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Description: "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]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R020
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.
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"1956 (Probably 1956 - trim[?] Dock's)":1956. Scenes from the June, 1956, outboard motor down run through the Grand Canyon: wave patterns - rapids - running rapids - upset - outboard motorboats and people - canyon and river scenes - man floating - wrecked motor - running up rapids - camp scenes - repairing boat - on Lake Mead - Deer Creek Fall. [entries: 1956 expedition; motorboats; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; rapidrunning; boat repairs; Lake Mead; Deer Creek Falls; accidents (boat); Garth Marston; Frank Masland; Marble Canyon; swimming rapids; Bill Beer; (J. Ballard Atherton?); (Hugh Cutler?); "Cactus"; boat repairs; "Rattlesnake"; Joseph Desloge; Deer Creek or Elves?]
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"Cuts from C56 (Trim from Dock's Copy - G. C. 1956)": 1956. Scenes from the June 1956 run in outboard motorboats down through the Grand Canyon: river and canyon scenes - map of Grand Canyon - rapids - motorboats ashore - Deer Creek Falls - Supai - climbing cliffs - side canyons - running rapids - various people - camp - wrecked motor - in boat running Rapid - travertine fall - Lake Mead - Navajo Bridge - bathing - driving boat. [entries: 1956 Grand Canyon expedition; motorboats; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; Deer Creek Falls; Supai; rapidrunning; Travertine Falls; Lake Mead; Navajo Bridge; Marble Canyon; Lees Ferry; Bill Beer; Dock Marston; Inner Granite Gorge; Frank Masland; Atherton?; Joseph Desloge; Little Colorado River at mouth]
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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]
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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]
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"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)]
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"Grand Canyon, Aug. '63 - 24 fps. "[poor color]: 1963. Sportyak trip from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead: Lake Mead? - motorboats on Colorado River, Grand Canyon - camp scenes - sportyaks and rubber rafts - Navajo Bridge - rapids - very low water on Colorado River - watercolors - canyon and river scenes - helicopter - Belknaps - Indian dwelling - lining sportyak - waterfalls - Vulcan's Forge - Dock Marston in Sportyak running rapid - sportyak sailing.
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