Local historian Sue Waldron was introduced to early twentieth-century Jacksonville artist Regina Dorland Robinson’s work in 1986 when she began working in the Exhibits Department of the Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS). She was the researcher for the 2007 SOHS-published book A Lasting Impression: The Art and Life of Regina Dorland Robinson, which featured many Dorland paintings. She spent several years collecting more details about the tragic young artist’s life. Join us to learn new information Sue Waldron found about Dorland and her associates and to see images of formerly unknown paintings.

Sue Waldron is a native of Medford and a graduate of Southern Oregon University, where she received a bachelor's degree in history. She was the researcher and writer for the Exhibits Department at the Southern Oregon Historical Society and a frequent contributor to their publication, The Table Rock Sentinel. She was the researcher for A Lasting Impression: Life and Art of Regina Dorland Robinson (2007) and the author of “County Folk: Stories of Early Jackson County Residents,” (2021).

The monthly Windows in Time lunchtime lectures feature well-known writers and historians and bring alive the people, values, and events that shaped our Southern Oregon heritage. Lectures are jointly sponsored by the Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS) and Jackson County Library Services. Programs are presented in Medford (first Wednesdays) and again in Ashland (second Wednesdays). Recordings of Medford presentations are available on the JCLS Beyond YouTube channel.