"(Green River bridge - Buttes near Fisher Towers - Peats - Kent's jeeps - Same of Escalante area)": 1944, 1945, & 1955, with many unidentifiable. Jeep in forest - mountain views - Kent Frost jeep and home - Kent Frost jeep tour in canyons (Needles?) - arches and rock formations - Glen Canyon - Rainbow Bridge - Monument Valley - aerial views of unidentified terrain - arches - Loel and Maradel Marston in Monument Valley - Masland at home - airport - bridge - ruins - desert views - Hite ferry - view from Navajo Mountain, Slickrock area - Hole in the Rock? [entries: Green River, Utah; Green River Bridge; Kent Frost; 1944 expedition; 1945 expedition; 1955 expedition; jeep tours; arches (identify); Glen Canyon; Rainbow Bridge; Monument Valley; aerial views; Marston twins; Frank Masland; Carlisle, Penn.; Hite ferry; slickrock area; Hole in the Rock?; Kent Frost Jeep Tours; Monticello, Utah; Confluence Green and Grand (Colorado) rivers; Green River, Colorado River; Grand River; arches (identify); Joseph Desloge; bridge (identify); Indian ruins; Mexican Hat; Margaret Marston; Navajo Mountain]
While the principal focus is the history of river-running, the collection also touches, often in depth and with original materials, on the geology of the entire region, the history of mining, water issues, hydroelectric power development, recreational use and policy issues, the history of transportation, the ecology of various riverine ecosystems, exploration, the film industry and promotion of the West, and indigenous cultures.
Provenance
Gift of the Estate of Otis R. Marston, with numerous smaller additions from G. Marston and many others, November 7, 1979, with additions 1950-1992.
Restrictions
Reels 140, 152-154, and 159 are not available on VHS.
Transparencies and negatives can be accessed only through existing prints in other sections of the collection or through Photo CD copies.
Rights
open for reading only. May not be copied or quoted.
Formal permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts Dept., Henry E. Huntington Library, for the reproduction, quotation, exhibition, or any other public or commercial use of any material in the collection. In addition, when the copyright, film rights, or literary rights are held by a third party, permission must also be sought from that party.
"Colorado River 1947 Raw Reel 4": 1944-1946, 1947 (the bulk of the reel), & 1948. Inside the film can are detailed scene notes. Includes rapids - Pierce Ferry/Grand Wash Cliffs area - Indian ruins - canyon and river scenes - Green River - Bright Angel - Grand Canyon - Hoover Dam - Lake Mead - San Francisco - Monument Valley. [entries: rapids; Pierce Ferry: Grand Wash Cliffs; Indian ruins; Green River; Bright Angel Creek; Grand Canyon; Hoover Dam; Lake Mead; San Francisco; Monument Valley; Norm Nevills; waterfall (identify); Margaret Marston; 1947 expedition; Garth Marston; Rosalind Johnson; Nevills Expedition; sadirons; oarboats; airplanes; Phantom Ranch; Bright Angel Bridge; "Mexican Hat II"; Tapeats or Supai?; Anne Desloge; Hoover Dam; Lake Mead; Golden Gate Bridge; Oakland Bay Bridge; San Rafael Bridge?; various arches (identify); San Francisco Bay; Monument Valley; Mexican Hat; Marston twins; [Nevills daughter?]; Ed Hudson; rapidrunning; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; Green River; "Wen"; "Sandra"; "Joan"; horses; Joseph Desloge; lining, Cedar Breaks?; San Juan River; Vaseys Paradise?; insects; lizards; birds, Flaming Gorge?]
"River Course - Bridges (R of R Reel I Part One Master Pix Heads)": 1945?, 1947, 1948, & 1950? Title, "So Granma Rides the Rapids of the Grand Canyon: - map - San Francisco - snowy mountains - Green River from Flaming Gorge to Confluence - Colorado River from Confluence to Lake Mead - cable - Grand Canyon views - aerial views - volcanic eruptions - desert and canyon views - Hoover Dam - rapids - map - bridges - arches. [entries: San Francisco; "So Granma Rides the Rapids of the Grand Canyon"; Green River; Flaming Gorge; Confluence of Green and Grand rivers; Colorado River; Cataract Canyon; Lake Mead; Grand Canyon; aerial views; volcanoes; Hoover Dam; arches; bridges; cable cars; Golden Gate Bridge; San Rafael Bridge?; Francis P. Farquhar?; Nevills Expedition; "Wen"; Green River; Ashley Falls?; Split Mountain; Shiprock [or Echo?]; Dinosaur National Monument; Green River, Utah?; Glen Canyon?; Hole in the Rock; Dock Marston; Navajo Mountain?; Vermillion Cliffs; Lees Ferry; Marble Canyon; Vaseys Paradise?; cable across Marble Canyon; dam camp; bridge; Angels Wing; Phantom Ranch; Inner Granite Gorge; rapids; Norm Nevills; motorboats; Little Colorado River?; church; cascade; waterfall; lava flows; Hawaii; Joseph Desloge; Diamond Peak?; high tension electric transmission lines; hand cable; foot bridge; bridge at Moab?; Navajo Bridge; Bright Angel Bridge; Bright Angel or Kaibab trail; ruins of cage cable; arches (various, identify); natural bridges (various, identify); Rainbow Bridge; airplane]
"Desolation - GR '51": 1951. Marston trip through Desolation Canyon with Reynolds/Hallacy: camp scenes - canyon and river scenes - arches and rock formations - running rapids - waterwheel. [entries: Green River; 1951 Green River expedition; Desolation Canyon; Reynolds-Hallacy Expedition; rapidrunning; Marston twins; Margaret Marston; arches (identify); oarboats; waterwheel]
"G.C. Cuts, 1948": 1945?, 1947, & 1948. San Francisco - pack train through tunnel - arch - map - "River ways of Rapidsmen..." - rapids - camp scenes - Grand Canyon views - on the river - Garth and rattlesnake - Rainbow Bridge - "Arches National Monument" title - cliff dwellings - fossil. [entries: Grand Canyon; San Francisco; cable cars; (bridge, identify?); Golden Gate Bridge; Bright Angel Trail?; (arch, identify?); "Riverways of Rapidsmen"; Garth Marston; Anne Desloge; rattlesnake; Rainbow Bridge; Otis Marston; Rosalind Johnson?; boat, wrecked; Marston twin; "Joan"; Angel's Wing?; Oakland Bay Bridge; fossil; "Arches National Monument"; Al Milotte?]
