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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 7 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

“Engravings”

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:05.25
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a solar compass; Plot outline showing base lines and meridians; TS divided into sections; Detailed illustration of a solar compass; Illustration of Mound, Stake, and Stone corner boundaries; Illustration of a surveyors compass; Illustration of a solar compass

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

General Land Office – Maps

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:05.27
Scope and Contents Map with Oregon GPS coordinates and plot sections 16-21 and 28-33; Map with Oregon GPS coordinates and plot sections 15 ,16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, and 34; Map with Oregon GPS coordinates and plot sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36; Map with Oregon GPS coordinates and plot sections 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, and 23; Map with Oregon GPS coordinates and plot sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, and 15; Map with Oregon GPS coordinates and plot sections 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34; Map with Oregon...
Dates: 1809-2013
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

General Land Office Maps, bulk: 1851-2006

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:05.43
Scope and Contents List of map titles used for research; General Land Office Map – Township 1 North, Range 1 East W.M. Willamette Meridian North from Initial Point to Willamette River 1851; General Land Office Map – Township 1 North, Range 3 West Willamette Base Line West through Hillsborough 1851; General Land Office Map – Township 1 North, Range 3 West Willamette Base Line near present Forest Grove, Oregon 1851; General Land Office Map – Township 2 North, Range 1 West Willamette Meridian North; Crossing...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1851-2006
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

PDF’s, 2008

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:05.28
Scope and Contents List of PDF files dated February 29th, 2008 attached are township maps of Oregon; Meridian map of the Pacific Northwest, figure 1; Map of Southern Washington, figure 43; Map of Southern Washington of Northern Oregon, figure 29; Map of the Willamette base line and meridian, figure 56; Map of Northwest Oregon, figure 34; Map of Western Oregon, figure 39; Map of Southern Oregon, figure 45; Map of the Rogue Valley, figure 52; Map of Jackson and Josephine county, figure 53; Map of Southern...
Dates: 2008
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

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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