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Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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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 37 Collections and/or Records:

Mining Laws: Blue, 1860-1876

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS025:06.29
Scope and Contents

Excerpt of “Mining Laws of Jackson County, 1860 – 1876” by Verne Blue

Dates: 1860-1876

Miscellaneous Chinese Research Findings (Jacksonville Area), 1992

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:06.19
Scope and Contents Inventory record for the State of Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties, record for “The Beekman Bank”; Newspaper clipping with article “Chinese Mining Camp to be Excavated” by Richard Cockle, published in the Oregonian on April 16th, 1992; Miscellaneous handwritten research notes; Business card for the “Chinese Art Studio”; Jackson County’s Banking History: The First Bank in Jackson County, Oregon The Beekman Banking House; Excerpt from “Gold in the Woodpile”; Newspaper clipping with...
Dates: 1992

Miscellaneous Research Findings, 1873

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS025:06.30
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Handwritten material on legal paper; Clippings of an article titled “A Moral Perjurer, if not Legal, and His Aiders and Abettors” published in the Times; Clippings of an article titled “Vite Prejudice and the Chinese” published in The Oregon Sentinel, dated Summer of 1873

Dates: 1873

Miscellaneous Research Findings, 1935

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:06.35
Scope and Contents Series of photos of the forest; photograph small village on the lake; Art piece, B&W flower watercolor; Art piece, inkblot; Art piece, crowd next to ship, ink; Art piece, metallic square on paper; Art piece, mountain at sunrise watercolor; List of projects completed; Article from the Grants Pass Courier regarding Mrs. C.W. Thurman (McKee) dated April 13th, 1935; Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Aerial map of China; Chronological list of dates with events that occurred on those dates;...
Dates: 1935

OHS – Beekman Material

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:06.23
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes

Dates: 1855-2000

Possible Sources – Still to Check

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:06.24
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Brochure for the Gin Lin Trail; Map of the Sterling Mine Ditch located on National Resource Land; Business card for Tai Yuen & Co.; Business card for Thomas W. Chinn; Empty envelope addressed to Kay Atwood

Dates: 1855-2000

Research on Leong Chow, O. Chow, Wong Gooh, Wong Foo, etc

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS025:06.32
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes

Dates: 1855-2000

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