Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Charles L. Bernheimer expedition field notes
The collection consists of typewritten copies of field notes of archeological expeditions (1922-1930) through southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History. Includes typescript copies of correspondence addressed to "Dearest Clarchen" containing field notes from the 1919, 1920, and 1921 expeditions.
Arthur L. Chaffin papers
The Arthur L. Chaffin papers (circa 1920-1976) contains correspondence, financial records, mining documents, and other records concerning Chaffin's owning and operating of the Chaffin Ferry and his mining career. Arthur L. Chaffin operated the ferry across the Colorado River at Hite, Utah until the site was covered by Lake Powell in the 1960s. He was also extensively involved in mining in southeastern Utah.
Colorado riverbed case records [microfilm]
The Colorado riverbed case records (1929-1931) consist of microfilm and microfilm printouts from this court case which determined who legally owned the riverbed of the Colorado River.
John Hill Cone photograph collection
John Hill Cone (1906-1988) was a Utah photographer. This collection contains 55 color transparencies taken by Cone depicting Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge before and during dam construction.
Elbert M. Dansie digital photograph collection
The Elbert M. Dansie digital photograph collection consists of images documenting a 1948 trip down the Colorado River.
Joseph Desloge river running video collection
Malcom 'Moki Mac' Ellingson river running video collection
Seville Flowers photograph collection
Seville (Bill) Flowers (1900-1968) was a Professor of Botany at the University of Utah from 1936 until his death in 1968. This collection contains an image of Seville Flowers and Walter Cottam in the field and 304 color slides of Flowers' University of Utah field trips, Colorado River by air, Glen Canyon ecological survey, and copies of plates from Flowers' monographs.
French kayakers river running video collection
The French kayakers river running video collection (1938, 2011) consists of edited footage of a kayak trip down the Green and Colorado Rivers undertaken by French kayakers Antoine DeSeynes, Bernard DeColmont and Genevieve DeColmont in the autumn of 1938. A filmmaker, Bernard DeColmont made a color film on 16mm stock. Antoine DeSeynes made a black and white film on 8mm stock. The collection also contains audio recordings of an interview about the with Patrice DeColmont conducted in 2011.
Clyde D. Gessel photograph collection
The Clyde D. Gessel photograph collection consists of black-and-white prints, color slides, and transparencies primarily depicting water management in the American west. Clyde D. Gtessel (1918-2007) worked for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation as a Civil Engineer and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Hite Ferry dedication booklets
The Hite Ferry booklet (1946) documents the dedication of newly developed roads that lead into Hite, Utah. Several individuals spoke at the dedication including; E. P. Pectol (the County Commissioner of Wayne County), Zeke Johnson, Bishop John D. Rogers, J. M. Adams, Wayne Wonderland, M. C. Moffit, Gordon T. Hyde, Arthur L. Crawford, Bishop Martin Guyom, and Governor Herbert B. Maw.
Hardy Jenkinson family home movies
The Hardy Jenkinson family home movies (1951-1969) consist of family and vacation footage including footage of river-running throughout Utah and the surrounding areas.
Mexican Hat Expeditions Grand Canyon river trip video
The Mexican Hat Expeditions Grand Canyon river trip video (1960) documents a rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon taken by Mexican Hat Expeditions from Lees Ferry Fort to Lake Mead. Salt Lake City river runner Don Neff appears in the film.
Alton Morton independent film collection
Norman D. and Doris Nevills audio-visual collection
The Norman D. and Doris Nevills audio-visual collection consists of films produced by the Nevills family with their river running company Nevills Expeditions and home movies. Some of the collection is digitized and available in the Digital Library.
Old timers Colorado River trip video collection
Powell Society records
Reconnaissance of Kaiparowits
The Reconnaissance of Kaiparowits microfilm reel contains two reports of archaeological expeditions: "Reconnaissance of Southern Utah on the Kaiparowits Plateau and in the Southwestern drainage of the Escalante River, May 18-28, 1928" and "Reconnaissance in Southern Utah west of the Colorado River, April 17-May 17, 1928."
Reeder family safaris home movie collection
The Reeder family safaris silent home movie collection (1963-1966) consists of home movies of family vacations in Southern Utah. Most films include footage of river running on the Colorado River. Locations include Clear Creek, Lake Powell and the Grand Canyon.
William E. Rice papers
The William E. Rice papers (1946) contain the Hite booklet, one of 200 souvenir copies commemorating the dedication ceremony of a ferry crossing for the Colorado River at Hite, Utah.