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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

LaPhene "Don" Harris papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2881
Abstract The LaPhene "Don" Harris papers (1938-1998) consist of his diaries of boat trips, as well as a dairy written by Mary Beckwith, in which Harris was a boatmen on the journey to Glen Canyon. Also included are two interviews by Roy Webb and Gary Topping and Linda Thatcher. Don "River Rat" Harris gained his Civil Engineering degree at U.S.U. and has been piloting boats down the Colorado as a commercial guide since 1938, starting Harris-Brennan River Expeditions (one of the first three commercial...
Dates: 1938-1998

Hite Ferry dedication booklets

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0977
Abstract The Hite Ferry booklet (1946) documents the dedication of newly developed roads that lead into Hite, Utah. Several individuals spoke at the dedication including; E. P. Pectol (the County Commissioner of Wayne County), Zeke Johnson, Bishop John D. Rogers, J. M. Adams, Wayne Wonderland, M. C. Moffit, Gordon T. Hyde, Arthur L. Crawford, Bishop Martin Guyom, and Governor Herbert B. Maw.
Dates: 1946 September 17

Hardy Jenkinson family home movies

 Collection
Identifier: A0827
Abstract The Hardy Jenkinson family home movies (1951-1969) consist of family and vacation footage including footage of river-running throughout Utah and the surrounding areas.
Dates: 1951-1969

Mexican Hat Expeditions Grand Canyon river trip video

 Collection
Identifier: A0171
Abstract The Mexican Hat Expeditions Grand Canyon river trip video (1960) documents a rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon taken by Mexican Hat Expeditions from Lees Ferry Fort to Lake Mead. Salt Lake City river runner Don Neff appears in the film.
Dates: 1960

Alton Morton independent film collection

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Identifier: A0320
Abstract The Alton Morton independent film collection (1947-1968, 2011) consists of amateur and professional films by Utah filmmaker and inventor Al Morton. Morton's films includes narrative films about river running on the Green and Colorado Rivers as well as tourism films featuring Utah's scenic desert Southwest and national parks commissioned by the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council and other public organizations. The collection also includes an interview with Morton's daughter, Darlene Phillips,...
Dates: 1947-1968; 2011

Norman D. and Doris Nevills audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0245
Abstract The Norman D. and Doris Nevills audio-visual collection consists of films produced by the Nevills family with their river running company Nevills Expeditions and home movies. Some of the collection is digitized and available in the Digital Library.
Dates: 1938-1973

Old timers Colorado River trip video collection

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Identifier: A0718
Abstract The old timers Colorado River trip video collection (1994) consists of video recordings of an expedition down the Colorado River designed to document changes to the river, its geology and its ecosystem in the years after the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. Representatives of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and veteran river guides were joined by historians and archivists. This collection includes footage of the river trip, group meetings at Northern Arizona University, and...
Dates: 1994 September 09-14

Powell Society records

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Identifier: ACCN 2486
Abstract The Powell Society was incorporated in 1969 in order to promote the general study of the canyons of the American West, the study of the Colorado River Basin, and the study of John Wesley Powell and his work, and also to facilitate the publication of materials generated by these studies. These are their official records, as collected by Dr. Henry W. Toll during his time as president of the society (1969-2008). Materials cover all aspects of the society's activity, whether administrative,...
Dates: 1956-2008

Reconnaissance of Kaiparowits

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Identifier: ACCN 0600
Abstract The Reconnaissance of Kaiparowits microfilm reel contains two reports of archaeological expeditions: "Reconnaissance of Southern Utah on the Kaiparowits Plateau and in the Southwestern drainage of the Escalante River, May 18-28, 1928" and "Reconnaissance in Southern Utah west of the Colorado River, April 17-May 17, 1928."
Dates: 1928

Reeder family safaris home movie collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1087
Abstract The Reeder family safaris silent home movie collection (1963-1966) consists of home movies of family vacations in Southern Utah. Most films include footage of river running on the Colorado River. Locations include Clear Creek, Lake Powell and the Grand Canyon.
Dates: 1963-1966