Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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These materials are related to the history of orchards in southern Oregon. Included are several newspaper clippings and letters of correspondence, some of which deal with the deaths of individuals, presumably from the orchard community.

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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

Scope and Contents Film negatives of portrait photos of men; List of illustrations for Chaining Oregon; Illustration of survey instrument; Series of sample tracking charts for photos for collection material requested; Photocopy of an Illustration of The Solar Compass with description; photograph of an Illustration of The Solar Compass; photograph of an illustration of a surveying instrument; photograph of an illustration of a small town; photograph of Table Rock; photograph of an Illustration of The Solar...

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These materials are related to the history of the region that is now Ashland, Oregon before the establishment of the town. Of particular note is the Sisson family. The materials include correspondence and notes.

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Township map guide; List of Jackson County surveyors; Notes on distance conversions for surveyors; Table of measurements for a township map; Pamphlet for how land surveying serves the public; Guide to surveying including measurements and diagram templates; Distribution guide of a section of land – 640 acres

Scope and Contents Email to Kay Atwood from Beth Salem regarding photograph permission requests, dated February 6th, 2008; Letter to Lucy Berkley from Kay Atwood regarding John Preston’s Map, dated January 29th, 2008; Email to Lucy Berkley from Kay Atwood regarding cost of using the map, dated January 30th, 2008; Letter to Kay Atwood from Margaret Kimball of The Stanford University Library regarding letters written by Butler Ives, dated November 19th, 2007; Letter to Kay Atwood from Shawna Gandy regarding...

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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

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Preservation archaeologist Leland Gilsen compiled the list of historical sites in Josephine County for the State Historic Preservation Office. The list was sent to Mr. Bruce Bartow at the Josephine County Planning Office on Aprill 11, 1979.

Scope and Contents Excerpt of “Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims” 1957; Article titled “Willamette Initial Point History” from The Oregon Surveyor, dated July-August 1993; Excerpt from The Oregon Surveyor from February/March 1994; Introductory paragraph from the Cartographic Records of the Public Land Survey in Minnesota; Search results for The Public Land Surveys in Oregon; Copy of The Oregon Surveyor from August/September 1999; Excerpt of “Notes on Oregon Conditions in the Fifties” by...

Scope and Contents Handwritten miscellaneous notes regarding Wells Lake; Recommendation of which publication to search for information regarding Wells Lake – Chicago Daily News; Letter to Laura Aenenson from Kay Atwood regarding the date and setting of the death of Wells Lake, dated August 28th, 2003; Email to Kay Atwood from Laura Aenenson regarding the search for Wells Lake’s obituary, dated August 19th, 2003; Household record for the Lake household from the 1880 census record; Individual record for...