Years this material was created: 1904-2000s (bulk 1987-2000s)
Quantity: .5 linear shelf feet (in 1 document case) 
Arranged and described by Susanna Jones, Fort Lewis College archival student, Oct. 200, and by Todd Ellison, Archivist.
 © 2004 by Fort Lewis College Foundation, Center of Southwest Studies account

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M 068
La Plata County Historical Society/ Animas Museum (Durango, CO) records
1890 - 1967 (bulk 1890-1941)
.5 linear shelf feet (in 1 document case) 

This collection consists of minutes, bylaws, artifacts, and printed materials.

Historical note

Fort Lewis College  History/Southwest Studies Department faculty member Duane Smith, one of the founders and board members of the Society, donated his set of copies of these records to the Center to build this collection over time.  This collection is the Center of Southwest Studies' accession x2002:03065.

Center of Southwest Studies Archivist Todd Ellison and student archival assistant Susana Jones Gray arranged and described the collection in October of 2004.  Student archival assistant Michael Gartley produced the folder list on Oct. 21, 2004.

Container list

Box 1:  [Entire collection]

Folder 1:            La Plata County Historical Society bylaws, circa 1987.

Folder 2:            La Plata County Historical Society agendas, minutes, financial reports, 1987-1988.

Folder 3:            La Plata County Historical Society minutes, financials, 1989-1991.

Folder 4:            La Plata County Historical Society minutes, financials, 1992-1993.

Folder 5:            La Plata County Historical Society minutes, financials, 1994-1996.

Folder 6:            La Plata County Historical Society minutes, financials, 1999-2003.

Folder 7:            La Plata County Historical Society agendas, minutes, financial reports, 2004.

Folder 8:              “Artifacts” La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1987-1988.

Folder 9:              “Artifacts” La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1989.

Folder 10:              “Artifacts” La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1990-1991.

Folder 11:              “Artifacts” La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1992-1993.

Folder 12:              “Artifacts” La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1994-2003.

Folder 13:              “Artifacts” La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 2004.

Folder 14:            Animas School historical documents, photocopies, 1904-1906.

Folder 15:            Recollections order form, undated.

Folder 16:            La Plata County Historical Society membership application form, 1995 May.

Folder 17:            Durango printed material, circa 1900.

Folder 18:            Historic Durango, 1978 calendar, 1995 calendar.

Folder 19:            “Historic Durango” newspaper supplement of the La Plata Country Historical Society, 1995, 1998, 1999, with correspondence from 1995-2002.

Folder 20:            Animas Museum: structure, goals, and assessment records, 1986-2002.

Folder 21:            Durango Smelter Smokestack Preservation correspondence, Save Our Smokestack (SOS) correspondence, 1986-1988.

Folder 22:            Durango Smelter Smokestack site maps.

Folder 23:            Durango Smelter Smokestack Preservation (SOS) Memorial design competition, 1986-1988. 

This inventory was produced by Todd Ellison in October of 2004.

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