Manuscripts

Lost in the Grand Canyon

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Description: This computer-generated manuscript, entitled "Lost in the Grand Canyon," documents an August 1956 raft trip through the Grand Canyon taken by Neal Newby, the author, and his friend Francis "Frank" Moltzen. The trip was taken for personal recreation but was more difficult than the two men imagined. The text is accompanied by seventeen color photographs with captions and photocopies of correspondence by notable river-runner Otis "Dock" Marston. There is also a CD bearing a reproduction of an audio tape made by Neal Newby in 1956.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 2011.
Call number: mssHM 84083
Creator: Newby, Neal(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Neal Newby, Jr., August 2011.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Elwood P. Bonney photograph album of a trip to Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon

Manuscripts

An annotated photograph album of a trip to Zion National Park, Utah, and the Grand Canyon, Arizona. It includes 71 photos (including real photo postcards); color landscape postcards; one Grand Airlines souvenir ticket; one Grand Canyon Lodge pictorial letterhead; and one color postcard map. The album also includes a 3-page manuscript letter from guide "Kit" Carson to Bonney (1935, January 7), with four loose photos in the envelope, laid in. Kit Carson is also included in several photographs as are Hopi Indians in Oraibi. Album also contains two loose photographs.

mssHM 83436

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Glen Canyon rafting trip manuscript

Manuscripts

This manuscript, a mimeographed copy, provides a detailed account of a recreational raft trip through Glen Canyon on the Colorado River, in Utah, during the summer of 1958. The anonymous author describes the river, the scenery, the behavior of and interactions of the members of the excursion and their enjoyment of the adventure. There is a full-page map of their route and two pages of illustrations. The last six pages lists the 36 participants of the trip.

mssHM 83993

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Trip of the "Esmeralda II" and 19' Chris Craft down Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon in 1950

Manuscripts

Trip of the "Esmeralda II" and 19' Chris Craft down Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon in 1950 - wrecked helicopter - Mexican Hat Expeditions boats running rapids - salvaging "Esmeralda II" and running rapids - lining sadirons.

mssMarston papers R094 008

Grand Canyon

Manuscripts

A view of an unidentified area of the Grand Canyon, taken from a dry bed area looking up toward a tall outcrop at the rim. "3089" written in white in the lower left corner.

mssMarston papers No. 3089

Across Shinumo Canyon from saddle on trail from Bass Ferry, Grand Canyon

Manuscripts

A view across Shinumo Canyon taken on the trail to Bass Ferry in the Grand Canyon. "3129" written in white in the lower left corner.

mssMarston papers 99 GDCN 108.3129.11

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The El Tovar, or Grand Canyon Lodge, at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon

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The El Tovar, or Grand Canyon, Lodge at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon was already an important tourist destination in 1915. [Photo courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society.]

photCL SCE 12 - 00057

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