Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

Person

Staff Only

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 15 Collections and/or Records:

Field Notes; Indexes/Summaries, bulk: 1854-2004

File — Box: 45, Folder: 11

Identifier: MSS025:05.65

Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Majority of material found within 1854-2004

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Field Notes – Oregon and Washington (BLM)

File — Box: 45, Folder: 14

Identifier: MSS025:05.68

Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1809-2013

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Freeman, James – In Oregon, bulk: 1851-2006

File — Box: 42, Folder: 11

Identifier: MSS025:05.22

Scope and Contents Letter to the Grant County Historical Society Library from Kay Atwood regarding photographic images of James Freeman, dated September 12th, 2006; Survey contract 1 – James Freeman 1851; Letter to John Preston from James Freeman, dated June 20th, 1851; Letter between James Freeman and John Preston, dated July 20th, 1851; Letter from James Freeman, dated August, 1851; Miscellaneous handwritten notes pertaining to James Freeman; Field notes for the Willamette Meridian South of the Baseline;...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1851-2006

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Ives and Hyde correspondence, bulk: 1977-2003

File — Box: 41, Folder: 07

Identifier: MSS025:05.07

Scope and Contents Emails to Kay Atwood from Gail Moreau regarding found research on Ives and Hyde, dated April 4th, 2001; Email to Kay Atwood from Norman Caldwell regarding Ives and Hunt and the biographies of the 205 men that were U.S. deputies in Michigan from 1808-2000, dated November 9th, 2000; Letter to Kay Atwood from Roger Woodfill of District 9 Land Survey Co. regarding the addresses of Surveyors Historical Society Members who may be able to help in Kay’s research on Ives and Hyde, dated November...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1977-2003

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Ives and Hyde correspondence, 2000-2004

File — Box: 41, Folder: 08

Identifier: MSS025:05.08

Scope and Contents Email to Kay Atwood from Martha Duncan regarding her manuscript, dated March 12th, 2004; Email to Kay Atwood from Martha Duncan regarding Caleb Ives’ letter, dated March 4th, 2004; Letter conversation between Kay Atwood and Janet Bloom of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan regarding the George Clinton Gardner Papers, dated February 2004; Oregon Historical Records Index Search Results, Joseph Hunt is highlighted, dated January 31st, 2004; Letter to the Burton...

Dates: 2000-2004

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Ives and Hyde Field Notes & Related Research, 1854

File — Box: 43, Folder: 01

Identifier: MSS025:05.23

Scope and Contents

Guide to surveying township maps; Blank contract outline for Ives and Hyde survey of Southwest Oregon – 1854; Blank contract outline for Lake and Hyde survey of Southwest Oregon – 1856; Contract outline for Ives and Hyde survey of Southwest Oregon – 1854; Unknown handwritten letter; Contract outlines for Ives and Hyde surveys of Southwest Oregon – 1854; Rogue valley township index maps

Dates: 1854

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Ives and Hyde – Misc. Research Findings, bulk: 1983-2004

File — Box: 44, Folder: 11

Identifier: MSS025:05.50

Scope and Contents

Survey contracts for surveying of Oregon territory, dated February 4th, 1983; Email to Kay Atwood from Bob Kingston regarding MSS 914, dated March 17th, 2004 attached are related documents; Record of Cadastral survey contracts; Miscellaneous notes on scratch paper regarding the Hyde family; Notes pertaining to NARA Files and Citations

Dates: Majority of material found within 1983-2004

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Ives, Butler – Oregon, bulk: 1851-2003

File — Box: 42, Folder: 07

Identifier: MSS025:05.18

Scope and Contents Letters between Ives and the Bureau of Land Management, dated 1851; Letter to John Wesley Davis from C.K. Gardner, dated January 15th, 1854; Letter to (unknown) from Butler Ives, dated March 5th, 1852; Letter to C.K. Gardner from I.B.S, dated September 16th, 1854; Letter to C.K. Gardner from Butler Ives, dated June 10th, 1854; Letter from Butler Ives, dated May 5th, 1854; Survey contract N. 3 with Butler Ives; Rough analysis of Ives and Hyde’s crews in 1854, dated February 24th, 1979;...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1851-2003

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Ives, Butler – Prog, bulk: 1850-2004

File — Box: 41, Folder: 11

Identifier: MSS025:05.11

Scope and Contents Card and letter to Kay Atwood from Martha regarding important Ives and Hyde material, dated March 9th, 2004; Handwritten letter to Kay Atwood from Martha regarding letter correspondence from Butler Ives, dated October 7th, 2003; Handwritten letter to William Ives from Butler Ives, dated December 3rd, 1863; Handwritten letter to William Ives from Butler Ives, dated March 6th, 1864; Written material relating to the history of the state Nevada and the boundaries, dated June 14th, 1863;...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-2004

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

OHS MSS 914 – Letters, 1853

File — Box: 44, Folder: 14

Identifier: MSS025:05.53

Scope and Contents

Transcription of letter from DLC Claimants, 1853; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 D-G Index; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 N-R Index; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 H-I Index; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 A-C Index

Dates: 1853

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

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