The James M. Aton papers (1829-2006) consist of articles, maps, newspapers, and book excerpts dealing with the natural history, archaeology, ecology, and early settlement of Southern Utah. The papers also include manuscript drafts, correspondence, and photograph use information pertaining to the writing of River Flowing from the Sunrise: An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan by James Aton and Robert McPherson.

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.

The James R. Clark archaeological research bibliography (1938) is titled Archeological Research and Exploration, A Selected Bibliography Annotated.

The C. Gregory Crampton collection was donated to the University of Utah in 1990. The collection extensively covers the Southwest United States and Southern Utah, in relatively recent expeditions and in governement surveys around the turn of the century. The Colorado River system, its environment, and the before and after effects of the subsequent water management activities such as the Glen Canyon Dam are a large part of the collection.

The Byron Cummings papers (1860-1954) contains two typewritten manuscripts. The first manuscript is based on Dr. Cummings expeditions to Northern Arizona in 1909. The second manuscript is an unfinished autobiography of Dr. Cummings's life until 1922.

The Earl Douglass papers (1879-1953) consist of the family and business records of Earl Douglass (1862-1931), a paleontologist from Minnesota, including the records of the discovery, history, and development of Dinosaur National Monument.

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The Earl Douglass photograph collection contains numerous photographs of Douglass, his wife, Pearl, son, Gawin, sister, Nettie, and many other family members. The bulk of this collection is comprised of photographs documenting the excavation of the area which is now Dinosaur National Monument, every stage of work is illustrated.

The excavation of the Jarvie site report describes the excavation of a nineteenth-century store in Brown's Park, Utah, accomplished during the summers of 1982 and 1983 under the supervision of Pamela G. Smith. The excavation was undertaken as an aid in the interpretation and reconstruction of the site as outlined in the John Jarvie Ranch Recreation Management Plan, 1980.

The Highways of the Ancients photograph collection consists of an album containing photographs of petroglyphs in Arizona, some of which are accompanied by explanations of the drawings.

The Charles Butler Hunt and Alice Hunt photograph collection contains slides of archelogical areas, geologic interest, as well as personal and professional slides.

The Jarvie Store Excavation Report photograph collection contains slides of the site and the artifacts found. Images were used as illustrations in the report entitled: The excavation of the Jarvie site / Pamela G. Smith.

The Jennings, Jesse D. archaeological video collection (1957-1988) consists of two sents of videos produced by prominent University of Utah archaeologist and anthropologist Jesse Jennings: the archeological survey of Glen Canyon before it was flooded by Glen Canyon dam (1957-1959), and a recording of his popular course "Tabletop Archaeology" (1988).

The Knight Belnap Kerr papers consist of a Mormon Church centennial program, 1930; Salt Lake City Covered Wagon Days (Days of '47) program, 1935; correspondence, a draft of an article, and photocopied clippings concerning the career of Andrew Affleck Kerr (1877-1929), archeologist and anthropologist at the University of Utah.

The photographic slide collection documents over forty years of paleonotological work at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Carbon County, Utah. Some of the slides were shown by the donor in the course of talks he gave about the history of the quarry, while others were collected by him to document the operations there. The slides were arranged and numbered by the donor in subject order, and that original order has been maintained.

The Lloyd M. Pierson photograph collection consists of images of Glen Canyon taken during an archeological survey trip in 1958.

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."

The Report of U.E.R.A. Project No. S-F2-53 Archaeological and Paleontological Exploration Under the Direction of Utah State Planning Board, Sept. 1934 - Feb. 1935, consist of a bound report resulting from this project, which purpose was to locate and record fields and sites of archaeological and paleontological interest in Utah.

The G. Ernest Untermann papers (1893-1975) emphasize the scientific and public activities of Gerhard Ernest Untermann and his wife, Billie, both geologists and employees of the Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal, Utah. Correspondence, reports, articles, news clippings, geological research, speeches, and other materials are included.

The Dan Vogel photograph collection consists of images taken of various books and paintings concerned with Ancient American Studies.

The Charles H. Walker papers (1951-2011) consist of his personal research, correspondence, documents and affects. It ranges from his research in archeology, collected information from travelling, genealogical information, and work on his autobiography.