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:
LT Sketches, bulk: 1920-2001
File — Box 43: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116763], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS025:05.38
Scope and Contents
List of titles for Kay Atwood sketches; photograph of Table Rock; photograph of Flat Rock Ranch; photograph of the Rogue River and Table Rock; photograph of Table Rock through trees and bushes; Cover page for the Oregon Historical Quarterly publication from Winter of 1994-95, a special issue focusing on “Aspects of Southern Oregon History”; Two watercolor illustrations of Table Rock; Photograph of an illustration of a small, older town or camp; List of sketch titles; Photograph of a man...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920-2001
Lundburg-Vannice House, 404 Northwest A Street, Grants Pass, Oregon, 1986
File — Box 05: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116375], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:01.66
Scope and Contents
The National Register of Historic Places form describes the Lundburg-Vannice House as a private residence constructed in 1914, for George E. and Sallie Connor Lundburg. Frank L. Vannice purchased the home in 1945. Both Lundburg and Vannice were prominent men in the history of Grants Pass. Brief accounts of both families are in the nomination form.There is a plat topographic survey of the plot, house plans, a photograph and images of the house, and correspondence regarding the...
Dates:
1986
Mabel Winston, October 22, 1978
File — Box 02: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115567], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS004:01.14
Scope and Contents
The transcript of Mabel Winston's interview concerns her time at Southern Oregon State College, where she was a professor.
Dates:
October 22, 1978
Mabel Winston, 1978-10-22T00:00:00+00:00
File — Box 03: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115575], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS004:01.32
Scope and Contents
The oral history describes Mabel Winston's time at Southern Oregon State College, where she was a professor. Cassette format: tape 1 of 2.
Dates:
1978-10-22T00:00:00+00:00
Mabel Winston, 1978-10-22T00:00:00+00:00
File — Box 03: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115575], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS004:01.33
Scope and Contents
The oral history describes Mabel Winston's time at Southern Oregon State College, where she was a professor. Cassette format: tape 2 of 2.
Dates:
1978-10-22T00:00:00+00:00
Manual, 1851
File — Box 42: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116755], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:05.21
Scope and Contents
“A History of the Rectangular Survey System” by Albert White, 1851 survey manual; Excerpt of “Instructions to Surveyor of Public Lands in Oregon 1851”
Dates:
1851
Maps of KNF CCC Centers, 1930s
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:02.27
Scope and Contents
Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Butte Falls, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Central Point, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Eagle Point, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Gold Hill, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Phoenix, OR; Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Maps of Talent, OR; Metsker's Atlas of Jackson County, Oregon 1932, original; Photocopied CCC maps of KNF CCC Centers, 4 pages, 10/24/35; Photocopied CCC maps of KNF CCC Centers, 2 pages, 7/23/35; Photocopied...
Dates:
1930s
Marble Gulch Quarry, bulk: 1909-2013
File — Box 39: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116722], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:04.64
Scope and Contents
MapQuest map of Williams, Oregon; Hand drawn directional map to the Quarry; Letter to Merry Haydon from Richard Chaney regarding information about the Jones Quarry, dated December 26th, 2012; Notes relating to mining laws of 1866, dated July 24th, 2013; Letter to Kay Atwood and Terrance Christian from Merry Haydon regarding the Josephine County Historical Society, dated January 5th, 2013; Letter to Merry Haydon from Christian Terrance regarding mining laws in Grants Pass, dated January...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1909-2013
Marshall Woodell, November 28, 1979
File — Box 02: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115567], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS004:01.15
Scope and Contents
The transcript of Marshall Woodell's interview concerns his time at Southern Oregon State College, where he was a professor.
Dates:
November 28, 1979
Marshall Woodell, 1979-11-11T00:00:00+00:00
File — Box 03: Series MSS004:01 [Barcode: 35138008115575], Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS004:01.35
Scope and Contents
The oral history describes Marshall Woodell's time at Southern Oregon State College, where he was a professor. Cassette format: tape 1 of 1.
Dates:
1979-11-11T00:00:00+00:00
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
- 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 + ∧ less
∨ more