Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)
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 34 Collections and/or Records:
Allan Cartography – PDF Files, 2008
American Heritage – Stegner, 2007
Beinecke Library, bulk: 2004-2007
Burton Collection – Ives, bulk: 1864-1966
Handwritten letter to Butler Ives from William Ives, dated January 3rd, 1864; Photocopy of “Michigan History” published by the Michigan Historical Commission, dated December 1966; Notes on the journal kept by Julia M. Ives, daughter of William Ives from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Main Library
Burton Collection – Text, bulk: 2003-2007
Chaining Oregon – photographs, bulk: 1850-2010
Chaining Oregon research, 1809-2013
Research, photographs, maps and corresponcence regarding surveyors
Field Notes; Indexes/Summaries, bulk: 1854-2004
Excerpt of “Original Survey Field Books of Ives and Hyde Index”, dated 1854; Notes on the field notes, dated March 30th, 2001; Notes on DLC Claim Records from the Medford Library
Field Notes – Oregon and Washington (BLM)
Series of letters and documents related to the Willamette Meridian; Series of letters and documents related to the Willamette Meridian North of the Baseline; Series of letters and documents related to Oregon and Washington surveying; Miscellaneous handwritten notes on scratch paper
Freeman, James – In Oregon, bulk: 1851-2006
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