Manuscripts

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Description: "(Mixed River Footage)": 1946-1948 & 1951? Loel and Maradel Marston - boats landing - Rainbow Bridge - map of Colorado/Green River system - unidentified people - travertine falls - mine - rapids - water fight - motor cruiser "Hae Dae" - wind on sand bank - map of Snake/Salmon River system - boats hauled on highway - San Francisco - rattlesnake - Navajo Bridge from below - canyon and river scenes [entries: Marston twins; Rainbow Bridge; Travertine Falls; "Hae Dae"; motorboats; San Francisco; rattlesnake; Navajo Bridge; Margaret Marston; Snake or Salmon River?; sadirons; oarboats; Nevills Expedition; "Mexican Hat II"; Rosalind Johnson; Colorado River; Grand Canyon; Garth Marston; mining; Norm Nevills; Lake Mead; Bruce Wilson; Marble Canyon]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R036
Creator: Marston, Otis R(Opens in new tab)

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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]

R023

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Manuscripts

"Idaho Reject": 1946. Aerial views - canyon and river scenes - airplane - camp scenes - running rapids - bridges - flowers - cascades - birds - ranch cabin - rattlesnake - unidentified people - Nevills boats - mule? - ferry. [entries: 1946 expedition; airplane; rapidrunning; flowers; cascades; birds; cabin; rattlesnake; sadirons; oarboats; aerial views; Snake River?; "Mexican Hat II"; Marston twins; Pres Walker; bees; Norman Nevills; "Joan"; mule; Salmon River; Kent Frost; Brownlee Ferry?]

R059

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"Snake R. Trim - Master (Roll 3 - High Road to Danger)": 1946. Junction Snake and Salmon rivers - plane - camp scenes - swallows - insects - flowers - rattlesnake - canyon and river scenes - deer - launching site - various people - One Way Club certificate - snowy scenes - waterfalls - "Great Shakes of a Snake Tale" title - hauling boats on road - maps of Snake and Salmon river basin - volcanic rock formations - aerial views - waterskiing on lake - cascades - ferry (Brownlee?) - people sleeping - hydroelectric plant - clouds - Indian rock drawings - ranch house. [entries: Snake River; 1946 Snake expedition; Junction Snake and Salmon rivers; Salmon River; airplanes; swallows; insects; flowers; rattlesnake; deer; One Way Club; waterfalls; "Great Shakes of a Snake Tale"; aerial views; waterskiing; ferry (Brownlee?); Indian petroglyphs; oarboats; sadirons; Nevills Expedition; bees; Margaret Marston; Pres Walker; Marston twins; Otis Marston; "Joan"; Norman Nevills; (dam at cascade, identify); Lewiston?, Idaho]

R055

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Manuscripts

"(Snake River Reject)": 1946. Canyon views - sky - river views - launching - camp scenes - Nevills boats - painted rock designs - wreckage - Hi.Wa.Inn - airpalne - aerial view - road - "Great Shakes of a Snake Tale" title - flowers - people sleeping - bridge - Indian rock drawings waterfall. [entries: 1946 Snake expedition; Snake River; sadirons; oarboats; Nevills Expedition; wrecked boats; Hi.Wa.Inn - airplane aerial views; "Great Shakes of a Snake Tale"; flowers; bridge (identify); Indian petroglyphs; waterfall; Confluence Snake and Salmon rivers?; Lewiston, Idaho?; Norman Nevills; airplane; flowers; Pres Walker; Marston twins; "Mexican Hat II"; waterfall/cascade]

R056

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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]

R051

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"San Juan Reject": 1944. Enclosed scene notes state: "arches - flowers - Mon. Valley - Bluff - Mex. Hat - Norm takes off for Syncline - syncline bailing - Navaho; Rainbow Bridge." Loading cars - spires and other rock formations - arches - flowers - ranch and school - Mexican Hat - Monument Valley - Loel and Maradel Marston - camp scenes - Nevills boats on river - running rapids - Marston bailing - atop Rainbow Bridge. [entries: San Juan River; 1944 San Juan expedition; arches [identify]; flowers; Monument Valley; Bluff; Mexican Hat; Norm Nevills; Syncline; Rainbow Bridge; rapidrunning; Otis Marston; sadirons; oarboats; Marston twins; auto bridge; Utah; Nevills Expedition; Glen Canyon?]

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