Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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Series of letters to Stewarts’ Creek Rogue River Valley regarding land claims, dated in 1853; Letter to C.K. Gordon from Amanda (last name unknown), dated September 4th, 1854

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Notes on the Thomas Nelson Papers from The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; Series of letter correspondence for Thomas Nelson in the 1850’s taken from WA MSS 71 of The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and WA MSS S-21 76 of the Thomas Nelson Papers

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Transcription of letter from DLC Claimants, 1853; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 D-G Index; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 N-R Index; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 H-I Index; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 A-C Index

Scope and Contents Handwritten notes pertaining to Oregon City research; Excerpt of “The Spousal Letters of Samuel R. Thurston, Oregon’s First Territorial Delegate” by James R. Perry, Richard H. Chused, and Mary DeLano; Notes regarding QHQ Volume 49 (1948) Barker, Burt Brown, “The Estate of Dr. John McLoughlin: The Papers Discovered”; Copy of Oregon Historical Quarterly published in September 1949; Written description of Oregon City and Oregon in the early 1850’s by Shwartes; Article titled “Early...

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Letter to Gen. H. Beldon from an unknown sender; Letter to the Surveyor General of Oregon and Washington from William Burk, dated May 15th, 1854; Letter to Mr. Thompson from A. R. Armstrong, dated August 10th, 1859

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Illustrations and brief descriptions of land survey; List of land surveyors in Oregon; Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding online archives of land surveying

Scope and Contents Letter to Kay Atwood from Thomas White regarding photographs of the Hyde family; Excerpts of newspaper articles that reference John Preston; Individual census record for John Bower Preston; Individual census record for Julia Elizabeth Hyde; Copy of “The Pioneer Women of Vancouver Island 1843-1866” by N. de Bertrand Lugrin, published 1928; Email to Kay Atwood from Erwin Wodarczak regarding the Trutch Papers, dated September 9th, 2002; Notes on John Preston and family from the Rogue Valley...

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Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Biographical research on the Patton family including Mrs. Frances N. Patton, Matthew Patton, and Thomas McF. Patton written by Janine M. Bork. Published in 2001; List of quotes pertaining to the Indian population in Oregon; Copy of “Oregon War: Review of Agent Metcalf’s Letter of Defense” by John Beeson; Excerpt from the Oregonian from July 3rd, 1952

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Description of the solar compass from The National Museum of American History; Article titled “Operating Principles of a Burt’s Solar Compass” by F.D. Uzes, dated October 8th, 1989; Article titled “The Search For An Ancestor: Pioneer Survey William A. Burt” by John S. Burt, dated October 8th, 1989; Email to Kay Atwood from Bud Uzes regarding Davies book, dated April 17th, 2003; Photos and description of the solar compass

Scope and Contents Introduction to land surveying from the Wisconsin public land survey records, dated January 2nd, 2004; Email to Kay Atwood from Norman Caldwell regarding questions pertaining to the U.S. Deputy Surveyors; Informational web page (printed) regarding chains as a tool for land surveying; Issue of The Oregon Surveyor with a focus on The Willamette Stone, dated June/July 2001; Email to Kay Atwood from Norman Caldwell regarding the U.S. Deputy Surveyors, dated May 31st, 2002; Definitions of...