Manuscripts

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Description: "Nevills-Frost 1933 & 1934; Van Eaton 1936; 1933-4-6-42-4-7-8-9 (Mostly short takes of early river-runners 15-20 years afterwards. Some early runs spliced in)": Jack Frost: Old black-&-white of Nevills expedition, Mar. 1934, down San Juan River - Oljato - Nevills family - Nevills San Juan run of? - Elzada U. Clover (1938) - Lois Jotter (1938) - Del Reed (1938, 1940, 1941) - Bill Gibson (1938, 1939) - Lorin Bell (1938) - August 1938 river scene with Nevills expedition - Jackie Frost on river (1938) - running rapids - camp scenes - Rainbow Bridge with waterfall - Hugh Cutler (1940, 1954, 1956, 1957) - Millie Baker (1940) - Doris Drown Nevills - John Southworth (1940) - Charles Larabee (1940) - Bonar Deeson (1940) - Barry Goldwater (1940) - Agnes Albert (1941) - unidentified people - Pres Walker - Neill Wilson - Dock Marston - Garth Marston - Bruce Wilson - Ed Olsen - Ed Hudson - Nevills daughters? - group expedition with Marston family - Alfred Milotte (1947) - Margaret Marston - unidentified - Kent Frost (1947, 1953) - unidentified woman - Francis Farquhar - Marjory Farquhar - motorboat - Joseph Desloge at home and on river - unidentified - Rosalind T. Johnson (1948) - unidentified - Nancy Streator - Frank Masland (1948, 1949, 1954, 1956) at home and on river - various unidentified - overturned boat - Norm Nevills and Dock Marston - Rigg Aviation - various unidentified - various unrelated clips (site where Nevills crashed?) - Nevills plaque placement at Mexican Hat with Barry Goldwater (1952?).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R010
Creator: Marston, Otis R(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: 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.
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"Idaho Reject": 1946. Aerial views - canyon and river scenes - airplane - camp scenes - running rapids - bridges - flowers - cascades - birds - ranch cabin - rattlesnake - unidentified people - Nevills boats - mule? - ferry. [entries: 1946 expedition; airplane; rapidrunning; flowers; cascades; birds; cabin; rattlesnake; sadirons; oarboats; aerial views; Snake River?; "Mexican Hat II"; Marston twins; Pres Walker; bees; Norman Nevills; "Joan"; mule; Salmon River; Kent Frost; Brownlee Ferry?]
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"Idaho - 1946": 1946. Enclosed scene notes, incomplete, state: "Rapids, close ups - Fawcett Mon. - Nez[?] Perce Mon. One Way Club Tablets." Trestle - smoke from forest fire? - flowers - camp scenes - Nevills boats - Nez Perce monument - Fosskett plaque - rapids - running rapids - bridge - plaques for One Way Club, March 1946." [entries: 1946 Salmon? expedition; Idaho; Nez Perce Monument; One Way Club; flowers; Nevills Expedition; sadirons; oarboats; William A. Fosskett plaque; rapidrunning; bridge; Pres Walker; Pres Walker; Nevills Expedition; Marston twins; Salmon River?; Kent Frost; Otis Marston]
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"47-48 G.C. Trip, No. 6 (Colorado River 1947-48, Reel 6) (Grand C Trim, 1947-1948 - Some Snake R.)": 1942, 1944?, 1945?, 1946, 1947, & 1948. Dolores River - some bits and pieces - San Francisco - Hoover Dam - animals - Farquhar. [entries: 1947-1948 expedition; Colorado River; Snake River; Dolores River; San Francisco; Hoover Dam; Francis Farquhar; animals; Monument Valley; rapidrunning; Nevills Expedition; Rosalind Johnson?; Nancy Streator?; Navajo Bridge; Vermillion Cliffs; Marble Canyon; Dock Marston; Grand Canyon; sadirons; oarboats; "Sandra"; "Wen"; "Mexican Hat II"; "Joan"?; Garth Marston; Little Colorado River mouth; Deer Creek Falls?; Otis Marston; Hoover Dam?; (footbridge); Pres Walker?; Norman Nevills; Rainbow Bridge; Indian ruins; Anne Desloge; various arches (identify); fossils; fauna; Marston twins; (Joan or Sandra Nevills?); Indian pottery; Golden Gate Bridge; Indian petroglyphs; Desert View; cable cars; waterfall (identify); rattlesnake; bison; lining; lizard; fish]
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"800' Jet T.V. Koda Print "Hell's Canyon Marston" - Hells Can. TV copy 800": 1946. Film for television showing trip by Nevills and Marston family down Hell's Canyon of the Snake River. Narrated by Steve Brodie. Shown on "High Road to Danger," Jan. 22, 1957. [entries: "Hells Canyon Marston"; Snake River; Hells Canyon; sadirons; boats, oar; "Wen"; "Joan"; "Mexican Hat II"; "Mystery Canyon"; (lava beds?); Brownlee Ferry; Norm Nevills; Kent Frost; Pres Walker; Neal Wilson; Howard Welty; (Ferris & Harry Dodge?); George Fletcher; Otis Marston; Margaret Marston; Marston twins; Salmon River, mouth; Nevills Expedition; swallows; snakes; deer; petroglyphs; inscriptions, Indian; airplane; One Way Club]
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Untitled: 1946. Enclosed scene notes state: "Titles - Ferry - Grass-hopper - boats drift at Sw Nest - Lewiston - swallow's nests - Ben overhead - gang on bridge at Riggins - Hell's Canyon Lodge - pat deer - eat at fire - carry dunnage - boats pulled into shore - boats pulled in below rapid - Tom's - M & Howard in boat - Norm with cap & gun - get up at Howard Ranch camp." [entries: 1946 Idaho expedition; Lewiston, ID; ferry; grasshopper; insects; swallow; Riggins bridge; Hell's Canyon Lodge; deer; Norm Nevills; Howard Welty?; Howard Ranch; Snake River; Salmon River; Nevills Expedition; sadirons; oarboats; "Mexican Hat ll"; rapidrunning; Margaret Marston; Press Walker; Kent Frost; airplane; burro; Marston twins]
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