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 32 Collections and/or Records:
Kay Atwood professional accomplishments, bulk: 1942-1999
Later Correspondence re: book, 1985-1987
These materials are correspondence between Atwood and others regarding her book, Mill Creek Journal. Other research materials are also included.
LT Sketches, bulk: 1920-2001
McDonald and Woodward, 2007-2013
McFall Diary, 2003
Tracking chart for manuscript permissions for the George McFall Diary; Email to Kay Atwood from Ellen McFall regarding the George McFall Journal, dated November 22nd, 2003
Mill Creek Journal Publicity, 1987
Articles in Revels magazine concerning Atwood's 1987 book, Mill Creek Journal. Included in the article is a picture of Atwood.
OHS – MSS Text, 2007
Envelope addressed to Kay Atwood, dated November 5th, 2007; Envelope addressed to Kay Atwood, dated November 5th, 2007; Letter to MaryAnn Cambell from Kay Atwood regarding a request to include excerpts from a manuscript collection in the Oregon Historical Society Library, dated October 7th, 2007; Tracking chart for manuscript permissions application
Publications, 1964-1982
Publications, bulk: 1966-1994
Remissions, Collected, 2004-2008
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