Title |
Rejected Manuscripts |
Identifier |
rejected.xml |
Subject |
Fossils--Utah; Paleontology--Utah; Mountains--Utah; Natural bridges--Utah--Canyonlands National Park; Millard County (Utah)--History |
Description |
A binder of manuscripts by Frank A. Beckwith that had been rejected by editors. They include: "Wings and bouncing echoes scout for oil," about prospecting for oil fields in the area around Delta, Millard County, Utah; "Scientists on the desert," a two-part article about a paleontology expedition in 1930 that included Frank Beckwith and Dr. Charles E. Resser, Smithsonian curator, and Dr. Riuji Endo, Japaniese geologist, which also includes another episode involving Beckwith and his friend Charles Kelly; "Fruita Natural Bridge (Pai-Soka) as seen from an airplane," which describes an aerial photograph Beckwith took; "Small fossils in Millard County," about Cambrian-era trilobites; and "Millard County's very own 'lost Spanish mine'." Each is accompanied by the rejection letter. Also here is included a published article by Charles Kelly entitled, "Historical highways: old trapper relates difficulties of travel between Ogden and Salt Lake in early days--Four killed near Farmington," printed in "Scenic Utah Motorist" magazine |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951; Resser, Charles Elmer, 1889-1943; Endo, Ruiji; Kelly, Charles, 1889-1971 |
Spatial Coverage |
Millard County (Utah); Canyonlands National Park (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951; Kelly, Charles, 1889-1971 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Rejected manuscripts |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Material |
Scrapbook |
Source Physical Dimensions |
26cm x 33cm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6t75cnb |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
126243 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75cnb |
Title |
Scientists in the desert |
Identifier |
017RM |
Subject |
Scientists; Fossils; Deserts; Horses; Campfires |
Description |
Beckwith finds a spring where there were signs of a very recent campfire, in fact "that guy has just got out of here." But there were no human footprints, just those of a shod horse. |
OCR Text |
Show the southeast coner vhere we wrked in the Ordovician exposures for an hour or two We found the trilobite Pliomera pe 1ecypods cophalopods brachiopods fragmats of crinoids mich bryozos both lacy md branched and wonderful to relats some of the rare Receptaculite which mich looks like an engine en raved miehroon Dr Resser was much pleased with Crystal Peaka nd ook several nictures It resemblessplendent lceberg fleating insea of drab hills It 1sbeautiful mountain of dmost pure quartz in rigantic size mure white and by far better named a5 we Aub it Grystal Peak than by the more somber Mihite Cone of careful seientists 0n the way back we separated talking and calling to one another as each foundspecimen of mote ani shoutad its merits a distant companion sawtiny bit of green and folbwing 1t with my eye sav that the greeancss grew stronger tomass of erass denoting water called spring Dr Resser 4idnknow 1t vas here letinvestigate We walked over ami at oncesawrecent camp fire its ates fresh not aged-in fact suspiciously fresh eingerly thrust my hend into them to find out and hurrtedly yanked 1t back for they were almost hot THell thourht that guy has fust got out of hers Whatcookin walked over to the spring-same rocks piled up in the regularity oftrivod as 47 supporting wmething which had been removed Dr Resser said this is interesting camp fire just quitted something was held up by those piles of rocks st the sprin no one present 11 betdodlar wetve fust flushed man tearving an honest living Dr Resser studied the sitvation minutely But Mr Beckwith no human footprints fust od horse-but waitminutel Digital image 2004 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Spatial Coverage |
Millard County (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Date |
1930 |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
image/tiff |
Source |
Rejected Manuscripts |
Relation |
Frank Asahel Beckwith Collection |
Coverage |
Utah |
Archival Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Low Resolution |
JPEG: 800 x 600 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Eversmart Jazz+ flatbed scanner |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
125246 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75cnb/125246 |