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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:

Jackson County Orchards maps, 1935

 File — Box 36: Series MSS025:04; Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116698], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.50
Scope and Contents

Map of Jackson County showing location of orchards in 1925, signed by Kay Atwood in 1980 (4 copies)

Dates: 1935

Jacksonville cemetery

 File — Box 40: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116730], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS025:04.78
Scope and Contents Overall map of the Jacksonville Cemetery; Handwritten notes regarding the Miller children and the cemetery; Handwritten notes regarding the Dean children and CDs; Historical research of the Jacksonville Cemetery; Letter to Kay Atwood from Sue Nordlawa regarding the Russell project and the Savage children; Research material for Ellen, Jacob, Cynthia, Matthew, and James Ish along with Mary Gore; Jacksonville Cemetery Preservation and Restoration Plan prepared for The City of Jacksonville,...
Dates: 1822-2014

Jacksonville – SOHS – Maps/ photographs / Artwork, 2007

 File — Box 43: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116763], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS025:05.36
Scope and Contents Southern Oregon Historical Society – Photograph Order for Kay Atwood; Southern Oregon Historical Society photographic reproduction guidelines, dated October 25th, 2007; Outline of publication and commercial use fees from the Southern Oregon Historical Society , last revised in September of 2007; Sample tracking chart for maps filled out by Kay Atwood for a map of the Chicago Boundary; Southern Oregon Historical Society photographic reproduction guidelines outline from the website,...
Dates: 2007

James Freeman biographical research, 2002-2003

 File — Box 41: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116748], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:05.01
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding James Freeman; Order for a certified copy of death for Sarah Freeman, ordered by Kay Atwood on September 18th, 2003; Letter to friends from Kay Atwood regarding the search for material related to the Freeman family, dated August 13, 2003; Census record for James Freeman; Census record for Nancy Youngs; Census record for Joseph Youngs; Census record for Chloe Griswold; Census record for Walter Price Griswold; Census record for Jonathan Freeman;...
Dates: 2002-2003

James Freeman biographical research, bulk: 1907-2004

 File — Box 41: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116748], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:05.02
Scope and Contents Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the Geography, Geology, and General History of the State and a Complete History and Description of Every County, City, Town, Village, and Locality with full tables of statistics by J.H. French; Description of land and climate in New York; Description of Potosi Township Historical Society; Email Conversation between Kay Atwood from Mary Freymiller regarding biographical research, dated April 30th, 2001; Email to Kay...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1907-2004

JHR and AHR-biographical, bulk: 1880-2002

 File — Box 39: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116722], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:04.66
Scope and Contents Military document including information on John and James Russell; Census record for James H. Russell in household of William F. Preston; Census record for James H. Russell, Mifflin, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Ancestry.com search for James Russell; Miscellaneous notes on James Russell; Census record for J.H. Russell 1880; Letter to Elizabeth from William Russell regarding census records for the Russell family, dated February 24th, 2002; Internet search on James Howard Russell; Census ledger...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1880-2002

JHR and AHR-professional, bulk: 1860-2013

 File — Box 39: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116722], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:04.65
Scope and Contents Statement from Ashland Marble Works concerning orders made with proximity to memorial day; Letter to Kay Atwood from Jan Wright regarding a woman who carved her own monument, dated March 4th, 2013; Excerpt of the glossary for “The Strother Family, 300 Years from Virginia to Louisiana” includes miscellaneous notes on the back; Fact sheet for J. Russell; Census image from 1860; Miscellaneous handwritten notes pertaining to the Russell brothers, dated October 12th, 1996; Letter to Kay...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1860-2013

JJ Hill Library – photographs ; TEXT, 2006-2007

 File — Box 44: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116771], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:05.48
Scope and Contents

Tracking chart for Reed/Hyde Papers, dated August 3rd, 2006; James J. Hill – Library Photos and Letters, related documentation; Letter to Dr. W. Thomas White regarding permission requests for a letter from the James J. Hill Library collection; Email to Kay Atwood from Eileen McCormack regarding descendants of the Hyde family, dated October 22nd, 2007

Dates: 2006-2007

John and Susanna Ahlf House, 762 North West Sixth Street, Grants Pass, Oregon, 1982

 File — Box 03: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116359], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:01.40
Scope and Contents

The National Registry of Historic Places nomination form describes the Ahlf House, built in 1902 as a private residence in Grants Pass, for John Ahlf and his wife, Susanna. The home has a significant history with Grants Pass, Oregon.

The documents furnished are correspondence regarding the nomination, images of floor plans, photograph slide, and negatives, as well as John and Susanna's marriage certificate.

Dates: 1982

John Gibbs Mountain House – letters, bulk: 1834-1926

 File — Box 37: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116706], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:04.46
Scope and Contents

Photograph film slide of John Gibbs’ tombstone; Handwritten letter to Christian Herold from Mrs. J.H. Russell regarding the Gibbs family, dated April 20th, 1926; Handwritten letter to James Rulpell from Leonard Gibbs, date unknown; : Handwritten letter to James Rulpell from Thomas Davis, dated April 10th, 1854; Handwritten letter to James Rulpell from a member of the Gibbs family, dated May 13th, 1854; Ledger by Probate Judge J.M.F. Patton dated March 16, 1834

Dates: Majority of material found within 1834-1926

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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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