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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 154 Collections and/or Records:

National Register part 1, 1970-1995

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:02.75
Scope and Contents The research project is laid out in three parts. Each section contains books from the National Register Bulletin, a publication from the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service. Each book provides detailed guidelines on planning, surveying, and nominating structures, homes, landscapes, and properties for the National Register of Historic Places. The detailed instructions note how to fill out the nomination forms. Also included are a condensed technical guide for Oregon property...
Dates: 1970-1995
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

National Register part 2, 1970-1995

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:02.76
Scope and Contents The research project is laid out in three parts. Each section contains books from the National Register Bulletin, a publication from the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service. Each book provides detailed guidelines on planning, surveying, and nominating structures, homes, landscapes, and properties for the National Register of Historic Places. The detailed instructions note how to fill out the nomination forms. Also included are a condensed technical guide for Oregon property...
Dates: 1970-1995
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

National Register part 3, 1970-1995

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:02.77
Scope and Contents The research project is laid out in three parts. Each section contains books from the National Register Bulletin, a publication from the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service. Each book provides detailed guidelines on planning, surveying, and nominating structures, homes, landscapes, and properties for the National Register of Historic Places. The detailed instructions note how to fill out the nomination forms. Also included are a condensed technical guide for Oregon property...
Dates: 1970-1995
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

Ned Vilas Photographs, Blossoms and Branches, 1977

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:02.83
Scope and Contents

The photographs, proof sheets, and negatives include handwritten notes and a list of people in the photographs. There are several photographs of Ned Vilas.

Dates: 1977
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

Nelson, Thomas

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:05.60
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1809-2013
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Newspaper clippings with Rogue Valley sketches and related documents, 1971-1972

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.61
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping with article “Historical Ad Program Offered” from the Medford Mail Tribune featuring a photograph of Kay Atwood with Chris Barker, dated December 28th, 1971; Newspaper clipping with article “I Specialize in Very Expensive Books for Collectors Where the Book Itself is a Tactile Thing” from the Northwest Magazine relating to Louis Osborne, dated March 12th, 1972; Newspaper clipping with article “Festival Association Proposes Making Carriage House Theater” from the Medford...
Dates: 1971-1972
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Illahe

OHS – Beekman Material

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:06.23
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes

Dates: 1855-2000
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chinese Research

OHS MSS 914 – Letters, 1853

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS025:05.53
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1853
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Oregon City - Descriptions etc., 1948-1949

 File — Box: 46, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS025:05.82
Scope and Contents Handwritten notes pertaining to Oregon City research; Excerpt of “The Spousal Letters of Samuel R. Thurston, Oregon’s First Territorial Delegate” by James R. Perry, Richard H. Chused, and Mary DeLano; Notes regarding QHQ Volume 49 (1948) Barker, Burt Brown, “The Estate of Dr. John McLoughlin: The Papers Discovered”; Copy of Oregon Historical Quarterly published in September 1949; Written description of Oregon City and Oregon in the early 1850’s by Shwartes; Article titled “Early...
Dates: 1948-1949
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

Other Surveyors – Correspondence, bulk: 1854-1859

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:05.62
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Majority of material found within 1854-1859
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / Chaining Oregon research

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Roads--Design and construction 2
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