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 154 Collections and/or Records:
Applegate, Jesse, bulk: 1851-1883
Ashland background research
Ashland Postmortem, 2013
Ashland, Oregon U.S. Post Office locations 1855-2013 including the names of their postmasters; Letter to Kay Atwood from Susan Yates regarding Post Master in June 1952, dated August 27th, 2013; Letter to Kay Atwood from Susan Yates regarding Post Master in June 1952, dated August 27th, 2013 with supporting documentation; Small notebook containing miscellaneous scratch notes regarding the Ashland Post Office; Internet search on postmasters by city (USPS)
Aulthouse, Sucker Creek, Browntown
The materials consist of three notecards with what appear to be captions or descriptions of various newspaper articles from the nineteenth century. Two are typewritten, one is handwritten. One refers to Aulthouse, the second refers to Sucker Creek, and the third concerns Browntown.
Bacon – Gibbs, 1984-2008
Blossoms and Branches cover, 1980
These materials are related to the creation of the cover for Atwood's book on the orchard history of the Rogue Valley called Blossoms & Branches. Included are old produce labels, mockups of the cover, slide photographs, and other notes.
Blossoms and Branches Photos, 1979
The photographs, proof sheets, and negatives include handwritten notes and a list of people in the photographs. The photographs cover local community members in various locations around the area.
Burt, William – Surveyor’s Companion
Photocopy of “A Key to the Solar Compass, and Surveyor’s Companion” by William A. Burt; Notable quotes from William Burt’s “A Key to the Solar Compass, and Surveyor’s Companion”
Butler Ives – Research Findings, 1850-1851
Letter to Kay Atwood from Sarah Starr regarding the enclosed photocopy of Butler Ives’ Diary from October 1850 – June 1851, dated February 4th, 2004; Photocopy of Butler Ives’ diary from May 1st, 1851 – May 30th, 1851; Photocopy of Butler Ives’ diary from May 31st, 1851 – August 20th, 1851
Butler Ives – Research Findings, 1851-1853
Photocopy of Butler Ives’ diary from August 15th, 1851 – November 19th, 1851; Photocopy of Butler Ives’ record of expense accounts from August 20th, 1852 – July, 1853; Photocopy of Butler Ives’ diary 1852
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