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:
McFall Diary, 2003
Tracking chart for manuscript permissions for the George McFall Diary; Email to Kay Atwood from Ellen McFall regarding the George McFall Journal, dated November 22nd, 2003
McFall, George, Diary and Bio, 2003
Open letter from Roger Roberts regarding the Diary of George McFall, dated September 15th, 2003; Email to Kay Atwood from Ellen McFall regarding George McFall’s Journals, dated November 18th, 2003; United States Census record for George McFall; Land patent details search results for patentees Millie Heirs of Arthur and William Arthur; Government Corner Re-Establishment Notes File Search Index reference map plus Ives and Hyde Notes
Moody, Hunt, etc., bulk: 1823-2003
NARA Clamant Letters, 1853-1854
Series of letters to Stewarts’ Creek Rogue River Valley regarding land claims, dated in 1853; Letter to C.K. Gordon from Amanda (last name unknown), dated September 4th, 1854
Nelson, Thomas
Notes on the Thomas Nelson Papers from The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; Series of letter correspondence for Thomas Nelson in the 1850’s taken from WA MSS 71 of The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and WA MSS S-21 76 of the Thomas Nelson Papers
Nutting Preparatory School, 2004
OHS MSS 914 – Letters, 1853
Transcription of letter from DLC Claimants, 1853; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 D-G Index; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 N-R Index; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 H-I Index; MSS 914 – Preston, John B. letters from DLC Claimants, 1853 A-C Index
OHS – MSS Text, 2007
Envelope addressed to Kay Atwood, dated November 5th, 2007; Envelope addressed to Kay Atwood, dated November 5th, 2007; Letter to MaryAnn Cambell from Kay Atwood regarding a request to include excerpts from a manuscript collection in the Oregon Historical Society Library, dated October 7th, 2007; Tracking chart for manuscript permissions application
Oregon City - Descriptions etc., 1948-1949
Other Surveyors – Correspondence, bulk: 1854-1859
Letter to Gen. H. Beldon from an unknown sender; Letter to the Surveyor General of Oregon and Washington from William Burk, dated May 15th, 1854; Letter to Mr. Thompson from A. R. Armstrong, dated August 10th, 1859
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