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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 37 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Chamberlain Clark - people to interview, 1982

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:03.04
Scope and Contents

This file contains a handwritten list of people to interview that knew Frank C. Chamberlain.

Dates: 1982

Frank Chamberlain Clark personal life, 1924-1982

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.11
Scope and Contents The correspondence from a variety of offices in several states and counties requests information regarding Frank Chamberlain Clark. Also included is an article from the "Medford Mail Tribune," September 9, 1928, referring to honors Clark received. Additional notes on Mr. Clark and his life contain details from a narrative given by his daughter Louise Clark Patterson. Patterson mentions that her father lost all his money in the Great Depression. Also included is a photograph of a...
Dates: 1924-1982

Frank Chamberlain Clark - photographs, 1979-1982

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:03.17
Scope and Contents

The photographs show Frank C. Clark and his wife Gracie, as well as images and descriptions of pictures depicting designs Mr. Clark created. Also included is a handwritten note about the photos.

Dates: 1979-1982

Frank Chamberlain Clark - slides, 1981-1982

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.13
Scope and Contents

The slides depict eighteen homes and buildings designed by Mr. Clark in Southern Oregon and the Rogue Valley. The slides have names on the back to identify the houses.

Dates: 1981-1982

Frank Chamberlain Clark - unidentified buildings, 1979

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:03.02
Scope and Contents

The typed and handwritten notes concern unidentified buildings. There is an image of a Valley School dated 26 July 1979.

Dates: 1979

Hershberger Mountain Lookout, Prospect Ranger District, Rogue River National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, 1991

 File — Box: 07, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:01.87
Scope and Contents The "Summary Site Evaluation and Rehabilitation Project Description of the Hershberger Mountain Lookout" provides details of the setting and structural description of the lookout. It also notes the potential of being placed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The historical background provides the names and dates of men who worked in the lookout. Also included are site evaluations and an impact study of the rehabilitation project. Included are images of the structure...
Dates: 1991

Lakeview Survey by Ward Tonsfeldt, 1989

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:03.52
Scope and Contents

This item is a historical resource survey of Lakeview, Oregon conducted by Ward Tonsfeldt Consulting and submitted on August 1, 1989. The preface reads: "This survey was begun in August of 1988 and completed in July of 1989. The project was sponsored by the Town of Lakeview Planning Office. Data collected in the survey will help the Planning Office make informed decisions about historic resources within the town."

Dates: 1989

Landmark Journal, 1987

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:03.70
Scope and Contents

A copy of the spring 1987 issue of Landmark journal, a publication of 1000 Friends of Oregon. 1000 Friends of Oregon is a non-profit public service organization working since March 1975 to realize Oregon's land use laws at the state and local levels.

Dates: 1987

Mining Resources of the Upper Illinois Valley, 2000

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:04.26
Scope and Contents

Mining Resources of the Upper Illinois Valley, Oregon. Multiple Property Submission to the National Register of Historic Places. Kay Atwood, Ward Tonsfeldt, Dennis Gray. Bureau of Land Management Medford District Office

Dates: 2000

Miscellaneous Southern Oregon cemeteries research

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:04.77
Scope and Contents Misc. handwritten notes regarding the cemetery research material; Internet search on Joseph Swingle; Internet search on the Sparlin cemetery; Internet search on the Harkness family and Susan Farrias; Internet search and census records in reference to Sparlin Cemetery, Wlliams Area, and Croxton Cemetery; Internet search on Ann and John Beeson; Compiled research material for headstones within the Phoenix Cemetery; Internet search for Daniel, Erastus, and Laveria Lavenburg; Information on...
Dates: 1822-2014

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Oregon, Southern 24
research notes 18
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Cemeteries 4
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