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 85 Collections and/or Records:
Ives and Hyde Field Notes & Related Research, 1854
File — Box: 43, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:05.23
Scope and Contents
Guide to surveying township maps; Blank contract outline for Ives and Hyde survey of Southwest Oregon – 1854; Blank contract outline for Lake and Hyde survey of Southwest Oregon – 1856; Contract outline for Ives and Hyde survey of Southwest Oregon – 1854; Unknown handwritten letter; Contract outlines for Ives and Hyde surveys of Southwest Oregon – 1854; Rogue valley township index maps
Dates:
1854
Ives and Hyde Material, 1857
File — Box: 42, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:05.13
Scope and Contents
OHS MSS 914 Preston, John B., dated April 18th, 1857
Dates:
1857
Ives and Hyde – Misc. Research Findings, bulk: 1983-2004
File — Box: 44, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:05.50
Scope and Contents
Survey contracts for surveying of Oregon territory, dated February 4th, 1983; Email to Kay Atwood from Bob Kingston regarding MSS 914, dated March 17th, 2004 attached are related documents; Record of Cadastral survey contracts; Miscellaneous notes on scratch paper regarding the Hyde family; Notes pertaining to NARA Files and Citations
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1983-2004
Ives, Butler – Oregon, bulk: 1851-2003
File — Box: 42, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:05.18
Scope and Contents
Letters between Ives and the Bureau of Land Management, dated 1851; Letter to John Wesley Davis from C.K. Gardner, dated January 15th, 1854; Letter to (unknown) from Butler Ives, dated March 5th, 1852; Letter to C.K. Gardner from I.B.S, dated September 16th, 1854; Letter to C.K. Gardner from Butler Ives, dated June 10th, 1854; Letter from Butler Ives, dated May 5th, 1854; Survey contract N. 3 with Butler Ives; Rough analysis of Ives and Hyde’s crews in 1854, dated February 24th, 1979;...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1851-2003
Ives, Butler – Prog, bulk: 1850-2004
File — Box: 41, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:05.11
Scope and Contents
Card and letter to Kay Atwood from Martha regarding important Ives and Hyde material, dated March 9th, 2004; Handwritten letter to Kay Atwood from Martha regarding letter correspondence from Butler Ives, dated October 7th, 2003; Handwritten letter to William Ives from Butler Ives, dated December 3rd, 1863; Handwritten letter to William Ives from Butler Ives, dated March 6th, 1864; Written material relating to the history of the state Nevada and the boundaries, dated June 14th, 1863;...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1850-2004
Ives, Freeman, Hyde et al photograph Research, 2003
File — Box: 44, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:05.42
Scope and Contents
Email to Kay Atwood from John Hunting regarding William and Butler Ives research, dated November 18th, 2003; Email conversation between Kay Atwood and Martha Duncan regarding William and Butler Ives stereographic research, dated September 16th, 2003; Letter to David D. Hunting Jr. from Kay Atwood regarding microfilm from the Sacramento Daily Union, dated July 25th, 2003; Letter to Kay Atwood from Martha Duncan regarding letters written between William and Butler Ives, dated July 21st;...
Dates:
2003
Ives, William – Biography, bulk: 1860-2003
File — Box: 46, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:05.70
Scope and Contents
Overview of the Reed and Hyde Families: An Inventory of their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society; Handwritten notes regarding the William Ives Collection; Written material regarding Massachusetts and The Industrial Revolution (1820-1870); Written material regarding the “Investigations at the Millecoquins River Shipwreck Site” by John R. Halsey, dated November 2nd, 1991; Copy of Michigan township census of 1860, dated July 25th, 1860; Notes and research regarding the first...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1860-2003
Ives, William – Progress in Oregon, 1851
File — Box: 42, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:05.16
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Preston from William A. Burt, dated 1851; Letter to Mr. Preston from William Ives, dated June 13th, 1851; Letter to John B. Preston from William Ives, dated July 1st, 1851; Letter to John Preston from William Ives, dated July 22nd, 1851; Letter to John Preston from William Ives, dated September 6th, 1851; Letter to John Preston from William Ives, dated September 9th, 1851; Letter to John Preston from William Ives, dated November 5th, 1851; Field notes book “A” W.M. and...
Dates:
1851
Jacksonville – SOHS – Maps/ photographs / Artwork, 2007
File — Box: 43, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS025:05.36
Scope and Contents
Southern Oregon Historical Society – Photograph Order for Kay Atwood; Southern Oregon Historical Society photographic reproduction guidelines, dated October 25th, 2007; Outline of publication and commercial use fees from the Southern Oregon Historical Society , last revised in September of 2007; Sample tracking chart for maps filled out by Kay Atwood for a map of the Chicago Boundary; Southern Oregon Historical Society photographic reproduction guidelines outline from the website,...
Dates:
2007
James Freeman biographical research, 2002-2003
File — Box: 41, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:05.01
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding James Freeman; Order for a certified copy of death for Sarah Freeman, ordered by Kay Atwood on September 18th, 2003; Letter to friends from Kay Atwood regarding the search for material related to the Freeman family, dated August 13, 2003; Census record for James Freeman; Census record for Nancy Youngs; Census record for Joseph Youngs; Census record for Chloe Griswold; Census record for Walter Price Griswold; Census record for Jonathan Freeman;...
Dates:
2002-2003
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