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:
Publications, 1964-1982
File — Box 33: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116680], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:04.36
Scope and Contents
Bowmer, Angus L. The Ashland Elizabethan stage. Chapbook 1, shreds and patches 1978; Bowmer, Angus L. Acting and directing on the Ashland Elizabethan stage. Chapbook 2, Shreds and patches 1978; Chipman, Art. KMED, the first half century. The biograph of a great radio station 1972; Cressman, L.S. The scandal and the cave. The Indians of Oregon 1964; Evans, Gail E.H. A walk through time. Walking tour of historic Jacksonville, Oregon 1982; Evans Valley Division, Rogue River Basin Project,...
Dates:
1964-1982
Publications, bulk: 1966-1994
File — Box 33: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116680], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.37
Scope and Contents
O’Harra, Marjorie. The Ashland Story 1971; O’Harra, Marjorie. Lithia Park. With the cooperation of Eldon Scriptor; illustrations by Dick Kinney 1986 (1994 printing); Old Ashland. A collection of historical photographs. Published by Terry Skibby & Marvin Davis 1972; Postcard of Ashland Hotel. Postmarked 1949; The Oldtimer. The magazine of Southern Oregon history. Volume 1, Novel 1 1962; Oregon Diamond Jubilee. Official program. Medford, Oregon, June 3-9, 1934; Rogue River Pioneer...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1966-1994
Railroad District Nomination, 1998
File — Box 09: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116417], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:02.10
Scope and Contents
The National Register of Historic Places nomination form breaks down the Railroad District into details of who, what, when, and where it began - starting with the setting of the Railroad District located in the Bear Creek portion of the Rogue River Valley. Materials provide descriptions of styles and construction methods in building the Railroad District. History of Ashland details the different eras of development with a detailed list of the properties and the commonly known names of...
Dates:
1998
Rand Nomination-Final, Rand Ranger Station Ensemble 14335 Galice Road, Merlin, Josephine County, Oregon, 1998
File — Box 09: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116417], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:02.07
Scope and Contents
The National Registry of Historic Places form describes The Rand Ranger Station as a group of buildings built around 1934 to house the Rangers operating in the area. There is a notable amount of history beginning in the 1850s, when gold was discovered, through the mid-1970s. The station officially opened in 1916 and ultimately became the headquarters for the Galice Ranger District. Included are illustrations of maps, plot plans, building layouts, and images of the buildings....
Dates:
1998
Rand Ranger Station, Rand Visitor Center, Rand Ranger Station Ensemble, 14335 Galice Road, Merlin, Josephine County, Oregon, 1998
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:02.53
Scope and Contents
The National Register of Historic Places describes the Rand Ranger Station as being built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1933 and 1937. The station is located in the Rogue River Canyon near Galice, in the Siskiyou National Forest a part of the United States Forest Service from 1916 to 1964. Improvements came about by the government response to the Great Depression and the CCC implementation in the construction of the station. Included are descriptions of the buildings...
Dates:
1998
Red Butte Lookout, North Umpqua Ranger District, Douglas County, Oregon, 2004
File — Box 12: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116441], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:02.43
Scope and Contents
The materials describe Red Butte Lookout, located in the Western Cascade of southwestern Oregon. The area is considered part of the Mixed-Conifer Zone. The authors suggest that Red Butte Lookout qualifies for the National Register of Historic Places as it has significant historical evidence in the design, materials, and quality of the lookout. The documents also note the people who participated in manning the watchtowers, making sure that fires were spotted, reported, and suppressed...
Dates:
2004
Redwood Hotel - Redwood Towers, 310 North West Sixth Street, Grants Pass, Oregon, 1979
File — Box 03: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116359], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:01.36
Scope and Contents
The National Register of Historic Places nomination form provides information about the Redwood Hotel-Redwood Towers in Grants Pass. The form includes a description of the building constructed between 1926 and 1926. The document explains the significance of the Redwood Hotel-Redwood Towers to Grants Pass and Southern Oregon. Other materials include an article from the Daily Courier and two photograph slides.
Dates:
1979
Remissions, Collected, 2004-2008
File — Box 44: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116771], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:05.41
Scope and Contents
Email to Kay Atwood from Beth Salem regarding photograph permission requests, dated February 6th, 2008; Letter to Lucy Berkley from Kay Atwood regarding John Preston’s Map, dated January 29th, 2008; Email to Lucy Berkley from Kay Atwood regarding cost of using the map, dated January 30th, 2008; Letter to Kay Atwood from Margaret Kimball of The Stanford University Library regarding letters written by Butler Ives, dated November 19th, 2007; Letter to Kay Atwood from Shawna Gandy regarding...
Dates:
2004-2008
Reports on South - Central Oregon, 1979-1987
File — Box 16: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116490], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:02.71
Scope and Contents
The two reports in this folder include information on the history of the Lakeview district in South-Central Oregon. The materials document the migrants use of land as they arrived in Oregon to begin a new life. The documents focus on the years 1910 through 1936. The reports concern the Lumber Industry and its effects on the land. The importance of the railroads and the role of politics are also noted.
Dates:
1979-1987
Research excerpts, bulk: 1858-1888
File — Box 37: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116706], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.43
Scope and Contents
Excerpts Bradstreet’s report of California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, the British Territories, and British Columbia from January 1879 (Sent in an email to Kay Atwood); Email to Kay Atwood from Richard Chaney regarding the Jones quarry including a hand drawn map for reference; Emails to Kay Atwood with photocopied newspaper clippings regarding gravestone designs; Email to Kay Atwood regarding the Oregon sentinel (Jacksonville, Or) 1858-1888; Photocopied newspaper clipping with...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1858-1888
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
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