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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 8 Collections and/or Records:

Chaining Oregon research, 1809-2013

 Series — Box: 41
Identifier: MSS025:05
Scope and Contents

Research, photographs, maps and corresponcence regarding surveyors

Dates: 1809-2013
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History

Ives and Hyde Material, 1857

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:05.13
Scope and Contents

OHS MSS 914 Preston, John B., dated April 18th, 1857

Dates: 1857
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

John McLoughlin – Oregon City

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:05.59
Scope and Contents

Typed notes regarding John McLoughlin; Excerpts and quotes from “John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest”; Fraction of township No. 2 South Range No. 2 East Willamette; Typed notes regarding inventory of McLoughlin expenditures

Dates: 1809-2013
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

LT People, 1920

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:05.61
Scope and Contents Photograph of John B. Preston contained in the “Louis H. Hyde Family Book”, dated 1920; Photograph of Mrs. John B. Preston (Lucy Ann Hyde) contained in the “Louis H. Hyde Family Book”, dated 1920; Portrait photograph of John B. Preston; photograph of men on horses; photograph of William and Sarah (Hyde) Ives; Excerpt of an article about C.K. Gardner; Stats on “The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and...
Dates: 1920
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Manual, 1851

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:05.21
Scope and Contents

“A History of the Rectangular Survey System” by Albert White, 1851 survey manual; Excerpt of “Instructions to Surveyor of Public Lands in Oregon 1851”

Dates: 1851
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Moody, Hunt, etc., bulk: 1823-2003

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:05.12
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series N. 569 for Lafayette Cartee, dated December 2nd, 1823 – September 2nd, 1891; IDADA-L Archives search results from Cecilia E. Brown, dated October 22nd, 2000; 1880 United States census record for the Nelson household and correspondence; Walla Walla County biographical information for Joseph W. Toner; Biographical description of Dr. Andrew W. Patterson: Surveyor General; Email to Kay Atwood from Jack Bowder...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1823-2003
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Photograph and Illustrations poss. and sources

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:05.06
Scope and Contents

Illustrations and brief descriptions of land survey; List of land surveyors in Oregon; Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding online archives of land surveying

Dates: 1809-2013
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Surveying “How-To” with specific information for MSS, bulk: 1840-2004

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:05.05
Scope and Contents Introduction to land surveying from the Wisconsin public land survey records, dated January 2nd, 2004; Email to Kay Atwood from Norman Caldwell regarding questions pertaining to the U.S. Deputy Surveyors; Informational web page (printed) regarding chains as a tool for land surveying; Issue of The Oregon Surveyor with a focus on The Willamette Stone, dated June/July 2001; Email to Kay Atwood from Norman Caldwell regarding the U.S. Deputy Surveyors, dated May 31st, 2002; Definitions of...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1840-2004
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

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