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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 529 Collections and/or Records:

Dr. Loren Messenger, November 6, 1979

 File — Box 01: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115559], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS004:01.07
Scope and Contents

The transcript of Dr. Loren Messenger's interview concerns his time at Southern Oregon State College, where he was a professor. The transcript contains some notes on Angus Bowmer.

Dates: November 6, 1979

Dr. Loren Messenger, June 28, 1979

 File — Box 03: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115575], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS004:01.23
Scope and Contents

The oral history describes Dr. Loren Messenger's time at Southern Oregon State College, where he was a professor. Cassette format: tape 1 of 2.

Dates: June 28, 1979

Dr. Loren Messenger, June 28, 1979

 File — Box 03: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115575], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS004:01.24
Scope and Contents

The oral history describes Dr. Loren Messenger's time at Southern Oregon State College, where he was a professor. Cassette format: tape 2 of 2.

Dates: June 28, 1979

Dr. Walter Redford, February 16, 1979

 File — Box 02: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115567], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS004:01.09
Scope and Contents

The transcript of Dr. Walter Redford's interview concerns his time at Southern Oregon State College, where he was a professor.

Dates: February 16, 1979

Dr. Walter Redford, February 16, 1979

 File — Box 03: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115575], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS004:01.18
Scope and Contents

The oral history describes Dr. Walter Redford's time at Southern Oregon State College, where he was the president. Cassette format.

Dates: February 16, 1979

Draft Notes and Ideas

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:06.25
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Chinese writing practice; Events and time frames related to the Chinese in Jacksonville; List of item to include in book; Piece of textured art paper; Handwritten notes on large, brown paper

Dates: 1855-2000

Dutchman Peak Lookout, Applegate Ranger District, Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon, 1998

 File — Box 07: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116391], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS025:01.91
Scope and Contents The documents describe Dutchman Peak Lookout built in 1927 as significant for its place in the development of fire detection in the Rogue River National Forest. The evaluation expects Dutchman Peak Lookout to receive placement on the National Registry of Historic Places. Dutchman Peak parcel, initially an 80-acre parcel privately own by William Spaulding, was acquired by the Forest Service from the county through the lack of payment of taxes in 1922. Included are correspondence and images...
Dates: 1998

Easterling house, 394 Liberty Street, Ashland, Oregon, 1982

 File — Box 01: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116334], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:01.06
Scope and Contents

John Easterling was a businessman who purchased property and built many businesses in the Railroad District of Ashland. A unique feature of the John Easterling house is the porch obtained from Southern Oregon Normal School and incorporated into his new home.

The file consists of a preliminary workup for the Easterling house including a property plot plan.

Dates: 1982

Eastwood Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Medford, Oregon

 File — Box 15: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116482], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:02.59
Scope and Contents

The records of the graves in Eastwood/IOOF Cemetery in Medford, Oregon, include burials listed by block and lot numbers. The documents cover blocks three through three hundred two. An additional sixty graves added to the list were copied from newspaper obituaries. The information lists names and known birth and death dates. There are no records for blocks one and two.

Dates: 1890-2004

Eddings - Provost house, 364 Vista Street, Ashland, Oregon,, 1980

 File — Box 01: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116334], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:01.03
Scope and Contents The National Register of Historic Places nomination form describes the Eddings-Provost house as a combination of Queen Anne and Eastern Stick Styles, located in the Summit Addition. The architect, James Norris constructed the house during 1888-1889 for George C. Eddings and his family. In 1893, Mr. Eddings sold the home and his hardware business to Damina Banani Provost.Photocopies of newspaper clippings, dating from 1925-1971, mention family members. There are two property plot...
Dates: 1980

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Archival Object 523
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Subject
Historic buildings 211
research notes 154
History, Local 108
Surveyors 85
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Ashland (Or.) 81
Mines and mineral resources 51
West (U.S.) 45
Business correspondence 43
Oregon, Southern 39
Universities and colleges--Faculty 38
oral histories 38
Chinese Americans 37
Authorship 32
Josephine County (Or.) 31
Cemeteries 28
Maps 26
Rogue River Valley (Klamath County-Curry County, Or.) 24
Hazardous geographic environments 22
Sound recordings 22
Oregon, Western 21
Periodicals 19
Forests and forestry 15
Klamath County (Or.) 15
Fire lookouts 13
Grants Pass (Or.) 13
Orchards 12
personal correspondence 11
Biography 9
California, Northern 8
Elementary and Secondary Education 7
Klamath Falls (Or.) 7
personal narratives 7
City councils 6
Interviews 6
Medicine 6
Northwest, Pacific 6
diaries 6
Business records 4
Central Point (Or.) 4
Indians of North America 4
Ranching 4
Sawmills 4
19th century 3
Jacksonville (Or.) 3
Minorities 3
Real property 3
Roads--Design and construction 3
Ships and Shipping 3
Siskiyou National Forest (Or. and Calif.) 3
Crater Lake (Or.) 2
Depressions--1929 2
Eagle Point (Or.) 2
Fire departments 2
Law 2
Prospect (Or.) 2
Railroads 2
Rogue River National Forest (Or. and Calif.) 2
Roseburg (Or.) 2
Takelma Indians 2
Watersheds 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Abstracts of title 1
Agriculture 1
Art 1
Census 1
Colleges and Universities 1
County courts 1
Drama festivals 1
Endemic plants 1
Environmentalism 1
Floods 1
Forest management 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1
Geology 1
Illinois River Valley (Or.) 1
Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific 1
Jackson County (Or.) 1
Oregon 1
Phoenix (Or.) 1
Pioneers 1
Police 1
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Salem 1
Slides 1
Tulelake (Calif.) 1
Universities and colleges -- History 1
Video recordings 1
Washington (State) 1
scrapbooks 1
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