Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Charles L. Bernheimer expedition field notes
The collection consists of typewritten copies of field notes of archeological expeditions (1922-1930) through southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History. Includes typescript copies of correspondence addressed to "Dearest Clarchen" containing field notes from the 1919, 1920, and 1921 expeditions.
Arthur L. Chaffin papers
The Arthur L. Chaffin papers (circa 1920-1976) contains correspondence, financial records, mining documents, and other records concerning Chaffin's owning and operating of the Chaffin Ferry and his mining career. Arthur L. Chaffin operated the ferry across the Colorado River at Hite, Utah until the site was covered by Lake Powell in the 1960s. He was also extensively involved in mining in southeastern Utah.
Colorado riverbed case records [microfilm]
The Colorado riverbed case records (1929-1931) consist of microfilm and microfilm printouts from this court case which determined who legally owned the riverbed of the Colorado River.
John Hill Cone photograph collection
John Hill Cone (1906-1988) was a Utah photographer. This collection contains 55 color transparencies taken by Cone depicting Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge before and during dam construction.
Elbert M. Dansie digital photograph collection
The Elbert M. Dansie digital photograph collection consists of images documenting a 1948 trip down the Colorado River.
Joseph Desloge river running video collection
Malcom 'Moki Mac' Ellingson river running video collection
Seville Flowers photograph collection
Seville (Bill) Flowers (1900-1968) was a Professor of Botany at the University of Utah from 1936 until his death in 1968. This collection contains an image of Seville Flowers and Walter Cottam in the field and 304 color slides of Flowers' University of Utah field trips, Colorado River by air, Glen Canyon ecological survey, and copies of plates from Flowers' monographs.
French kayakers river running video collection
The French kayakers river running video collection (1938, 2011) consists of edited footage of a kayak trip down the Green and Colorado Rivers undertaken by French kayakers Antoine DeSeynes, Bernard DeColmont and Genevieve DeColmont in the autumn of 1938. A filmmaker, Bernard DeColmont made a color film on 16mm stock. Antoine DeSeynes made a black and white film on 8mm stock. The collection also contains audio recordings of an interview about the with Patrice DeColmont conducted in 2011.
Clyde D. Gessel photograph collection
The Clyde D. Gessel photograph collection consists of black-and-white prints, color slides, and transparencies primarily depicting water management in the American west. Clyde D. Gtessel (1918-2007) worked for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation as a Civil Engineer and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).