Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

Person

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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 9 Collections and/or Records:

Beauty spots of Oregon

File — Box: 32, Folder: 08

Identifier: MSS025:04.34

Scope and Contents

Beauty spots of Oregon. “The summer playground of America.”

Dates: 1822-2014

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

Books, 1850-1860

File — Box: 47, Folder: 01

Identifier: MSS025:05.84

Scope and Contents

Jackson County Conversations by Kay Atwood (4 copies); Mill Creek Journal: Ashland Oregon 1850-1860 by Kay Atwood (4 copies); Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon by Kay Atwood (3 copies); Chaining Oregon by Kay Atwood on CD

Dates: 1850-1860

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Calligraphy Illahe maps and drawings

File — Box: 29, Folder: 07

Identifier: MSS025:04.13

Scope and Contents Original pen drawing of “Black Bear”; pen drawing of table saw; drawing of flowers; pen drawing “Tool Shed”; hand-drawn map of Mule Creek vicinity; pen drawing of man with water pales; hand-drawn map of Billings – Fry Packtrain Route from Klamath to Rogue River 1868; hand-drawn map of Oak Flat; hand-drawn map of Big Bend; hand-drawn map of Clay Hill Creek to Burns Creek; hand-drawn map of Mule Creek; hand-drawn map of Winkle Bar to Horse Shoe Bend; hand-drawn map of Horseshoe Bend to...

Dates: 1822-2014

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

Illahe Research material, bulk: 1920-1976

File — Box: 29, Folder: 06

Identifier: MSS025:04.12

Scope and Contents Photograph of Billings family with horses; article titled “Mule Creek News” published The Gold Beach Curry on September 1st, 189u; information on Bill Rumley written by Blanche Von der Green McCreary in 1950; newspaper, Daily Courier from Grants Pass with article “River Ranch Take New Life” published on August 13th, 1981; application for enrollment for James and Harold Thornton on May 18th, 1928; article from the Port Orford Post regarding Dr. Von der Green January 5th, 1982; bits from...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-1976

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

Karuk burden basket

File — Box: 50, Folder: 01

Identifier: MSS025:04.35

Scope and Contents

Karuk burden basket made by Marial Billings

Dates: 1822-2014

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

Newspaper clippings with Rogue Valley sketches and related documents, 1971-1972

File — Box: 39, Folder: 06

Identifier: MSS025:04.61

Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping with article “Historical Ad Program Offered” from the Medford Mail Tribune featuring a photograph of Kay Atwood with Chris Barker, dated December 28th, 1971; Newspaper clipping with article “I Specialize in Very Expensive Books for Collectors Where the Book Itself is a Tactile Thing” from the Northwest Magazine relating to Louis Osborne, dated March 12th, 1972; Newspaper clipping with article “Festival Association Proposes Making Carriage House Theater” from the Medford...

Dates: 1971-1972

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

People and the River, volume I, 1995

File — Box: 32, Folder: 01

Identifier: MSS025:04.27

Scope and Contents

People and the River. A History of the Human Occupation of the Middle Course of the Rogue River of Southwestern Oregon Volume I. Kay Atwood, Dennis J. Gray

Dates: 1995

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

People and the River, volume I, 1995

File — Box: 32, Folder: 02

Identifier: MSS025:04.28

Scope and Contents

People and the River. A History of the Human Occupation of the Middle Course of the Rogue River of Southwestern Oregon. Volume I. Kay Atwood, Dennis Gray

Dates: 1995

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

Rogue River Canyon history, bulk: 1975

File — Box: 29, Folder: 05

Identifier: MSS025:04.11

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter to Mr. Ken Mack and the Rogue River Recreational Dept. (Bob Alward, Tom Abbett, Doug Henry) from Dennis C. McHarness regarding Mule Creek – West Fort and the Mule Pack Trail; pages from the Navig study Kay Atwood conducted, all primary research; handwritten letter to Kay Atwood from Lee Root regarding her book Illahe; handwritten letter to the Topographical Office dated January 13th, 1859; written description on the history of gold in the Rogue River Valley titled “Of...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1975

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

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