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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 211 Collections and/or Records:

Curry Manor-Warner (part 1), Nathaniel Curry Estate, 1458 Quail Lane, Roseburg, Oregon, 1983

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS025:01.18
Scope and Contents The National Register of Historic Places nomination form describes The Nathaniel Curry property and house located Roseburg, Oregon. The Nathaniel Curry estate was one of the largest farms to exist in Douglas County, with 2,090-acres. The house is of the Queen Anne style, but the architect is unknown. The file consists of correspondence concerning nomination, copy of Graduating Exercises, Roseburg High School 1903, copy of 1880 Census of the United States, handwritten notes, letters of...
Dates: 1983

Curry Manor-Warner (part 2), Nathaniel Curry Estate, 1458 Quail Lane, Roseburg, Oregon, 1983

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS025:01.19
Scope and Contents

The file consists of additional correspondence concerning the nomination of the Nathaniel Curry Estate. Research materials include a copy of The News-Review Weekender, 1983, and a possible record of the architect.

Dates: 1983

Dead Indian Soda Springs "Community Kitchen" Shelter, Ashland Ranger District, Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon, 1998

 File — Box: 07, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:01.79
Scope and Contents

The "Proposed Relocation Project: Dead Indian Soda Springs' Community Kitchen' Shelter." The document includes the "Flood '97 Restoration—South Fork Little Butte Creek projects." The report contains images of structures considered for relocation and map of the land. The Community Kitchen is eligible to be included in the National Registry of Historic Places.

Dates: 1998

Dean Walker, Frank Thornton, Agness, Illahe trip

 File — Box: 28, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.03
Scope and Contents

List of Frank Thornton pictures; two pages of negative film strips of Oak Flat School ruins and Foster Creek; pictures of film strips of people, Oak Flat School ruins, and Foster Creek; notes about David Hastings and Frank Thornton.

Dates: 1822-2014

Determination of Eligibility

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:04.23
Scope and Contents

Cultural Property Inventory, Evaluation and Request for Determination of Eligibility. Vincent Creek Guard Station. Wells Creek Guard Station.

Dates: 1822-2014

Determination of Eligibility for Vincent Creek and Wells Creek Guard Stations, 2001

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:02.46
Scope and Contents The Vincent Creek and Wells Creek Guard Stations constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934 and located within the Siuslaw National Forest land. In the 1950s these two guard stations were transferred to the BLM in the Coos Bay District. After being removed from the Siuslaw National Forest, the stations were removed from the National Forest inventory and therefore were not on the National Register of Historic Places of CCC. Due to their removal, a different determination...
Dates: 2001

Determination of Eligibility report, 1958

 File — Box: 30, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.15
Scope and Contents

Determination of Eligibility for Selected Administrative Buildings and Fire Lookouts on the Klamath National Forest, c. 1917-1958 Volume I: Report

Dates: 1958

Determination of Eligibility report, 1958

 File — Box: 30, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.16
Scope and Contents

Determination of Eligibility for Selected Administrative Buildings and Fire Lookouts on the Klamath National Forest, c. 1917-1958 Volume IIA: Inventory Forms, Callahan Work Center to Mt. Hebron Work Center

Dates: 1958

Determination of Eligibility report, 1958

 File — Box: 30, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.17
Scope and Contents

Determination of Eligibility for Selected Administrative Buildings and Fire Lookouts on the Klamath National Forest, c. 1917-1958 Volume IIB: Inventory Forms, Oak Knoll Work Center to Yreka Service Center

Dates: 1958

Determination of Eligibility report, 1958

 File — Box: 30, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:04.18
Scope and Contents

Determination of Eligibility for Selected Administrative Buildings and Fire Lookouts on the Klamath National Forest, c. 1917-1958 Volume III: Inventory Forms, Fire Lookouts

Dates: 1958

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  • Subject: Historic buildings X

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Archival Object 210
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Ashland (Or.) 50
Photographs 35
research notes 29
West (U.S.) 26
Oregon, Southern 24