Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water, and the West photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1180
Scope and Contents
The Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water, and the West photograph collection contains 289 8 x 10 black-and-white and color photographs documeting the building of the Glen Canyon Dam between 1956 and 1966. Most of the photographs were taken by the United States Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation.
Dates
- 1950-1970
Creator
- Verdoia, Ken, 1952- (Person)
Language of Materials
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.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water, and the West photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Permission to publish material from the Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water, and the West photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Historical Note
The Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water, and the West photograph collection contains photographs collected for a 1999 documentary of the same name. Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water, and the West is a one-hour documentary produced by Ken Verdoia with associate producer Nancy Green for KUED, the public broadcaster of the University of Utah. The documentary depicts the history of Glen Canyon and of the idea of building a dam on the Colorado River; discusses the conflict between David Brower of the Sierra Club and Floyd Dominy, Commission of the Bureau of Reclamation in the 1950s; and depicts the construction of the dam between 1956 and 1966.
Extent
1 Box
Abstract
The Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water, and the West photograph collection contains photographs collected for a 1999 documentary of the same name about the construction of and controversy surrounding the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in the 1950s and 1960s.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Ken Verdoia in 1999.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Creator
- Verdoia, Ken, 1952- (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water, and the West photograph collection, 1950-1970
- Author
- Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu