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Description: "Oar Power (Master Dupe - Otis Marston (Paper to Paper) 'Helicopter Rescue' firm)": 1944?, 1945?, 1946-1948, & 1952? Camp scenes, 1948 Grand Canyon trip - fossils - Indian drawings - desert scenes and rock formations - lizard - scorpion - rattlesnake with Garth - deer swimming - antelope? - tortoise - coyote in trap - buffalo - rapids - log - derelict boats - hauling Nevills boats - running rapids on Colorado River and in Idaho? - lining - Green River? - Hatch River Expeditions large rubber raft - swimming rapids - driftwood fire.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R029
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: are not available on VHS.; 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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"G.C. Cuts, 1948": 1947 & 1948. Marston loading camera - aerial views of Lake Mead?- skeleton - rapids - Colorado River views - Vermillion Cliffs? - buffalo - airplane - canyon views - fires - camp scenes - bridge - Galloway letter - Kolb and Eddy inscriptions - fossil - Nevills - Vasey's Paradise? [entries: Dock Marston; aerial views; Lake Mead; skeleton; Colorado River; Vermillion Cliffs; bison; airplane; Nathaniel Galloway; inscription, Kolb Bros.; Kolb brothers; Clyde Langston Eddy; inscription, Clyde Eddy; fossils; Norm Nevills; Vaseys Paradise?; Marble Canyon; Garth Marston; rapidrunning; "Sandra"; "Mexican Hat II"; sadirons; oarboats; Grand Canyon; Redwall Cavern; Anne Desloge; Al Milotte?; Nancy Streator; Navajo Bridge; Hoover Dam; lining; Nevills Expedition; Joseph Desloge]
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"Cataract rejects (Reject - San Juan and Cataract)": 1944 & 1945. Scene notes state: "Boats in front of shop - at slide - Norm on cable - plaque base of monument SLC - log house - view down at Hole in Rock - come down to boats at Dark C - new arch, pan up - side pan under Rainbow - pan up to small window - flash flood - Norm gets hair cut - fishing - swimming - Glen C scenes - fossils - Elephants Feet - water action at Hidden Passage - Indian relics - Glen C scenes - Wall St. - Ed shaves and admires self - snail - boiler - put boats in at Hat - [sheet missing?] - back boat to river - Thompson Station - Baldwin - road to Moab [?] - load boats at Lees - Glen C river shots - boats drift on San Juan - road to landing, Hat - Rainbow Bridge - Mala, top of bridge - M puts on preserver - boats up on rocks - oil engine - dredge - Norm on trolly - Seagull Monument - Map: Utah & Arizona - plane takes off - map: Glen Canyon - map: Cat Canyon - map: Narrow Canyon - make airport - air shot - fast get away - lie in falls - [sheet missing?]. [entries: Cataract Canyon; San Juan River; 1944 expedition; 1945 expedition; Norman Nevills; Hole in the Rock; Dark Canyon; arch (identify); Rainbow Bridge; swimming; Glen Canyon; fossils; Elephants Feet; Hidden Passage; Indian relics; Ed Hudson; Marston twins; airplane; aerial views; oarboats; sadirons; cable at Mexican Hat; Mexican Hat; Gem Canyon; (Nevills daughter); waterfall; Otis Marston; Marble Canyon; Nevills Expedition; lining; Goosenecks; Thompson (town); "San Juan", "Hidden Passage"; Margaret Marston; "Wen"]
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"Dolores '48": 1948. "Dashing Down the Dolores with Ditty...: title - canyon and river scenes - lizard - camp scenes - launching boat - bridge - rapids - running rapids - frog - insects - flowers. Trip by Marston and Walker down the Dolores River in 1948. [entries: Dolores 1948 expedition; "Dashing Down the Dolores with Ditty"; Dolores River; lizard; Pres Walker and wife; Margaret Marston oarboats; "Rainbow Trail"; rapidrunning; bridge: frog; insects; flowers]
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