Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)
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 19 Collections and/or Records:
Oregon City - Descriptions etc., 1948-1949
Oregon Historical Quarterly, 1995
Two copies of the Winter 1994-95 issue of Oregon Historical Quarterly. This is a "special issue" concerning "Aspects of Southern Oregon History."
Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 1988
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.
Sources / Inspiration, bulk: 1864-2000
Southern Oregon Heritage Magazines, 1995
This folder includes two magazines filled with rich local history — the magazine "Southern Oregon Heritage," Fall and Winter issues 1995, volume 1, number 1 and 2. The issues contain stories about the Rogue Valley and the people who lived here.
Swedenburg House Project, 1984
The issue of "The Table Rock Sentinel," published by the Southern Oregon Historical Society containing the article, "Saving the Chappell – Swedenburg House." Many community members and students rallied together to save the house, that became a part of the university.
Washington – Description/Cowlitz River, bulk: 1972-2004
Webster, Kimball, 1917
Miscellaneous handwritten notes on scratch paper pertaining to Kimball Webster; Photocopy of “The Gold Seekers of ‘49” by Kimball Webster, published in 1917; Excerpt of “The Gold Seekers of ‘49” by Kimball Webster, attached is a book review published by American Memory
William Ives, Michigan, Notes and Diaries, bulk: 1844-1982
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