Papers, publications, newspaper clippings, and photographs, 1909-2005, undated
Scope and Contents
The Colorado State University Mountain Campus Collection consists of material dated 1888 to 2018. Topics concern the history of activities at the Mountain Campus, including course materials, student staff and participants, the 1994 Hourglass Fire, and the history of the region. Histories of early settlers, staff, and nearby residents and are both written and recorded. Material types include documents, newspapers, books, photographs, slides, glass plate negatives, artifacts, audiocassettes, compact disks, videotapes, and a flash drive. Of special note are three reel to reel films of the Mountain Campus in 1966. Items that have been digitized are available in Mountain Scholar.
Please be aware that materials about the site's history do not include information about Arapahoe, Cheyenne, or other Native American predecessors to white settlement.
Dates
- Creation: 1909-2005, undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Colorado State University. Mountain Campus Museum (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 15.5+ linear feet (9 record cartons, 1 oversize box, artifacts)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
This box includes newsclippings, a binder of surveying class papers, and aerial photographs. Also present is a binder of negatives, a sketch of mountains, and a binder of photocopied photographs and articles from Angele Koenig's family album dated 1909 to 2005. Publications include "Early Settlers Along the Little South Fork of the Cache la Poudre" and "Early Sawmills in Larimer County", both by Francis Clark, and "Little South Poudre Watershed Climate and Hydrology, 1961-1971 Synopsis" by James R. Meiman and G.H. Leavesley, "Damage Caused by Free-Ranging Cattle to Cache la Poudre...", by William C. Sears, a land management plan dated 1988, a report on burned vegetation, and postcards and brochures.
Repository Details
Part of the CSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections Repository
Fort Collins Colorado 80523-1019 USA
970-491-1844
library_dl_specialcollections@mail.colostate.edu