Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

Person

Staff Only

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:

Curry Manor-Warner (part 1), Nathaniel Curry Estate, 1458 Quail Lane, Roseburg, Oregon, 1983

File — Box: 01, Folder: 18

Identifier: MSS025:01.18

Scope and Contents The National Register of Historic Places nomination form describes The Nathaniel Curry property and house located Roseburg, Oregon. The Nathaniel Curry estate was one of the largest farms to exist in Douglas County, with 2,090-acres. The house is of the Queen Anne style, but the architect is unknown. The file consists of correspondence concerning nomination, copy of Graduating Exercises, Roseburg High School 1903, copy of 1880 Census of the United States, handwritten notes, letters of...

Dates: 1983

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

Curry Manor-Warner (part 2), Nathaniel Curry Estate, 1458 Quail Lane, Roseburg, Oregon, 1983

File — Box: 01, Folder: 19

Identifier: MSS025:01.19

Scope and Contents

The file consists of additional correspondence concerning the nomination of the Nathaniel Curry Estate. Research materials include a copy of The News-Review Weekender, 1983, and a possible record of the architect.