W. Stewart Gardiner audio-visual collection

Collection

Identifier: A0588

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The W. Stewart Gardiner audio-visual collection (1939-1970) consists of 40 8mm films and 1 VHS tape with home movies concerning Gardiner’s career as a river runner, as well as other outdoor recreation activities by the Gardiner family, such as skiing, fishing, and hunting. Includes footage of Gardiner river running Lodore Canyon and Green River with Zee Grant in the late 1930s. This collection is digitized.

Dates

Creation: 1939-1970

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 Note

W. Stewart ("Stu") Gardiner (1915-1997) was an early twentieth-century river runner, specializing in Utah's Green River. Further information on Gardiner can be found in an interview found in Accn 814, as well as in the book If We Had a Boat: Green River Runners, by Roy Webb.

Extent

40 8mm film

1 VHS

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The W. Stewart Gardiner audio-visual collection consists of home movies related to his career as a river runner, as well as the Gardiner family in outdoor recreation settings. This collection is digitized.