In 1997 the HSU Library acquired the map, blueprint, and architectural drawing collections documenting the history of a major lineage of lumber companies in Humboldt County, from Vance Redwood Company through Hammond Lumber Company and Georgia Pacific, then Louisiana Pacific. Although this huge collection is unprocessed, we selected a small segment for digitization to respond to an issue of local interest – the future of the town of Samoa. 125 architectural drawings and maps were chosen primarily of the original buildings in the town and the lumber camps.
As the grant project came to a close we were able to continue the intellectual organization of the collection thanks to a generous local donation. We are continuing to seek funding to help us preserve and catalog this collection so it can be opened up for research.
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