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:
Charles Givan Ranch, The Givan Ranch, Eagle Point, Oregon, 1976-1993
Chinese Art
Unbound sketch book (empty); Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Art piece, metallic square on paper; Art piece, Hong Kong print; Art piece, metallic square on paper; Art piece, winter landscape watercolor; Art piece, coral flowers watercolor; Art piece, bamboo watercolor; Art piece, B&W bamboo watercolor; Art piece, blue flowers watercolor; Art piece, two birds watercolor; Art piece, pine tree branch watercolor; Art piece, red flower watercolor.
Chinese Research, bulk: 1855-1862
White miner names and locations featuring James Buckley, Jacob Pence, and James Sterling; Diaries of James Mason Hutchings, dated 1855; List of important pages from Kay Atwood’s Chinese research material; 1860 Chinese Census
Chinese Research, bulk: 1863-2000
Ledger document with Chinese population recorded; Chronological list of events relating to Kay’s Chinese research material; Article titled “one Long Summer… With Only Chinese Miners for Company!” by Dan L. Green of the Grants Pass Daily Courier, dated January 10th, 2000
Chinese Research, bulk: 1860-1872
Chinese Research, 1873-1876
Chinese Research, bulk: 1870-1880
Chinese Research, 1881-1884
Chinese Research, bulk: 1880-1894
List of dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated 1880’s; Chinese Research 1889-1894
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