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NAU.PH.99.3.1.12.15
Item number
20676
Creator
Nichols, Tad, 1911-
Title
[Group
,
boats
, and
gear
at
Hite
Ferry.]
Alternate title
Glen
Canyon
trip
[constructed
title]
1957
(9/17/57
to
9/25/57)
Date
1957
Type
Image
Description
BIOGRAPHICAL
HISTORY
: On
September
17
,
1957
,
fourteen
people
in
four
Mexican
Hat
Expeditions
boats
(the
Music
Temple
, the
Redbud
, the
Nokai
, and the
Moonlight)
set
out
from
Hite
Ferry
for a
week
of
boating
through
Glen
Canyon
. This
expedition
was
sponsored
by the
Northern
Arizona
Society
of
Science
and
Art
and by the
Arizona-Sonora
Desert
Museum
. The
crew
consisted
of
Ned
Danson
(Assistant
Director
of the
Museum
of
Northern
Arizona
and
trip
archaeologist)
,
Bill
Woodin
(Director
of the
Arizona-Sonora
Desert
Museum
,
part-time
Curator
of
Reptiles
and
Amphibians
at
MNA
, and
trip
zoologist)
,
Beth
Woodin
(Bill's
wife)
,
Horace
Haskell
(research
associate
at
MNA
and
trip
botanist)
,
Tad
Nichols
(trip
photographer)
,
Mary
Jane
Nichols
(trip
ornithologist)
,
Rukin
Jelks
(trip
geologist)
,
Mrs
.
Jelks
,
Lucy
Arnold
,
Rosalind
Johnson
,
Dr
. and
Mrs
.
Lee
Milton
, and
boatmen
Frank
Wright
and
Gay
Staveley
.
Tad's
notes
for this
trip
are
brief
; he
simply
names
the
sites
visited
,
refers
to
much
wind
throughout
their
entire
time
on the
river
,
mentions
an
aurora
one
night
, and
ends
with
writing
on
September
24
: '
Arr
.
Dam
site
at
dusk--eerie
feeling
.
Trucks
&
dust--lights
on
walls..
.
Waited
for...truck
in
water
&
sand--after
blast
,
went
thru
[sic].
'
Collection name
Nichols, Tad
Finding aid
http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/nichols_tad.xml
Language
English
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
Ferries--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Places
Hite (Utah)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Physical format
Black
and
white
polyester
film
negative
Physical dimension
6x6cm
Master file size
38365324
Master mimetype
image/tiff
Master file format
tif
Hardware
Imacon Flextight 848
Software
Photoshop 6.0
Master color scheme
Grayscale
Master image bit depth
16-bit
Master resolution
2000
Master pixels horizontal
4391
Master pixels vertical
4368
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