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 11 Collections and/or Records:
Applegate, Jesse, bulk: 1851-1883
Ashland Hospital, Century of Caring photographs, 1992
The photographs of Ashland, hospitals, and medical staff in over a century of caring for the sick in Ashland Oregon include correspondence on the subjects of the photographs.
Bacon – Gibbs, 1984-2008
“Claim Contracts”, 1853
Letter to B. F. Cartes from unknown sender, dated July 12th, 1853
Correspondence, 1974-1978
The small collection of letters concern the history of Southern Oregon. The topics include the Woolen Mills, the Butte Creek Mill, and 'Gin Lin' of Jacksonville, Oregon. Two significant letters include a personal narrative by a member of the Takelma Indians of the Rogue Valley, and research documenting minorities in early Jacksonville, Oregon.
Ernie Lyman - Jackson County Conversations, Prior to 1976
The handwritten note on an envelope from Ernie Lyman and correspondence permits Kay Atwood to use written materials and photographs he has contributed to use for local history.
George Hyde – Oregon (and Wells Lake), bulk: 1852-2000
John Gibbs Mountain House – letters, bulk: 1834-1926
Photograph film slide of John Gibbs’ tombstone; Handwritten letter to Christian Herold from Mrs. J.H. Russell regarding the Gibbs family, dated April 20th, 1926; Handwritten letter to James Rulpell from Leonard Gibbs, date unknown; : Handwritten letter to James Rulpell from Thomas Davis, dated April 10th, 1854; Handwritten letter to James Rulpell from a member of the Gibbs family, dated May 13th, 1854; Ledger by Probate Judge J.M.F. Patton dated March 16, 1834
NARA Clamant Letters, 1853-1854
Series of letters to Stewarts’ Creek Rogue River Valley regarding land claims, dated in 1853; Letter to C.K. Gordon from Amanda (last name unknown), dated September 4th, 1854
Nelson, Thomas
Notes on the Thomas Nelson Papers from The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; Series of letter correspondence for Thomas Nelson in the 1850’s taken from WA MSS 71 of The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and WA MSS S-21 76 of the Thomas Nelson Papers
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