| Title |
Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Norm Nevills and Emery Kolb sitting in one of Nevills' cataract boats looking at Ellsworth Kolb's book "Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico" and Colonel Birdseye's "Plan and Profile Maps of the Green and Colorado Rivers" at Diamond Creek, Arizona. |
| Photo Number |
P0341n02_11_02 |
| Description |
Photo shows Norm Nevills and Emery Kolb sitting in one of the cataract boats studying Ellsworth Kolb's book "Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico" and Colonel Birdseye's "Plan and Profile Maps of the Green and Colorado Rivers" at Diamond Creek, Arizona. The expedition reached here on July 30, 1938, Mile 225 downstream from Lees Ferry |
| Date |
1938-07-30 |
| Textual Date |
July 30, 1938 |
| Keywords |
Nevills Expeditions; River running; Journeys; Expeditions; Diamond Creek (Arizona); Streams; Fluvial landforms; Watercraft; Boats; Rowboats; Cataract boats; Oars; Boatmen; Pith helmets; Equipment; Protective and life-saving equipment; Life preservers; Personal flotation Device; PFD; Plan and Profile Maps of the Green and Colorado Rivers; Books; Maps; Birdseye, C. H. (Claude Hale), 1878-1941 |
| Subject |
Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949--Photographs; Kolb, Emery Clifford, 1881-1976--Photographs; Nevills Expeditions--Photographs; Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs; Wooden boats--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Diamond Creek (Ariz.); Grand Canyon (Ariz.); Mohave County (Ariz.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) |
| Latitude |
35.766667 |
| Longitude |
-113.3725 |
| Additional Information |
The expedition started in Green River, Utah, on June 20, 1938 and ended at Lake Mead, Arizona on August 1, 1938. Lois Jotter provided Colonel Birdseye's USGS "Plan and Profile Maps of the Green and Colorado Rivers" that she and her father obtained from C. H. Birdseye in Washington, D. C. |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection |
| Collection Name |
Norman D. and Doris Nevills |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17126/ |
| Relation is Part of |
Utah River Running Archives |
| Donated By/Purchased From |
Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988. |
| Rights |
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| Type |
Image |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s63499zh |
| Setname |
uum_map_rr |
| ID |
1342294 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63499zh |
