Manuscripts

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Description: "16 mm copy of part of Clyde Eddy's 1927 Colorado River Expedition film - notes used by Clyde Eddy to accompany motion pictures of his Colorado River Expedition, June 27 to August 8, 1927": Film titled, "Defying Death on the Colorado," from the television program "Thrills & Chills." Gift of Clyde Eddy. Includes two sets of notes [entries: Doug Allan Productions. Inc.; "Thrills and Chills with Doug Allan" (television program); "Defying Death on the Colorado"; Clyde Eddy; expedition, Clyde Eddy, 1927; Glen Canyon; Butte of the Cross; Cataract Canyon; Green River; Marble Canyon; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; boat, oar; "Coronado"; "Dellenbaugh"; (names of crew members); animals; Dark Canyon Rapid; Less Ferry; Spencer Canyon; Deer Creek Falls; Glen Canyon; Spencer Canyon Rapid]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R007
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.
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. Master II - Marston (Master Pic. - Marston 'G.C. II' - Reel No. 1 - Heads) (Marston G.C. Part One - Master pix head)": 1942?, 1944, 1945, 1946, & 1947. Indian ruins and pottery - black-and-white old stills - inscriptions - Separation plaque - Emery Kolb - Clyde Eddy - drawings - Elzada Clover - Lois Jotter - Bert Loper - various unidentified persons - skeleton - machinery on Colorado River - fire - old trunk and clothes - camp scenes - waterfalls - flowers - map - river scenes - running rapids - desert views - rock formations - Monument Valley - mudslide - Supai (Havasu) - Little Colorado - rafting rapids - swimming through rapids - wave patterns - rapids - travertine falls - Lake Mead - amphibian airplane [entries: Clyde Eddy; Elzada Clover; Lois Jotter; Bert Loper; Monument Valley; Supai Canyon; Little Colorado River mouth; swimming rapids; Travertine Falls; Lake Mead; airplanes, amphibious; Indian cliff dwellings and pottery; Marston twins; inscriptions, Dellenbaugh; inscriptions, Nathaniel Galloway; Emery Kolb; river drawings?; inscriptions, Hyde; skeleton; Norm Nevills; Joan Nevills?; Bruce Wilson?; Otis Marston; Deer Creek Falls?; Garth Marston; Ed Hudson; Anne Desloge?; cactus flower; "Wen"; rapidrunning; Granite Gorge?; "Sandra"; Joseph Desloge; "Joan"; Glen Canyon?; Mexican Hat; Tapeats?; Little Colorado River mouth; frog; Vulcan's Anvil?; swimming rapids; Margaret Marston]
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"Ballard film - 1957 - plaque - Vulcan (Ballard - 1957 - placing plaque - Vulcan)": 1957. Placing plaque for Willie Taylor - canyon and river scenes - rapids - overturned boat in rapids - drying out things. [entries: J. Ballard Atherton; Lava Falls Rapid; 1957 expedition; Willie Taylor; Willie Taylor plaque; boat accidents; Colorado River; Grand Canyon; rapidrunning]
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