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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.

 

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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 as we add information about collections that are newly processed.

Finding Aids

I075 - U.S. military posts returns (RG 94) on microfilm

Collection Overview

  • Creator: Various
  • Dates: 1867-1891
  • Extent: 5 rolls
  • Abstract:

    U.S. posts returns (M617) for Fort Craig, N.M. (1871 Jan.-1885 June, r. #262), Cantonment Rio de la Plata, Colo. (1880 Aug.-1881 Jan.) and Fort Lewis, Colo. (1878 Oct.-1891 Aug., r. #624), Fort Lowell, N.M. (1867 Dec.-1869 July, r. #655), Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala. (1879 Jan.-1880 June and 1881 Nov.-1894 Dec., r. #820) and for Camp Penal, AZ., Pocatello, ID., and Camp Plummer, N.M. (r. #1532). SW Center only has these 5 of the 1,550 rolls in M617. Corresp., reports, and personnel lists.

  • Language: English
  • Collection Identifier: I075
  • Physical Location: This collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO).
CreatorVarious
Dates1867-1891
Extent5 rolls

U.S. posts returns (M617) for Fort Craig, N.M. (1871 Jan.-1885 June, r. #262), Cantonment Rio de la Plata, Colo. (1880 Aug.-1881 Jan.) and Fort Lewis, Colo. (1878 Oct.-1891 Aug., r. #624), Fort Lowell, N.M. (1867 Dec.-1869 July, r. #655), Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala. (1879 Jan.-1880 June and 1881 Nov.-1894 Dec., r. #820) and for Camp Penal, AZ., Pocatello, ID., and Camp Plummer, N.M. (r. #1532). SW Center only has these 5 of the 1,550 rolls in M617. Corresp., reports, and personnel lists.

LanguageEnglish
Collection IdentifierI075
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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