Libraries with old Newspapers and local Histories

SOUTHWESTERN OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
1988 Newmark Avenue,
Coos Bay, OR 97420
541/888-2525
Hours: Mon - Thurs  8am - 9pm
           Fri                 8am - 5pm
CLOSED BETWEEN TERMS

      Library has a large collection of historical works relating to Coos County and Oregon.  They have an Oral History Series [236 taped interviews];  Eugene Newspaper Index 1855-1870; Library Assn of Portland Newspaper Index 1851 - 1979; various atlases, biographical directories, etc.

COOS BAY PUBLIC LIBRARY
525 W. Anderson,
Coos Bay, OR 97420
541/269-1101
Hours:  Mon - Thurs    10am - 7pm
             Fri                   10am - 5pm
            Sat                   12     - 5pm

      Library has large collection of genealogically valuable material for Coos County and Oregon, including:
Histories and biographical works
Federal census records for Oregon  1850 - 1900
Newspapers on microfilm:  The World  1906 to present;   Marshfield Sun  1891 - 1944;  Bandon Recorder   1890 - 1916;  CB Harbor   1905 - 1950;  CB News   1900 - 1917;   Coquille City Herald   1883 - 1917;   Coquille Tribune   1933 - 1947;   Coquille Valley Sentinel   1917 - 1940;   Empire Builder/Bay Reporter 1853 - 198?;    Marshfield Weekly Coast Mail    1879 - 1906;   Marshfield SW Oregon Daily    1922 - 1940;   Myrtle Point Herald   1895 - 1951;    Port Orford 1880 - 1882;   Powers Patriot   1918 - 1923;   CB Monthly   1906 - 1908.  Many early issues are missing.

NORTH BEND PUBLIC LIBRARY
1800 Sherman Avenue,
North Bend, OR  97459
541/756-6712
Hours:    Mon - Thurs     11am - 9pm
                     Fri & Sat           10am - 5:30pm

      Library has a very good reference collection of Coos County and Oregon material of genealogical value, including:
Oregon Historical Quarterly    1955 to present
Coos Genealogical Forum Bulletin
Local Phone Directories
Newspapers:  Marshfield Coast Mail   1879 - 1904;   CB Harbor    1905 - 1950; NB News   1961 - 1971;   CB News    1874 - 1892;   Bandon Recorder   1890, 1904 - 1905;   The West (Florence, OR)   1893 - 1905.

BANDON PUBLIC LIBRARY:
next to City Hall on Hwy 101,
Bandon, OR  97411
541/347-3221
Hours:     Mon & Thurs     1pm - 8pm
               Tues & Wed    10am - 7pm
                Fri & Sat            1pm - 5pm

     Library has several historical and biographical works, some histories of Bandon churches, data on the Bandon Fire, and some old newspapers.

COQUILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
105 N. Birch
Coquille, OR  97423
541/396-2410
Hours:     Mon - Thurs     10am - 8:30pm
          Fri                    10am - 5pm
        Sat                    noon - 5pm

    Library has many historical and biographical works and the Coquille Sentinel Newspaper on microfilm.

FLORA M. LAIRD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
435 5th
Myrtle Point, OR  97458
541/572-2591
Hours:     Mon, Tues, Fri      noon - 9pm
               Wed & Fri            noon - 5pm
               Sat                         2pm - 5pm

    Library has some local histories and many articles by Curt Beckham about events and people in early Myrtle Point and all available Myrtle Point newspapers on microfilm.

HAZEL M. LEWIS LIBRARY
340 Fir
Powers, OR  97466
541/439-5311
Hours:     Mon & Sat            1pm - 5pm
                 Tues, Thurs, Fri     7pm - 9pm
                          Wed     1pm - 5pm   and   7pm - 9pm

     Library has some county histories and works relating to the history of Powers.

Most of the information presented herein was compiled by:

Merrill Hill Mosher
9855 Cape Arago Hwy
Coos Bay, OR 97420
541/888-9444
Certified Genealogist

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