Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Stirling City Lantern Slides
- Dates:
- 2016
- Creators:
- Diamond Match Company
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- Items: 1 box Linear Feet: N/A
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Stirling City Lantern Slides. California State University, Chico
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection of 11 Stirling City lantern slides depict scenes of the Butte County Railroad trains in Stirling City, lumber yard and engine room of the Diamond Match Company.
- Biographical / historical:
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Diamond Match Company sawmill and railroad was built and used in Stirling City, Butte County, California in the early 1900’s to process and transport lumber. The Butte County Railroad linked Diamond Match’s sawmill and logging headquarters at Stirling City with its remanufacturing and match plants at Barber, a suburb of Chico.
- Acquisition information:
- California State University, Chico. History Department
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Lumber trade -- California, Northern -- History.
Lumbering -- California -- Butte County -- Photographs.
Butte County Railroad -- History -- Photographs.
Sawmills -- California, Northern -- History. - Names:
- Diamond Match Company -- History.
- Places:
- Chico (Calif.) -- History.
Stirling City (Calif.) -- History.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2016
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research without restriction.
- Terms of access:
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The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.
- Preferred citation:
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Stirling City Lantern Slides. California State University, Chico
- Location of this collection:
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California State University, Chico, Special Collections Meriam Library400 West First StreetChico, CA 95929-0295, US
- Contact:
- (530) 898-6603