Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

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These materials contain agricultural and land use data and statistics in Josephine County, Oregon from the first half of the twentieth century.

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The materials consist of three notecards with what appear to be captions or descriptions of various newspaper articles from the nineteenth century. Two are typewritten, one is handwritten. One refers to Aulthouse, the second refers to Sucker Creek, and the third concerns Browntown.

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These materials concern the history of an early mining community in southern Oregon called Browntown. Included are some articles about the settlement as well as some historical manuscripts and a map of the area.

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These materials constitute a collection of various forms of media compiled with the intent of creating a chronology of the history of Josephine County, Oregon. Some of the materials include earlier attempts at this chronology. Also included are maps, newspaper articles, and Atwood's notes and correspondence, among other items.

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These materials are related to Eight Dollar Mountain and its history. The central document is Atwood's historical context report on Eight Dollar Mountain that she sent to the Josephine County Planning Office on July 23, 1984. The other materials are undated articles or documents on the history of Eight Dollar Mountain.

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The National Register of Historic Places form describes the Galice Consolidated Mines Company Building. Constructed in 1900 as the headquarters for the mining company. In 1928, it became a fishing lodge, known as "Speed's Place on the Rogue."

Research materials include book excerpts on prospecting, correspondence concerning the nomination, newspaper articles, handwritten notes, images of the property, legal papers, and a history of the mines and surrounding area.

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These are two materials related to the dedication of the Haines homestead as a historical site. The first item is from a 1935 newspaper, and the second appears to be from the 1980s.

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These are materials related to the history of Highway 99 in Josephine County, Oregon. Included are newspaper and magazine clippings, maps, and photographs from the first half of the twentieth century, as well as some of Atwood's correspondence concerning the highway.

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The undated list of ditches in Josephine County, titled "Hydrologic Systems of Joesphine County," displays as a table with different columns for the year of construction, its use, and additional notes.

Scope and Contents The item is the first 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." Also included inside this first volume are a...