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 523 Collections and/or Records:
Chinese Research, 1889-1894
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
Chinese Research, 1895-1898
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)
Chinese Research, 1975-1977
Chinese Research – Court Cases
Court summons for W. S. Hayden and Theodore Cameron vs. Soon, Laue, and Wong; Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding circuit course cases
Chinese Research – Jacksonville Background, 1969
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
Chinese Research - photographs
Chinese Research – photographs Cont.
Chinese Research – photographs Cont, 1977
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.
Chinese Research – photographs Cont.
Christie - Eismann House, Hopyard House, 5971 Upper River Road, Grants Pass, Oregon, 1985
The National Register of Historic Places form describes the Christie-Eismann House, in Grants Pass, built in 1895 as a private residence. Purchased in 1916 by Chris Eismann the home remained in the Eismann family until 1957.
Included with the documents are letters concerning the nomination, notes, plot plan and an image of the home. Also included is a newspaper from Grants Pass Courier "Golden Anniversary Edition – Pioneer Stories Section" from April 3, 1935.
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