Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

Person

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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 529 Collections and/or Records:

Chinese Research, bulk: 1880-1894

File — Box: 48, Folder: 10

Identifier: MSS025:06.10

Scope and Contents

List of dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated 1880’s; Chinese Research 1889-1894

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880-1894

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

Chinese Research, 1889-1894

File — Box: 48, Folder: 11

Identifier: MSS025:06.11

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Written descriptions of events regarding the Oregon Chinese population; Dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated late 1880; Chinese estate material notes; Estate material, dated August 29th, 1889

Dates: 1889-1894

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

Chinese Research, 1895-1898

File — Box: 48, Folder: 12

Identifier: MSS025:06.12

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated late 1897-1898 (2 copies); Notes on Oregon Chinese population regarding probate notes and deed records (2 copies); Excerpt of The Medford Mail Tribune with the article “No One Remembers Her Name” by Nan Hannon, dated March 4th, 1985 (2 copies)

Dates: 1895-1898

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

Chinese Research, 1975-1977

File — Box: 49, Folder: 08

Identifier: MSS025:06.22

Scope and Contents Empty envelope addressed to Kay Atwood from H. M. Lai; Letter to Kay Atwood from H.M. Lai regarding the historical research of the Chinese population, dated February 13th, 1975; Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Letter to Kay Atwood from William G. Phelps regarding a memorandum of the Chinese work on the Central Pacific, dated February 11th, 1976; Letter to Kay Atwood from George Kraus regarding the Chinese role in building Oregon transportation lines, dated February 10th, 1976; Letter to...

Dates: 1975-1977

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

Chinese Research – Court Cases

File — Box: 49, Folder: 19

Identifier: MSS025:06.33

Scope and Contents

Court summons for W. S. Hayden and Theodore Cameron vs. Soon, Laue, and Wong; Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding circuit course cases

Dates: 1855-2000

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

Chinese Research – Jacksonville Background, 1969

File — Box: 49, Folder: 07

Identifier: MSS025:06.21

Scope and Contents

Excerpt of written material, part three: social institutions; Excerpt of “Two Years in Oregon”; Bulletin of the Chinese Historical Society of America, posted November 1969; Excerpt of “The Chinese in America” – documents

Dates: 1969

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

Chinese Research - photographs

File — Box: 49, Folder: 01

Identifier: MSS025:06.15

Scope and Contents Portrait photograph of Chinese man; photograph of a creek; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest trail; photograph of a wooden structure; photograph of a bush; Film strip of a water wheel; Film strips of forest and water wheel; photograph of a storefront; Portrait photograph of a Chinese man; photograph of a handwritten document; photograph of a handwritten document; photograph of a handwritten document; photograph of a handwritten document; photograph of a handwritten document;...

Dates: 1855-2000

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

Chinese Research – photographs Cont.

File — Box: 49, Folder: 02

Identifier: MSS025:06.16

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous film strips; Group of people in front of the Joss House (2 copies); photograph of people in an alley; photograph of a man looking at a banner; photograph of a baby labeled “A Native Son”; photograph of a shoemaker; photograph of the street of gamblers by day; photograph of man with small children; photograph of a family waiting for a car; photograph of a family standing together; photograph of man showing a toy to a young boy; photograph of men picking out flowers;...

Dates: 1855-2000

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

Chinese Research – photographs Cont, 1977

File — Box: 49, Folder: 03

Identifier: MSS025:06.17

Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of photos taken with David S. 1977; photograph of a barn in a field; photograph of a dirt road; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field.

Dates: 1977

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

Chinese Research – photographs Cont.

File — Box: 49, Folder: 04

Identifier: MSS025:06.18

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous film strips; photograph of a forest; photograph of a field with trees; photograph of a wooden structure; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of large cylinders in forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a wooden structure; photograph of an open pipe in the forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a...

Dates: 1855-2000

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

Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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