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 529 Collections and/or Records:
Hanley Farm, Southern Oregon Historical Society, 1053 Hanley Road, Medford, Oregon, 1983
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.
Happy Camp Lower Station, 1991-2001
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.
Hargadine cemetery
Notes on photographs for the Hargadine Cemetery; List of people buried in the Hargadine Cemetery, attached are photocopies of photographs of the headstones
Hargadine Cemetery, Sheridan and Walnut Streets, Ashland, Oregon, 1997
Hay
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.
HBC Archives of Manitoba
Invoice from The Lab Works for Kay Atwood for photographs developed; Archives of Manitoba request for photographic reproductions paperwork
Herbert and Katherine Smith House, Smith-Carnahan House, 139 Southwest I Street, Grants Pass, Oregon, 1982
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.
Hershberger Mountain Lookout, Prospect Ranger District, Rogue River National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, 1991
Highway 99, Josephine County, 1914-1984
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.
Hill-Dunn cemetery, 2013
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