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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 43 Collections and/or Records:

JJ Hill Library – photographs ; TEXT, 2006-2007

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:05.48
Scope and Contents

Tracking chart for Reed/Hyde Papers, dated August 3rd, 2006; James J. Hill – Library Photos and Letters, related documentation; Letter to Dr. W. Thomas White regarding permission requests for a letter from the James J. Hill Library collection; Email to Kay Atwood from Eileen McCormack regarding descendants of the Hyde family, dated October 22nd, 2007

Dates: 2006-2007

Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 1, 1983-1984

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:03.49
Scope and Contents The item is the first of two volumes of the Josephine County Historical Resources Inventory conducted and compiled by Kay Atwood in 1984. The introduction states that the "following is a quantitative analysis of historic resources included in a 1983-1984 survey of unincorporated lands in Josephine County. An approximate 455 square mile area was inventoried and 268 buildings, structures, sites or objects, and 81 ditches were recorded." Also included inside this first volume are a...
Dates: 1983-1984

Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 2, 1983-1984

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:03.50
Scope and Contents

The second of two volumes of the Josephine County Historical Resources Inventory conducted and compiled by Kay Atwood in 1984. The introduction states that the "following is a quantitative analysis of historic resources included in a 1983-1984 survey of unincorporated lands in Josephine County. An approximate 455 square mile area was inventoried and 268 buildings, structures, sites or objects, and 81 ditches were recorded."

Dates: 1983-1984

Later Correspondence re: book, 1985-1987

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:03.80
Scope and Contents

These materials are correspondence between Atwood and others regarding her book, Mill Creek Journal. Other research materials are also included.

Dates: 1985-1987

Letters to Commissioner and Reservation maps, 1851-1859

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:04.56
Scope and Contents Letter to Commissioner from the Surveyor General’s Office regarding the survey of the Willamette Meridian and Baseline, dated October 20th, 1851. Oversized: Survey Map of Salem from January 16th, 1855; Survey map of township of the West Willamette Meridian, dated January 16th, 1855; Survey map of township N 38 South Range; Compilation of letter to the commissioner from the Surveyor General’s Office from 1857-1859; Compilation of letter to the commissioner from the Surveyor General’s...
Dates: 1851-1859

LT Sketches, bulk: 1920-2001

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS025:05.38
Scope and Contents List of titles for Kay Atwood sketches; photograph of Table Rock; photograph of Flat Rock Ranch; photograph of the Rogue River and Table Rock; photograph of Table Rock through trees and bushes; Cover page for the Oregon Historical Quarterly publication from Winter of 1994-95, a special issue focusing on “Aspects of Southern Oregon History”; Two watercolor illustrations of Table Rock; Photograph of an illustration of a small, older town or camp; List of sketch titles; Photograph of a man...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-2001

McDonald and Woodward, 2007-2013

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS025:05.35
Scope and Contents Speech outline relating to Chaining Oregon; Email to Kay Atwood from Jerry McDonald regarding royalties for Chaining Oregon, dated August 3rd, 2009; Email to Kay Atwood from Roger Roberts regarding George McFall, dated November 26th, 2008; Letter to Kay Atwood from Champ C. Vaughan regarding Chaining Oregon; Excerpt of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, dated Spring 2009 (2 copies); Review of Chaining Oregon from Terrae Incognitae, dated 2010; Letter to Kay Atwood from Trish Newcomb...
Dates: 2007-2013

McFall Diary, 2003

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS025:05.37
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 2003

OHS MSS 914 – Letters, 1853

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS025:05.53
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1853

OHS – MSS Text, 2007

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:05.44
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 2007

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