SAGE REMEMBRANCES #7 By Bill T Russell, DPS Archivist/Historian, 1/93 DPS ARCHIVES

The DPS archives comprise the permanent records of the Section. These records serve management committees and are the base for historical studies and papers of interest to the members. The current officers generate and collect documents and at the end of the DPS year they are given to the archivist who binds the important ones into permanent files. Until 1989, the Secretary had custody of the archives. Some Secretaries took the time to winnow the material and to place documents in bound files, some accumulated loose papers and some left no records at all. There are essentially no records for the functions of treasurer, merchandise sales or conservation but we intend to create files as material is obtained. A very important part of the archives is the complete set of THE DESERT SAGE The collection had a 10 year gap with no issues from 1976 thru 1987, but in 1989, John Hellman donated his complete set of SAGES to the DPS which filled that hole. In addition, various individual issues were missing and Ron Jones supplied copies made from his personal complete file. Physically, the documents are bound into ACCO hard cover binders. The SAGES are in four volumes that are held in a "CRATE-A-FILE. The rest of the documents are held in pendaflex folders in two new 10" plastic file boxes with hinged covers. The recent historical papers labeled Sage Remembrances are also available as computer floppy disks as are the membership records that are maintained by Ron Bartell and Christine Mitchell. The files are:

1 THE DESERT SAGE A complete set starting with number 1 in Mar 1 950. 2 Scrap Book Has a list of scheduled trips thru 1961. Contains outing reports of early trips and clippings from the Southern Sierran to 1964; no entries since that time. 3 Membership Roll Book Has signatures of early members, It is now used to record signatures of List Finishers. See SAGE 214 4 Guide to Desert Peaks of the Southwest Draft material prepared by the DPS Mountaineering Committee in the 1950's. It resulted in a booklet DESERT PEAK GUIDE edited by Walt Wheelock, and published in 1962. 5 DPS Road and Peak Guide Second Edition by Randy Bernard, 1989 6 DPS Road and Peak Guide Third Edition by Dave Jurasevich 1991 7 Peak Registers Cerro Gordo (1939-42) and Edgar (1966-78). 8 Membership Application Letters Letters from 1948 to 1982 but with gaps of some years. 9 Membership Lists A good file of lists of members from Nov 1949 to date. 10 Emblem Application Letters From 1947 to date but with some gaps. 11 Emblem Holders Lists of emblem holders. See SAGE 220 12 List Finishers Application letters and lists of finishers. See SAGE 222 13 Peak Lists A file of all Peak List editions. See SAGE 213 14 Officers Lists the members of the DPS Management Committees. See SAGE 216 15 Bylaws Contains editions of DPS bylaws. 16 Minutes of Meetings From 1947 to date with some missing years. 17 Policies and correspondence A small file with some recent material 18 Duties of Officers Contains some old checklists for incoming officers. 19 Banquets Contains some banquet programs from the 1980's. 20 Outings Has a report on outings for 1991/92. Hopefully this file will be continued and expanded. 21 Mountaineering Committee Contains some information on some peaks that have been recommended for addition to the Peak List.

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