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South Cottonwood Ward (SOCOTWA)

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Reynold Brown digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1101
Abstract The Reynold Brown digital photograph collection contains images taken during a South Cottonwood Ward (SOCOTWA) river expedition on the Colorado River during the spring of 1958. Images include unidentified Glen Canyon scenery, expedition members swimming and hiking, and Lake Powell scenery. None of the images are identified. The Brown collection contains digital scans only taken from 35mm slides; originals were...
Dates: 1958

Kenneth Fielding McAllister photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1152
Abstract The Kenneth Fielding McAllister photograph collection documents the June 1956 river trip through the Glen Canyon of the Colorado River with a semi-private river running group, SOCOTWA. Also included is a SOCOTWA tee shirt that was given to each member of the party, and miscellaneous documents assembled as background information by Robert G. Vernon.
Dates: 1956

Ruth McDonough digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1125
Abstract The Ruth McDonough photograph collection consists of digital scans of 56 black and white and 6 color snapshots taken with a Brownie camera by Ruth McDonough on two separate river trips with SOCOTWA, an LDS river-running organization. The six color photos in Folder 1 were taken by someone else on the trip and later given to Ms. McDonough; the black and white photos were all taken by her.
Dates: 1956-1957

Mary Armstrong Milligan photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0892
Abstract The Mary Armstrong Milligan photograph collection consists of slides and photographs of river trips in Glen Canyon during the 1950s and 1960s. Mary A. Milligan was part of the crew on several SOCOTWA river trips in the late 1950s and early 1960s. SOCOTWA was an organization founded in the South Cottonwood Ward, Salt Lake County, that organized recreational and educational field trips for LDS groups, Boy Scouts, etc.,...
Dates: 1950s-1960s

A. Oscar Olson digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1089
Abstract The A. Oscar Olson photograph collection consists of digital scans of slides put together as a slide show by A. Oscar Olson. Most of them were taken during a Glen Canyon river trip with SOCOTWA Expeditions in May, 1962; while the rest were taken on later visits to Lake Powell in the 1960s through 1990s. He took the later photographs in order to show the changes in the original locations brought about by the filling of...
Dates: 1962-1990s

Walt Scott papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2133
Abstract The Walt Scott papers (1956-1962) contain travel journals documenting trips taken by the South Cottonwood Ward (SOCOTWA).
Dates: 1956-1962

SOCOTWA (South Cottonwood Ward) collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2029
Abstract The SOCOTWA (South Cottonwood Ward) collection (1948-2003) consists of materials reflecting the land and river activities sponsored by SOCOTWA, a non-profit organzation. Specializing in river rafting, SOCOTWA originated with the Eagles Club of the South Cottonwood Ward in Salt Lake City around 1948. Scouts were taken on river trips and to places of interest around Utah. Popularity of these trips by scouts and others expanded the operation of SOCOTWA and it became a full-fledged corporation in...
Dates: 1948-2003

SOCOTWA (South Cottonwood Ward) photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1124
Abstract SOCOTWA (South Cottonwood Ward) is a Utah non-profit organization specializing in river rafting. The SOCOTWA (South Cottonwood Ward) photograph collection contains images documenting the group's river running expeditions in the 1950s.
Dates: 1950-1960