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Cap Collier: Miscellaneous Materials

 Collection
Identifier: SHL158

Content Description

A box with folders with miscellaneous materials related to the A. Cap Collier State Park: memos, correspondence, meeting notices, photographs, brochures. Annual Report for 1957 to the Oregon State Highway Commission. Brochure "Oregon State Park System" (1956). State Park Statistics for 1956 (1957). Correspondence with: Oregon State Highway Division, Oregon Department of Transportation. Materials of the State Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. 2 copies of the "Report of the State Park Advisory Committee" (July 16, 1956). 2 CDs with Alfred Collier interviewing two lumbermen. Disc 1 (Side 2 Part 1): .Collier talks to Harold Mallory about introduction of the 3-wheeled caterpillar tractor into the Klamath Country. Disc 2 (Side 2 Part 2): Collier talks to Fred G. Brown who used a whip saw with his father in 1904. Typed transcript of the 1973 interview of Merle S. West by Alfred Collier

Dates

  • Creation: 1841-1976

Biographical / Historical

The Collier Memorial State Park/Logging Museum is located in southern Oregon. It is used for recreation, such as hiking, camping, and fishing. The Park was established in 1945, when two brothers Alfred D. and Andrew Collier donated land to the state of Oregon as a memorial to their parents, Charles Morse Collier and Janet McCornack Collier. Collier Memorial State Park contains one of the largest collections of logging equipment in the world. Alfred Collier continued to add to this collection until his death in 1988.

Extent

1 box (1 box containing 8 items: folders, brochures and envelopes.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Collier Memorial State Park/Logging Museum is located in southern Oregon. It was established in 1945 by brothers Andrew and Alfred (Cap) Collier as a memorial to their parents. Collection contains a box with folders with miscellaneous materials related to the A. Cap Collier State Park: memos, correspondence, meeting notices, photographs, brochures.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical Library Repository

Contact:
3201 Campus Drive
Klamath Falls OR 97603 United States
5418851965