| Title |
Building the three "cataract" boats for the 1938 Green and Colorado River expeditions, scrapbook. |
| Photo Number |
P0341n02_04_Scrapbook |
| Description |
Scans of scrapbook containing a series showing the construction of Norman Nevill's boats used in his 1938 expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers. Caption on cover: "To Norm, friend and leader of the N.C.R.E., 1938. --Del" (i.e., Thomas Delbert Reed, known as "Del" |
| Date |
1938-05; 1938-06 |
| Textual Date |
May-June 1938 |
| Keywords |
Albums; Photograph albums; Scrapbooks; Boat building; Watercraft; Boats; Rowboats; Cataract boats; Mexican Hat Lodge (Utah); Lodges (public accommodations); Mexican Hat (Utah); Deserts; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949; Nevills, William Eugene, d. 1941; Harris, (LaPhene) Don, 1911-2004; Reed, Del (Thomas Delbert); Men; Houses; Dwellings; Mountains; Fedoras; Outbuildings; Outhouses; Sawhorses |
| Subject |
Wooden boats--Utah--Photographs; Boatbuilding--Utah--Mexican Hat--Photographs; Boats and boating--Photographs; Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Mexican Hat (Utah); San Juan County (Utah) |
| Latitude |
37.15 |
| Longitude |
-109.85 |
| Additional Information |
Norman D. Nevills and Don Harris, a USGS engineer based at Mexican Hat, built three strong boats using marine plywood. Norm called their wide, flat-bottomed craft with upturned bows and square sterns, "cataract" boats. The Boats were named "WEN" (William E. Nevills initials), "Botany" (the theme of the expedition), and "Mexican Hat" (Nevills and Harris home town). |
| 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 |
 |
| Type |
Image |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6db8sgh |
| Setname |
uum_map_rr |
| ID |
1343217 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6db8sgh |
| Title |
(1) Building the three "cataract" boats for the 1938 Green and Colorado River expeditions, scrapbook dedication page. |
| Photo Number |
P0341n02_04_00 |
| Description |
Scan of front page of scrapbook containing a series showing the construction of Norman Nevill's boats used in his 1938 expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers. Caption on cover: "To Norm, friend and leader of the N.C.R.E., 1938. --Del" (i.e., Thomas Delbert Reed, known as "Del" |
| Keywords |
Albums; Photograph albums; Scrapbooks; Boat building; Watercraft; Boats; Rowboats; Cataract boats; Mexican Hat Lodge (Utah); Lodges (public accommodations); Mexican Hat (Utah); Deserts; Reed, Del (Thomas Delbert) |
| Subject |
Wooden boats--Utah--Photographs; Boatbuilding--Utah--Mexican Hat--Photographs; Boats and boating--Photographs |
| Setname |
uum_map_rr |
| ID |
1343218 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6db8sgh/1343218 |
