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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:

Ives, William – Progress in Oregon, 1851

 File — Box 42: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116755], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:05.16
Scope and Contents Letters to John Preston from William A. Burt, dated 1851; Letter to Mr. Preston from William Ives, dated June 13th, 1851; Letter to John B. Preston from William Ives, dated July 1st, 1851; Letter to John Preston from William Ives, dated July 22nd, 1851; Letter to John Preston from William Ives, dated September 6th, 1851; Letter to John Preston from William Ives, dated September 9th, 1851; Letter to John Preston from William Ives, dated November 5th, 1851; Field notes book “A” W.M. and...
Dates: 1851

J. LaLande – Chinese Research

 File — Box 48: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116813], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:06.01
Scope and Contents

Printed rough draft of Kay Atwood’s Chinese research book (pg 1-122)

Dates: 1855-2000

J. LaLande – Chinese Research Continued

 File — Box 48: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116813], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:06.02
Scope and Contents

Printed rough draft of Kay Atwood’s Chinese research book (pg 123- 217)

Dates: 1855-2000

J. LaLande – Chinese Research Continued

 File — Box 48: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116813], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:06.03
Scope and Contents

Printed rough draft of Kay Atwood’s Chinese research book (pg 218-389)

Dates: 1855-2000

Jack Potter memorial, 2009

 File — Box 40: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116730], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:04.75
Scope and Contents

Internet search and census record for the death of Jack J. Potter (July 3rd, 2009)

Dates: 2009

Jackson County Abstract Co. Abstract of Title, 1911

 File — Box 26: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116599], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:03.79
Scope and Contents

This item is an abstract of title from the early twentieth century documenting land ownership in Jackson County, Oregon dating back to the 1850s.

Dates: 1911

Jackson County Conversation photographs, Prior to 1976

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:02.90
Scope and Contents

The hand-drawn map of the Ashland, Oregon Railroad District, typed notes, and 92 photographs used in the Jackson County Conversations book.

Dates: Prior to 1976

Jackson County Courthouse, Eighth Street and Oakdale Avenue, Medford, Oregon, 1985

 File — Box 05: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116375], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:01.58
Scope and Contents

The National Registry of Historic Places form describes the Jackson County Courthouse as built in 1932, and designed by architect John G. Link. Medford became the county seat in Southern Oregon in 1927 and Jacksonville's courthouse was overcrowded, and this was a much-needed solution.

Research documents included are the history of the architect, newspaper images, correspondence regarding the nomination, images of the courthouse, and handwritten notes.

Dates: 1985

Jackson County history resource guide, 1977

 File — Box 32: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116656], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.32
Scope and Contents

Atwood, Kay. Jackson County history resource guide.

Dates: 1977

Jackson County Lake Vegetation Map Key, 1947-1949

 File — Box 11: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116433], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:02.34
Scope and Contents

The "Legend for County Forest Type Map" for Oregon and Washington states. It describes the different types of woodlands with definitions and type numbers to give a better understanding of the National Forest in the Pacific Northwest Forest maps dating 1947-1949.

Dates: 1947-1949

Additional filters:

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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