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Description: "1957 Rainbow Bridge - 1954 Arch Hunt ('Major Mathews Mat'l' - Paper to Paper - Master Dupe)": 1954 and 1957. Trips on horseback with pack horses to: Arch In The Sky in 1954; Rainbow Bridge in 1957. [entries: Rainbow Bridge; Navajo Mountain; arch (identify); packhorses; Frank Masland; Slickrock; arch (identify)]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870-1978.
Call number: R106
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. Cuts, 1948": 1945?, 1947, & 1948. San Francisco - pack train through tunnel - arch - map - "River ways of Rapidsmen..." - rapids - camp scenes - Grand Canyon views - on the river - Garth and rattlesnake - Rainbow Bridge - "Arches National Monument" title - cliff dwellings - fossil. [entries: Grand Canyon; San Francisco; cable cars; (bridge, identify?); Golden Gate Bridge; Bright Angel Trail?; (arch, identify?); "Riverways of Rapidsmen"; Garth Marston; Anne Desloge; rattlesnake; Rainbow Bridge; Otis Marston; Rosalind Johnson?; boat, wrecked; Marston twin; "Joan"; Angel's Wing?; Oakland Bay Bridge; fossil; "Arches National Monument"; Al Milotte?]
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"(Green River bridge - Buttes near Fisher Towers - Peats - Kent's jeeps - Same of Escalante area)": 1944, 1945, & 1955, with many unidentifiable. Jeep in forest - mountain views - Kent Frost jeep and home - Kent Frost jeep tour in canyons (Needles?) - arches and rock formations - Glen Canyon - Rainbow Bridge - Monument Valley - aerial views of unidentified terrain - arches - Loel and Maradel Marston in Monument Valley - Masland at home - airport - bridge - ruins - desert views - Hite ferry - view from Navajo Mountain, Slickrock area - Hole in the Rock? [entries: Green River, Utah; Green River Bridge; Kent Frost; 1944 expedition; 1945 expedition; 1955 expedition; jeep tours; arches (identify); Glen Canyon; Rainbow Bridge; Monument Valley; aerial views; Marston twins; Frank Masland; Carlisle, Penn.; Hite ferry; slickrock area; Hole in the Rock?; Kent Frost Jeep Tours; Monticello, Utah; Confluence Green and Grand (Colorado) rivers; Green River, Colorado River; Grand River; arches (identify); Joseph Desloge; bridge (identify); Indian ruins; Mexican Hat; Margaret Marston; Navajo Mountain]
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"First Cruise - Dolores River (Master film, 1948, Marston)": 1948. "The Ditty of the Dash Down Dolores River," dealing with the trip of Marston and Walker down the Dolores River in 1948. [entries: Dolores River; Pres Walker; Otis Marston; 1948 Dolores expedition; "The Ditty of Dash Down Dolores River"; aerial views; arch (identify); Mrs. Walker; arch (identify); "Rainbow Trail"; oarboats; rapidrunning; bridge; Margaret Marston; deer; cactus; waterfall; lizard; bridge]
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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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"1953 Oars,1954 (1953 Cap Rowe - 1954 Pat's boat - Moulty's boat)": 1953-1954. Interviews - "Gem." [entries: "Gem"; oarboats; Margaret Marston]
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"Cataract rejects (Reject - San Juan and Cataract)": 1944 & 1945. Scene notes state: "Boats in front of shop - at slide - Norm on cable - plaque base of monument SLC - log house - view down at Hole in Rock - come down to boats at Dark C - new arch, pan up - side pan under Rainbow - pan up to small window - flash flood - Norm gets hair cut - fishing - swimming - Glen C scenes - fossils - Elephants Feet - water action at Hidden Passage - Indian relics - Glen C scenes - Wall St. - Ed shaves and admires self - snail - boiler - put boats in at Hat - [sheet missing?] - back boat to river - Thompson Station - Baldwin - road to Moab [?] - load boats at Lees - Glen C river shots - boats drift on San Juan - road to landing, Hat - Rainbow Bridge - Mala, top of bridge - M puts on preserver - boats up on rocks - oil engine - dredge - Norm on trolly - Seagull Monument - Map: Utah & Arizona - plane takes off - map: Glen Canyon - map: Cat Canyon - map: Narrow Canyon - make airport - air shot - fast get away - lie in falls - [sheet missing?]. [entries: Cataract Canyon; San Juan River; 1944 expedition; 1945 expedition; Norman Nevills; Hole in the Rock; Dark Canyon; arch (identify); Rainbow Bridge; swimming; Glen Canyon; fossils; Elephants Feet; Hidden Passage; Indian relics; Ed Hudson; Marston twins; airplane; aerial views; oarboats; sadirons; cable at Mexican Hat; Mexican Hat; Gem Canyon; (Nevills daughter); waterfall; Otis Marston; Marble Canyon; Nevills Expedition; lining; Goosenecks; Thompson (town); "San Juan", "Hidden Passage"; Margaret Marston; "Wen"]
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