Manuscripts

023

Description: "Canyon Country: Bridges; ruins; Indians; Mormons; gold; oil - Faded - Anscochrome": Mid 1940s. "Whistling thru the graveyard of the Colorado River" title - map - views of the tributary basins of the Dirty Devil, Escalante, Paria, San Juan, and Little Colorado rivers - Glen Canyon - arches - Indian dwellings, ruins, and drawings - Indians - inscriptions - mining ruins and machinery. [entries: Canyonlands?; "Whistling Thru the Graveyard of the Colorado River"; Colorado River; Glen Canyon; airplane; Nevills Expedition; Mexican Hat; Otis Marston; waterfalls; arches (identify); Arches National Monument; Rainbow Bridge; Marston twins; Norman Nevills; Indian dwellings; Indian petroglyphs; Indian pottery; Indian hogan; Garth Marston; flowers; lizard; Margaret Marston; Doris Drown Nevills; Indian pueblo; Pueblo Indians?; horses; Indian dancers and musicians; Inscriptions (1642, 1837); Ed Hudson; "Rainbow T???"; (Hole in the Rock down to river?); horses; Bryce Canyon; oil equipment; Cane Creek Oil Co. well;]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R042
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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