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 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
William Ives – Research Findings, 1852
William Ives Diary, begins March 14th, 1852