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Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

 Person

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 29 Collections and/or Records:

Klamath National Forest - Addendum Research, 1917-1972

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:02.22
Scope and Contents

An inventory of all buildings and structures in the Klamath National forest dating from 1917 through 1972.

Dates: 1917-1972

Misc. Research for John Gibbs Mountain house

 File — Box: 37, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:04.45
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes on scratch paper regarding research; Screenshot of a google search for Leonard Gibbs and Betsy Robards; History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties by W.E. Alexander; Land patent details for John Gibbs’ Mountain House; Handwritten notes on Hugh Franklin and the Russell family; To do list for Kay Atwood regarding Emil Wienecke research

Dates: 1822-2014

National Register part 1, 1970-1995

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:02.75
Scope and Contents The research project is laid out in three parts. Each section contains books from the National Register Bulletin, a publication from the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service. Each book provides detailed guidelines on planning, surveying, and nominating structures, homes, landscapes, and properties for the National Register of Historic Places. The detailed instructions note how to fill out the nomination forms. Also included are a condensed technical guide for Oregon property...
Dates: 1970-1995

National Register part 2, 1970-1995

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:02.76
Scope and Contents The research project is laid out in three parts. Each section contains books from the National Register Bulletin, a publication from the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service. Each book provides detailed guidelines on planning, surveying, and nominating structures, homes, landscapes, and properties for the National Register of Historic Places. The detailed instructions note how to fill out the nomination forms. Also included are a condensed technical guide for Oregon property...
Dates: 1970-1995

National Register part 3, 1970-1995

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:02.77
Scope and Contents The research project is laid out in three parts. Each section contains books from the National Register Bulletin, a publication from the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service. Each book provides detailed guidelines on planning, surveying, and nominating structures, homes, landscapes, and properties for the National Register of Historic Places. The detailed instructions note how to fill out the nomination forms. Also included are a condensed technical guide for Oregon property...
Dates: 1970-1995

Ownership of Whiskey Creek cabin, Rogue River canyon, bulk: 1916-1972

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:04.05
Scope and Contents Note about Holly Peake and publications about it; Sketch of Cy Whiteneck, Whiskey Creek; color a city by a sea; cut out newspaper article from June 2, 1945 about George H. Holly Peake; Cy Whiteneck’s cabin in the woods, 1916; letter to Louise J. Nichols from San Heaney of the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management in regards to her occupying a cabin in Whiskey Creek for a set time to remove her property, dated March 1973; appraisal Report from the United States...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1916-1972

Postal Services / Offices, 1969

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS025:03.44
Scope and Contents

The materials concern the history of the postal service and the various postal offices in Josephine County since the nineteenth century. The primary document is a list of nineteenth century post offices compiled by Richard W. Helbock in the Postal Historian in 1969.

Dates: 1969

Thebo - information, bulk: 1852-2013

 File — Box: 37, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:04.49
Scope and Contents Census records for Josephine Magill, Josephine M. True, Jack S. True; Census records for Ella M. True, Cora Fay Gregory True, and Mark P. True; Census record and according documentation in relation to the Neil household; Census records for Jackson and Joseph True as well as Julia Brown; Statement concerning the death of Celeste Thebo-Haynes, dated April 5th, 1909 attached are internet searches for Augusta Rebecca Sisson Neil and Avery Neil; Obituaries for Mrs. L.A. Neil and Mrs. Celeste...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1852-2013

Thomas Hare – Mountain house, bulk: 1867-2013

 File — Box: 37, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:04.48
Scope and Contents Web Search of “Thomas Hair in household of Wm Stokes, “United States Census, 1850”” on FamilySearch.org, dated January 1st, 2013; Voter registration sheet record for Thomas R. Hare titled “California, Great Registers, 1866-1910” dated October 7th, 1867; Worksheet with miscellaneous notes concerning the Mountain House filled out by Eddy B.; Photograph of the Hugh Franklin Home titled “On the Line of the Oregon and California Railroad” dated 1887; Book titled “The Gibbses of Granville, New...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1867-2013

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Oregon, Southern 18
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West (U.S.) 3
Ashland (Or.) 2
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