Yellowstone/ Grand Teton

File — Box: 13, Folder: 12

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This collection was donated to the University of Utah in December of 1990 by Thorn Mayes' son, Thorn Mayes Jr., of Durango, Colorado. The collection was received by Gregory C. Thompson in Durango.

The heart of the collection is the aerial photographs that the senior Mayes used in his project to create the first map of the Monument Valley area. The photographs are of the drainage of the San Juan River, and include the watershed of the Rio Grande. The photographs date 1934-1937. These photographs were arranged chronologically by set, and then consecutively by index number within each set. The sets are not complete. See the survey indexes in Box 2, oversize, for the area covered. In both boxes, aerial photography is followed by landscapes. Box 2 contains an exceptional album of hand-colored photographs of the Grand Canyon by Fred Harvey of the El Tovar Studio.

Please note that due to the fact that Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc. Of Los Angeles took these photographs on contract with either the U.S. Department of the Interior or the U. S. Department of Agriculture, any one of the three parties could hold copyright. Patrons are responsible for obtaining written permission from the appropriate agency before copies of these photographs can be obtained.

See also Mayes own aerial photographs in the Norman Nevills Collection, P0341, Box 9.

Dates

1934-1937

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

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.