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:
Hyde, George – Biography, bulk: 1855-2003
File — Box 46: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116797], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:05.71
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding George Hyde; Excerpt of “Genesee County” author unknown; Email to Kay Atwood from Roger Gambrel regarding G.W. Hyde’s death date, dated November 18th, 2000; Excerpt of The Joliet Daily News including the obituary of George Hyde, dated November 30th, 1891; Email to Kay Atwood from Norman Caldwell regarding mentions of George Hyde in The Joliet Daily News, dated November 16th, 2000; Excerpt of newspaper including a mention of George Hyde, dated...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1855-2003
Illahe, 1822-2014
Series — Box 28: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116615]
Identifier: MSS025:04
Scope and Contents
National Register of Historic Places nomination form describing various properties located in Ashland and Southern Oregon.
Dates:
1822-2014
Illahe - Individuals and Families, 1910-1987
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.86
Scope and Contents
These materials concern the history of individuals and families in the unincorporated community of Illahe, Oregon. These materials include individual's accounts of their family history, primary source documents, newspaper articles, etc.
Dates:
1910-1987
Illahe interviews, 1976-1977
File — Box 29: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116623], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.09
Scope and Contents
Interview with Frank Thornton; interview with Lou Martin; interview with Ivin Billings; interview with Marial Billings–Akkeson; interview with Red Keller.
Dates:
1976-1977
Illahe photographs, 1899-1978
File — Box 28: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116615], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.06
Scope and Contents
Negative Film strips of Edna Plaisted, and the Billing’s homestead, and weight measurements. Photographs of: Edna Plaisted sitting in a chair, February 25, 1978; Edna Plaisted sitting on a couch; Edna Plaisted sitting in a chair with a dog at her feet, February 25, 1978; Edna Plaisted sitting on a couch with a dog at her feet, February 25, 1978; cabin the woods; Johnny Fry; a family sitting on the front porch; a man with two children; a girl wearing a black dress; a man on a horse; a...
Dates:
1899-1978
Illahe photographs, bulk: 1895-1977
File — Box 29: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116623], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.07
Scope and Contents
George Billings Ranch, Mule Creek c. 1915; Mule Creek Miners, Alexander brothers, Charlie Lewis, unidentified man, Arnold Ezard, Shorty Borden, Arthur Alexander, Slim Damon, unidentified man, William Corwin, Merle Alexander c. 1935; construction, cabin wall Whiskey Creek cabin c. 1978; George Billings, Mule Mountain Mine c. 1930; Rainey Falls; Whiskey Creek Cabin c. 1925; Lou Martin c. 1976; Rogue River and Galice Creek c. 1910; house; Red Keller c. 1977; Glen Wooldridge; swimming stock...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1895-1977
Illahe photographs, bulk: 1900-1977
File — Box 29: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116623], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.08
Scope and Contents
Ink pen drawing of a sunflower by Kay Atwood; interior West Fork Hotel c. 1890; film negatives; Red River Milling and Mining Company Trestle, Mule Creek c. 1925; pack frame built by George Billings; post office at Marial c. 1932 ft. George Billings, Mr. Kelly, Arnold Ezard, Slim Damon, Bob Boone; Minus Camp; group of people in front of house with dogs; the barn at George Billing’s ranch c. 1880; George Billing’s ranch and Mule Creek; pack string on path; Hardwater Ridge hunt at Bear Camp...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900-1977
Illahe photos, 1900-1915
File — Box 27: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116607], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:03.92
Scope and Contents
These materials are photographs associated with Atwood's research on the history of Illahe and the Rogue River Canyon. Many of the photographs are undated, but the bulk of them are from the early twentieth century.
Dates:
1900-1915
Illahe Research material, bulk: 1920-1976
File — Box 29: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116623], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.12
Scope and Contents
Photograph of Billings family with horses; article titled “Mule Creek News” published The Gold Beach Curry on September 1st, 189u; information on Bill Rumley written by Blanche Von der Green McCreary in 1950; newspaper, Daily Courier from Grants Pass with article “River Ranch Take New Life” published on August 13th, 1981; application for enrollment for James and Harold Thornton on May 18th, 1928; article from the Port Orford Post regarding Dr. Von der Green January 5th, 1982; bits from...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920-1976
Illahe transcripts, 1976-1977
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.87
Scope and Contents
These materials are mostly typewritten transcripts of interviews that Kay Atwood conducted in researching her book, Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon. Also included are some of Atwood's notes and drafts of family trees.
Dates:
1976-1977
Additional filters:
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- Archival Object 523
- Digital Record 4
- Collection 2
- Subject
- Historic buildings 211
- research notes 154
- History, Local 108
- Surveyors 85
- Photographs 83
- 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
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