Glen Canyon Dam Crack Ceremony. Edward Abbey collection

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Title Glen Canyon Dam Crack Ceremony. Edward Abbey collection
Description Audio recording of the Glen Canyon Dam Crack Ceremony, done by Edward Abbey and the environmental activist group Earth First! They unrolled a gigantic sheet of black plastic to simulate a crack in the Glen Canyon Dam and gathered in Page, Arizona, to listen to Abbey's speech. The speech criticizes industrial development in the American West, the blockage of the Colorado River, and the flooding of canyons done by the dam.
Creator Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989
Date 1981-03-21
Subject Environmental justice; Green movement; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Powell, Lake (Utah and Ariz.); Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.)
Collection Number and Name A0779 Edward Abbey
Collection Name Edward Abbey audio collection
Holding Institution Multimedia Archive, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Genre audiocassette
Type Sound
Format audio/mpeg
Extent 0:12:53
Rights
Finding Aid https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv41323/
ARK ark:/87278/s6b4r1pw
Setname uum_avacr
ID 2466987
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b4r1pw
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