Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)
Dates
- Existence: 1942 - 2014
Biography
Local historian and author Kay Atwood, who has written extensively about the Southern Oregon region. Atwood’s books include Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon, Mill Creek Journal: Ashland Oregon, 1850-1860, and Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855. Her many other books and articles explore the settlement and development of communities in Southern Oregon, and include National Register nominations, cultural resource inventories, and environmental and organizational histories.
Found in 529 Collections and/or Records:
8th and C, Alexander McMillan house, 110 Eighth Street, Ashland, Oregon, 1980
The National Register of Historic Places nomination form describes the Alexander McMillian House, built in 1905, is located in the Summit Addition.
There are three property plot maps included in the file, as well as images of the house and yard.
Originally from Scotland, Alexander McMillian arrived in America as a child in 1850. After sixty years of the cold Montana winters, Alexander and Eva McMillian came to Ashland in 1909.
80 Hargadine, Amos and Vera Nininger House, Ashland, Oregon, 1982
1917 East Main, Medford, Oregon, Clark - Jackson House, 1982
The National Registry of Historic Places nomination form describes the Clark–Jackson House located in Medford. Frank C. Clark designed the Colonial Revival house for his family in 1930. The file consists of plot plans, correspondence concerning nomination, biographical sketch, newspaper article, information on Frank C. Clark buildings in Rogue Valley, photograph negatives and slides.
2336 Table Rock Road, Dr. Charles T. and Mary Sweeney, Medford, Oregon, 1993
Acker Rock Lookout, Acker Rock, Tiller Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, 2003
The materials describe Acker Rock Lookout. The authors point out the historical significance that would make it eligible when the time is right for the nomination of being placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The authors suggest the lookout's eligibilty be reviewed in ten years.
Additional photographs, bulk: 1999-2007
Agriculture, Horticulture, and Grange, 1945-1955
These materials contain agricultural and land use data and statistics in Josephine County, Oregon from the first half of the twentieth century.
Allan Cartography – PDF Files, 2008
Allen Gulch / Allentown, 1939
The primary material in this file is an excerpt from a book entitled Pioneer Catholic History of Oregon by Edwin O'Hara (1939). The excerpt concerns a place in southern Oregon referred to as Allen Gulch. The other materials are index cards detailing information about photos from the Southern Oregon Historical Society's collection.
American Heritage – Stegner, 2007
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