Stanley Jones papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS 0335

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Stanley Jones papers consist of materials concerning the 1979 commemorative trek by Stan Jones and Harvey C. Leake to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Wetherill-Cummings-Douglass expedition which "discovered" Rainbow Bridge. Included are biographies of Jones and Leake, historical background material, and an itinerary of the trek.

Dates

1979

Creator

Jones, Stan, 1922- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Stan Jones and Harvey Clayton Leake (great-grandson of John Wetherill) hiked to Rainbow Bridge from Paiute Mesa from 6-14 August 1979, just as Wetherill and his companions had done in 1909.