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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 58 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Chamberlain Clark - slides, 1981-1982

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.13
Scope and Contents

The slides depict eighteen homes and buildings designed by Mr. Clark in Southern Oregon and the Rogue Valley. The slides have names on the back to identify the houses.

Dates: 1981-1982

Frank Chamberlain Clark - unidentified buildings, 1979

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:03.02
Scope and Contents

The typed and handwritten notes concern unidentified buildings. There is an image of a Valley School dated 26 July 1979.

Dates: 1979

Grace Russell Fountain, bulk: 1878-1978

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.72
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous newsprint from approximately 1878 part 1; Miscellaneous newsprint from approximately 1878 part 2; Internet search for blind music teacher; Internet research on the Northwest Oregon Impressionist Painting/ Grace Fountain; Census records (death index) for Ern Rhodehamel 1978

Dates: Majority of material found within 1878-1978

Hay

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS025:03.41
Scope and Contents

The materials are a collection of various documents and notes related to the history of the Hay (or Hayes?) family. Many of these items are handwritten notes, presumably Atwood's, about the family and their history. Also included are newspaper clippings and handwritten manuscripts.

Dates: 1801-2001

Hershberger Mountain Lookout, Prospect Ranger District, Rogue River National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, 1991

 File — Box: 07, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:01.87
Scope and Contents The "Summary Site Evaluation and Rehabilitation Project Description of the Hershberger Mountain Lookout" provides details of the setting and structural description of the lookout. It also notes the potential of being placed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The historical background provides the names and dates of men who worked in the lookout. Also included are site evaluations and an impact study of the rehabilitation project. Included are images of the structure...
Dates: 1991

Illahe - Individuals and Families, 1910-1987

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.86
Scope and Contents

These materials concern the history of individuals and families in the unincorporated community of Illahe, Oregon. These materials include individual's accounts of their family history, primary source documents, newspaper articles, etc.

Dates: 1910-1987

Illahe transcripts, 1976-1977

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.87
Scope and Contents

These materials are mostly typewritten transcripts of interviews that Kay Atwood conducted in researching her book, Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon. Also included are some of Atwood's notes and drafts of family trees.

Dates: 1976-1977

Lakeview Survey by Ward Tonsfeldt, 1989

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:03.52
Scope and Contents

This item is a historical resource survey of Lakeview, Oregon conducted by Ward Tonsfeldt Consulting and submitted on August 1, 1989. The preface reads: "This survey was begun in August of 1988 and completed in July of 1989. The project was sponsored by the Town of Lakeview Planning Office. Data collected in the survey will help the Planning Office make informed decisions about historic resources within the town."

Dates: 1989

Land of the North Umpquas, 1973

 File — Box: 32, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:04.33
Scope and Contents

Bakken, Lavola J. Land of the North Umpquas. Peaceful Indians of the West.

Dates: 1973

Landmark Journal, 1987

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:03.70
Scope and Contents

A copy of the spring 1987 issue of Landmark journal, a publication of 1000 Friends of Oregon. 1000 Friends of Oregon is a non-profit public service organization working since March 1975 to realize Oregon's land use laws at the state and local levels.

Dates: 1987

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Oregon, Southern 39
Historic buildings 37
research notes 22
Oregon, Western 21
History, Local 12