Amil Quayle home movies
Collection
Identifier: A05806
Scope and Contents
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 (not held by the University of Utah) was compiled onto a VHS videocassette in 1999 with narration added. The VHS has been digitized and is available to view on DVD.
Dates
- 1948-1965
- 1999
Creator
- Quayle, Amil D., 1938- (Person)
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 Amil Quayle home movies must be obtained from the Special Collections Multimedia Archivist.
Permission to publish material from the Amil Quayle home movies must be obtained from the Special Collections Multimedia Archivist.
Biographical Note
Poet, painter, and river guide Amil Quayle (b. 1938) is a native of Saint Anthony, Idaho and grew up playing on the banks of the Henry's Fork of the Snake River. In 1961 he ran his first river trip and worked for many years as a full-time guide, mostly in the Grand Canyon and Dinosaur National Monument for Jack Currey's Western River Expeditions headquartered in Vernal, Utah. After earning his Bachelor of Science in sociology from the University of Utah, Quayle sold his river business and ranched in Nebraska, drawing on his experience working on farms in Idaho as a teen. He earned a Master of Arts (MA) and Docotor of Philosophy (PhD) at University of Nebraska in Lincoln (UNL) and taught English for Utah State University and Idaho State University.
Quayle has guided on many trips throughout his lifetime, including a pioneering descent in Mexico of the Rio Grijalva. His two sons and two of his grandchildren are river guides; five other grandchildren may follow his path. Other accomplishments include receiving the Vreeland Award, the Mari Sandoz Award, and the American Poets Award. His book Pebble Creek was published by Slow Tempo Press in 1993. His most recent collection is Grand Canyon and Other Selected Poems (Black Star Press, 2009). Amil Quayle currently lives in St. Anthony, Idaho, in a house his father built, and where he paints, reads, and in summer tends a large vegetable garden.
Quayle has guided on many trips throughout his lifetime, including a pioneering descent in Mexico of the Rio Grijalva. His two sons and two of his grandchildren are river guides; five other grandchildren may follow his path. Other accomplishments include receiving the Vreeland Award, the Mari Sandoz Award, and the American Poets Award. His book Pebble Creek was published by Slow Tempo Press in 1993. His most recent collection is Grand Canyon and Other Selected Poems (Black Star Press, 2009). Amil Quayle currently lives in St. Anthony, Idaho, in a house his father built, and where he paints, reads, and in summer tends a large vegetable garden.
Extent
1 VHS
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.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by subject matter.
Processing Information
Processed by Elizabeth Shuput in 2003.
Creator
- Quayle, Amil D., 1938- (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Amil Quayle home movies 1948-19651999
- Author
- Finding aid created by Elizabeth Shuput
- Date
- © 2003
- 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