Manuscripts

1942 G.C. 2-42 (trim from 1942 G.C.) (Colorado River 1942 (trim), Reel 2)

Description: Possible one or two scenes from 1944 and 1945. Inside the film can are detailed, accurate scene notes. Covers Marston's trip with Nevills through the Grand Canyon in July 1942. [entries: sadirons; boats, oar; "Mexican Hat II"; "Wen"; Nevills"; "Joan"; July 1942 Grand Canyon trip; Ed Hudson; Norm Nevills; Desert View; Indians, dancing at rim of Grand Canyon; Grand Canyon; Marble Canyon; tourism; Santa Fe Railway train; Needles?, bridge; Grand Canyon, South Rim; Marston, Otis; Garth Marston; Bruce Wilson; Vasey's Paradise; Deer Creek Falls?; Havasu; River Rats, initiation; Lake Mead; Bright Angel Lodge; Hermit Creek] [CHECK END]
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Date: 1942
Call number: mssMarston papers R045 009
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"1942 G.C. 2-42 (trim from 1942 G.C.) (Colorado River 1942 (trim), Reel 2)": 1942 (possible one or two scenes from 1944 and 1945). Inside the film can are detailed, accurate scene notes. Covers Marston's trip with Nevills through the Grand Canyon in July 1942. [entries: sadirons; boats, oar; "Mexican Hat II"; "Wen"; Nevills"; "Joan"; July 1942 Grand Canyon trip; Ed Hudson; Norm Nevills; Desert View; Indians, dancing at rim of Grand Canyon; Grand Canyon; Marble Canyon; tourism; Santa Fe Railway train; Needles?, bridge; Grand Canyon, South Rim; Marston, Otis; Garth Marston; Bruce Wilson; Vasey's Paradise; Deer Creek Falls?; Havasu; River Rats, initiation; Lake Mead; Bright Angel Lodge; Hermit Creek] [CHECK END]

R045

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Cable - Thunder Sp - Supai - Tuweap - Paria Pl - Soap - Shivwits - Mead

Manuscripts

Incomplete enclosed scene notes state: "Plane & Ballard, Nav Mt. - Plane at Art Greene's - Paria Plateau - Lees Ferry - sinkhole - Soap Ck - Cable: barge; dynamite; outboard - Harding - Little Colo. - Hance - Th. Spring - Supai - Tuweep - Shivwits - Head, use Iceberg Canyon." Deals in general with the region of Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon. A great deal of footage on the cable at Vasey's in 1950. There are many aerial views. Also includes "Mauna Loa Erupts 1950." [entries: Mauna Loa; Vulcan's Anvil; Lake Mead?; Navajo Mountain; Marble Canyon?; Navajo Bridge; cable (Bridge Canyon dam site?, Vasey's Paradise); Otis Marston; dams; Havasupai Canyon and waterfalls; volcano (at Vulcan?, Paria Plateau); Thunder Spring; Supai; Tuweap?; Lees Ferry; Soap Creek Rapid?; President Harding Rapid?; Little Colorado River, mouth?; Hance Rapid; Thunder Spring; Grand Canyon; Shivwits]

mssMarston papers R090 009

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021

Manuscripts

"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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San Juan River

Manuscripts

Conematography by Dock Marston. "Down the San Juan & Colorado Rivers" title, covering the trip of Otis, Loel, and Maradel Marston from Mexican Hat to Lees Ferry in June 1944, including Rainbow Bridge. [entries: Norm Nevills; Marston twins; Otis Marston; San Juan River; Glen Canyon; Mexican Hat; Rainbow Bridge; Navajo Mountain; Colorado River]

mssMarston papers R046 010

Colorado River from Mile 42 1/2 at bottom to Mile 43 1/2 at left

Manuscripts

mssMarston papers V004/0124

1942 G.C. 2-42 (trim from 1942 G.C.) (Colorado River 1942 (trim), Reel 2)

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