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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

Photo of Breanna Nez in Archives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Research Guide - Mines and Mining

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    Archival collections at the Center of Southwest Studies related to mines and mining.

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CSWS Archival Collections

Mines and Mining Resources

 

Below is a select list of archival collections at the Center of Southwest Studies related to mines and mining. Please contact the Center’s Archives Manager for additional resources.

 

Manuscripts

 

M003

Shenandoah-Dives Mining and Milling Company records.

M004 & I046

American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Company records. 1.5 document cases and 7 rolls of microfilm. Records pertaining to Colorado mines and mining, 1901-1957.

M005

Mining records and printed materials. 18 document boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 small box, 1 thin box, and 2 record boxes. Contains records of mining in the San Juan mountains of southwestern Colorado and beyond, 1860-2000s.

M007

Uranium mining collection. 3 document cases; 1940-1958. Papers collected by Denny Viles regarding uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau, in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), and elsewhere in the world. Includes materials on various mills, articles, clippings, and photos.

M008

Durango, CO uranium mill tailings removal collection. 5.5 document cases; 1960-1990. Publicity materials, engineering/environmental assessment reports, task force records, etc., regarding the removal of radioactive tailings from the Durango mill site at the base of Smelter Mountain in the 1980s.

M009

Porter/Hesperus/Gifford records. Includes records from coal mining in the Durango vicinity, along with some digital images.

M021

Harry Adsit Tomboy Mines papers.

M060

Four Corners Environmental Research Institute (FOCERI) collection. 6 document cases and 12 records boxes. Minutes, correspondence and memos, financial records, maps, project records, and engineering/environmental assessment reports regarding various projects in the Four Corners region, including the Durango uranium mill tailings site, La Plata County coal mining, Colorado River tributaries, electric transmission power lines in southern and southwestern Colorado, and other topics researched by FOCERI.

M078

Society of Mining Law Antiquarians records.

M114

Sunnyside Mine records.

M116 

Engineering and mining journals.

M117

Iowa Gold Mining and Milling Company Store records.

M175

Union Carbide Western Slope (Colo.) mining records.

M186

Mining History Association archives.

M187

Union Carbide Western U.S. 20th century mining collection. 287 linear shelf feet. Mining company operation records related to the mining and processing of uranium, tungsten, vanadium, and other base metals in the Western U.S., especially the Four Corners region, 1920-1990.

M199

Evans-Crumbo mining records (Taos, NM).

M206

Navajo claims collection records. Records compiled by Dr. John Kessell relating to Navajo land, oil, and gas claims in the Four Corners region.

M229

Langan W. Swent papers. Includes materials on health and safety in underground uranium mines.

M233

De Lasso Loos Four Corners oil and gas engineering collection. Collection documenting oil and gas engineering projects in the Northeast Blanco Unit and elsewhere in northwestern New Mexico, in the Four Corners region.

 

 

Photographs

 

P032

Colorado mining towns slide transparencies. Approximately 500 large-format color slide transparencies depicting former mining towns and scenes in Colorado, especially on the Western Slope, 1960-1989. Arranged alphabetically by place name.

 

 

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Archival collections at the Center of Southwest Studies related to mines and mining.

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Collection IdentifierResearch Guide
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