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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 85 Collections and/or Records:

James Freeman biographical research, bulk: 1907-2004

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:05.02
Scope and Contents Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the Geography, Geology, and General History of the State and a Complete History and Description of Every County, City, Town, Village, and Locality with full tables of statistics by J.H. French; Description of land and climate in New York; Description of Potosi Township Historical Society; Email Conversation between Kay Atwood from Mary Freymiller regarding biographical research, dated April 30th, 2001; Email to Kay...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1907-2004

JJ Hill Library – photographs ; TEXT, 2006-2007

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:05.48
Scope and Contents

Tracking chart for Reed/Hyde Papers, dated August 3rd, 2006; James J. Hill – Library Photos and Letters, related documentation; Letter to Dr. W. Thomas White regarding permission requests for a letter from the James J. Hill Library collection; Email to Kay Atwood from Eileen McCormack regarding descendants of the Hyde family, dated October 22nd, 2007

Dates: 2006-2007

John McLoughlin – Oregon City

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:05.59
Scope and Contents

Typed notes regarding John McLoughlin; Excerpts and quotes from “John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest”; Fraction of township No. 2 South Range No. 2 East Willamette; Typed notes regarding inventory of McLoughlin expenditures

Dates: 1809-2013

Letters to Commissioner and Reservation maps, 1851-1859

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:04.56
Scope and Contents Letter to Commissioner from the Surveyor General’s Office regarding the survey of the Willamette Meridian and Baseline, dated October 20th, 1851. Oversized: Survey Map of Salem from January 16th, 1855; Survey map of township of the West Willamette Meridian, dated January 16th, 1855; Survey map of township N 38 South Range; Compilation of letter to the commissioner from the Surveyor General’s Office from 1857-1859; Compilation of letter to the commissioner from the Surveyor General’s...
Dates: 1851-1859

LT Illustrations – Instruments, 2006

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS025:05.66
Scope and Contents

Series of illustrations of surveying instruments with list of contents attached; Photocopy of The American Surveyor issue from October 2006

Dates: 2006

LT Illustrations photographs – No Copyright, 2004

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS025:05.52
Scope and Contents Illustration of “Miners Cleaning Gold” (2 copies); Envelope containing miscellaneous notes regarding William Ives material; Sample tracking chart for photos of “Miners Washing Gold”; photograph of houses in Jacksonville, Oregon; Email to Kay Atwood from Marshall Don regarding Abbott prints, dated July 13th, 2004; Excerpt of “The Gold Seekers of ‘49” by Kimball Webster; Introductory paragraph about linear thinking attached are a series of photocopies of illustrations; Photocopy of “Miners...
Dates: 2004

LT People, 1920

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:05.61
Scope and Contents Photograph of John B. Preston contained in the “Louis H. Hyde Family Book”, dated 1920; Photograph of Mrs. John B. Preston (Lucy Ann Hyde) contained in the “Louis H. Hyde Family Book”, dated 1920; Portrait photograph of John B. Preston; photograph of men on horses; photograph of William and Sarah (Hyde) Ives; Excerpt of an article about C.K. Gardner; Stats on “The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and...
Dates: 1920

LT Sketches, bulk: 1920-2001

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS025:05.38
Scope and Contents List of titles for Kay Atwood sketches; photograph of Table Rock; photograph of Flat Rock Ranch; photograph of the Rogue River and Table Rock; photograph of Table Rock through trees and bushes; Cover page for the Oregon Historical Quarterly publication from Winter of 1994-95, a special issue focusing on “Aspects of Southern Oregon History”; Two watercolor illustrations of Table Rock; Photograph of an illustration of a small, older town or camp; List of sketch titles; Photograph of a man...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-2001

Manual, 1851

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:05.21
Scope and Contents

“A History of the Rectangular Survey System” by Albert White, 1851 survey manual; Excerpt of “Instructions to Surveyor of Public Lands in Oregon 1851”

Dates: 1851

McDonald and Woodward, 2007-2013

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS025:05.35
Scope and Contents Speech outline relating to Chaining Oregon; Email to Kay Atwood from Jerry McDonald regarding royalties for Chaining Oregon, dated August 3rd, 2009; Email to Kay Atwood from Roger Roberts regarding George McFall, dated November 26th, 2008; Letter to Kay Atwood from Champ C. Vaughan regarding Chaining Oregon; Excerpt of the Oregon Historical Quarterly, dated Spring 2009 (2 copies); Review of Chaining Oregon from Terrae Incognitae, dated 2010; Letter to Kay Atwood from Trish Newcomb...
Dates: 2007-2013

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