Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS-025

Staff Only

Content Description

Kay Atwood's collection includes her publications, accompanied by her research notes, correspondence and photographs. Related publications, many written for cities and forest agencies, are also included.

A significant part of the donation are the forms, research notes, and maps concerning the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places of properties in communities and forest areas primarily in Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath counties, Oregon. The National Register is the official list of the nation's historic places worthy of preservation, and proposed properties must meet criteria regarding their age, integrity, and significance.

Dates

Creation: 1850-2016

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright and any related rights protect materials in this collection. Researchers are free to use these materials for any purpose that is permitted by the copyright and any rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses, researchers need to obtain permission from the rights holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

For fair use/educational reproduction, please provide the following credit: From the Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History, courtesy of Southern Oregon University Hannon Library.

Biographical / Historical

Kay Atwood was local historian and author. She 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.

Extent

28 Linear Feet (52 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Local historian and author Kay Atwood has written extensively about the Southern Oregon region. Atwood's collection includes her publications, accompanied by her research notes, correspondence and photographs. Related publications, many written for cities and forest agencies, are also included.