24 2 Mile Rapid to Phantom Ranch

File — Box: 2, Folder: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Frederick Hoffman Wood photograph collection consists of 35mm color transparencies and color prints taken by Fred Wood that document his participation in the 1955-56 Hatch-Eggert River Expedition. Named for head boatman Don Hatch and photographer/film maker Charles Eggert, the purpose of this summer-long river trip down the Green and Colorado Rivers was to photograph and film the river canyons before construction started on the dams at Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon. The voyage consisted of two separate sections: the Green River from Green River, Wyoming to Lees Ferry, Arizona, in the summer of 1955, and from Lees Ferry, Arizona, through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead in the summer of 1956. Box 1 contains color prints taken during the 1955 journey, from Wyoming to Lees Ferry. There are some that were apparently developed with a different process, or on a different film, that still retain good color, but, unfortunately, for the most part, these prints have faded. As donated, the prints were in small double photo albums. As the paper stock of the albums was acidic, the prints were removed and the albums discarded. Very few of the original prints were labeled; instead, small slips of paper were inserted to label a few of the prints. These are retained in their respective folders. Information found on any of these slips that identifies a particular photograph will be found in the register surrounded by quote marks ("___"). Any information that is evident from the context but not labeled on the photographs will be included in the register in brackets, [___]. Box 2 contains color 35mm transparencies of the 1956 leg of the expedition, through the Grand Canyon. In some cases, individual slides were identified, but most are unlabeled.

A small collection of correspondence, brochures, and memorabilia, is found in ACCN 1603. The 8mm color films that accompanied the collection are housed in A0692. VHS videtotape copies of the films are available for patron viewing.

Dates

1956

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.