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 104 Collections and/or Records:
Ives and Hyde Material, 1857
OHS MSS 914 Preston, John B., dated April 18th, 1857
Ives and Hyde surveys, 1854
Jack Potter memorial, 2009
Internet search and census record for the death of Jack J. Potter (July 3rd, 2009)
Jackson County Conversation photographs, Prior to 1976
The hand-drawn map of the Ashland, Oregon Railroad District, typed notes, and 92 photographs used in the Jackson County Conversations book.
Jackson County history resource guide, 1977
Atwood, Kay. Jackson County history resource guide.
JHR and AHR-biographical, bulk: 1880-2002
JHR and AHR-professional, bulk: 1860-2013
John McLoughlin – Oregon City
Typed notes regarding John McLoughlin; Excerpts and quotes from “John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest”; Fraction of township No. 2 South Range No. 2 East Willamette; Typed notes regarding inventory of McLoughlin expenditures
Karuk burden basket
Karuk burden basket made by Marial Billings
Kay Atwood books
Blossoms & Branches: A Gathering of Rogue Valley Orchard Memories by Kay Atwood (3 copies); An Honorable History by Kay Atwood (4 copies)
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- research notes 33
- Ashland (Or.) 20
- Photographs 13
- Josephine County (Or.) 12
- Historic buildings 10
- Maps 10
- Rogue River Valley (Klamath County-Curry County, Or.) 9
- Surveyors 8
- West (U.S.) 8
- Authorship 7
- Oregon, Southern 7
- Business correspondence 6
- City councils 5
- Mines and mineral resources 5
- Oregon, Western 5
- Business records 4
- Klamath County (Or.) 4
- Periodicals 4
- Hazardous geographic environments 3
- Medicine 3
- Real property 3
- 19th century 2
- California, Northern 2
- Indians of North America 2
- Minorities 2
- Northwest, Pacific 2
- Cemeteries 1
- Census 1
- Fire departments 1
- Grants Pass (Or.) 1
- Illinois River Valley (Or.) 1
- Interviews 1
- Jacksonville (Or.) 1
- Klamath Falls (Or.) 1
- Railroads 1
- Sawmills 1
- Watersheds 1
- personal correspondence 1 ∧ less