As a component of my dissertation research on cordwood operations in the
Tahoe Basin during the Comstock era, I would be appreciative of citations,
especially grey literature, that contain research data on log cabin
construction techniques employed in the American West in the 1860-1890
time period.  Of particular interest are those associated with logging and
cordwood activites involving Chinese, French-Canadian, and other
relatively "homogeneous" national origin groups; and any reports that may
provide data on the ecological and spatial distribution of such cabins
within a region.
 
Thank you,
 
Ralph Giles
Dept of Anthropology/096
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada 89557