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Description: "Colorado River 1942. Reel 1 (Small fire at night - Plaque - Vermillion Cliffs from LF - Scenes, Water patterns, buttes - Big rock wave in Cat - Water patterns - Buttes below Soap - Whirls, waves, rapids)": 1942, 1945. Includes detailed scene notes. [entries: 1942 Nevills expedition; Vermillion Cliffs; Cataract Canyon?; Separation plaque; Lees Ferry; Grand Canyon; Glen Canyon; Marble Canyon; Little Colorado River mouth]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R019
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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"1945 Cataract Reject": 1945. Enclosed scene notes, which are not complete, state: "Glen C. scenes - 2 boats run in Cat - bluff in Glen C - butte in Glen C. - Glen C. scenes & water patterns - cave - 2 boats drift - water patterns - eating - Echo Rock - swim - bridge at Hat- Norm on cable - kids on cable - hermitage - water wheel - Hole in Rock - river & cliff on R. - swim - Rainbow - Navaho Mnt. - plaque at [Rainbow] bridge - Bridge." Most faded. [entries: 1945 expedition; Glen Canyon; Colorado River; Cataract Canyon; Echo Rock; Mexican Hat Bridge; Mexican Hat; Norman Nevills; waterwheel; Hole in the Rock; Rainbow Bridge; Navajo Mountain; Rainbow Bridge plaque; Marston twins; oarboats; rapidrunning; sadirons; Nevills Expedition; Ed Hudson; Nevills children; cabin; Otis Marston]
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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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"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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"Marston film - down river run 1960, May-June (Marston no. 01783 Head - PFH)": 1960. Down river run (not in proper sequence) of Turbocraft jet boats through Marble and Grand canyons: at Bright Angel - Lees Ferry - camp scenes - repairs. [entries: Colorado River; Grand Canyon; jetboats; rapidrunning; "Little Red"; "Big Red"; "Big Yellow"; Vermillion Cliffs; Bright Angel Bridge; Navajo Bridge; 1960 jetboat downrun; "Little Squirt"; Lees Ferry; Little Colorado River mouth; Dock Marston; Bill Belknap; boat repairs; Marble Canyon; Bright Angel Trail?; "Miss Turbocraft" (i.e., "Big Yellow"?)]
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"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]
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