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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Charles L. Bernheimer expedition field notes

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0553
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1919-1930

Arthur L. Chaffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1638
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1920-1976

Colorado riverbed case records [microfilm]

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1702
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1929-1931

John Hill Cone photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2240
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1945-1969

Elbert M. Dansie digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0869
Abstract

The Elbert M. Dansie digital photograph collection consists of images documenting a 1948 trip down the Colorado River.

Dates: 1948

Joseph Desloge river running video collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0641
Abstract The Joseph Desloge river running video collection (1942-1958) consists almost entirely of footage of river trips on the Green and Colorado Rivers. Several films were shot at the Grand Canyon. The collection also contains movies of trips on other rivers and of the Desloge family's other vacations and home life. Joseph Desloge was a St. Louis industrialist and philanthropist who frequently vacationed on the rivers of the West and joined expeditions led by prominent river guides of the mid 20th...
Dates: 1942-1958

Malcom 'Moki Mac' Ellingson river running video collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1022
Abstract The Malcom 'Moki Mac' Ellingson river running video collection (circa 1914, 1956-1963) consists of home movies of river trips in southern Utah and the vicinity, most frequently in the Glen Canyon area of the Colorado River. Several films contain footage of Native American towns and customs. The earliest film in the collection is a 16mm copy of a 35mm nitrate, intertitled film of boat trips on the Colorado River circa 1914. The collection also includes some films of Ellingson's family and...
Dates: circa 1914; 1956-1963

Seville Flowers photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1778
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1935-1965

French kayakers river running video collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0534
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1938; 2011

Clyde D. Gessel photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1561
Abstract

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).

Dates: circa 1940-1980

Hite Ferry dedication booklets

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0977
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1946 September 17

Hardy Jenkinson family home movies

 Collection
Identifier: A0827
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1951-1969

Mexican Hat Expeditions Grand Canyon river trip video

 Collection
Identifier: A0171
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1960

Alton Morton independent film collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0320
Abstract The Alton Morton independent film collection (1947-1968, 2011) consists of amateur and professional films by Utah filmmaker and inventor Al Morton. Morton's films includes narrative films about river running on the Green and Colorado Rivers as well as tourism films featuring Utah's scenic desert Southwest and national parks commissioned by the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council and other public organizations. The collection also includes an interview with Morton's daughter, Darlene Phillips,...
Dates: 1947-1968; 2011

Norman D. and Doris Nevills audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0245
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1938-1973

Old timers Colorado River trip video collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0718
Abstract The old timers Colorado River trip video collection (1994) consists of video recordings of an expedition down the Colorado River designed to document changes to the river, its geology and its ecosystem in the years after the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. Representatives of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and veteran river guides were joined by historians and archivists. This collection includes footage of the river trip, group meetings at Northern Arizona University, and...
Dates: 1994 September 09-14

Powell Society records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2486
Abstract The Powell Society was incorporated in 1969 in order to promote the general study of the canyons of the American West, the study of the Colorado River Basin, and the study of John Wesley Powell and his work, and also to facilitate the publication of materials generated by these studies. These are their official records, as collected by Dr. Henry W. Toll during his time as president of the society (1969-2008). Materials cover all aspects of the society's activity, whether administrative,...
Dates: 1956-2008

Reconnaissance of Kaiparowits

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0600
Abstract

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."

Dates: 1928

Reeder family safaris home movie collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1087
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1963-1966

William E. Rice papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2174
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1946