Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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...

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...

Scope and Contents Ink pen drawing of a sunflower by Kay Atwood; interior West Fork Hotel c. 1890; film negatives; Red River Milling and Mining Company Trestle, Mule Creek c. 1925; pack frame built by George Billings; post office at Marial c. 1932 ft. George Billings, Mr. Kelly, Arnold Ezard, Slim Damon, Bob Boone; Minus Camp; group of people in front of house with dogs; the barn at George Billing’s ranch c. 1880; George Billing’s ranch and Mule Creek; pack string on path; Hardwater Ridge hunt at Bear Camp...

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These materials are photographs associated with Atwood's research on the history of Illahe and the Rogue River Canyon. Many of the photographs are undated, but the bulk of them are from the early twentieth century.

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“The Billings Family Cemetery” at Big Meadows. John, Adeline, George, Evered, Alpine & Ivin; piece of ripped wallpaper.

Scope and Contents Negative film strips of Kelsey Creek and baskets; Pictures of negative film strips of Kelsey Creek and baskets; two children sitting by a flowing pipe line; a Pack String at Mule Creek; a large group of people; the Marcelles, Billings, and Jones family members; a family with horses in front of their house; Mule Creek Bridge; men at the Tina H. Camp; Mule Creek Flume; George Billings Home at Mule Creek; a man with three dead deer; a Thomas mower at B. Billings Ranch; Glen Woodridge...