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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:

Cascade Range and Ashland Forest Reserves and Adjacent Regions, 1900

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:02.35
Scope and Contents

The manuscript covers the area of the Cascade Range Forest Reserve, Oregon. Kay used the text in researching Southern Oregon. The book was copied Kay Atwood for local history research.

Dates: 1900

Jackson County Lake Vegetation Map Key, 1947-1949

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:02.34
Scope and Contents

The "Legend for County Forest Type Map" for Oregon and Washington states. It describes the different types of woodlands with definitions and type numbers to give a better understanding of the National Forest in the Pacific Northwest Forest maps dating 1947-1949.

Dates: 1947-1949

Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 1988

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:03.71
Scope and Contents

Two copies of Volume 79, Number 4 of the Pacific Northwest Quarterly from October 1988. The Pacific Northwest Quarterly is published by the University of Washington.

Dates: 1988

Silver City, 1973

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.26
Scope and Contents

These materials are related to the settlement known as "Silver City" and include an application for the National Register of Historic Places.

Dates: 1973

The Forest Service and The Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-42, Research, 1986

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:02.49
Scope and Contents The list of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in the Pacific Northwest during 1933-1942 includes camp locations, camp names, and the states were enrollees originated. "The Forest Service and The Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-1942" publication, on March 21, 1933, notes President Franklin Roosevelt's presentation of a plan to Congress to help the people of America get back to work by training the unemployed through public service. The program assisted the nation with...
Dates: 1986

The People and the River, A History of the Human Occupation of the Middle Course of the Rouge River of Southwestern Oregon, Volume I, 1995

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:02.52
Scope and Contents In part 1, Dennis Gray describes the history and prehistory of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) detailing the land, people, vegetation, and waterways of the Rogue River Forest area, describing the Native American Indians and the River, with evidence found through archaeological methods, theories, and issues. The ethnographic period which tells about the Indian way of life, when contact was made Euro-American settlers around the 1850s, and how the Takelma people lived. History of Native...
Dates: 1995

Vancouver National Historic Reserve, 2000

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:03.67
Scope and Contents

A published cooperative management plan for the Vancouver National Historic Site located in Clark County, Washington from January 28, 2000. The Cooperative Management Plan is a shared vision by four public agencies [City of Vancouver, National Park Service, U.S. Army, and State of Washington] and their partners in the coordinated preservation and management of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve for public benefit.

Dates: 2000

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