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Page 1: Inventory of the Anderson Marsh - California State Parks Marsh.pdfGuide to the Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Collection 1914-2011 (bulk dates 1983-2002) California State Parks

Guide to the Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Collection

1914-2011 (bulk dates 1983-2002)

California State Parks Archives

Sacramento, California

Contact Information: California State Parks Archives 1416 9th Street Room 943A Sacramento, California 95814 Telephone: (916) 653-6519 FAX: (916) 653-3398 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1080 Records processed by Lola Aguilar Date Completed June 2011 © 2011 California State Parks Archives. All rights reserved.

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Descriptive Summary Title Inventory of the Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Collection Collection Number CSPA-701 Creator Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Extent 8 linear feet, including 2 linear feet of photographic material. Repository California State Parks Archives Sacramento, California Language English Abstract Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is a California State Historic Park located at the southeast corner of Clear Lake, at the formation of Cache Creek, on Hwy 53 between the cities of Lower Lake and Clearlake, in Lake County, California. The park’s prime resources, the Native American features and the wetland habitats were the chief reasons the Department of Parks and Recreation acquired the property in 1982, which also contains the Anderson Ranch complex. The Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Collection is arranged in eleven series: 1. Reports, 2. Publications, 3. Correspondence, 4. Legal Documents, 5. Histories, 6. Subject Files, 7. Ephemera, 8. Cartographic Material, 9. Artifacts, 10. Photographic Material and 11. Media. Items span the years 1914 to 2011 with the bulk of the collection from 1983 to 2002. Physical Location California State Parks Archives

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Administrative Information Publication Rights For permission to reproduce or publish, please consult the California State Parks Archives archivist. Permission for reproduction or publication is given on behalf of the California State Parks Archives, Sacramento as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility for possible infringement that may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Parks Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Collection, CSPA-701: [box: folder number], California State Parks Archives, Sacramento, California. Restrictions The collection is open for research. Cultural and archaeological site maps are restricted. Reports with sensitive data may be restricted. Consult repository for details. Acquisition Information Anderson Marsh SHP donated this collection in 2003. William Salata, California State Parks Clear Lake Sector Superintendent, Northern Buttes District, Denise Rist, California State Parks Regional Interpretive Specialist, Northern Buttes District, and the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association added to this collection in December 2010. Northern Buttes District Associate Archaeologist Leslie Steidl added reports in May 2011. Accruals The repository continues to add materials to this collection on a regular basis. Processing Information Lola Aguilar processed this collection and created and encoded its finding aid in 2011.

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Administrative History

Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is a California State Historic Park located at the southeast corner of Clear Lake, at the formation of Cache Creek, on Hwy 53 between the cities of Lower Lake and Clearlake, in Lake County, California. The park’s prime resources, the Native American features and the wetland habitats were the chief reasons the Department of Parks and Recreation acquired the property, which also contains the Anderson Ranch complex. Anderson Marsh SHP is a nature preserve, which protects the habitat of a tule marsh, itself an integral part of the Clear Lake ecosystem. The marsh offers food and breeding habitat for mammals, fish, birds and amphibians. The park protects several additional habitats including freshwater marsh, oak woodland, grasslands, and riparian woodland.

One of the largest groups of people in prehistoric California, the Southeastern Pomo, knew this land as home. Today, descendants of those people still live nearby. Anderson Marsh's archaeological sites hold clues to the lives of the Pomo, with some sites over 10,000 years old. The cultural resources of the site prompted California State University, Sonoma archaeologist John Parker to conduct a field survey in 1976 that began a campaign for the creation of Anderson Marsh SHP.

In 1982 the State of California acquired Anderson Marsh and the DPR began evaluating what steps could be taken to include the property in the State Parks system. On October 15, 1983 the park was dedicated in a ceremony which included the park’s first ranger Floyd Lemley and new DPR Director William Briner. The 3,000 guests that attended the dedication visited Indian village sites, hiked nature and archaeological trails, rode the stagecoach, and took boat tours. Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is named for John Still Anderson who bought the 750 acre ranch in 1885. Anderson, his wife Sarah Laidlaw Anderson and their six children moved from Scotland to California in 1884. Through purchase and homesteading, Anderson soon added 1,300 more acres and enlarged the ranch house. The ranch remained in the Anderson family until 1964 when the property was purchased by an investment company. Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association was formed in 1984 by park staff and volunteers. The organization promotes educational and interpretive activities at the site and plays an important role in funding projects that the state would otherwise be unable to provide. These include conservatory work, construction, trail work, interpretive displays, rehabilitation of facilities and historic objects, purchasing interpretive items, acquiring furnishings, and providing interpretive information. AMIA has sponsored many fundraising annual events over the years including the Blackberry Festival, Tea & Musicale, Native American Days, Heritage Days, Christmas at the Ranch, and more recently, Old Time Bluegrass Festival, and Old Fashioned Day in the Park.

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Scope and Content The Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Collection is arranged in eleven series: 1. Reports, 2. Publications, 3. Correspondence, 4. Legal Documents, 5. Histories, 6. Subject Files, 7. Ephemera, 8. Cartographic Material, 9. Artifacts, 10. Photographic Material, and 11. Media. Items span the years 1914 to 2011 with the bulk of the collection from 1983 to 2002. Series one, Reports, consists of fifty-three file folders and is arranged alphabetically by first letter of the report to coincide with the parks internal Unit Data File system. Report subjects include archaeology, cultural and natural resources, general planning, and furnishing plans. Reports with sensitive data may be restricted. Series two, Publications, consist of fifty file folders and is arranged chronologically within type. Subjects represented include histories, manuals, directories, news releases, and news clippings. Series three, Correspondence, includes letters from elementary schools, donors, and docent organizations to the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Assoc. and is arranged chronologically. Series four, Legal Documents, contains a signed copy of a contract between the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Assoc. and the Anderson Marsh SHP. Series five, Histories, is arranged chronologically and includes histories of the park and individual histories of area pioneer families such as the Grigsby family. Series six, Subject Files, is arranged chronologically and include park furnishing plans, exhibit notes, and entrance kiosk and visitor center files. Series seven, Ephemera, is arranged by type and then chronologically and includes Park Dedication, Blackberry Festival, and Tea & Musicale programs, tickets, and flyers. Series eight, Cartographic Material, is arranged chronologically. Five maps are restricted due to sensitive information. Series nine, Artifacts, contains a remnant of wallpaper from the ranch house. Series ten, Photographic Material, is arranged chronologically and contains photographs and negatives of Anderson Marsh SHP and the park’s various events, staff, and volunteers. Series eleven, Media includes an informational VHS tape and four meeting and oral history audio cassette tapes.

Related Collections Clear Lake State Park Collection CSPA-218 Indexing Terms Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Archaeological parks

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California. Dept. of Parks and Recreation Clear Lake (Calif. : Township) Cultural parks Historic parks Pomo Indians--California--Lake County--History.

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Series Description Series 1. Reports, 1934-2011. 53 ff. Reports are arranged alphabetically by first letter of the report to coincide with the Unit Data File system. Report subjects range from archaeology, cultural resources, natural resources, general planning, furnishing plans, exhibit design, inventories, and interpretation. Check with archivist for restricted status. Archaeology is spelled two ways: archaeology and the alternate spelling, archeology. Box 1: 01 A Cultural Resources Management Plan for the Anderson Marsh SHP (Thesis), 2002. 02 A Report on the Status of Archaeological Collections from

Anderson Marsh SHP, Lake County, CA, 1996. 03 A Research Design for: The Anderson Flat Project, Archaeological Data Recovery Investigations at Sites CA-LAK-72, 509, 510, 536,

538, 542, and 1375, Lake County, CA, 1992. 04 An Archaeological Survey of Anderson Marsh and Anderson Flat,

Lake County, CA, 1977. 05 An Archeological Investigation at CA-LAK-589, Anderson Marsh SHP Lake County, CA, 1988. 06 An Evaluation of Prehistoric Archaeological Materials from the

Anderson Ranch Site (CA-LAK-72) Near Lower Lake, Lake County, CA, 1988.

Box 2: 01 Anderson Marsh: Anderson Flat, Lake County, CA, 1977. 02 Anderson Marsh: Anderson Flat, Lake County, CA, 1984. 03 Anderson Marsh Project and Proposed Natural Preserve, Proposed

Cultural Preserves: Summary Inventory of Features, (Preliminary) 1984.

04 Anderson Marsh Project and Proposed Natural Preserve, Proposed Primary Historic Zone: Resource Summary, 1984. 05 Anderson Marsh Project: Inventory of Cultural Features, 1984. Box 3: 01 Anderson Marsh Project: Inventory of Features, 1977-1978.

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02-03 Anderson Marsh SHP Draft Resource Element, 1986. Box 4: 01 Anderson Marsh SHP: General Plan, 1989. 02 Anderson Marsh SHP: Interpretive Prospectus, 1987-1988. 03 Anderson Marsh SHP North Barn Foundation/Structure Repair, 2004. 04 Anderson Marsh SHP: Preliminary General Plan, 1987. 05 Anderson Marsh SHP: Resource Element, 1985. 06 Anderson Marsh SHP: Wildfire Management Plan, 1992. 07 Anderson Marsh State Park Burial Relocation, 1994. 08 Archaeological Evaluation of 14 Acres South of Anderson Marsh, Lake County, CA, 1982. 09 Archaeological Investigations at the Lewis Ridge Site (CA-LAK- 589) in Anderson Marsh SHP, Lake County, CA, 1986. 10 Archaeological Survey Report: Anderson Marsh SHP #701: Replace Potable Water System, 2005. 11 Archaeological Survey Report for a Proposed Widening on Hwy 53 from Lower Lake to 3½ Miles North in Lake County, CA, 1984. 12 Archeological Site Boundary Delineation in the Anderson Marsh Vicinity, Lake County, CA, 1980. Box 5: 01 Clear Lake Area Emergency Plans, 1982. 02 Clear Lake State Park Resource Inventory, 1976. 03 Clear Lake State Park Wild Fire Plan, 1985-1987. 04 Collection Status Report: Anderson Marsh SHP Cultural Heritage Council Collections, 2001. Box 6: 01 County of Lake General Plan: Technical Appendices, 1981. 02 Draft Collection Status Report: Anderson Marsh SHP Cultural

Heritage Council Collections, 2001.

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03 Early Prehistory of the Clear Lake Area, Lake County, CA, 1980 (pp. 309-314). 04 Ethnographic Evidence for Seasonal Population Movement Based on Plant Resource Acquisition: An Examination of the Clear Lake Basin, Lake County, CA, 1988. 05 Final Project Analysis of the Cultural Heritage Council’s Discovery

and Expedition Field School Program, Draft, 1984. Box 7: 01 Garner’s Ranch and Long Valley, Sacramento Jr. College Archeological Project: Lake County, 1934-1935. 02 How to Populate and Use the Resources of the Clear Lake Basin: A Prehistoric Example, 1992. 03 Intensive Cultural Resources: Survey and Evaluation, Cache Creek, Lake County, 1989. 04 Intensive Cultural Resources: Survey and Evaluation, Cache Creek, Lake County, 1991. 05 Interpretive Prospectus: Anderson Marsh, Clear Lake, Lake

County, CA, 1980-1985. 06 Lichen Dating Methods, 1996. 07 Preliminary Settlement Analysis of the Clear Lake Basin, Lake County, CA, 1985. 08 Project Report: Bird Life at Anderson Marsh State Park, 1983-1984. 09 Resource Inventory Appendix: Anderson Marsh, 1984. Box 8: 01 Resources Report: The Fish and Wildlife Resources of Anderson Marsh, Clear Lake, Lake County, CA, 1975. 02 Results of a Test Excavation at CA-Lak-589 Anderson Marsh SHP

Lake County, CA, 1988. 03 Site Recordation: Anderson Ranch Complex, Ranch House, 1984- 1987. 04 Task Order #DPT-001 for Agricultural Building Evaluation Contract # 4-823-3502 Phase I: Survey, 1994.

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05 The Archaeology of LAK-510, Near Lower Lake, Lake County, CA, 1984. 06 The Rock Art of Anderson Marsh SHP, Lake County, CA, 1987. Box 9: 01-03 Updates and Condition Assessments of Archaeological Sites within Anderson Marsh National Register District, AMSHP, Lake Co., CA, Vol. I-III, March 2011. Series 2. Publications, 1914-2005, undated. 50 ff. Material is arranged chronologically within type and includes histories, manuals, handbooks, directories, newsletters, news releases, and news clippings. One oversized, fragile book was relocated to its own box. OM Box 15 History of Mendocino and Lake Counties California with

Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the Counties who have been Identified with their Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present, 1914.

Box 10: 01 Clear Lake Pomo Society, 1926. 02 Historian’s Manual: A Guide to the Care of Antique Firearms: How

Best to Clean and Preserve Your Prized Possessions, reprinted from The American Rifleman, 1950, 1962.

03 The Pomo Indians of California and their Neighbors, 1969. 04 Guidelines for the Maintenance of Restored Historic Buildings, 1977. 05 Clear Lake Clarion, vol. 1 no. 3, 1983. 06 Museum Collection Management Resource List, 1984. 07 Preliminary Development Guidelines: Historical Structure Museums, 1984. 08 Northern Region Interpretation, 1987. 09 Fashions for Men, 1850-1870, 1988. 10 Fashions for Women, 1850-1870, 1988. 11 California State Parks Docent Manual: Clear Lake SP and Anderson Marsh SHP, 1992.

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12 Homestake Mining Co: McLaughlin Mine General Information Summary, 1992. 13 Sign Handbook, 1992. Box 11: 01 Firearms Instructor Manual Revised: Thomas Nixon, Silverado District, 1993. 02 Guidelines for the Curation of Archeological Collections, 1993. 03 Weapons System Evaluation and Recommendation for the California Park Service, 1993. 04 California State Parks Museum Directory, 1994. 05 Dots on a Map: Using Cultural Resource Management Data to Reconstruct Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Clear Lake Basin, California, 1994. 06 Anderson Marsh SHP: A Walking History, Prehistory, Flora, and Fauna Tour of a California State Park, 1999. 07 Peace Officer Involved Shooting Procedural Handbook, 2000. 08 Sharing the Neighborhood: Peoples of the Lake and Uplands, Clear Lake, undated. (2 copies). 09 Newsletters, 1983-1994. 10 News Releases, 1983-1994 11-12 News Clippings, 1980, 1982. Box 12: 01-23 News Clippings, 1983-2005. Series 3. Correspondence, 1981-1998, undated. 1 ff. Correspondence includes letters from elementary schools, donors, and docent organizations to the park and the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association and is arranged chronologically. Box 13: 01 Correspondence, 1981-1998.

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Series 4. Legal Documents, 1987-2003. 2 ff. This series includes the signed district copy of the contract authorizing the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association, through its president, for the provision of services within the scope of Public Resources Code 513 to the Anderson Marsh SHP. Also includes an incomplete record of donations to the park. Box 13: 02 DPR and Anderson Marsh Interpretive Assoc. Contract, 1996. OM Box 16 Accession Book, 1987-2003. Series 5. Histories, 1964-1992. 2 ff. This series is arranged chronologically and includes histories of the park, as well as individual histories of pioneer families of the area such as the Grigsby family. Box 13: 03 Unit Histories, 1983-1985. 04 Grigsby Family, 1964-1992. Series 6. Subject Files, 1959-2001, undated. 10 ff. Files are arranged chronologically and include park furnishing plans, exhibit notes, brochure mock-ups, and entrance kiosk and visitor center files. Box 13: 05 Furnishing Plan, 1959-1991. 06 Sign Requisitions, 1978-1991. Box 14: 01 Park Planning, 1985-1988. 02 Plant Research, 1986. 03 Exhibits, 1986-1991. 04 Weekend Excavation at CA-LAK-589, 1987. 05 Furnishing Plan, 1993. 06 Entrance Kiosk, 2000-2001. 07 Anderson Marsh SHP Brochure, undated. 08 Visitor Center, undated.

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Series 7. Ephemera 1985-2006, undated. 2 ff. This series includes Park Dedication Ceremony, Blackberry Festival, Old Time Bluegrass Festival, and Tea & Musicale programs, tickets, and flyers as well as blank Anderson Marsh Interpretive Assoc. stationary and certificates. Items are arranged by type and then chronologically. Box 14: 09 Brochures, Programs, and Flyers, 1986-2006, undated. OM Box 16 Posters, 1985-2006. Series 8. Cartographic Material, 1973-1986, undated. 2 ff. This series is arranged chronologically with oversized maps relocated to Map Drawer 1A. Five maps are restricted to researchers due to the sensitive nature of the information contained therein. Box 14: 10 Anderson Marsh Project (Clear Lake) Native American Sites: Inventory of Features (Appendix B) DPR, 1973. MD 1A RESTRICTED Anderson Marsh Project (Clear Lake) Cultural Resource Sensitivity:

Inventory of Features DPR, 1973. MD 1A RESTRICTED

Anderson Marsh Project (Clear Lake) Acquisition Plan DPR-704 Drawing No.18030, Sheet No.1 of 1, 1981, revised 1982.

Anderson Marsh Project (Clear Lake) Acquisition Plan Proposed Addition DPR-777 Drawing No.19259, Sheet No.1 of 1, 1983. MD 1A Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Base Map: Resource Element DPR Drawing No. 20805 Map 2, 1986. Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Cultural Resource Sensitivity: Resource Element DPR Drawing No. 20805 Map 4, 1986. RESTRICTED Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Natural Resource Sensitivity: Resource Element DPR Drawing No. 20805 Map 5, 1986. Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Resource Constraints Flood Prone Areas: Resource Element DPR Drawing No. 20805 Map 6, 1986. Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Resource Constraints Soil

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Erosion Hazard: Resource Element DPR Drawing No. 20805 Map 7, 1986. Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Allowable Use Intensity: Land Use Element DPR Drawing No. 20805 Map 8, 1986. Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Land Use Plan: Land Use Element DPR Drawing No. 20805 Map 9, 1986. Location and Map of Anderson Marsh, undated. (photocopy) Clear Lake Highlands Quadrangle: Proposed Boundary, undated. (photocopy) Clear Lake Highlands, CA: Approximate Locations of Known Archeological Sites, undated. (photocopy) RESTRICTED Anderson Marsh Cultural Preserve, undated. MD 1A RESTRICTED

Series 9. Artifacts, undated. 1 ff. This series contains a remnant of wallpaper with the cheesecloth backing which was found behind the west wall of the Anderson Marsh Ranch House on July 15, 1985. Box 14: 11 Wallpaper and Cheesecloth Fragments, undated. Series 10. Photographic Material, 1981-1998, undated. 3 boxes This series is arranged chronologically and contains photographs and negatives of Anderson Marsh State Historic Park and the Ranch House. Also included are photographs of events such as the Blackberry Festival, Tea & Musicale, Christmas at the Ranch, and Heritage Days. The collection contains images of Anderson Marsh SHP restoration, staff, docents, Anderson Marsh Interpretive Assoc. members, and copies original photographs of pioneer family members. Box 17-19 Photographs, 1981-1994, undated. Box 19 Negatives, undated. Box 19 Microfiche, 1979-1984. Box 20-21 Slides, 1983-1998, undated.

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Series 11. Media, 1988-1999. 4 tapes

This series includes one informational VHS tape and three audiocassette tapes of the California State Park and Recreation Commission approval of the Anderson Marsh SHP General Plan, an interpretive overview of Anderson Marsh SHP, and interviews of Percy Norman Baylis, Russell Anderson, and Alice Fanny Baylis Breslin. Items have been relocated to Media storage.

VHS Box 1 “Sharing the Neighborhood for 5,000 Years,” 1999. Audio Box 1 Percy Baylis, Alice Baylis Breslin, and Russell Breslin, 1988. AMSHP Interpretive Overview, 1988. Commission meeting at Clear Lake, General Plan approval, 1988.