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 |
Trilobites |
Identifier |
035RM |
Subject |
Fossils; Mountains |
Description |
The kingi Meek is found by the thousands; most likey in thin shale. |
OCR Text |
Show more 1nto free the md more until there wasdistinot division of parts head oephalon very often with sharp spine-like dieeks body thorax divided into seguents of which number varies in different species and lastly tail pygldium The larger kind illustrated above is Ptychoparia kingi Mesk That speetes is found in thousands rather thin shalethe most likely place to find them in som weathered free othors fast in the matrix ook This that we find todey is the outside shell the rtestor roarapace of the bug It ischitinous substance much Like hatr or fisger neil in chanteal composition and withstands ordinary soild chemical processes excellently preserving the form very bemtifally legs of either set nr my of the appendages of deltoats naturs ere found in this reglon Yo syss om any tr1lobites hes boen found here 3ut the nalpebral ridgs the osoulsr ridge or the eye-brow if you wish begen to develope 1atosharply raised upburned oresoent andter ensitivity 1n that half-moon grew more amlacute until 1large cossre-lensed eyes became the comon heritage in sucoeeding geologte eres The average length of the ignostus is aboutBths to inch long of ptyohoparia from8ths inoh in adults of moderate size to nearly two inches in the Jrger onss Tven the tiny 1protaspist or almost eabryonie form of trilobite has been found here tiny misshapen newly hatehed taing nearly ell head the oceular ridgepimple butlarge one and the boay merelyblob This was in Cambrian time and even that early in the Digital image 2004 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Spatial Coverage |
Millard County (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
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 |
125409 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75cnb/125409 |