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 8 Collections and/or Records:
Chaining Oregon research, 1809-2013
Research, photographs, maps and corresponcence regarding surveyors
Ives and Hyde Material, 1857
OHS MSS 914 Preston, John B., dated April 18th, 1857
John McLoughlin – Oregon City
Typed notes regarding John McLoughlin; Excerpts and quotes from “John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest”; Fraction of township No. 2 South Range No. 2 East Willamette; Typed notes regarding inventory of McLoughlin expenditures
LT People, 1920
Manual, 1851
“A History of the Rectangular Survey System” by Albert White, 1851 survey manual; Excerpt of “Instructions to Surveyor of Public Lands in Oregon 1851”
Moody, Hunt, etc., bulk: 1823-2003
Photograph and Illustrations poss. and sources
Illustrations and brief descriptions of land survey; List of land surveyors in Oregon; Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding online archives of land surveying
Surveying “How-To” with specific information for MSS, bulk: 1840-2004
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