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Rivers -- Recreational use

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

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

Andrew Pfeiffenberger river running video collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1025
Abstract The Andrew Pfeiffenberger river running video collection (1954-1955) consists of home movies taken by Pfeiffenberger of river trip vacations with Bus Hatch and "Smuss" Allen on the Yampa River and Green River in Dinosaur National Monument in Eastern Utah and Western Colorado.
Dates: 1954-1955

Amil Quayle home movies

 Collection
Identifier: A05806
Abstract The Amil Quayle home movies (1948-1965, 1999) consist of footage of river trips and other vacations and home movies taken by Quayle and his family 1948-1965 and features a long trip on the Green River between Manila and Jensen, Utah in 1951. The original 16mm footage was compiled onto a VHS videocassette in 1999 with narration added. Amil Quayle is a river guide from Saint Anthony, Idaho.
Dates: 1948-1965; 1999

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

Kenneth Irving Ross papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2939
Abstract The Kenneth Irving Ross papers (1893-2014) consists of materials regarding his explorations of the Southwest as well as his time as the director of Explorers' Camp.
Dates: 1893-2014

Ken Sleight river running video collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1105
Abstract The Ken Sleight river running video collection (circa 1962) consists of a 16mm silent film of a river trip through Glen Canyon. The areas depicted in the film were flooded after the completion of Glen Canyon Dam in 1963.
Dates: circa 1962