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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 108 Collections and/or Records:

Ned Vilas Photographs, Blossoms and Branches, 1977

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:02.83
Scope and Contents

The photographs, proof sheets, and negatives include handwritten notes and a list of people in the photographs. There are several photographs of Ned Vilas.

Dates: 1977

Newspaper clippings with Rogue Valley sketches and related documents, 1971-1972

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.61
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping with article “Historical Ad Program Offered” from the Medford Mail Tribune featuring a photograph of Kay Atwood with Chris Barker, dated December 28th, 1971; Newspaper clipping with article “I Specialize in Very Expensive Books for Collectors Where the Book Itself is a Tactile Thing” from the Northwest Magazine relating to Louis Osborne, dated March 12th, 1972; Newspaper clipping with article “Festival Association Proposes Making Carriage House Theater” from the Medford...
Dates: 1971-1972

OHS photograph map, bulk: 1852-2007

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:04.59
Scope and Contents Letter to Kay Atwood from Lucy Berkley regarding the completion of her manuscript, dated October 18th, 2007; Instructions on how to care for and proceed with sample tracking charts for the Oregon territory 1852; Instructions on how to care for and proceed with sample tracking charts for the “B” Map; Instructions on how to care for and proceed with sample tracking charts for the Oregon territory west of the cascades 1855; Letter to Lucy Berkley from Kay Atwood regarding permission to use...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1852-2007

Oregon Historical Quarterly, 1995

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:03.72
Scope and Contents

Two copies of the Winter 1994-95 issue of Oregon Historical Quarterly. This is a "special issue" concerning "Aspects of Southern Oregon History."

Dates: 1995

Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 1988

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:03.71
Scope and Contents

Two copies of Volume 79, Number 4 of the Pacific Northwest Quarterly from October 1988. The Pacific Northwest Quarterly is published by the University of Washington.

Dates: 1988

People and the River, volume I, 1995

 File — Box: 32, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.27
Scope and Contents

People and the River. A History of the Human Occupation of the Middle Course of the Rogue River of Southwestern Oregon Volume I. Kay Atwood, Dennis J. Gray

Dates: 1995

People and the River, volume I, 1995

 File — Box: 32, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.28
Scope and Contents

People and the River. A History of the Human Occupation of the Middle Course of the Rogue River of Southwestern Oregon. Volume I. Kay Atwood, Dennis Gray

Dates: 1995

Photograph and Illustrations poss. and sources

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:05.06
Scope and Contents

Illustrations and brief descriptions of land survey; List of land surveyors in Oregon; Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding online archives of land surveying

Dates: 1809-2013

Pioneer Marble works – PowerPoint presentation, bulk: 1865-1915

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:04.62
Scope and Contents

Printed PowerPoint presentation titled “James H. and Ann Hill Russell Proprietors of a Pioneer Marble Works in Southern Oregon 1865-1915” by Kay C. Atwood and Elisabeth Walton Potter (2 copies)

Dates: Majority of material found within 1865-1915

Population Information and Research, 1890-1920

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:02.15
Scope and Contents

The records concern the population of Medford, Ashland, Jackson County, and surrounding areas in Oregon. Also available are copies of the thirteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth Census of the United States. A graph notes the total population breakdown from 1890 to 1920. Excerpts from the United States Bureau of the Census, "Increase of Population: 1910-1920."

Dates: 1890-1920

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Ashland (Or.) 23
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