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NAU.PH.99.3.1.25.66
Item number
28013
Creator
Nichols, Tad, 1911-
Title
[Tad
Nichols
at the
river
, with
camera
and
tripod.]
Alternate title
Glen
Canyon
trips
[constructed
title]
May/June
,
1962
.
Date
1962
Type
Image
Description
Biography
Note
:
Tad
Nichols
was
born
in
Springfield
,
Ohio
, on
July
8
,
1911
, and
lived
in
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
until
1930
,
when
,
due
to his
asthma
, he
went
to
Mesa
Ranch
School
in
Arizona
. In
addition
to
academics
, his
school
experiences
included
camping
,
hiking
, and
horseback
riding
,
which
helped
Nichols
develop
a
great
love
of the
outdoors
. In
1937
, he
graduated
from the
University
of
Arizona
with a
double
degree
in
geology
and
anthropology
. He
met
Mary
Jane
Hayden
in an
astronomy
class
and
married
her in
1937
. A
university
photography
class
inspired
Tad's
initial
interest
in
taking
pictures
. He
later
studied
with
such
noted
photographers
as
Ansel
Adams
,
Edward
Weston
, and
Brett
Weston
. He
traveled
with
many
scientific
expeditions
,
during
which
he
acted
as
official
photographer
. He
gained
experience
as a
cameraman
during
World
War
II
while
creating
training
films
for the
Air
Force
.
Afterwards
, he
made
films
of his
own
about
the
Southwest
and also
produced
instructional
films
for the
U.S
.
Indian
Service
.
During
the
1950s
,
Nichols
worked
for
Walt
Disney
Productions
and the
Sierra
Club
.
Tad
and
Mary
Jane
traveled
extensively
throughout
the
world
; of
all
these
places
,
Glen
Canyon
was a
favorite
,
where
he
shot
over
four
thousand
images
,
resulting
in a
book
published
by the
Museum
of
New
Mexico
Press
in
2000
,
entitled
,
Glen
Canyon
:
Images
of a
Lost
World
,
Photographs
and
Recollections
.
Collection name
Nichols, Tad
Finding aid
http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/nichols_tad.xml
Repository
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights
ABOR
References
Tad Nichols Manuscript Collection - NAU.MS.332; Glen Canyon: images of a lost world, photographs and recollections by Tad Nichols
Subjects
Photographers--Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.
Nichols, Tad, 1911-
Places
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Physical format
Black
and
white
polyester
film
negative
Physical dimension
6x6 cm
Master file size
38504972
Master mimetype
image/tiff
Master file format
tif
Hardware
Imacon Flextight 848
Software
Photoshop 6.0
Master color scheme
RGB
Master image bit depth
48-bit
Master resolution
2000
Master pixels horizontal
4387
Master pixels vertical
4388
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