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Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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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 37 Collections and/or Records:

Census Material, 1880

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS025:06.26
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes regarding census records

Dates: 1880

Chinese Art

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:06.20
Scope and Contents

Unbound sketch book (empty); Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Art piece, metallic square on paper; Art piece, Hong Kong print; Art piece, metallic square on paper; Art piece, winter landscape watercolor; Art piece, coral flowers watercolor; Art piece, bamboo watercolor; Art piece, B&W bamboo watercolor; Art piece, blue flowers watercolor; Art piece, two birds watercolor; Art piece, pine tree branch watercolor; Art piece, red flower watercolor.

Dates: 1855-2000

Chinese Research, bulk: 1855-1862

 File — Box: 48, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:06.04
Scope and Contents

White miner names and locations featuring James Buckley, Jacob Pence, and James Sterling; Diaries of James Mason Hutchings, dated 1855; List of important pages from Kay Atwood’s Chinese research material; 1860 Chinese Census

Dates: Majority of material found within 1855-1862

Chinese Research, bulk: 1863-2000

 File — Box: 48, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:06.05
Scope and Contents

Ledger document with Chinese population recorded; Chronological list of events relating to Kay’s Chinese research material; Article titled “one Long Summer… With Only Chinese Miners for Company!” by Dan L. Green of the Grants Pass Daily Courier, dated January 10th, 2000

Dates: Majority of material found within 1863-2000

Chinese Research, bulk: 1860-1872

 File — Box: 48, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:06.06
Scope and Contents Chronological list of happenings in relation to Kay’s Chinese research; Chronological list of happenings in relation to Kay’s Chinese research pt.2; Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding the Chinese research material 1860-1870; 1870 Chinese census record; Written material about Lin Ho recorded by W.C. Owen on May 10th, 1870; Jackson county tax records; Miscellaneous notes for the Chinese research material; Longhand writing about Won Yoing; Longhand transcription and court documents...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1860-1872

Chinese Research, 1873-1876

 File — Box: 48, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:06.07
Scope and Contents Chronological list of events pertaining to the Oregon Chinese population; Updated chronological list of events pertaining to the Oregon Chinese population; Written description of Chinese historical happenings in 1873; Written description of Chinese historical happenings in 1873 (photocopy); Written description of Chinese women and their roles in the immigrant families (2 copies); Miscellaneous handwritten notes pertaining to the Chinese immigrants in the 1870’s; Bill of sale of mining...
Dates: 1873-1876

Chinese Research, bulk: 1870-1880

 File — Box: 48, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:06.08
Scope and Contents Diary entry from late March of 1877; Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Description of historical happenings during 1870; Diary entry from April of 1879 regarding a missing bamboo basket; Written description of a report from The Oregon Sentinel about a Chinese miner named Tom (or Tong), March 17th, 1880 (2 copies); Chronological list of events relating to the Oregon Chinese population (2 copies); Chronological list of events relating to the Oregon Chinese population from TIMES (2 copies);...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1870-1880

Chinese Research, 1881-1884

 File — Box: 48, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:06.09
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated late 1884 (2 copies); Dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day cont., dated late 1884 (2 copies); Dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day from Times, dated throughout 1881; Dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated late 1881; Notes on wills and probates; Handwritten record of court proceedings; Dates with brief descriptions of happenings...
Dates: 1881-1884

Chinese Research, bulk: 1880-1894

 File — Box: 48, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:06.10
Scope and Contents

List of dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated 1880’s; Chinese Research 1889-1894

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880-1894

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