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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ives and Hyde surveys, 1854

File — Box: 39, Folder: 02

Identifier: MSS025:04.57

Scope and Contents Ives and Hyde Survey of Southern Oregon 1854 v. 1; Ives and Hyde Survey of Southern Oregon 1854 v. 10; Ernst and Smith Boundary Ledger (Hyde Book 1); Misc. Ives and Hyde Ledger (Book 10); Misc. Ives and Hyde Ledger (Book 1); Misc. Ives and Hyde Ledger (Book 1, section 2); Ives and Hyde Survey of the Willamette Meridian, dated January 4th, 1854; Ives and Hyde Ledger June 10th – June 19th (Book 3); Letter to Butler Hyde in which he is urged to return home, sender and date are unknown....

Dates: 1854

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

Survey contracts

File — Box: 39, Folder: 05

Identifier: MSS025:04.60

Scope and Contents

Contract N. 39 with Ives and Hyde; Contract N. 54 with Ives and Hyde; Contract N. 39 with Ives and Hyde; Nara Document: Contract 54 (Lake and Hyde); Contracts N. 39-47 with Ives and Hyde; Contract N. 47 with Ives and Hyde; Bound Field Notes; Contract N. 39 (47 possibly); Contract N. 39 notes; Statement pertaining to contract N. 47

Dates: 1822-2014

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

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