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 43 Collections and/or Records:
JJ Hill Library – photographs ; TEXT, 2006-2007
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
Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 1, 1983-1984
Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 2, 1983-1984
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."
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.
Letters to Commissioner and Reservation maps, 1851-1859
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
OHS MSS 914 – Letters, 1853
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
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
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