independence, Oregon. (1959)
49p.
PHS WOU

Pedee:

Tartar, Lena Belle.
Chronicles from Pedee, Oregon. (1974)
DAL IND MON PHS WOU

Rickreall:

Crowley, Helen D.
A Crowley Family: Solomon and Hannah Crowley of Rickreall, Oregon. (2000)
526p.
PHS WOU

McArthur, Harriet Nesmith.
Recollections of the Rickreall. (1930)
24p.
DAL

Rickreall: Coming to the Vale of the Rickreall (2000)
161p.
DAL MON PHS

Valsetz:

Hobson, Dorothy Anne.
The Valstez Star: 2000. (2000)
208p.
DAL MON

The Last Hurrah, 1983-1984: The End of an Era, 1924-1984. (1984)
156p.
[Final Valsetz High School yearbook that includes history of the local school district and the company town]
HER IND MON PHS WOU

West Salem:

Weed, Lyle A.
The Story of Salemtowne: The First Fifteen Years, 1967-82. (1983)
180p.
MON PHS

Zena:
History of the Spring Valley Church at Zena, Oregon. (1958)
24p.
DAL MON PHS