Margaret Edith Trussell slide collection
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California State University, Chico
2020
California State University, Chico, Special Collections Meriam Library
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Chico, California 95929-0295
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Title: Margaret Edith Trussell slide collection
Dates: 1972-1974
Collection Number: MSS 329
Creator/Collector:
Margaret Edith Trussell, 1928-
Extent: Items: 4 boxes Linear Feet: 1.54
Repository:
California State University, Chico
Chico, California 95929-0295
Abstract: N/A
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research without restriction.
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Margaret Edith Trussell slide collection. California State University, Chico
Jacquelyn Chase, Geography and Planning Department, California State University, Chico
Biography/Administrative History
Margaret Edith Trussell was born January 21, 1928. She received a teaching credential Bachelors and Masters Degrees from
UC Berkeley, a Masters in education from Long Beach State College and a PhD from University of Oregon. She was a faculty
member of the Geography department at Chico State from 1966-1986. She authored six books, her research interests focused
on cultural geography and land use. She was active with the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers serving as Vice President
in 1984. She retired to her home in Bodega Bay, California in 1986 and died December 7, 1988.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists mostly of slide which Trussell used for classroom use and as part of a simulated field trip. The
rest of the collection is consists of flyovers of the northern Sacramento Valley, Fortran database print outs and a folder
of mining research.
Aerial photographs.
Williams, Jerry.
California State University, Chico. Geography and Planning Dept.
Butte County (Calif.)
Shasta County (Calif.)
Colusa County (Calif.)
Lassen County (Calif.)
Glenn County (Calif.)
Sacramento Valley (Calif.)