Folklore: Masters no. 14

Miscellaneous stories and transcribed newspaper stories compiled from various W.P.A. Workers. Documents include:

Webfoot Whoppers, I No author(s) or date(s) identified, nine pages.

Webfoot Whoppers, III No author(s) or date(s) identified, eight pages.

Webfoot Whoppers, 2 No author(s) or date(s) identified, sixteen pages.

Last Rites For Laura J. Howard, Ashland Pioneer From the Medford Mail Tribune May 4, 1939. Newspaper clippings attached to paper with adhesive.

Expensive Drinks Submitted by William Haight from the W.P.A. project, 1939.

Razors Little Used By Former Legislators From the Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. March 10, 1939. Newspaper clippings attached to paper with adhesive.

Democrats an' Republicans By George Estes, no date(s) identified.

Mrs. Ellen Bowman Stover From the Weekly East Oregonian, March 17, 1877.

Joel W. Munson From the History of Columbia River Valley, volume three. From the perspective of Munson's daughter to Fred Lockley.

A Good Thing From the Oregon Statesman, April 10, 1860.

Baseball's Beginning In Portland Town From the Oregon Journal, May 9, 1939.

Early "Duels" From the editorials of the Democratic Era, June 16, 1871. Two pages.

Mrs. Frank Frazier From the Weekly East Oregonian, June 30, 1877. One page.

Mary Catherine Baker From the Weekly East Oregonian, December 1, 1877. One page.

Grasshoppers From the Oregon Statesman, August 18, 1855. One page.

There Will Always Be Coyotes On The Range From the Benton County Herald, Corvallis, Oregon, December 29, 1938. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

Harney County Inhabited In 8062 B.C. From the Harney County American, Burns, Oregon, September 16, 1938. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

Bedbug Story From the Oregon Statesman, August 4, 1855. Transcribed by Lydia Littell on November 1, 1940. One page.

Cowboy Language From the Sherman County Journal, December 29, 1938. Newspaper clippings attached to paper with adhesive.

The Stockman's Prayer From the Weekly Mountaineer, The Dalles, Oregon, January 6, 1872. One page.

Among the Quills From the Democratic Era, July 7, 1871. One page.

Seventh Day Adventist Church, Grants Pass From the Historical Records from the church records. No date(s) identified. One page.

Skunk Creekers Sniff at Label From the Sunday Oregonian, October 30, 1939. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

Your School and You By Margaret Ray, from the Springfield News, February 9, 1939. Newspaper clippings attached to paper with adhesive.

Mrs. Alma L. Howe Recalls Good Old Winter of 1884-85 From the Hood River News, January 6, 1939. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

The River Rogue By Colonel Robert A. Miller. No date(s) identified.

Telling Age of Tree is Scouted By Howard W. Blakeslee, from the Baker Democrat Herald, May 4, 1939. Newspaper clippings attached to paper with adhesive.

Big Tadpoles, Mosquitos, and Pumpkins No author(s) or date(s) identified. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

The Liar Champion of Forty Years Ago and Name "Hobo" Once Given to the Migratory Worker From the Oswego Review, September 23, 1938. Newspaper clippings attached to paper with adhesive.

Impressions and Observations of The Journal Man No author(s) or date(s) identified. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

Many Fine Old Clocks Found Here By Helen Wiesner, from the Silverton Appeal-Tribune, March 31, 1939. Newspaper clippings attached to paper with adhesive.

Steamboat Made Dufur-Dalles Voyage Eighty-six Years Ago From the Dufur Dispatch, February 16, 1939. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

Reminiscent of the Past at Champoeg From the Sunday Journal, no date(s) identified. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

Chinook Wind in Oregon From the New Era Sweet Home, March 9, 1939. Newspaper clippings attached to paper with adhesive.

Old-Timers Tough From the Oregonian, April 30, 1939. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

In Old Oregon From the News-Reporter, McMinneville, Oregon, November 24, 1938. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

Our Bronze Pioneer in Salem No author(s) or date(s) identified. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

Corrects Us on Early History From the Central Oregonian, Prineville, Oregon, April 13, 1939.

Among Our Neighbors By Dean Collins, from the Oregon Journal, May 9, year unknown. Newspaper clipping attached to paper with adhesive.

Across the Fence By Venus L. Bunnell, from the Coos Bay Harbor, North Bend, Oregon, February 23, 1939.

Undaunted Pioneers Copy of privately published edition by Mary M. Dunn, 1929. One page.

Three-way World By J.R. Mclaughlin, no date(s) identified. One page.

The Rag Pickel From the Democratic Era, July 28, 1871. One page.

Old Style Post Offices From the Democratic Era, June 9, 1871. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, October 31, 1940. One page.

Nea-Kah-Nie Treasure By Manly M. Banister, no date(s) identified. Eight pages.

Red Fish of Wallowa Lore From the Weekly East Oregonian, December 1, 1877. One page.

Newspaper Acrimony From the Oregon Statesman, no date identified. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, November 1, 1940. One page.

The 4th at Silverton From the Oregon Statesman, August 4, 1855. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, November 1, 1940. Two pages.

Mrs. Stover From the Weekly East Oregonian, March 17, 1877. One page.

Mr. Belmont From the Weekly East Oregonian, June 30, 1877. One page.

Joe Connelly From the Weekly East Oregonian, March 17, 1877. One page.

Grasshoppers in '55 From the Oregon Statesman, August 4, 1855. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, November 1, 1940. One page.

Forest Weather Log No author(s) identified, documented from May 1934 to March 1938. One page.

Folklore Incidents From the LaGrande Mountain Sentinel, October 12, 1872 and June 3, 1876. And the Democratic Crisis, Corvallis, February 26, 1859. One page.

Dr. I. U. Temple From the Weekly East Oregonian, March 17, 1877. One page.

Editorial Attacks From the Statesman, February 10 and 17, 1852. One page.

City Life For Jim By James Beckwith, written 1920-1933. One page.

A Vicious Female From the Oregon Statesman, July 17, 1860. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, October 31, 1940. One page.

A little Child Lay Dying No author(s) or date(s) identified. One page.

Bits for Breakfast By R.J. Hendricks, September 27, 1939. One page.

Water Use No author(s) or date(s) identified. One page.

A Bachelor's Love Song From the Oregon Statesman, June 30, 1855. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, November 1, 1940. Two pages.

To Ignite Damp Matches From the Oregon Statesman, August 25, 1855. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, November 1, 1940. One page

The Rain Crow By W.K. Brownlow, from the Southwestern Oregon News, February 17, 1939. One page.

The Stockman's Prayer From the Weekly Mountaineer, The Dalles, Oregon, January 6, 1872. One page.

Reminiscences By William Thompson Doe, San Francisco, 1912. Transcribed by Eugene Woods, November 7, 1940. One page.

Oregon Style By George E. Cole from Ealy Oregon, Spokane, Washington, 1905. One page.

Omens No author(s) or Date(s) identified. One page.

Lynching at Lafayatte From the Oregon Statesman, August 18, 1855. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, November 1, 1940. One page.

Log Cabin Song Book From the Oregon Statesman, September 1, 1855. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, November 1, 1940. One page.

Lee's Encampment By H. L. Talkington from the Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Pacific Northwest. Two pages.

Celebration of J.J. Hill's Place From the Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, Oregon, by Orvil Dodge, 1898. One page.

Champoeg Times No author(s) or date(s) identified. From the Oregon Statesman. Transcribed by Lydia Littell, November 1, 1940. One page.

Bits For Breakfast By R.J Hendricks, August 29, 1939. Three pages.

Fashion Book Item From the Oregon Statesman, September 22, 1855. One page. 

Forty-Niners By Archer Butler Hulbert, 1931. Twelve pages.

Loading Piling of Schooner at Old Town in the Early 1900s Interesting By J.W. Flanagan, August 17, 1939. Three pages.