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Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

 Person

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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Grace Russell Fountain, bulk: 1878-1978

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.72
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous newsprint from approximately 1878 part 1; Miscellaneous newsprint from approximately 1878 part 2; Internet search for blind music teacher; Internet research on the Northwest Oregon Impressionist Painting/ Grace Fountain; Census records (death index) for Ern Rhodehamel 1978

Dates: Majority of material found within 1878-1978

Illahe - Individuals and Families, 1910-1987

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.86
Scope and Contents

These materials concern the history of individuals and families in the unincorporated community of Illahe, Oregon. These materials include individual's accounts of their family history, primary source documents, newspaper articles, etc.

Dates: 1910-1987

Illahe transcripts, 1976-1977

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.87
Scope and Contents

These materials are mostly typewritten transcripts of interviews that Kay Atwood conducted in researching her book, Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon. Also included are some of Atwood's notes and drafts of family trees.

Dates: 1976-1977

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  • Subject: research notes X
  • Subject: Oregon, Western X

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History, Local 1
Interviews 1
personal narratives 1