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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], [Collection Title], [Collection Number], Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.
Collection Description
Historical/Biographical 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.
Scope & Contents: Records of the La Plata County Historical Society and Animas Museum in Durango, Colorado, including meeting minutes, organizational bylaws, artifacts, and related printed materials documenting the institution’s activities and local history preservation efforts.
Processing Information: Susanna Jones, Fort Lewis College archival student, Oct. 2004, and by Todd Ellison, Archivist. 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.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Container Description
Record Group 1
Box 1
Series title Folder title
Folder 1 La Plata County Historical Society Bylaws, circa 1987.
Folder 2 La Plata County Historical Society Agendas, Minutes, and Financial Reports, 1987-1988.
Folder 3 La Plata County Historical Society, Minutes and Financials, 1989-1991.
Folder 4 La Plata County Historical Society, Minutes and Financials, 1992-1993.
Folder 5 La Plata County Historical Society, Minutes and Financials, 1994-1996.
Folder 6 La Plata County Historical Society, Minutes and Financials, 1997-1998.
Folder 7 La Plata County Historical Society, Minutes and Financials, 1999-2001.
Folder 8 La Plata County Historical Society, Minutes and Financials, 2002-2003.
Folder 9 La Plata County Historical Society, Minutes and Financials, 2004-, Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2011-2012.
Folder 10 La Plata County Historical Society Bylaws.
Folder 11 Historic Preservation Awards, 2004.
Folder 12 La Plata County Historical Society Operating Budgets and Summary Reports.
Folder 13 Nomination of the Animas Canyon Historic Corridor to the La Plata County Register of Historic Places, Nov. 2007.
Folder 14 La Plata County Historical Society Board of Directors, Committees, Members Records.
Folder 15 La Plata County Historical Society Summary Reports, Nov. 2002-July 2003.
Folder 16 La Plata County Historical Society Publicity Materials and Calendars.
Folder 17 La Plata County Historical Society Miscellaneous Correspondence.
Folder 18 Mutual Funds, Oct. 1997.
Folder 19 Cash Flow Reports, Nov. 2002-July 2002.
Folder 20 Operating Budgets, 2002-2006.
Folder 21 Draft Budgets, 1995-2001.
Folder 22 Balance Sheets, 1997-1998, 2001-2002.
Folder 23 Animas Museum Fund Balance, 1994-1996.
Folder 24 Related Financial Reports, 1995-2005.
Folder 25 Animas Museum Projects.
Record Group 2
Box 2
Series title Folder title
Folder 1 "Artifacts" La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1987-1988.
Folder 2 "Artifacts" La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1989.
Folder 3 "Artifacts" La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1990-1991.
Folder 4 "Artifacts" La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1992-1993.
Folder 5 "Artifacts" La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 1994-2003.
Folder 6 "Artifacts" La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 2004-2007.
Folder 7 "Artifacts" La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 2008-2010.
Folder 8 "Artifacts" La Plata County Historical Society Newsletter, 2011-2013.
Record Group 3
Box 2
Series title Folder title
Folder 9 Animas School Historical Documents (Photocopies), 1904-1906.
Record Group 4
Box 2
Series title Folder title
Folder 10 Recollection Order Form, Undated.
Folder 11 La Plata County Historical Society, Membership Appreciation Form, May 1995.
Folder 12 Durango Printed Materials, circa 1900.
Folder 13 Historic Durango [Colorado] 1995 and 1978 Calendars.
Folder 14 "Historic Durango" Newspaper of La Plata County Historical Society, Supplements 1995, 1998, 1999 and Correspondence, 1986-1988.
Folder 15 Walking Tour of Main Street and 3rd Street Durango.
Folder 16 Art and Anne Isgar books.
Folder 17 "Sinister Smoke" Play
Record Group 5
Box 2
Series title Folder title
Folder 18 Animas Museum Structure, Goals, and Assessment Records, 1986-2002, Strategic Planning 2012, Mail.
Folder 19 Durango Smelter Smokestack Preservation Correspondence, Save Our Smokestack (SOS) Correspondence, 1986-1988.
Folder 20 Durango Smelter Smokestack Site Maps.
Folder 21 Durango Smelter Smokestack Preservation (SOS) Memorial Design Competition, 1986-1988.
Folder 22 Frederick Zinc and Associates, Financial Statements of LPCHS to Board of Directors
Box 3
Folder 1 SOS Committee
Folder 2 LPCHS Articles of Incorporation
Folder 3 Animas Museum Strategic Planning
Folder 4 La Plata County Historic Preservation Board
Folder 5 Community Foundation and Citizens Committee
Folder 6 Personnel Manual of LPCHS
Folder 7 Members of La Plata County Historical Society
Folder 8 LPCHS Board of Directors Meetings
Folder 9 Animas Museum
Folder 10 Historic Durango, Animas Museum, Historic Preservation
Record Group 6
Box 3
Folder 11 Historic Building Survey
| Creator | Smith, Duane |
| Dates | 1904-2010s, inclusive; 1987-2010s, bulk |
| Extent | 1.5 linear shelf feet (in 3 document case) |
| Records of the La Plata County Historical Society and Animas Museum in Durango, Colorado, including meeting minutes, organizational bylaws, artifacts, and related printed materials documenting the institution’s activities and local history preservation efforts. |
| Language | English |
| Collection Identifier | M068 |
| Physical Location | This collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO). |