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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:

Misc. Josephine Co. Pioneers, Bridges, Ferries, 1931-1978

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.39
Scope and Contents

The materials are a collection of historical documents related to various aspects of Josephine County, including early community pioneers and infrastructure of the region.

Dates: 1931-1978

Misc. Research for John Gibbs Mountain house

 File — Box 37: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116706], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:04.45
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes on scratch paper regarding research; Screenshot of a google search for Leonard Gibbs and Betsy Robards; History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties by W.E. Alexander; Land patent details for John Gibbs’ Mountain House; Handwritten notes on Hugh Franklin and the Russell family; To do list for Kay Atwood regarding Emil Wienecke research

Dates: 1822-2014

Miscellaneous Chinese Research Findings (Jacksonville Area), 1992

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:06.19
Scope and Contents Inventory record for the State of Oregon Inventory of Historic Properties, record for “The Beekman Bank”; Newspaper clipping with article “Chinese Mining Camp to be Excavated” by Richard Cockle, published in the Oregonian on April 16th, 1992; Miscellaneous handwritten research notes; Business card for the “Chinese Art Studio”; Jackson County’s Banking History: The First Bank in Jackson County, Oregon The Beekman Banking House; Excerpt from “Gold in the Woodpile”; Newspaper clipping with...
Dates: 1992

Miscellaneous Josephine County material, 1872-1983

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.48
Scope and Contents

The materials constitute a miscellany of information about Josephine County. These materials include primary source documents such as train schedules, photographs, and newspaper articles, as well as secondary source documents like historical writings and summaries, etc. Map of Mineral Locations in Josephine County, OR dated 1979.

Dates: 1872-1983

Miscellaneous Research Findings, 1873

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS025:06.30
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Handwritten material on legal paper; Clippings of an article titled “A Moral Perjurer, if not Legal, and His Aiders and Abettors” published in the Times; Clippings of an article titled “Vite Prejudice and the Chinese” published in The Oregon Sentinel, dated Summer of 1873

Dates: 1873

Miscellaneous Research Findings, 1935

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:06.35
Scope and Contents Series of photos of the forest; photograph small village on the lake; Art piece, B&W flower watercolor; Art piece, inkblot; Art piece, crowd next to ship, ink; Art piece, metallic square on paper; Art piece, mountain at sunrise watercolor; List of projects completed; Article from the Grants Pass Courier regarding Mrs. C.W. Thurman (McKee) dated April 13th, 1935; Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Aerial map of China; Chronological list of dates with events that occurred on those dates;...
Dates: 1935

Miscellaneous Rogue Valley research material, bulk: 1822-1940

 File — Box 38: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116714], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.53
Scope and Contents Photograph of woman with large woven baskets; Article titled “Earliest Oregon Post offices as Recorded at Washington” written by Lewis A. McArthur, dated 1940; Article titled “The Roads and Transportation of Territorial Oregon” written by Oscar Osburn Winther, dated 1940; Research material relating to Smith’s Indian Reservation; Handwritten ledger of receipts and deposits; Chronological list of events throughout the Rogue Valley starting in 1854 and ending in 1873; SOHS Receipts signed by...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1822-1940

Miscellaneous Rogue Valley research material, bulk: 1870-2002

 File — Box 38: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116714], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.54
Scope and Contents Interview with Rob in Jacksonville; Google search of the Adams Express History; Post office ledger from Crescent City dated Jul 20th, 1870; Notes on the Beekman Papers from the Oregon Historical Society; Pages from an unknown novel with the note “Bancroft’s works – Oregon ll”; Charles Armstrong’s Transportation Schedule; Newspaper clipping from the Crescent City Herald with articles relating to Cram, Rogers & Co. and the Eagle Mills owned by Messrs Thomas Bros., dated May 16th, 1855;...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1870-2002

Miscellaneous Russell research and photographs, 2013

 File — Box 40: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116730], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.68
Scope and Contents Letter to Bruce Elliott from Elisabeth Potter regarding the Ashland Marble Works, dated June 24th, 2013; Letter to Elisabeth Potter from an unknown sender regarding package lists and a CD with cemetery photos on it, dated April 15th, 2013; Internet search for historical newspaper regarding William Sanderson and Sarah Russell; Image identification fact sheet for photographs in the Russell research material; Internet research on the Siskiyou County Historical Society and its beginnings;...
Dates: 2013

Miscellaneous Southern Oregon cemeteries research

 File — Box 40: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116730], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:04.77
Scope and Contents Misc. handwritten notes regarding the cemetery research material; Internet search on Joseph Swingle; Internet search on the Sparlin cemetery; Internet search on the Harkness family and Susan Farrias; Internet search and census records in reference to Sparlin Cemetery, Wlliams Area, and Croxton Cemetery; Internet search on Ann and John Beeson; Compiled research material for headstones within the Phoenix Cemetery; Internet search for Daniel, Erastus, and Laveria Lavenburg; Information on...
Dates: 1822-2014

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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