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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

William C. Bradley photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0813
Abstract

The William C. Bradley photograph collection consists of slides taken by William C. Bradley documenting various trips down the Colorado River in Glen Canyon.

Dates: 1957-1985

Reynold Brown digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1101
Abstract The Reynold Brown digital photograph collection contains images taken during a South Cottonwood Ward (SOCOTWA) river expedition on the Colorado River during the spring of 1958. Images include unidentified Glen Canyon scenery, expedition members swimming and hiking, and Lake Powell scenery. None of the images are identified. The Brown collection contains digital scans only taken from 35mm slides; originals were...
Dates: 1958

Arthur L. Chaffin photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0769
Abstract

The Arthur L. Chaffin photographs contains materials 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: 1940-1975

Arthur L. Crawford photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0022
Abstract

The Arthur L. Crawford photograph collection contains a copy of the booklet entitled: Hite: September 17, 1946 containing mounted photographs which describes the dedication ceremony for the ferry across the Colorado River at Hite, Utah. The collection includes photographs of Lake Bonneville shells.

Dates: 1946

Peter Dayton photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1565
Abstract

Beginning in 1963 with the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, Glen Canyon and its 125 side canyons were flooded. This collection contains 2 color slides of Glen Canyon in 1957.

Dates: 1957

Charles Eggert photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0766
Abstract The Charles Eggert photograph collection consists of slides documenting the Eggert-Hatch filming expedition, the purpose of which was the make the last films of the Green and Colorado Rivers before construction of the Colorado River Storage Project was begun in 1956. The collection also includes photos taken during the creation of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Eggert was a photographer and independent filmmaker from New York. ...
Dates: 1952-1956

Mike Hallacy digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1110
Abstract

The Mike Hallacy photograph collection consists of digital scans of 28 black and white and one color print of the Green and Colorado Rivers. The originals were loaned to the University of Utah by Mike Hallacy in October 2003. They depict some of his river trips on the Green and Colorado Rivers with Reynolds-Hallacy River Expeditions.

Dates: 1949-1965

Charles Butler Hunt and Alice Hunt photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0568
Abstract

The Charles Butler Hunt and Alice Hunt photograph collection contains slides of archelogical areas, geologic interest, as well as personal and professional slides.

Dates: 1850s-1990s

Dick Harold Johnson digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1147
Abstract

The Dick Harold Johnson digital photograph collection focuses on river rafting on the Green and Colorado Rivers and boating on Lake Powell. The middle section of the collection contains images of the Colorado River, pre Lake Powell and the filling of the Lake.

Dates: 1957-1983

Remo Lavagnino photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0792
Abstract

The Remo Lavagnino photograph collection consists of river running and recreation images in the Southwestern United States.

Dates: 1958-1987

Katie Lee photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0762
Abstract The Katie Lee photograph collection contains photos of the Green and Yampa River, possibly related to her writings Dandy Crossing and The Ghosts of Dandy Crossing. Lee describes people living at Dandy Crossing (a ferry crossing on the old Colorado River between Hite Village and White Canyon, about three miles downstream from what is now Hite...
Dates: 1967

Harold Herbert Leich photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1049
Abstract The Harold Herbert Leich photograph collection consists of black and white images taken by Leich during his traverse of the Colorado River in the summer of 1933. The photos are mostly snapshots with some enlargements, and some duplicates. They cover the stretch of the Colorado River from its source in Grand Lake, Colorado (with some taken in the mountains above the source) through western Colorado and into...
Dates: 1933

William "Bert" A. Lucas slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2141
Abstract

The William "Bert" A. Lucas contains color slides of Glen Canyon between 1949 and 1951, ten years before the canyon was flooded to fill the Powell Reservoir in 1963.

Dates: 1949-1951

Daniel B. Luten Glen Canyon photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0822
Abstract

The Daniel B. Luten Glen Canyon photograph collection consists of slides that were organized by Daniel Luten for a presentation encouraging the restoration of Glen Canyon. All slides were captioned by Daniel B. Luten; captions are included in this register.

Dates: 1950s-1960s

Norman D. and Doris Nevills photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0341
Abstract

The Norman D. and Doris Nevills photograph collection documents Nevills' river expeditions on the San Juan, Green, Colorado, Snake, and Salmon Rivers from 1937 to 1948.

Dates: 1920-1949

Marjorie G. Paul photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0867
Abstract

The Marjorie G. Paul photograph collection documents a 1951 trip down Glen Canyon, but expanded to include her personal travel.

Dates: 1950-2002

Riverboat photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0063
Abstract

The riverboat photograph collection contains images of river boats on the Green, Colorado, and San Juan rivers in southern Utah.

Dates: 1890s-1920s

Ivard Ritchie Rogers photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1848
Abstract

Ivard Ritchie Rogers (1915-1988) served in World War II and was an outdoorsman and river runner. He worked for the Utah Bureau of Investigation, including 20 years service as director. This collection includes black-and-white and color slides depicting Rogers' military service and images of his friends and family. Also included are photos of Southern Utah and Utah national parks, river running, and the Green, Colorado, and Yampa rivers.

Dates: circa 1940-1980s

Frederick Hoffman Wood photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1037
Abstract

The Frederick Hoffman Wood photograph collection consists of 35mm color transparencies and color prints taken by Fred Wood that document his participation in the 1955-56 Hatch-Eggert River Expedition. The purpose of this expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers was to photograph and film the river canyons before construction started on the dams at Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon.

Dates: 1955-1956