Guide to the Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area Photographic Collection
California State Parks Photographic Archives interns and Sam Skow
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Guide to the Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area Photographic Collection
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California State Parks Photographic ArchivesMcClellan, California 95652
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- California State Parks Photographic Archives interns and Sam Skow
- Date Completed:
- 2016
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- Sam Skow
© 2016 California State Parks. All rights reserved.
Title: Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area Photographic Collection
Dates: 1958-2010
Bulk Dates: 1959, 1984, 2010
Collection number: Consult repository
Creator:
California State Parks
Collector:
California State Parks
Collection Size:
51 images
Repository:
Photographic Archives.
California State Parks
California State Parks
McClellan, CA 92262
Abstract: The Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area Photographic Collection contains 51 cataloged images that date from 1958
through 2010. Images depict the property as a state park unit.
Physical location: For current information on the physical location of these materials, please consult the Guide to the California State Parks
Photographic Archives, available online.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Property rights reside with the repository. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records. For permission to reproduce
or to publish, please contact the Head Curator of the California State Parks Photographic Archives.
[Identification of item including photographer and date when available], Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area Photographic
Collection, [Catalog number], California State Parks Photographic Archives, McClellan, California
Images generated by California State Parks staff.
Further accruals are expected.
Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area contains roughly 45 acres of natural resources. Located in Mendocino County,
the park is bordered to the south and west by the Eel River’s South Fork and to the east by Mud Creek; it is roughly 35 miles
north of the city of Willits. The park is accessible by car via Branscomb and Mud Creek roads.
Named after a former Naval Operations Chief and foreign diplomat, the Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area contains
a small but lush virgin redwood grove. Acquired by California State Parks in 1944 from the Westport Tie Company, the park
unit was classified as a state recreation area in 1963 and today remains densely forested with mixed coast redwoods and Douglas
fir. In addition to its conserved redwoods, the park is also a popular destination for salmon and steelhead fishing. There
are currently no facilities there.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area Photographic Collection spans the years 1958-2010, with the bulk of the
collection covering the years 1959, 1984, and 2010. There is a total of 51 cataloged images, including 7 photographic prints,
scans, and negatives, 22 35mm slides, and 22 born-digital images. Photographs originated from California State Parks staff.
The collection depicts the park’s landscape. Imagery includes ground views of the forest, which incorporate natural features,
such as redwood trees, stumps, grass, Mud Creek, Eel River, rocks, bushes, logs, mountains, and birds. Also depicted are images
conveying human involvement, including: logging debris, the Branscomb Dam site, California State Park signage, picnic tables,
park visitors, an unidentified building, telephone lines, and a bridge. The collection also includes a few aerial views of
the valley, Eel River, forests, and Johnston Ridge.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
California. Department of Parks and Recreation
Eel River (Calif.)
Mendocino County (Calif.)
Natural resources
Redwood National and State Parks (Calif.)
Redwoods
Standley, William Harrison, 1872-1963
Related Material at California State Parks
Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area Collection
Related Material at Other Repositories
Admiral William H. Standley Papers, University of Southern California: Special Collections