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Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

 Person

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

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:01.02
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1980

80 Hargadine, Amos and Vera Nininger House, Ashland, Oregon, 1982

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:01.21
Scope and Contents The National Registry of Historic Places nomination form describes the Amos and Vera Nininger House, located in Ashland. Thomas J. Downing, the builder, constructed the house in 1909-1910 and purchased by Amos and Vera Nininger, who lived in th house until their deaths. The file also consists of correspondence concerning the nomination: a Bungalow style, one of twelve concrete structures in Ashland, and one of five that are residences.Historically the house has retained its...
Dates: 1982

1917 East Main, Medford, Oregon, Clark - Jackson House, 1982

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:01.24
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1982

2336 Table Rock Road, Dr. Charles T. and Mary Sweeney, Medford, Oregon, 1993

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:01.27
Scope and Contents The National Registry of Historic Places nomination form describes the Charles T. and Mary Sweeney House located in Ashland. The architect, Frank C. Clark built the private residence as an example of 20th century French Provincial style architecture. What makes the house unique is that it is a mixture of Norman Farmhouse, Tudor, and Colonial styles.The file consists of correspondence regarding the nomination, plot plans, floor plans, a sketch of property plans with the landscape,...
Dates: 1993

Acker Rock Lookout, Acker Rock, Tiller Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, 2003

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:02.39
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 2003

Additional photographs, bulk: 1999-2007

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:05.40
Scope and Contents Photograph of Fort Vancouver from the Southeast, Washington, 1845 from the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections with attached photograph documentation; Email to Ian Keenan from Kay Atwood regarding images of Fort Vancouver, dated November 7th, 2007; Email to Kay Atwood from Gail regarding Cowlitz Farm Photos, dated November 1st, 2007; Email to Ms. Fagundes from Kay Atwood regarding images for publication, dated October 28th, 2007; Email to Bronwen Quarry from Kay Atwood...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1999-2007

Agriculture, Horticulture, and Grange, 1945-1955

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:03.21
Scope and Contents

These materials contain agricultural and land use data and statistics in Josephine County, Oregon from the first half of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1945-1955

Allan Cartography – PDF Files, 2008

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:05.26
Scope and Contents of files names for contract maps, dated 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 1, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 8, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 24, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 25, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 26, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 28, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 29,...
Dates: 2008

Allen Gulch / Allentown, 1939

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:03.22
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1939

American Heritage – Stegner, 2007

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:05.30
Scope and Contents Email to Kay Atwood from Stan Larson regarding The Wallace Stegner Collection at the Marriott Library at the University of Utah, dated October 25th, 2007; Letter to Richard F. Snow from Kay Atwood regarding a permission request for an article to be featured in Chaining Oregon, dated October 6th, 2007; Tracking chart for manuscript permissions for Chaining Oregon; Email to Kay Atwood from Julie Richards regarding a letter Richard Snow, dated October 24th, 2007; Search for Stegner on the...
Dates: 2007

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 523
Digital Record 4
Collection 2
 
Subject
Historic buildings 211
research notes 154
History, Local 108
Surveyors 85
Photographs 83
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Ashland (Or.) 81
Mines and mineral resources 51
West (U.S.) 45
Business correspondence 43
Oregon, Southern 39
Universities and colleges--Faculty 38
oral histories 38
Chinese Americans 37
Authorship 32
Josephine County (Or.) 31
Cemeteries 28
Maps 26
Rogue River Valley (Klamath County-Curry County, Or.) 24
Hazardous geographic environments 22
Sound recordings 22
Oregon, Western 21
Periodicals 19
Forests and forestry 15
Klamath County (Or.) 15
Fire lookouts 13
Grants Pass (Or.) 13
Orchards 12
personal correspondence 11
Biography 9
California, Northern 8
Elementary and Secondary Education 7
Klamath Falls (Or.) 7
personal narratives 7
City councils 6
Interviews 6
Medicine 6
Northwest, Pacific 6
diaries 6
Business records 4
Central Point (Or.) 4
Indians of North America 4
Ranching 4
Sawmills 4
19th century 3
Jacksonville (Or.) 3
Minorities 3
Real property 3
Roads--Design and construction 3
Ships and Shipping 3
Siskiyou National Forest (Or. and Calif.) 3
Crater Lake (Or.) 2
Depressions--1929 2
Eagle Point (Or.) 2
Fire departments 2
Law 2
Prospect (Or.) 2
Railroads 2
Rogue River National Forest (Or. and Calif.) 2
Roseburg (Or.) 2
Takelma Indians 2
Watersheds 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Abstracts of title 1
Agriculture 1
Art 1
Census 1
Colleges and Universities 1
County courts 1
Drama festivals 1
Endemic plants 1
Environmentalism 1
Floods 1
Forest management 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1
Geology 1
Illinois River Valley (Or.) 1
Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific 1
Jackson County (Or.) 1
Oregon 1
Phoenix (Or.) 1
Pioneers 1
Police 1
Religion 1
Salem 1
Slides 1
Tulelake (Calif.) 1
Universities and colleges -- History 1
Video recordings 1
Washington (State) 1
scrapbooks 1
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