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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:

Population Information and Research, 1890-1920

 File — Box 10: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116425], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:02.15
Scope and Contents

The records concern the population of Medford, Ashland, Jackson County, and surrounding areas in Oregon. Also available are copies of the thirteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth Census of the United States. A graph notes the total population breakdown from 1890 to 1920. Excerpts from the United States Bureau of the Census, "Increase of Population: 1910-1920."

Dates: 1890-1920

Possible Sources – Still to Check

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS025:06.24
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Brochure for the Gin Lin Trail; Map of the Sterling Mine Ditch located on National Resource Land; Business card for Tai Yuen & Co.; Business card for Thomas W. Chinn; Empty envelope addressed to Kay Atwood

Dates: 1855-2000

Postal Services / Offices, 1969

 File — Box 22: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116557], Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS025:03.44
Scope and Contents

The materials concern the history of the postal service and the various postal offices in Josephine County since the nineteenth century. The primary document is a list of nineteenth century post offices compiled by Richard W. Helbock in the Postal Historian in 1969.

Dates: 1969

PowerPoint material on Russell family, 2013

 File — Box 39: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116722], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:04.63
Scope and Contents

Narrative for PowerPoint presentation, AGS conference, Salem, Ore. First draft, dated June 16th, 2013; Narrative for PowerPoint presentation, AGS conference, Salem, Ore. reduced draft, dated June 19th, 2013

Dates: 2013

Pracht, 234 Vista Street, Humboldt Pracht House, Ashland, Oregon, 1980

 File — Box 02: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116342], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:01.20
Scope and Contents The National Registry of Historic Places nomination form describes the Humboldt Pracht House, located in Hargadine Tract in Ashland. The file consists of plot plans, city plans, correspondence concerning the nomination, and a newspaper clipping from an unknown paper about 1910.Alexander Humboldt Pracht arrived in Ashland in 1886 with his father, Max Pracht. The Prachts occupied the residence for the thirty years. Historically the house represents a time of prosperity associated...
Dates: 1980

Pre-Ashland info - Sisson and Thebo [Thiebault] definite connections, 1981

 File — Box 26: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116599], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS025:03.82
Scope and Contents

These materials are related to the history of the region that is now Ashland, Oregon before the establishment of the town. Of particular note is the Sisson family. The materials include correspondence and notes.

Dates: 1981

Preston, John – Biography, bulk: 1838-2003

 File — Box 46: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116797], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:05.72
Scope and Contents Letter to Kay Atwood from Thomas White regarding photographs of the Hyde family; Excerpts of newspaper articles that reference John Preston; Individual census record for John Bower Preston; Individual census record for Julia Elizabeth Hyde; Copy of “The Pioneer Women of Vancouver Island 1843-1866” by N. de Bertrand Lugrin, published 1928; Email to Kay Atwood from Erwin Wodarczak regarding the Trutch Papers, dated September 9th, 2002; Notes on John Preston and family from the Rogue Valley...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1838-2003

Prints and negatives, 1850-1900

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.78
Scope and Contents

These materials are prints and negatives of historical Jackson County, Oregon. Many of the photos are undated, but most of them appear to be from the nineteenth century. These are photos for the Mill Creek Journal project.

Dates: 1850-1900

Prospect Hotel, 39 Mill Creek Drive, Prospect, Oregon, 1979

 File — Box 01: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116334], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:01.07
Scope and Contents The National Register of Historic Places nomination form describes the Prospect Hotel. Originally a private residence, Albion Howard Boothby built the home, located in township 32, south range 3 east, section 29, in 1892. Initially known as "Boothby House" it served as a stopping point for visitors going to Crater Lake. First, wagons traveling over mountain roads, followed by automobiles bringing worldwide visitors to Prospect and Crater Lake.The file includes a Mail...
Dates: 1979

Public Surveys – BLM

 File — Box 43: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116763], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS025:05.34
Scope and Contents

Township map guide; List of Jackson County surveyors; Notes on distance conversions for surveyors; Table of measurements for a township map; Pamphlet for how land surveying serves the public; Guide to surveying including measurements and diagram templates; Distribution guide of a section of land – 640 acres

Dates: 1809-2013

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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