Mexican Hat Expeditions Grand Canyon river trip video
Collection
Identifier: A0171
Scope and Contents
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. This collection has been digitized and is available to view on DVD.
Dates
- 1960
Creator
- Mexican Hat Expeditions (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Mexican Hat Expeditions Grand Canyon river trip video must be obtained from the Special Collections Multimedia Archivist.
Permission to publish material from the Mexican Hat Expeditions Grand Canyon river trip video must be obtained from the Special Collections Multimedia Archivist.
Historical Note
Mexican Hat Expeditions was a commercial river running company based in Mexican Hat, Utah. After the death of Grand Canyon commercial river running pioneer Norman Nevills in 1949, his company, "Nevills Expeditions," was acquired by Nevills' boatmen Jim and Bob Rigg and Frank Wright, who renamed the company "Mexican Hat Expeditions" in 1950. In 1957, the company returned to the Nevills family when it was acquired by Nevills' daughter, Joan Nevills Staveley, and her then-husband Gaylord Staveley. Until 1969, the company maintained the tradition of ferrying passengers in the same type of wooden cataract boats Nevills originally used, but, to remain competative, ultmately converted to pontoons. Gaylord Steveley runs the company in its current incarnation as "Canyoneers, Inc."
Extent
1 VHS
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Marc Smith in 1991.
Processing Information
Processed by Roy Webb in 2013.
Creator
- Mexican Hat Expeditions (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Mexican Hat Expeditions Grand Canyon river trip video 1960
- Author
- Finding aid created by Roy Webb
- Date
- © 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu