Manuscripts

037

Description: "Motor - 1948-1952": 1948-1952. Enclosed scene notes, which are not complete, state: "Lees Ferry - Brown lnsc. - Edi, Willie M. - Hudson at Plaque - Esm. repair, 1948 - Soap - Belknap and Joe wash dishes - Salt - Supai - Heli.r at Tapeats - Guy and Nancy - Edi - Dan - Jimmy - Mac." [entries: Lees Ferry; F.M. Brown inscription; Frank Mason Brown; "Esmeralda II"; boat repairs; Soap Creek Rapid; Bill Belknap; Joseph Desloge; Hopi Salt?; Supai; helicopter; Tapeats; aerial views; Dock Marston; motorboats; Lake Mead; Separation plaque; Ed Hudson; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; Inner Granite Gorge; rapidrunning; Travertine Falls; Arizona Helicopter Service; Flaming Gorge?; Green River; Macdonald Salvage Co.; swimming rapids]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R079
Creator: Marston, Otis R(Opens in new tab)
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037

Manuscripts

"Hudson Trim (Hudson Trim, 1948-1949)". 1948-1949. Scenes, not in sequence, include working on "Esmeralda II" - finished - launching - Grand Canyon views - helicopter views - rapids - Supai. [entries: Ed Hudson; "Esmeralda II"; Grand Canyon; helicopter; Supai; Lake Mead; Colorado River; Marble Canyon; Vaseys Paradise; rapids; motorboats; aerial views; wrecked boat]

R080

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015

Manuscripts

"(Master Pic Atherton)": 1956. "Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminum Boat and Outboard Motor from Lee's Ferry Arizona to Boulder City Nevada on Lake Mead June 4-17,1956.": Not entirely in sequence. [entries: "Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminum Boat and Outboard Motor...; Ballard Atherton; Bill Beer; Hugh Cutler; Josh Eisaman; Otis Marston; Frank Masland; Art Green's Motel?; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Lees Ferry; Garth Marston; Willie Taylor; Joe Desloge?; Badger Creek Rapid; Soap Creek Rapid; 24 1/2 Mile Rapid; Redwell Cave; President Harding Rapid; Little Colorado River, mouth; Unkar Rapid; Hance Rapid; swimming rapids; Phantom Ranch; Granite Falls Rapid; Hermit Rapid; aerial cable car; Elve's Chasm; Dubendorff Rapid; Tapeats Creek; Deer Creek Falls; Supai Canyon; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan); accident; Mile 217 Rapid; Lake Mead; Sandy Point; Bill Belknap]

R111

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040

Manuscripts

"Motorboats down G.C. June 4-17, 1956":1956. "Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminium Boat and Outboard Motor from Lee's Ferry Arizona to Boulder City Nevada on Lake Mead, June 4-17,1956." Occasional differences from reel 111. [entries:"Through the Grand Canyon by Aluminum Boat and Outboard Motor..."; Al Green's Motel?; Vermilion Cliffs; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Badger Creek Rapid; Lees Ferry; Bill Beer; Garth Marston; Otis Marston; Willie Taylor; 1956 expedition; motorboats; Frank Masland; Joe Desloge; Soap Creek Rapid; 24 1/2 Mile Rapid; Grand Canyon; Redwall Cave; Little Colorado River, mouth; Unkar Rapid; Hance Rapid; Phantom Ranch; Bright Angel Bridge; Granite Falls Rapid; (Bass Cable?); Elves Chasm; J. Ballard Atherton?; Dubendorff Rapid; Tapeats Creek; Deer Creek Falls; Supai Canyon; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan); accident; Mile 217 Rapid; Separation Rapid; "Cactus"; Lake Mead; Travertine Falls; Sandy Point; Bill Belknap; Temple Bar?]

R112

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009

Manuscripts

"Cable - Thunder Sp - Supai - Tuweap - Paria Pl - Soap - Shivwits - Mead": 1950, 1951?, and probably several other years. Incomplete enclosed scene notes state: "Plane & Ballard, Nav Mt. - Plane at Art Greene's - Paria Plateau - Lees Ferry - sinkhole - Soap Ck - Cable: barge; dynamite; outboard - Harding - Little Colo. - Hance - Th. Spring - Supai - Tuweep - Shivwits - Head, use Iceberg Canyon." Deals in general with the region of Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon. A great deal of footage on the cable at Vasey's in 1950. There are many aerial views. Also includes "Mauna Loa Erupts 1950." [entries: Mauna Loa; Vulcan's Anvil; Lake Mead?; Navajo Mountain; Marble Canyon?; Navajo Bridge; cable (Bridge Canyon dam site?, Vasey's Paradise); Otis Marston; dams; Havasupai Canyon and waterfalls; volcano (at Vulcan?, Paria Plateau); Thunder Spring; Supai; Tuweap?; Lees Ferry; Soap Creek Rapid?; President Harding Rapid?; Little Colorado River, mouth?; Hance Rapid; Thunder Spring; Grand Canyon; Shivwits]

R090

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038

Manuscripts

"1950 Cuts - Cut Outs Master": 1950? River and rapids scenes - aerial shots - Grand Canyon views - motorboats - Supai? - wrecked helicopter - helicopter landing and taking off - travertine falls - side canyons. Includes some duplicates. [entries: 1950 expedition; aerial views; Grand Canyon; Supai?; helicopter; helicopter accident; Travertine Falls; rapidrunning; motorboats; Colorado River; "Esmeralda II"; Havasupai Canyon; Supai or Tapeats?; Ed Hudson; Joe Desloge; Dock Marston; Bill Belknap]

R096

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031

Manuscripts

"(1957 not edited - Pug - Thunder Spr. Waters[?]) C '57": 1957. "Grand Canyon Motorcade" title - various motorboats - scenes of fueling - accelerating - controls - on Colorado River through Marble and Grand canyons - camp scenes - cascades. [entries: 1957 expedition; Thunder Spring; J. Ballard Atherton; motorboats; Colorado River; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; Otis Marston; "Grand Canyon Motorboats"; Lees Ferry; Harris/Brennan Expeditions; "Jax"; rapidrunning; Joseph Desloge; I'Anson?; cable cage; wrecked boat; "Cactus"; Supai or Tapeats?; "Rattlesnake"; Otis Marston]

R119

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