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 83 Collections and/or Records:
Happy Camp Lower Station, 1991-2001
The materials relate to the history of the ranger station and surrounding structures at the Happy Camp site in Klamath National Forest in California. The materials include maps, photos, and government documents about the area.
HBC Archives of Manitoba
Invoice from The Lab Works for Kay Atwood for photographs developed; Archives of Manitoba request for photographic reproductions paperwork
Herbert and Katherine Smith House, Smith-Carnahan House, 139 Southwest I Street, Grants Pass, Oregon, 1982
The National Register of Historic Places form describes the Smith-Carnahan house. Constructed in 1908 for Herbert and Katherine Smith, Grants Pass, the home has remained in the family for seventy-four years. The historical value to Grants Pass is significant.
The furnished documents are correspondence concerning the nomination, land plots for the city, a photograph slide, and images of newspaper articles.
Historic Structures Report for Vancouver Barracks, West Barracks Vancouver National Historic Reserve, 2003
The report describes Fort Vancouver and the United States Military, with essential details from the 1880s through 1946. The text describes the history of the buildings and changes the barracks underwent over time. Also included are images of plans, photos, and building floor plans.
Honorable History photographs part 1
The photographs and negatives document the honorable mentions of the local history, people, and historical places in Southern Oregon. Included are handwritten notes on the subjects of the photographs.
Honorable History photographs part 2
The photographs and negatives document the honorable mentions of the local history, people, and historical places in Southern Oregon. Included are handwritten notes on the subjects of the photographs.
Illahe photographs, 1899-1978
Illahe photographs, bulk: 1895-1977
Illahe photographs, bulk: 1900-1977
Illahe photos, 1900-1915
These materials are photographs associated with Atwood's research on the history of Illahe and the Rogue River Canyon. Many of the photographs are undated, but the bulk of them are from the early twentieth century.
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- West (U.S.) 6
- Chinese Americans 5
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- Orchards 4
- Oregon, Southern 4
- Business correspondence 3
- Cemeteries 3
- Hazardous geographic environments 3
- Maps 3
- personal correspondence 3
- Central Point (Or.) 2
- Interviews 2
- Josephine County (Or.) 2
- Klamath Falls (Or.) 2
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- Oregon, Western 1
- Periodicals 1
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- Prospect (Or.) 1
- Railroads 1
- Roseburg (Or.) 1
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