Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Charles L. Bernheimer expedition field notes
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0553
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1919-1930
Arthur L. Chaffin papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1638
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1920-1976
Colorado riverbed case records [microfilm]
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1702
Abstract
The Colorado riverbed case records (1920-1931) consist of microfilm and microfilm printouts from this court case which determined who legally owned the riverbed of the Colorado River.
Dates:
1920-1931
John Hill Cone photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P2240
Abstract
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.
Dates:
circa 1945-1969
Elbert M. Dansie digital photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0869
Abstract
The Elbert M. Dansie digital photograph collection consists of images documenting a 1948 trip down the Colorado River.
Dates:
1948
Joseph Desloge river running video collection
Collection
Identifier: A0641
Abstract
The Joseph Desloge river running video collection (1942-1958) consists almost entirely of footage of river trips on the Green and Colorado Rivers. Several films were shot at the Grand Canyon. The collection also contains movies of trips on other rivers and of the Desloge family's other vacations and home life. Joseph Desloge was a St. Louis industrialist and philanthropist who frequently vacationed on the rivers of the West and joined expeditions led by prominent river guides of the mid 20th...
Dates:
1942-1958
Malcom 'Moki Mac' Ellingson river running video collection
Collection
Identifier: A1022
Abstract
The Malcom 'Moki Mac' Ellingson river running video collection (circa 1914, 1956-1963) consists of home movies of river trips in southern Utah and the vicinity, most frequently in the Glen Canyon area of the Colorado River. Several films contain footage of Native American towns and customs. The earliest film in the collection is a 16mm copy of a 35mm nitrate, intertitled film of boat trips on the Colorado River circa 1914. The collection also includes some films of Ellingson's family and other...
Dates:
circa 1914; 1956-1963
Seville Flowers photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1778
Abstract
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.
Dates:
circa 1935-1965
French kayakers river running video collection
Collection
Identifier: A0534
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1938; 2011
Clyde D. Gessel photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1561
Abstract
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).
Dates:
circa 1940-1980