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:
John McCall House, 153 Oak Street, Ashland, Oregon, 1980
The National Registry of Historic Places nomination form describes the house as a family residence, in Ashland, for the John McCall family in 1882-1883. It remained in the McCall family for eighty years.
The documents include a city plot plan, description of the home, and images of the house. Also included is correspondence concerning the nomination.
John McLoughlin – Oregon City
Typed notes regarding John McLoughlin; Excerpts and quotes from “John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest”; Fraction of township No. 2 South Range No. 2 East Willamette; Typed notes regarding inventory of McLoughlin expenditures
Josephine County Ditches
The undated list of ditches in Josephine County, titled "Hydrologic Systems of Joesphine County," displays as a table with different columns for the year of construction, its use, and additional notes.
Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 1, 1983-1984
Josephine County Historical Resource Inventory, vol. 2, 1983-1984
The second of two volumes of the Josephine County Historical Resources Inventory conducted and compiled by Kay Atwood in 1984. The introduction states that the "following is a quantitative analysis of historic resources included in a 1983-1984 survey of unincorporated lands in Josephine County. An approximate 455 square mile area was inventoried and 268 buildings, structures, sites or objects, and 81 ditches were recorded."
Karuk burden basket
Karuk burden basket made by Marial Billings
Kay Atwood books
Blossoms & Branches: A Gathering of Rogue Valley Orchard Memories by Kay Atwood (3 copies); An Honorable History by Kay Atwood (4 copies)
Kay Atwood Memorial, 2014
Kay Atwood professional accomplishments, bulk: 1942-1999
Kay Atwood scrapbook for Chinese research
Kay Atwood scrapbook for Chinese research
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