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 15 Collections and/or Records:
Postal Services / Offices, 1969
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.
Schools, 1959-1985
These are materials related to the history of schools and education more generally in Josephine County, Oregon. Included are various individuals' accounts of that history and others attempts at compiling such information.
Selma
The materials relate to the history of the town of Selma. One document is a short piece called "Sawmills of the Selma Area" by Joseph E. Goode, and the other is titled "Downtown Selma in 1905." Both documents are undated.
Summary Notes About Josephine County, 1939-1984
These materials include some primary source documents related to Josephine County as well as a large collection of Atwood's notes and various correspondence.
Wolf Creek General, 1958-1983
The materials consist of various documents related generally to the history of Wolf Creek. Much of this file is made up of Atwood's handwritten notes. Of note is a term paper on Wolf Creek written by a Patricia A. Converse in 1958.