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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:

Hanley Farm, Southern Oregon Historical Society, 1053 Hanley Road, Medford, Oregon, 1983

 File — Box 05: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116375], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS025:01.70
Scope and Contents

The different materials provide information about the Hanley Farm, including a history of the Hanley family. In 1982, Mary Hanley the last of the immediate family donated the farm to the Southern Oregon Historical Society, which has developed it into a "living historical farm."

The documents include correspondence regarding placing the farm on the National Registry of Historic Places, floor plans of the house and buildings and images of newspaper articles.

Dates: 1983

Happy Camp Lower Station, 1991-2001

 File — Box 25: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116581], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:03.64
Scope and Contents

The materials relate to the history of the ranger station and surrounding structures at the Happy Camp site in Klamath National Forest in California. The materials include maps, photos, and government documents about the area.

Dates: 1991-2001

Hargadine cemetery

 File — Box 40: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116730], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS025:04.81
Scope and Contents

Notes on photographs for the Hargadine Cemetery; List of people buried in the Hargadine Cemetery, attached are photocopies of photographs of the headstones

Dates: 1822-2014

Hargadine Cemetery, Sheridan and Walnut Streets, Ashland, Oregon, 1997

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:02.60
Scope and Contents The nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places describes Hargadine Cemetery as officially established in 1867, in the city limits of Ashland. Many first-generation settlers and pioneers (1867–1910) are laid to rest here. The cemetery initially began as a family burial ground where Robert and Martha Hargadine buried their one-year-old daughter on December 8, 1867. But two weeks later, young Cuyler Farnham was also laid to rest in a nearby grave. These are the first...
Dates: 1997

Hay

 File — Box 22: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116557], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS025:03.41
Scope and Contents

The materials are a collection of various documents and notes related to the history of the Hay (or Hayes?) family. Many of these items are handwritten notes, presumably Atwood's, about the family and their history. Also included are newspaper clippings and handwritten manuscripts.

Dates: 1801-2001

HBC Archives of Manitoba

 File — Box 43: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116763], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:05.31
Scope and Contents

Invoice from The Lab Works for Kay Atwood for photographs developed; Archives of Manitoba request for photographic reproductions paperwork

Dates: 1809-2013

Herbert and Katherine Smith House, Smith-Carnahan House, 139 Southwest I Street, Grants Pass, Oregon, 1982

 File — Box 03: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116359], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:01.42
Scope and Contents

The National Register of Historic Places form describes the Smith-Carnahan house. Constructed in 1908 for Herbert and Katherine Smith, Grants Pass, the home has remained in the family for seventy-four years. The historical value to Grants Pass is significant.

The furnished documents are correspondence concerning the nomination, land plots for the city, a photograph slide, and images of newspaper articles.

Dates: 1982

Hershberger Mountain Lookout, Prospect Ranger District, Rogue River National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, 1991

 File — Box 07: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116391], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:01.87
Scope and Contents The "Summary Site Evaluation and Rehabilitation Project Description of the Hershberger Mountain Lookout" provides details of the setting and structural description of the lookout. It also notes the potential of being placed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The historical background provides the names and dates of men who worked in the lookout. Also included are site evaluations and an impact study of the rehabilitation project. Included are images of the structure...
Dates: 1991

Highway 99, Josephine County, 1914-1984

 File — Box 22: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116557], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:03.30
Scope and Contents

These are materials related to the history of Highway 99 in Josephine County, Oregon. Included are newspaper and magazine clippings, maps, and photographs from the first half of the twentieth century, as well as some of Atwood's correspondence concerning the highway.

Dates: 1914-1984

Hill-Dunn cemetery, 2013

 File — Box 40: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116730], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS025:04.79
Scope and Contents Handwritten miscellaneous notes regarding the Hill-Dunn cemetery; List of headstones for members of the Hill family; List of miscellaneous headstones in the Hill-Dunn cemetery, dated January 21st, 2013; A list of funerals preached by Rev. Moses Williams from the Jackson County, Oregon History Notes; Description of photos of stones in the Hill-Dunn Cemetery; Handwritten note regarding Frank Fine Gillette; Description of photos in reference to Jane Evens and Martha Evens; Description of...
Dates: 2013

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Type
Archival Object 523
Digital Record 4
Collection 2
 
Subject
Historic buildings 211
research notes 154
History, Local 108
Surveyors 85
Photographs 83
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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
Religion 1
Salem 1
Slides 1
Tulelake (Calif.) 1
Universities and colleges -- History 1
Video recordings 1
Washington (State) 1
scrapbooks 1
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