Are trying to preserve the culture. We see their history all around us if were out at shasta lake and shasta dam in particular. There are lots of controversies. Its been a rough history, and so its important that we learn about this history so we dont repeat some of mistakes that we have made pick pics today wereg to look at the california Indian Library collection. Its part of our local History Collection which is called the blogbogs collection which is nad after mae boggs and its an important piece of the local History Collection. So the calvin Indian Library collection began at uc berkeley. It was then decided to disperse the collection out by the state to 20 different libraries. And so what happened was the collection was divided up based geographically. So what we got here in Shasta County was the information on the native americans from our particular area. In particular we focus on the wind too. Also the outlying tribes. What are the reason this is such an important collection,
Shasta Public Library and we are on the secondfloor of the library. Today we are looking at items from our local History Collection which is called the divorce collection. The rock collection is named after mae bacon boggs. She moved as a child out to Shasta County in 1871 and grew up here in old shasta and she had a love for history and particularly transportation and early california history so why she was collecting items and she did collect books and she ended up giving a portion of her collection of the cabinet to the library and that was the start of the boggs collection. Now the boggs collection has grown and weve outgrown the cabinet and we are now in many cabinet. It consists of probably about 5000 items and the collection focuses on early california history, native americans but then particularly the history of Shasta County so this collection is important because it is a way for us to preserve the past and learn about the past in Shasta County. Weve had some very interesting
Shasta Public Library and we are on the secondfloor of the library. Today we are looking at items from our local History Collection which is called the divorce collection. The rock collection is named after mae bacon boggs. She moved as a child out to Shasta County in 1871 and grew up here in old shasta and she had a love for history and particularly transportation and early california history so why she was collecting items and she did collect books and she ended up giving a portion of her collection of the cabinet to the library and that was the start of the boggs collection. Now the boggs collection has grown and weve outgrown the cabinet and we are now in many cabinet. It consists of probably about 5000 items and the collection focuses on early california history, native americans but then particularly the history of Shasta County so this collection is important because it is a way for us to preserve the past and learn about the past in Shasta County. Weve had some very interesting
Perfect example of how victorians lived. He had been a judge, a superior court judge for over 25 years, but he grew up in this home from the time he was four years old until he died in 2003. Even though he was born in oregon in 1914, his father was a chemical engineer that met his mother here in redding. He worked at the compromise and she was Teaching School there, and they married in the partner of this home. We have his mothers waiting down. And wedding gown. They moved to oregon where come his father had relatives and lived until, during world war i his father was a chemical engineer serving in a Chemical Warfare plant in ohio, and he died in the flu pandemic. And at that time the judge, or the judge came with his mother back to his home. His grandfather had already passed away, so he lived with his grandmother, his mother and his aunt. Those three ladies just spoiled him. But this home was purchased by his grandfather, it was built in 1895, a victorian home. And his grandfather pu
Are trying to preserve the culture. We see their history all around us if were out at shasta lake and shasta dam in particular. There are lots of controversies. Its been a rough history, and so its important that we learn about this history so we dont repeat some of mistakes that we have made pick pics today wereg to look at the california Indian Library collection. Its part of our local History Collection which is called the blogbogs collection which is nad after mae boggs and its an important piece of the local History Collection. So the calvin Indian Library collection began at uc berkeley. It was then decided to disperse the collection out by the state to 20 different libraries. And so what happened was the collection was divided up based geographically. So what we got here in Shasta County was the information on the native americans from our particular area. In particular we focus on the wind too. Also the outlying tribes. What are the reason this is such an important collection,