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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 24 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

Blossoms and Branches, Illustrations, 1905-1967

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.51
Scope and Contents

The collection of photographs and illustrations were compiled for Atwood's book on the history of orchards in the Rogue Valley titled Blossoms & Branches.

Dates: 1905-1967

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

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

Curry Co., Josephine Co., Douglas Co. Historical Societies, bulk: 1932

 File — Box: 28, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.02
Scope and Contents

Notes about the Billings and Lowery Families; list of pictures from Elizabeth Jones of Curry County; information about the Post Office in Mule Creek, OR; pictures of film strips of people and land; negative film strips from Curry Co., and Josephine Co. Historical Societies of people and nature; negative film strips of people and nature; note with Curry Co. Museum photos.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1932

Dean Walker, Frank Thornton, Agness, Illahe trip

 File — Box: 28, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.03
Scope and Contents

List of Frank Thornton pictures; two pages of negative film strips of Oak Flat School ruins and Foster Creek; pictures of film strips of people, Oak Flat School ruins, and Foster Creek; notes about David Hastings and Frank Thornton.

Dates: 1822-2014

Grave Creek to Kelsey Creek, bulk: 1964

 File — Box: 28, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:04.04
Scope and Contents

The Sanderson House on the Rogue River Trail below Grave Creek; Kodak Films Album Prints booklet with four pictures of people and the creek; two older men fishing and pulling a fish out of the river; men building the Rogue River trail; the Forest Service trail new Agness.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1964

Illahe interviews, 1976-1977

 File — Box: 29, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.09
Scope and Contents

Interview with Frank Thornton; interview with Lou Martin; interview with Ivin Billings; interview with Marial Billings–Akkeson; interview with Red Keller.

Dates: 1976-1977

Illahe photographs, 1899-1978

 File — Box: 28, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.06
Scope and Contents Negative Film strips of Edna Plaisted, and the Billing’s homestead, and weight measurements. Photographs of: Edna Plaisted sitting in a chair, February 25, 1978; Edna Plaisted sitting on a couch; Edna Plaisted sitting in a chair with a dog at her feet, February 25, 1978; Edna Plaisted sitting on a couch with a dog at her feet, February 25, 1978; cabin the woods; Johnny Fry; a family sitting on the front porch; a man with two children; a girl wearing a black dress; a man on a horse; a...
Dates: 1899-1978

Illahe photographs, bulk: 1895-1977

 File — Box: 29, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.07
Scope and Contents George Billings Ranch, Mule Creek c. 1915; Mule Creek Miners, Alexander brothers, Charlie Lewis, unidentified man, Arnold Ezard, Shorty Borden, Arthur Alexander, Slim Damon, unidentified man, William Corwin, Merle Alexander c. 1935; construction, cabin wall Whiskey Creek cabin c. 1978; George Billings, Mule Mountain Mine c. 1930; Rainey Falls; Whiskey Creek Cabin c. 1925; Lou Martin c. 1976; Rogue River and Galice Creek c. 1910; house; Red Keller c. 1977; Glen Wooldridge; swimming stock...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1895-1977

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