Manuscripts
012
- Description
"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]
- Production date
- 1870-1978.
- Call number
- R097
- 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.
