Ray Bramble photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0795

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The slides in this collection document river trips taken by Ray Bramble and his brothers, along with other youths, through Glen Canyon of the Colorado River in July 1954. The trip was outfitted by SOCOTWA, a semi-private river outfitter of the period. (The name is an acronym for South Cottonwood Ward). Many of the slides document the climb up Rainbow Bridge. Identification provided by Ray Bramble in April 2000. Slides are not in geographic (i.e., downriver from launch to takeout) order.

Dates

1954

Creator

Bramble, Ray (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

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 / Historical

Glen Canyon is a natural canyon carved by a 169.6-mile (272.9 km) length of the Colorado River, mostly in southeastern and south-central Utah, in the United States. Glen Canyon starts where Narrow Canyon ends, at the confluence of the Colorado River and the Dirty Devil River. A small part of the lower end of Glen Canyon extends into northern Arizona and terminates at Lee's Ferry, near the Vermilion Cliffs. Like the Grand Canyon farther downstream, Glen Canyon is part of the immense system of canyons carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries. [Wikipedia]