George C. Collier Collection
Finding aid created by Contra Costa County Historical Society staff using RecordEXPRESS
Contra Costa County Historical Society
2018
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Title: George C. Collier Collection
Dates: 1976-1981
Collection Number: 2008.42
Creator/Collector:
Collier, George
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: His collection includes printed maps, articles, and a scrapbook during the time of excavation at Somersville.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
George C. Collier Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Biography/Administrative History
George C. Collier was a historian, author, and surveyor. He wrote A History of Contra Costa County, which he self-published
in 1970. He also self-published in 1976 the book, Laguna de los Palos Colorados—A history of the Moraga Rancho, Contra Costa
County. He was past president and secretary of the El Cerrito Historical Society. He worked over his career as surveyor for
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, and then for the Contra Costa County assessor’s office. After
retirement, he volunteered to work with archeologists from UC-Berkeley Lowie Museum of Anthropology in the excavation of Somersville
in eastern Contra Costa County.
Scope and Content of Collection
• Scrapbook of clippings, brochures, maps, and blueprints; some of which George Collier created.
• Booklet on Point Pinole
• “San Francisco: a Lecture given for Vista College, March 25, 1983” (typescript)
• “Old Stone Walls of the East Bay” by Frederick J Monteagle
• Map, Richmond General Plan, 1973 (move to map collection?)
• “Summary of the Richmond Coastline Plan,” 1971
• Map, Black Diamond Mine (East Bay Regional Parks), no date
• Correspondence from East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) about Sewage Sludge, along with articles about sewer sludge,
and a booklet from the district about their water.
• “From the Beginning,” by S.M. Marks, Secretary-Treasurer, typescript of article published in Bubbles, v. 5, no. 6, p. 3
(Oct 1922). A history of early water companies.
• Maps, different maps of California
• Newspaper articles
• Lecture on American Deserts
• Copy of Laguna de los Palos Colorados—A history of the Moraga Rancho, Contra Costa County.
Marks, S.M.
Monteagle, Frederick J.
East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)
East Bay Regional Parks
Point Pinole
Richmond
Black Diamond Mine
scrapbook
newspaper clippings
brochures
maps
blueprints
Laguna de los Palos Colorados—A history of the Moraga Rancho, Contra Costa County