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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Allan Cartography – PDF Files, 2008

File — Box: 43, Folder: 04

Identifier: MSS025:05.26

Scope and Contents of files names for contract maps, dated 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 1, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 8, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 24, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 25, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 26, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 28, dated February 29th, 2008; Map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 29,...

Dates: 2008

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

Letters to Commissioner and Reservation maps, 1851-1859

File — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS025:04.56

Scope and Contents Letter to Commissioner from the Surveyor General’s Office regarding the survey of the Willamette Meridian and Baseline, dated October 20th, 1851. Oversized: Survey Map of Salem from January 16th, 1855; Survey map of township of the West Willamette Meridian, dated January 16th, 1855; Survey map of township N 38 South Range; Compilation of letter to the commissioner from the Surveyor General’s Office from 1857-1859; Compilation of letter to the commissioner from the Surveyor General’s...

Dates: 1851-1859

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

Public Surveys – BLM

File — Box: 43, Folder: 12

Identifier: MSS025:05.34

Scope and Contents

Township map guide; List of Jackson County surveyors; Notes on distance conversions for surveyors; Table of measurements for a township map; Pamphlet for how land surveying serves the public; Guide to surveying including measurements and diagram templates; Distribution guide of a section of land – 640 acres

Dates: 1809-2013

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

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