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Center of Southwest Studies Archival Collections

 

The Center’s archival collections provide invaluable insights into the history and culture of Fort Lewis College, as well as the broader Southwest region. Our collections encompass a wide variety of materials, including letters and correspondence, photographs, slides, negatives, financial and business records, maps, audiovisual media, posters, published books and periodicals, original research data, digital files, and more. These resources are non-circulating but accessible to the broader public.

To explore our archival collections, please follow the link below. Many of the Center’s archival holdings are also cataloged at the collection level in the Fort Lewis College Library Catalog.

 

Link to Archival Database

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Archival Finding Aids

Finding aids are essential tools for exploring archival collections. They offer detailed information, including collection summaries, historical or biographical context, subject lists, and descriptions of the materials and their arrangement. Most finding aids also include a container list to help locate specific items within a collection. To learn more about using finding aids, please consult our Guide to Finding Aids

 

Our finding aids are updated on an ongoing basis. We add information to collections that are unprocessed or partially processed as we can.

Finding Aids

P043 - Hans Aspaas photographs

Collection Overview

  • Creator: Hans Aspaas
  • Dates: 1936-1949
  • Extent: 1 document case and 1 flat box
  • Abstract:

    Various photographs, including three albums of Civilian Conservation Corps narrative annual reports, 1936-1938, of Camp DG-9 at Kline (AKA Red Mesa), Colo.; photo collage  of CCC Camp DG-125-C at Paradox, Colo.; photo album re: Hans Aspaas in western slope/SW Colorado.  Also, photos of rodeos in Kremmling, Big Narros in St. Vrain, the Union Depot in Denver, a wool shipment possibly in New Mexico, and snapshots of road construction photos from the late 1920s-early 1930s on the border between New Mexico and the Navajo Reservation near Waterflow.

  • Language: English
  • Collection Identifier: P043
  • Physical Location: This collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO).
CreatorHans Aspaas
Dates1936-1949
Extent1 document case and 1 flat box

Various photographs, including three albums of Civilian Conservation Corps narrative annual reports, 1936-1938, of Camp DG-9 at Kline (AKA Red Mesa), Colo.; photo collage  of CCC Camp DG-125-C at Paradox, Colo.; photo album re: Hans Aspaas in western slope/SW Colorado.  Also, photos of rodeos in Kremmling, Big Narros in St. Vrain, the Union Depot in Denver, a wool shipment possibly in New Mexico, and snapshots of road construction photos from the late 1920s-early 1930s on the border between New Mexico and the Navajo Reservation near Waterflow.

LanguageEnglish
Collection IdentifierP043
Physical LocationThis collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO).
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