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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:

What is the City but the People?, 1999

 File — Box 32: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116656], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.29
Scope and Contents

“What is the City but the People?” An Overview of Ashland City Government. Kay Atwood.

Dates: 1999
What is the city but the people? an overview of Ashland city government
What is the city but the people? an overvi...

What is the city but the people? an overview of Ashland city government

 Digital Work
Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16085coll23/id/1583

What Is the City but the People?, manuscript, 1999

 File — Box 32: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116656], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:04.30
Scope and Contents

“What Is the City but the People?” An Overview of Ashland City Government. Kay Atwood manuscript.

Dates: 1999

Wheeler Ridge Fixes, Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site, Mt. Emily Bombing Site, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Brookings, Curry County, Oregon, 2004

 File — Box 09: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116417], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:02.09
Scope and Contents

The National Register of Historic Places describes Wheeler Ridge as the Japanese Bombing Site. The preservation of Wheeler Ridge is significant because this was the only time an aerial attack of its kind was waged against America. Included with the documents are maps showing the site of the bombing and images of newspaper articles concerning the bomb site.

Dates: 2004

Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site, "Mt. Emily Bomb Site", Curry County, Brookings, Oregon, 2004

 File — Box 12: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116441], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:02.41
Scope and Contents

The National Register of Historic Places describes the Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing site, as the only place on the U.S. mainland experiencing a Japanese attack. The bombing occurred on September 9, 1942. The nomination form includes a brief history of Japanese bombings during World War II, images of the bombsite, newspaper clippings describing the attack, and excerpts from 1962 editorials regarding the pilot who dropped the bomb on Oregon. Maps of the area are included.

Dates: 2004

Where Living Waters Flow, 1998

 File — Box 31: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116649], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:04.24
Scope and Contents

Where Living Waters Flow: An Overview of Ashland’s Water Source.

Dates: 1998

Wilderville - General, 1886-1939

 File — Box 22: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116557], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS025:03.36
Scope and Contents

The materials relate to the history of Wilderville, Oregon. The documents within deal primarily with the establishment and history of Eureka High School.

Dates: 1886-1939

William Graff Cabin (BLM) Review, Dutch Henry Homestead, Josephine County, 1984-1994

 File — Box 02: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116342], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS025:01.31
Scope and Contents

The research review of the Graff Cabin provides a report of the cabin and explains the significance of the historical value. Also, the Historical Survey documents the history of the original land claimant Dutch Henry, with images of the cabin and map of the planning department. Also included are several photographs with handwritten notes.

Dates: 1984-1994

William Harlow Cabin, Evergreen Bar Placer Mining Claim Cabin; Eula Jones Cabin, Elliott Creek Road No. 1050, Approximately two miles East of Joe Bar, California, 1991

 File — Box 05: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116375], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS025:01.71
Scope and Contents The National Register of Historic Places describes the cabin as a single dwelling constructed in 1930-1931. The cabin served as a base for the mining business at the Evergreen Bar Mining Claim on Elliott Creek in the Applegate River drainage basin.The documents included are correspondence regarding the nomination, the placer claim form, plot plans, images of the cabin, floor plan, handwritten notes of the research, and a copy of "Notes on Historical Events –Rogue...
Dates: 1991

William Ives, Michigan, Notes and Diaries, bulk: 1844-1982

 File — Box 42: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116755], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:05.14
Scope and Contents Excerpt from “A Michigan Survey – William Ives” by Marie E. Gilchrist, dated 1844; State Archives of Michigan document pertaining to David Johnson and William Ives; Excerpt from “William Ives’ Huron Mountains Survey, 1846” by Marie E. Gilchrist, dated 1846; Excerpt from “Isle Royale Survey” by Marie E. Gilchrist, dated 1847; Article titled “U.P. Surveyors” by LeRoy Barnett regarding the early surveying of Michigan September/October 1982; Article titled “William A. Burt and the Upper...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1844-1982

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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