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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:

Binder of film slides

 File — Box 34: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116672], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:04.39
Scope and Contents

Binder containing film slides in plastic pocket organizers.

Dates: 1822-2014

Binder of film slides

 File — Box 34: Series MSS025:04 [Barcode: 35138008116672], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:04.40
Scope and Contents

Binder containing film slides in plastic pocket organizers.

Dates: 1822-2014

BLM Survey material, bulk: 1962-1994

 File — Box 41: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116748], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:05.03
Scope and Contents Written material from The Oregon Cursor relating to public survey information, dated September 1994; Booklet titled “Historical Highlights of Public Land Management” published by the United States Department of Interior – Bureau of Land Management, dated 1962; Booklet titled “Landmarks in Public Land Management” published by the United States Department of Interior – Bureau of Land Management, dated October 1962; Booklet titled “Brief Notes on the Public Domain” published by the United...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1962-1994

Blossoms and Branches, 1978-1981

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.57
Scope and Contents

These materials are related to one of Atwood's previous publications, Illahe: The Story of Settlement of the Rogue River Canyon, and include press releases, illustrations, and letters of correspondence.

Dates: 1978-1981

Blossoms and Branches cover, 1980

 File — Box 24: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116573], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:03.54
Scope and Contents

These materials are related to the creation of the cover for Atwood's book on the orchard history of the Rogue Valley called Blossoms & Branches. Included are old produce labels, mockups of the cover, slide photographs, and other notes.

Dates: 1980

Blossoms and Branches, Illustrations, 1905-1967

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS025:03.51
Scope and Contents

The collection of photographs and illustrations were compiled for Atwood's book on the history of orchards in the Rogue Valley titled Blossoms & Branches.

Dates: 1905-1967

Blossoms and Branches interviews, 1973-1980

 File — Box 24: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116573], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:03.59
Scope and Contents

These materials include over a dozen typewritten transcripts of interviews conducted by Kay Atwood in 1973 and 1974 for her book, Blossoms & Branches, as well as a few photographs related to these interviews.

Dates: 1973-1980

Blossoms and Branches permissions, 1979-1980

 File — Box 24: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116573], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS025:03.58
Scope and Contents

These materials are letters and permission forms from various individuals whose testimony Atwood included in her book, Blossoms & Branches.

Dates: 1979-1980

Blossoms and Branches Photos, 1979

 File — Box 18: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116516], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:02.84
Scope and Contents

The photographs, proof sheets, and negatives include handwritten notes and a list of people in the photographs. The photographs cover local community members in various locations around the area.

Dates: 1979

Books, 1850-1860

 File — Box 47: Series MSS025:05 [Barcode: 35138008116805], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:05.84
Scope and Contents

Jackson County Conversations by Kay Atwood (4 copies); Mill Creek Journal: Ashland Oregon 1850-1860 by Kay Atwood (4 copies); Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon by Kay Atwood (3 copies); Chaining Oregon by Kay Atwood on CD

Dates: 1850-1860

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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