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KAY ATWOOD REGIONAL HISTORY COLLECTION
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Introduction and Scope Note
Local historian and author Kay Atwood, who has written extensively about the Southern Oregon region, donated her collection of research material to Hannon Library in 2011 and again in 2016. The donation includes many of Atwood’s publications, accompanied by her research notes, correspondence and photographs. Related publications, many written for cities and forest agencies, are also included.
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.
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.
This collection consists of 52 boxes and is broken up into three separate finding aids. Part 2 of the finding aid lists the content of boxes 19 through 36. A majority of the content from this section of the finding aid contains information about Frank Clark, materials and information about surveys done in Jackson County, as well as documents and pictures about the Illahe area.
January 2013
Guide to Collection Contents
Collection #025: KAY ATWOOD REGIONAL HISTORY COLLECTION
Box 19: Papers and Photos Concerning National Register; Research Materials and Photos for Books by Kay Atwood and Frank Clark Survey and Related Materials
File 1: Ernie Lyman-Jackson County Conversations
Item 1: Envelope with Ernie Lyman’s name, address, and writing about photos that were inside
Item 2: Type written and signed authorization to publish photographs of Ernie Lyman
Item 3: Negative film strips of Ernie Lyman (2 pages)
Item 4: Photocopied negative film strips of pictures of Ernie Lyman and his home
File 2: Jackson County Conversation Photos
Item 1: Typed page with words “Map of Ashland Railroad District” and “Verl G. Barnthouse”
Item 2: Hand drawn map of the Ashland Railroad District
Item 3: Picture of a train engine 22 with 7 men standing in front of it, 1885
Item 4: Picture of Ormy and Edythe Goddard
Item 5: Picture of a wooden barn
Item 6: Picture of boys and girls and a teacher in a school house
Item 7: Picture of an older man and woman in front of a house, both with glasses
Item 8: Picture of a camp with men, women, and tents
Item 9: Picture of men with horses and covered wagons
Item 10: Picture of Mabel R. Brown’s tombstone
Item 11: Picture of a woman sitting on a couch wearing glasses
Item 12: Second picture of a woman sitting on a couch wearing glasses with a picture frame in the background
Item 13: Picture of open land and a hills in the background
Item 14: Picture of Harold Thorninley (?)
Item 15: Picture of a man smiling and wearing glasses
Item 16: Picture of snow covered land, a house, and a barn
Item 17: Picture of the side of the Peerless Hotel Ashland, OR
Item 18: Picture of two men and two children in front of a farmhouse
Item 19: Picture of a barn by railroad tracks
Item 20: Picture of a porch molding design
Item 21: Picture of an older man wearing glasses
Item 22: Picture of Besie J’s tombstone
Item 23: Picture of a mother and two children in an orchard by a tree
Item 24: Picture of Valley View School, Ashland Climate Rd.
Item 25: Picture of Waidy Paint (?) School
Item 26: Picture of a man and his dog standing by the front door of a porch
Item 27: Picture of train station in Ashland, OR 1907
Item 28: Picture of an older man wearing glasses with a valley in the background
Item 29: Picture of Wes Hartman
Item 30: Picture of Wes Hartman standing on top of a telephone pole
Item 31: Picture of Alice Fitch
Item 32: Picture of Ersula and W. J. Dean
Item 33: Picture of Frank Davis at age 13
Item 34: Picture of Lewis Beeson’s grandfather Wellborn Beeson and 2 other soldiers
Item 35: Picture of an older Lewis Beeson
Item 36: Picture of Frank Davis
Item 37: Picture of the Fitch family on the way to Crater Lake in a covered wagon
Item 38: Picture of a little girl on a swing
Item 39: Newspaper article with pictures of people from Jackson County, in the Mail Tribune, January 1976 (in Oversized Box 35)
Item 40: Photocopy of hand drawn plans for a covered bridge (in Oversized Box 35)
Item 41: Photocopy of plans for a bridge over Yankee Creek, and typed cover page (in Oversized Box 35)
Item 42: Picture of a creek with a house in the background
Item 43: Picture of a tree with a graveyard in the background
Item 44: Picture of an engine
Item 45: Picture of a window from the outside with white curtains
Item 46: Picture of an older man wearing a hat and glasses
Item 47: Picture of the inside of a barn loft
Item 48: Picture of a barn
Item 49: Black and white picture of a white house
Item 50: Picture of houses on a hill
Item 51: Picture of a two story house
Item 52: Picture of a two story, white house with trees in front
Item 53: Picture of an older woman
Item 54: Picture of a school class and their teacher on a stage
Item 55: Picture of tulips by the railroad track
Item 56: Picture of a sidewalk lined with houses
Item 57: Picture of the Ashland, OR Railroad Station filled with people and trains with troops
Item 58: Picture of the Bain Wagons and Emil Peil buildings
Item 59: Picture of covered wagons in the street surrounded by houses
Item 60: Picture of Nathaniel Myer’s tombstone
Item 61: Picture of an older man wearing a plaid shirt standing by a tree
Item 62: Picture of a one story house with a fence around it
Item 63: Picture of a small, brick building falling apart
Item 64: Picture of an older lady sitting in a chair looking out the window
Item 65: Picture of two men working in a barn
Item 66: Picture of three men standing beside a car
Item 67: Picture of buildings with hills and trees in the background
Item 68: Picture of people standing in front of a store
Item 69: Picture of a large, two story, white house with a tree
Item 70: Picture of an older lady looking into the distance
Item 71: Picture of a graveyard with trees
Item 72: Picture of a man with a graveyard in the background
Item 73: Picture of two wood buildings surrounded by trees
Item 74: Picture of trees
Item 75: Picture of Mary E Saltmarsh’s tombstone
Item 76: Picture of the Medford Roller Mills A.A. Davis building
Item 77: Picture of a wood window from the outside with a sheer curtain
Item 78: Picture an older man with trees in the background
Item 79: Picture of a church
Item 80: Picture of a lookout tower building in a field
Item 81: Picture of the Hotel Nash Livery Stable
Item 82: Picture of an older woman who is wearing glasses and standing by a tree
Item 83: Picture of three men building a covered bridge and standing on the roof
Item 84: Picture of three men standing under a covered bridge, dated 1922
Item 85: Picture of the Wimer covered bridge
Item 86: Picture of William Abbott Sawi9ll, Wagner Creek
Item 87: Picture of Ormy Goddard home, Wagner Creek
Item 88: Picture of a steam engine
Item 89: Picture of a two story, wooden house
Item 90: Picture of the side wall of the Peerless Hotel with a man in front
Item 91: Picture of a one story home
Item 92: Picture of a man wearing a hat looking at a tree, glass, window, cabinet, door store in the background
Item 93: Picture of a man bending over and working in a field
Item 94: Picture of the Central Point railroad station
Item 96: Picture of an older woman with white hair and wearing glasses
Item 97: Typed cover page of the Covered bridge at Wimer, OR from Robert Carstensen at Jackson County Department of Public Works
Item 98: Picture of orchards with hills in the background and a building
File 3: General
Item 1: Notecard of aspects of building a house
Item 2: Statement for buildings dated July 24, 1924 from Frank Clark of Medford, OR to the City of Ashland, given to Kay from Sue
Item 3: Hand written notes in pen on legal pad paper about buildings
Item 4: Hand written notes in pencil and pen on legal pad paper about a discussion of the summary about agricultural buildings
Item 5: Hand written notes about buildings
Item 6: Hand written notes and tallies about commercial buildings
Item 7: Photocopy of architectural considerations test
Item 8: Photocopy of blank Frank Clark Inventory 1982 form
Item 9: Photocopy of notes from Frank Clarks’ Journal dated 1927 and 1940 regarding charges
Item 10: Blank copy of Frank Clark Inventory 1982 form
Item 11: Type written criteria for allocating survey and planning passes through grants with hand written notes in the margins, and letter from Elisabeth Walton of the Department of Transportation State Historic Preservation Office dated Aug 24, 1979
Item 12: Type written draft of report about Frank Chamberlain Clark
Item 13: Type written list of Documented buildings and structures by Frank Clark
Item 14: Photocopy of a type written letter to Karen Zisman from Bill Burk on S.O.H.S. stationary regarding a request for a grant to compete a building designed by Frank Clark
Item 15: Photocopy of a letter from Bill Burk to Karen Zisman regarding him hiring Gail Evans and Kay Atwood
Item 16: Photocopy of a billing statement to the State Historic Preservation Office from William Burk, dated Jan 24, 1983
Item 17: Photocopies of checks from the S. O. H. S. to William Burk dated Feb. 1982, March 1982, and April 1982
File 4: Unidentified Clark Buildings
Item 1: Photocopy of information about a warehouse, name Louse Patterson written in the corner
Item 2: Photocopy of informational page about Valley School with a picutre
File 5: Correspondence
Item 1: Written letter dated Oct 15 to Gail Evans from Miriam (?) with return label with the name Ben Allen
Item 2: Notecard with handwriting regarding Frank Clark and the New York State Archives and the Chenango County Historical Society
Item 3: Photocopy of a letter from Gail Evans to Peter Sage, dated March 1982, regarding the Frank C. Clark Historical Survey
Item 4: Photocopy of letter from Gail Evans to Ms. Daniels-Swannack, dated March 1982 about publishing an inquiry in the Communique
Item 5: Photocopy of letter from Gail Evans to Cathy Forester dated March 1982 about publishing an inquiry in the History News magazine
Item 6: Photocopy of letter from Gail Evans to the news editor of the Society of American Archivists dated March 1982 about publishing an inquiry in the SAA Newsletter
Item 7: Photocopy of letter from Gail Evans to the Chenango County Historical Society’s librarian dated March 1982 about getting information about Frank Clark
Item 8: Photocopy of letter from Gail Evans to the New York State Archives librarian dated March 1982 about getting information about Frank Clark
Item 9: Notecard with Broome County Historical Society’s address
File 6: People to Interview
Item 1: Hand written list of people to interview
File 7: Clark Buildings Outside the Valley
Item 1: Photocopy of hand written note, name Louise Petterson written, about the Bartlett Hotel
Item 2: Photocopy of a picture of houses in the hills and a railroad that runs through with note attached to back about Arizona and L.A. and Clark
Item 3: Hand written notes about the Frank Clark Survey with the names Bob Keeney and Scott Clay written
Item 4: Photocopy of pictures of the Bartlett Hotel designed by Frank Clark, pictures from Dec. 1979
Item 5: Photocopy of information about the Bartlett Hotel in Arizona
File 8: Frank Clark Inventory 1982 Booklet
Item 1: Booklet of Frank Clark Inventory 1982 charts and research information
File 9: In-Depth Research-Phase III
Item 1: Photocopy of newspaper article from the Medford Mail Tribune, page 10 about a new high school and grade school (in Oversized Box 35)
Item 2: Hand written inventory list of schools and Frank Clarks role
Item 3: Photocopy of the National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form for the South Oakdale Historic District
Item 4: Receipt of a check written to Dodge MFS. Co. from the Swede Basin Lumber Co.
Item 5: Typed information about Frank Clark by Louise Clark Patterson dated 5/18/79
Item 6: Newspaper article about Frank Clark’s architectural legacy surveyed
Item 7: Hand written notes from a phone interview on 3/11/82 with Frank Clark
Item 8: Slides of buildings designed by Frank Clark
Item 9: Typed and hand written notes about Clark contacts and correspondence from 3/7/82
Item 10: Hand written letter to Goul rom Tommy Hudson (?) dated 7/23/82 about homes designed by Frank Clark
Item 11: Photocopy of a newspaper article about the Maytag Building in Grants Pass being on the National Register
Item 12: Notecard with the words “Letters of Reginald Parsons at U of O”
Item 13: Hand written note with names and dates regarding Frank Clark and family
Item 14: Hand written note about the Frank Clark survey with names Lelard Koth (?) and Jane Lidz
Item 15: Hand written notes on legal paper about U of O research
File 10: Frank Chamberlain Clark Part 1