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...