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 2 Collections and/or Records:
Chinese Research, bulk: 1855-1862
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