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:
Western Reserve – Ives MSS, 2007
File — Box: 44, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:05.47
Scope and Contents
Letter to Kay Atwood from Connie Hammond regarding citations of the Western Reserve Historical Society Library, dated October 9th, 2007; Email to Kay Atwood from Connie Hammond regarding permission requests for WRHS images, dated October 09, 2007; List of contact information for the Western Reserve Historical Society; Permission request for Butler Ives collection material, requested by Kay Atwood; Tracking chart for Butler Ives’ Diaries 1850-1853, 1855, and 1860; Western Reserve Butler...
Dates:
2007
William Ives, Michigan, Notes and Diaries, bulk: 1844-1982
File — Box: 42, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:05.14
Scope and Contents
Excerpt from “A Michigan Survey – William Ives” by Marie E. Gilchrist, dated 1844; State Archives of Michigan document pertaining to David Johnson and William Ives; Excerpt from “William Ives’ Huron Mountains Survey, 1846” by Marie E. Gilchrist, dated 1846; Excerpt from “Isle Royale Survey” by Marie E. Gilchrist, dated 1847; Article titled “U.P. Surveyors” by LeRoy Barnett regarding the early surveying of Michigan September/October 1982; Article titled “William A. Burt and the Upper...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1844-1982
William Ives – photographs, 2003-2008
File — Box: 43, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:05.29
Scope and Contents
Disk with photos of William Ives Michigan history; Disk with Kay Atwood photos; Email to Kay Atwood from Jeff LaLande regarding the rendering of photos, dated January 9th, 2008; Typed note to file regarding the attempts to gain permission to use photograph of William Ives, taken in 1854, dated January 14th, 2008; Note about the new address of James J. Hill Library; Email to Kay Atwood from Mark Harvey regarding a photograph that appeared in Michigan History Magazine, dated August 26th,...
Dates:
2003-2008
William Ives – Research Findings, 1852
File — Box: 42, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:05.17
Scope and Contents
William Ives Diary, begins March 14th, 1852
Dates:
1852
Wisconsin / Michigan Desc, bulk: 1837-2004
File — Box: 46, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:05.77
Scope and Contents
Typewritten notes on the History of American Life and Thought from the SOU Library; Notes on the financial panic of 1837; Email to Kay Atwood from Brenda Fink regarding social expectations of men in the 19th century, dated April 18th, 2003; Email to Kay Atwood from Brenda Fink regarding masculinity studies, dated April 21st, 2003; List of Michigan surveyors generals in the 19th century from the White Big Book; Notes on Freeman: Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa; USGS aerial imagery map; Notes...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1837-2004
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