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 154 Collections and/or Records:
Cascade Range and Ashland Forest Reserves and Adjacent Regions, 1900
The manuscript covers the area of the Cascade Range Forest Reserve, Oregon. Kay used the text in researching Southern Oregon. The book was copied Kay Atwood for local history research.
Census Material, 1880
Handwritten notes regarding census records
Chinese Research, bulk: 1863-2000
Ledger document with Chinese population recorded; Chronological list of events relating to Kay’s Chinese research material; Article titled “one Long Summer… With Only Chinese Miners for Company!” by Dan L. Green of the Grants Pass Daily Courier, dated January 10th, 2000
Chinese Research, bulk: 1860-1872
Chinese Research, 1873-1876
Chinese Research, 1881-1884
Chinese Research, bulk: 1880-1894
List of dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated 1880’s; Chinese Research 1889-1894
Chinese Research, 1889-1894
Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Written descriptions of events regarding the Oregon Chinese population; Dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated late 1880; Chinese estate material notes; Estate material, dated August 29th, 1889
Chinese Research, 1895-1898
Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Dates with brief descriptions of happenings for that day, dated late 1897-1898 (2 copies); Notes on Oregon Chinese population regarding probate notes and deed records (2 copies); Excerpt of The Medford Mail Tribune with the article “No One Remembers Her Name” by Nan Hannon, dated March 4th, 1985 (2 copies)
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- Ashland (Or.) 10
- Rogue River Valley (Klamath County-Curry County, Or.) 9
- Periodicals 8
- Biography 7
- personal correspondence 7
- West (U.S.) 6
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- Oregon, Western 3
- Ships and Shipping 3
- diaries 3
- California, Northern 2
- Elementary and Secondary Education 2
- Klamath County (Or.) 2
- Northwest, Pacific 2
- Roads--Design and construction 2
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- Cemeteries 1
- Floods 1
- Illinois River Valley (Or.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
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