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Related Materials:

• M042: Woodmen of the World, Aztec Camp No. 30 (Durango, Colo.) records (not actually related to forestry)
• M080: U.S. Forest Service collection
• P047: John Funk slides (photographs of Southwest scenery)
• U002: U.S. Forest Service oral history collection (especially pertaining to the USFS Centennial in 1991)
• U010: U.S. Forest Service Mancos District Cherry Creek Thompson Park oral history project records

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], [Collection Title], [Collection Number], Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.

Collection Description

Scope & Contents: This collection consists of reports, printed materials, photos, maps, and other papers concerning the lumber trade in Southwestern Colorado (especially around Pagosa Springs) and related topics.  The materials were produced and compiled by A. T. Sullenberger, his son Lawrence Sullenberger, and Robert Sullenberger.

Arrangement: This material is organized in a single series of folders, arranged chronologically for the most part.  (Maps, miscellaneous printed materials, and photos are at the back of the document case.)

Acquisition Information: This material was donated to the Center in February of 1989 (accession 1989:02012).

Processing Information: Center of Southwest Studies archival assistant Linda Baker produced the folder list on 7/29/2005.  The collection inventory and web mastering were by Todd Ellison, C.A.

Subjects: 
Forestry

Detailed Description of the Collection

Container Description

Container listing (all in Box 1)

Folder 1 Pacific Logging Congress 8th Annual, Portland, Oregon and Grays Harbor, Washington, Oct. 26–28, 1916, proceedings (1 vol., 42 pages).
Folder 2 Logging flumes, chutes, and concrete dams, correspondence, 1926–1931, by Laurence Sullenberger.
Folder 3 Colorado Spruce Company cost statements, for 5 months ending Nov. 30, 1928 (3 sets).
Folder 4 Rio Grande National Forest (Colo.) forest management plan, June 1, 1930.
Folder 5 South Fork District of the Rio Grande National Forest of Colorado, report for the International Paper Company by Lawrence Sullenberger, Dec. 1930.
Folder 6 Beaver Creek and Race Creek (Colo.) timber estimates [by Lawrence Sullenberger?], pp. 1–25, circa Jan. 1931.
Folder 7 Park Creek (Colo.) survey report, undated, pp. 26–36.
Folder 8 Pass Creek Unit (Colo.) survey report, undated, pp. 37–55.
Folder 9 Upper South Fork Unit (Colo.) survey report, undated, pp. 56–98. Includes Main South Fork Creek, North Fork Creek, South Canyon, Gibbs Creek, Diablo Creek, Spruce Creek, and Hope Creek.
Folder 10 Lake Fork Creek Unit (Colo.) survey report, undated, pp. 99–109.
Folder 11 Trout Creek and Decker Creek Unit (Colo.) survey report, circa Jan. 17, 1931, pp. 110–122.
Folder 12 South Fork District logging survey cost sheet, circa 1931, pp. 123–125.
Folder 13 Willow Creek and Alder Creek survey report, circa 1931, pp. 126–139.
Folder 14 Rio Grande River District, including Miners Creek, survey report, circa 1931, pp. 140–151.
Folder 15 Flumes and fluming instructions and cost report, circa 1931, pp. 152–163.
Folder 16 Piedra District of the San Juan National Forest timber estimate, circa 1931 (no page numbers).
Folder 17 Flume construction figures, circa 1931.
Folder 18 Rio Grande River District of the Rio Grande National Forest of Colorado, report for the International Paper Company by Lawrence Sullenberger, Feb. 1931.
Folder 19 Flumes and fluming, typescript carbon copies, pp. 60–63, undated, 55 pages (2 copies).
Folder 20 Miscellaneous articles, clippings, and papers, circa 1901–1978.
Folder 21 Prints and lithographs of Mesa Verde and other sites, by Mary Elizabeth Burwell, undated.
Folder 22 Articles about A. T. Sullenberger by Robert Sullenberger, Oct. 1, 1988, and May 1, 1989.
Folder 23 Ute Mountain Jurisdiction of the Consolidated Ute Reservation (Towaoc, Colo.), folded oversize map by D. H. Wattson, Superintendent, Jan. 1935.
Folder 24 A. T. Sullenberger's Pagosa Lumber Company land and origins of his land acquisitions, blueprint of map by his son Lawrence Sullenberger, circa 1900–1912, in 2 parts.
Folder 25 Packet of photographs, 1887–early 1930s; see list on front of envelope.