Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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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:

Determination of Eligibility for Diamond Lake Fishery Management Canal Research, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, 2003

File — Box: 13, Folder: 04

Identifier: MSS025:02.47

Scope and Contents The Diamond Lake Fishery Management Canal project is composed of several parts, a forebay, the dam and headgates, and the canal. The canal was built to run adjacent to the exclusive use area previously set aside for a hatchery on Lake Creek. Diamond Lake named by pioneer John Diamond who may have discovered it in 1852 from Diamond Peak where he explored the Cascade Range. John Breckenridge Waldo, an avid outdoorsman, spent his summers in the High Cascades, where he visited both Diamond...

Dates: 2003

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

Determination of Eligibility for Vincent Creek and Wells Creek Guard Stations, 2001

File — Box: 13, Folder: 03

Identifier: MSS025:02.46

Scope and Contents The Vincent Creek and Wells Creek Guard Stations constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934 and located within the Siuslaw National Forest land. In the 1950s these two guard stations were transferred to the BLM in the Coos Bay District. After being removed from the Siuslaw National Forest, the stations were removed from the National Forest inventory and therefore were not on the National Register of Historic Places of CCC. Due to their removal, a different determination...

Dates: 2001

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

Determination of Eligibility report, 1958

File — Box: 30, Folder: 01

Identifier: MSS025:04.15

Scope and Contents

Determination of Eligibility for Selected Administrative Buildings and Fire Lookouts on the Klamath National Forest, c. 1917-1958 Volume I: Report

Dates: 1958

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

Determination of Eligibility report, 1958

File — Box: 30, Folder: 02

Identifier: MSS025:04.16

Scope and Contents

Determination of Eligibility for Selected Administrative Buildings and Fire Lookouts on the Klamath National Forest, c. 1917-1958 Volume IIA: Inventory Forms, Callahan Work Center to Mt. Hebron Work Center

Dates: 1958

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

Determination of Eligibility report, 1958

File — Box: 30, Folder: 03

Identifier: MSS025:04.17

Scope and Contents

Determination of Eligibility for Selected Administrative Buildings and Fire Lookouts on the Klamath National Forest, c. 1917-1958 Volume IIB: Inventory Forms, Oak Knoll Work Center to Yreka Service Center

Dates: 1958

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

Determination of Eligibility report, 1958

File — Box: 30, Folder: 04

Identifier: MSS025:04.18

Scope and Contents

Determination of Eligibility for Selected Administrative Buildings and Fire Lookouts on the Klamath National Forest, c. 1917-1958 Volume III: Inventory Forms, Fire Lookouts

Dates: 1958

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

Determination of Eligibility report, 1958

File — Box: 30, Folder: 05

Identifier: MSS025:04.19

Scope and Contents

Determination of Eligibility for Selected Administrative Buildings and Fire Lookouts on the Klamath National Forest, c. 1917-1958 Volume IV: Inventory Forms, Oak Knoll Work Center and Sawyers Bar Work Center, Addendum

Dates: 1958

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

Donald Lewis, June 28, 1979

File — Box: 01, Folder: 06

Identifier: MSS004:01.06

Scope and Contents

The transcript of Donald Lewis' interview concerns his time at Southern Oregon State College, where he was a professor for the business program. The transcript contains some notes on the Britt estate.

Dates: June 28, 1979

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-004, Kay Atwood SOU oral history collection / Interview cassette tapes and transcripts

Donald Lewis, June 28, 1979

File — Box: 03, Folder: 10

Identifier: MSS004:01.25

Scope and Contents

The oral history describes Donald Lewis's time at Southern Oregon State College, where he was a professor. Cassette format: tape 1 of 1.

Dates: June 28, 1979

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-004, Kay Atwood SOU oral history collection / Interview cassette tapes and transcripts

Douglas County cemeteries, 2013

File — Box: 40, Folder: 10

Identifier: MSS025:04.76

Scope and Contents Documentation of a few cemeteries in Douglas county including their condition; Email conversation between Kay Atwood from Paul Ritter regarding the Briggs burial ground, attached are internet searches on various members of the Briggs family, dated January 23rd, 2013; Written documentation of the history of Myrtle Creek; Internet search for John Adams; Internet search for Harriet E. Weaver, Hans Weaver, John Weaver; Grave search results from the internet, members of the Weaver family are...

Dates: 2013

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

Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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