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 85 Collections and/or Records:
Butler Ives – Research Findings, 1850-1851
Letter to Kay Atwood from Sarah Starr regarding the enclosed photocopy of Butler Ives’ Diary from October 1850 – June 1851, dated February 4th, 2004; Photocopy of Butler Ives’ diary from May 1st, 1851 – May 30th, 1851; Photocopy of Butler Ives’ diary from May 31st, 1851 – August 20th, 1851
Butler Ives – Research Findings, 1851-1853
Photocopy of Butler Ives’ diary from August 15th, 1851 – November 19th, 1851; Photocopy of Butler Ives’ record of expense accounts from August 20th, 1852 – July, 1853; Photocopy of Butler Ives’ diary 1852
California/Oregon boundary survey, 1851-1853
Abstract for the article “Initial Monuments for California’s Base and Meridian Lines” by Gertrude K. Brown, dated 1851-1853; Excerpt from the article titled “The Boundary Line Between California and Oregon” by Francis Seeley Foote; Article titled “A Major Monument: Oregon – California Boundary” by Francis S. Landrum
Chaining Oregon – photographs, bulk: 1850-2010
Chaining Oregon research, 1809-2013
Research, photographs, maps and corresponcence regarding surveyors
“Claim Contracts”, 1853
Letter to B. F. Cartes from unknown sender, dated July 12th, 1853
“Engravings”
Illustration of a solar compass; Plot outline showing base lines and meridians; TS divided into sections; Detailed illustration of a solar compass; Illustration of Mound, Stake, and Stone corner boundaries; Illustration of a surveyors compass; Illustration of a solar compass
Evans and Shumard, bulk: 1820-1869
Biographical statement on Benjamin Franklin Shumard (1820-1869); 1st Index entry for John Evans, dated June 1st, 1852; Copy of “Oregon and Washington Surveys” by John Evans, 1851
Field Notes; Indexes/Summaries, bulk: 1854-2004
Excerpt of “Original Survey Field Books of Ives and Hyde Index”, dated 1854; Notes on the field notes, dated March 30th, 2001; Notes on DLC Claim Records from the Medford Library
Field Notes – Oregon and Washington (BLM)
Series of letters and documents related to the Willamette Meridian; Series of letters and documents related to the Willamette Meridian North of the Baseline; Series of letters and documents related to Oregon and Washington surveying; Miscellaneous handwritten notes on scratch paper
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