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Introduction/ Scope and contents
Years this material was created: 1981-2004
Quantity: .8 linear shelf feet (in 2 document cases)
This collection consists of the records of La Plata County Search and Rescue, a volunteer, nonprofit group operating under the sheriff's office and based in Durango. The collection includes organizational records, minutes, meeting attendance records, correspondence, financial statements and an inventory of equipment, fundraising records, search and rescue mission reviews and statistics, training records and printed materials, newspaper clippings (photocopied archivally by the Center), and the organization's newsletter, first titled Lost Tracks, then untitled, then The Belay Line. The collection documents the organization's search and rescue work in relation to major outdoor recreational activities in the county, including hiking, rock climbing, mountaineering, horseback riding, mountain biking, rafting and kayaking, hunting, and snowmobiling. The collection also documents the organization's response to disasters such as avalanches and air crashes, some of which received national attention.
Access points:
Search and rescue operations--Colorado--La Plata County--Archives
Mountaineering--Search and rescue operations--Colorado--La Plata
County--Archives
La Plata County Search and Rescue (Durango, Colo.)--Archives
Administrative information
Acquisition of this collection: These materials were donated by La Plata County Search and Rescue in May 2007; accession 2007:067.
About the organization of this collection: The series and boxes are numbered consecutively. The boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1. We expect this collection to grow, so we have reserved folder numbers for the forthcoming records that are not yet in the collection.
Processing information: This collection was arranged and described by Professional Archival Intern Erica Olsen in July 2007. The inventory was prepared by Olsen and Fort Lewis College archivist Todd Ellison in July 2007.
La Plata County Search and Rescue is a volunteer, nonprofit group operating under the sheriff's office and based in Durango. Working with various other groups, it provides a wide range of search and rescue functions in La Plata County and the surrounding area.
Series descriptions
Note regarding the organization of this collection: Materials in this collection are arranged by series. The series are numbered consecutively. Because we do not expect to add to this collection, the boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1.
Folder numbers start with 1 in each box. Items within each series (e.g., correspondence, reports) and within each folder are arranged chronologically, unless noted otherwise.
The series are organized from highest hierarchical level to lowest; from most general to most specific.
Series 1: Organizational records, circa 1981-1995. 5 folders.
Series 2: Administrative records, circa 1985-1998. 7 folders.
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Box 1:
| Series | Folder | Title |
| 1 | 1 | Bylaws and organizational records, 1981 Nov.-1987 Mar. and undated |
| 2 | Minutes, 1984 Jan.-1985 Mar. and undated | |
| 3 | Minutes, 1985 Nov.-1988 May | |
| 4 | Meeting attendance records, 1986 Jan.-1995 Jun. | |
| 5 | Meeting attendance records, undated | |
| 6 | Membership rosters, 1001-2007 | |
| 7 | Minutes, forthcoming | |
| 8 | Minutes, forthcoming | |
| 9 | Minutes, forthcoming | |
| 2 | 10 | Correspondence, 1985 Oct.-1992 Apr. |
| 11 | Correspondence, 1993 Mar.-1998 Nov. | |
| 12 | Correspondence, undated | |
| 13 | Correspondence, forthcoming | |
| 14 | Financial statements and equipment inventory, 1985 Nov.-1992 Sept. | |
| 15 | Financial statements, forthcoming | |
| 16 | Fundraising records, 1981 Dec.-1996 Feb. | |
| 17 | Search and rescue mission statistics, 1984-1990 | |
| 18 | Search and rescue mission reviews, 1986 Nov.-1990 Nov. | |
| 19 | Search and rescue mission records, forthcoming | |
| 3 | 20 | Training records and printed materials, 1984 Jan.-Apr. |
| 21 | Training records and printed materials, 1985 May-1986 summer | |
| 22 | Training records and printed materials, 1987 Jan.-2000 Aug. | |
| 23 | Training records and printed materials, undated | |
| 24 | Training schedules, 2002, 2005-2006 |
Box 2: Folder list:
| Series | Folder | Title |
| 4 | 1 | Lost Tracks newsletter, 1985-1986 |
| 2 | Lost Tracks newsletter, 1987-1988 | |
| 3 | Lost Tracks newsletter, 1989-1990 | |
| 4 | Lost Tracks newsletter, 1991-1092 | |
| 5 | Newsletter, 1993-1994 | |
| 6 | Newsletter, 1995-1996 | |
| 7 | Newsletter, 1997-1998 | |
| 8 | Newsletter, 1999-2000 | |
| 9 | The Belay Line newsletter, 2001-2002. No issue for December 2001 or for Feb., June, Aug.-Oct. 2002. | |
| 10 | The Belay Line newsletter, 2003-2004. No issues for Feb., Aug., and Dec. 2003 or for June and Oct. of 2004. Two issues were produced in Sept. 2004. | |
| 11 | The Belay Line newsletter, 2005-2006, complete. | |
| 12 | The Belay Line newsletter, 2007-2008, forthcoming. | |
| 13 | The Belay Line newsletter, forthcoming | |
| 5 | 14 | Clippings, 1985 Aug.-1986 Sept. |
| 15 | Clippings, 1986 Oct.-1987 Nov. | |
| 16 | Clippings, 1988 Jan.-1992 Mar. | |
| 17 | Clippings, 1992 Apr.-1995 Aug. | |
| 18 | Clippings, 1996 May-1997 Aug. | |
| 19 | Clippings, 1997 Sept.-1998 Feb. | |
| 20 | Clippings, undated | |
| 21 | Clippings, 1999-ongoing |
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