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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Historical Resource survey

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.21
Scope and Contents

Historical Resource Survey. Rural Klamath County, Oregon

Dates: 1822-2014
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Illahe

Klamath Falls Cultural Resources survey, 1986

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.22
Scope and Contents

Klamath Falls Cultural Resources Survey. Ward Tonsfeldt, Kay Atwood, Ben Francy, David Braly, Margaret Queary.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Illahe

Klamath National Forest - Civilian Conservation Corps - California Regions

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:02.23
Scope and Contents

The documents cover a range of information about the Klamath National Forest and the Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC was enacted to get young men working after the Great Depression. In the file are articles from a variety of sources that explain what the CCC was working on and accomplishing. The documents cover Klamath National Forest and Fire Lookouts in California, the Northfork Ranger Station in the Sierra National Forest.

Dates: 1890-2004
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

Maps of KNF CCC Centers, 1930s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:02.27
Scope and Contents Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Butte Falls, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Central Point, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Eagle Point, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Gold Hill, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Phoenix, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Talent, OR; Metsker's Atlas of Jackson County, Oregon 1932, original; Photocopied CCC maps of KNF CCC Centers, 4 pages, 10/24/35; Photocopied CCC maps of KNF CCC Centers, 2 pages, 7/23/35; Photocopied...
Dates: 1930s
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

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