CalVada History Foundation
donations, loans and reproductions of historical material
Do you or someone you know have historical material relevant to Surprise Valley? Please consider donating, loaning or allowing us to reproduce your home movie footage, photos, letters or other documents that illuminate the history of our Valley.
We also would be thrilled to have you share material you already have digitized to preserve in our archives and share on the website and in the museum.
Click the button on the right of each section to go to our upload page.
photographs
Extended family of John Bucher and Laura Hanks photographed at their home between Lake City and Fort Bidwell, c. 1903.
Do you have photos taken in Surprise Valley that contribute to a fuller picture of the history of the valley? Consider donating photos or allowing us to make high resolution scans of your old photos for our archives and to display in the museum.
letters, diaries, maps and documents
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Newspaper clipping from 1948 reporting the fire that burned down a significant part of Fort Bidwell. From the Audrey Munroe Collection.
Do you have newspaper articles, letters, diaries, maps or other documents that help tell the history of Surprise Valley? We would love the opportunity to make high resolution scans for our archives and to display in the museum.
home movie footage
Regular 8mm home movie footage shot by Charles F. Catlin, postmaster of Lake City in the 1940's. Looking west with the Lake City Mill in the background.
Do you have old home movie footage shot in Surprise Valley? We will have any Regular 8, Super 8, 16mm movie footage or obsolete video formats carefully and professionally transferred to hi-resolution digital files without any cost to you. We will retain a copy for the museum to screen and give you a copy of the digital files on an external hard drive or thumb drive. You can donate the original footage to the museum to be archived or have it returned safely to you after the digital transfer.