Manuscripts

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Description: "Early river runs, Colorado River, late 1930s - 1939, Loper-Harris (1939 - Loper, Harris, Klevin, Gibson - Photography by Gibson - Projection copy Run at 16 fps.": Run through Marble and Grand canyons, with each rapid preceded by title. [entries: Bert Loper; Don (Laphene?) Harris; (Loper's boat); sadirons; rapidrunning; oarboats; "Mexican Hat"; Badger Creek Rapid; Soap Creek Rapid; 25 Mile Rapid; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; Sockdologer Rapid; Horn Creek Rapid; Granite Ledge Rapid; Serpentine Rapid; Walthenberg Rapid; Dubendorff Rapid; Upset Rapid; Lava Falls Rapid (Vulcan)]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R014
Creator: Marston, Otis R(Opens in new tab)

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"1939: Loper, Harris, Gibson, Klevin": Colorado River run from Lees Ferry to Lava Falls, July 1939, plus later interviews. [entries: Bert Loper; Don (Laphene)Harris?; Gibson; Klevin; Badger Creek Rapid; rapidrunning; "Mexican Hat"; Soap Creek Rapid; 25 Mile Rapid; Hance Rapid; Horn Creek Rapid; Upset Rapid]

R015

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"B & W - Aluminum Ads 1951": 1951 and 1956? Scenes in Las Vegas, on desert, and at Lake Mead (1956?). Grand Canyon views - aerial views - launching of the motorboat "Sweet Chariot" at Lees Ferry, 1951 - trip in 1951 through Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon of several motorboats, including the "Sweet Chariot," "June Bug," and a Chris Craft inboard - "Shooting the Rapids with Aluminum" titles. [Beer and Daggett swimming rapid? Check it] [entries: Las Vegas; Riviera Hotel; Lake Mead; Grand Canyon; motorboats; aerial views; "Sweet Chariot"; Lees Ferry; Marble Canyon: "June Bug"; swimming rapids; Deer Creek Falls; Tapeats?; Smith Craft; boats, aluminum]

R097

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Manuscripts

"Colorado River 6.5 (Good Walls - Whirls - Waves: Vulcan - Sadiron: run, line - Baloney: pumps, start - Supai Ck. - Deer Ck Falls - Run Vulcan - Bow Shot - On Lake - Nancoweap)": 1942 and 1956. Canyon and river scenes - rapids - running rapids - lining - Georgie White inflating raft - large rafts leaving - side canyon and stream - Deer Creek Falls - outboard motorboats running rapids (1956). [entries: Grand Canyon; sadirons; oarboats; "Mexican Hat II"; Garth Marston; Georgie White and husband; inflatable rafts; Deer Creek Falls; Havasupai Canyon; Otis Marston; motorboats; Lake Mead]

R020

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"1956: Copy of Hugh Cutler film": 1956. Scenes from the June 1956 run in outboard motorboats down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon. Enclosed scene notes state: "Hugh's film - Harding wave: fine - Camp at 67 - Rod &.. recognize C - Josh: good - Cactus crew: good - Garth good - Bill Beer: good - Hugh: good - Joe: good - Hance run: fair - Pan of rapid: NG - Mon Ck: OK - Detail: OK - Bootoo: OK - 1st shot Elves Chasm: ok - Bootoo in Dubie OK - Rough [?] detail can be used - Deer Ck Fall: N. G - Rod & Joe: OK - two boats ahead OK. [entries: Navajo Bridge; aerial views; airplane; Marble Canyon; Joseph Desloge; Dock Marston; Frank Masland; Garth Marston; Bill Beer; motorboats (outboards); Deer Creek Falls; boat repairs; 1956, June motorboat run; Colorado River; Hugh Cutler; President Harding Rapid; blf067; Rod Sanderson?; Josh Eiseman?; "Cactus"; Hance Rapid; Monument Creek; "Bootoo"; Elves Chasm; Dubendorff Rapid]

R116

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"(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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"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?]

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