Between 1946 and the mid 1960s Merle Shuster was hired by land developers, timber owners, and lumber mill owners to photograph specific sites. Approximately half the images in the collection come from these assignments and the other half are what Mr. Shuster chose to photograph as he was flying to and from the designated site.
The Herrick Land Survey and Map Collection consists of 251 land survey drawings and maps of Humboldt County, including a few of areas in Del Norte County (California) covering the 1890 - 1930 time period.
The Humboldt County Collection (HCC) Map Collection is housed in six 5-drawer map filing cases located in the Humboldt Room. The geographic scope of the collection is Northwestern California and the arrangement is primarily geographical.
Map of Humboldt Oil Lands, Humboldt County Collection Maps, Cal Poly Humboldt Library