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Register of the P.T. Reilly Papers,

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Title: P. T. Reilly Papers,
Dates: 1947-1986. (inclusive)
Collection Number: Mss B 185
Summary: Riverman and historian. Items regarding San Juan, Green, and Colorado Rivers. Includes notes on John Wesley Powell's life preserver, buildings at Lee's Ferry, reminiscences of Norman Nevills, an autobiographical oral interview, flight logs over southeastern Utah and the Grand Canyon, trip logs of excursions down the Green and Colorado rivers, 1949-1984, correspondence with J. Harvey Butchart, Otis R. "Dock" Marston, Morris A. Shirts, Gary Topping, and others. Includes copies of Grand Canyon hike logs by J. Harvey Butchart.
Repository: Utah State Historical Society

Collection Inventory +/-

Box Folder Contents
Box , Folder : Correspondence and miscellaneous
Box 1, Folder 1 : Plez Talmadge Reilly Vita
Box 1, Folder 2 : Correspondence, USHS
Box 1, Folder 3 : Correspondence, Gary Topping 1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 4 : Correspondence, Gary Topping 1987-1988
Box 1, Folder 7 : "Norman D. Nevills As I Knew Him"
Box 1, Folder 8 : Norman D. Nevills publicity material
Box 1, Folder 9 : Correspondence, Nevills 1947
Box 1, Folder 10 : Material on "Lake Nevills"
Box 1, Folder 11 : J. W. Powell Life Preserver
Box 1, Folder 12 : "The Buildings at Lee's Ferry"
Box 1, Folder 13 : Lee's Ferry, Tuba City and Navajo Reservation
Box 1, Folder 14 : Glen Canyon
Box , Folder : Oral History Interviews
Box 1, Folder 5 : Reilly Oral History Interview by Gary Topping, 15 May 1986
Box 1, Folder 6 : Reilly Oral History interview by Gary Topping, 16 May 1986
Box 1, Folder 15 : Juanita Brooks Oral History Interview by Reilly
Box 1, Folder 16 : Arthur L. Chaffin Oral History Interview by Reilly
Box 1, Folder 17 : Wilford Clark Oral History Interview by Reilly
Box 2, Folder 1 : Silas S. Fish Oral History Interview by Reilly
Box 2, Folder 2 : Amarilla H. Lee Oral History Interview by Reilly
Box 2, Folder 3 : Otis R. "Dock" Marston Oral History Interview by Reilly
Box 2, Folder 4 : Helen P. Sindar Oral History Interview by Reilly and George S. Tanner
Box 2, Folder 5 : Louetta B. Tanner Oral History Interview by Reilly and George S. Tanner
Box 2, Folder 25 : Oral History Interview, W. T. Roe 1953; newspaper clipping
Box , Folder : Miscellaneous
Box 2, Folder 24 : Correspondence, Dock Marston, 1951
Box 2, Folder 27 : Correspondence, Boyd Moore and P. P. Patraw
Box 2, Folder 28 : Newspaper clippings, 1955 Reilly Trip
Box , Folder : Flight Records
Box 2, Folder 6 : Flight Record, San Juan, 11 October 1947
Box 2, Folder 7 : Flight Record, West End of Grant Canyon, 25 March 1956
Box 2, Folder 8 : Flight Record, Grand Canyon, 29 September 1956
Box 2, Folder 9 : Flight Record, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, 13-14 April 1957
Box 2, Folder 10 : Flight Record, Grand Canyon and Monument Valley, 4-5 May 1957
Box 2, Folder 11 : Flight Record, Utah and Arizona, 19-20 April 1958
Box 2, Folder 12 : Flight Record, Sierras, 7 March 1959
Box 2, Folder 13 : Flight Record, Green River, Utah, 3-4 September 1960
Box 2, Folder 14 : Flight Record, Page, Arizona, 3-4 November 1962
Box 2, Folder 15 : Flight Record, Grand Canyon, 4-5 April 1964
Box 2, Folder 16 : Flight Record, Cataract Canyon, 8-9 April 1966
Box 2, Folder 17 : Flight Record, Glen Canyon, 5-6 June 1965
Box 2, Folder 18 : Flight Record, Green River, Utah, 1961
Box 2, Folder 19 : Flight Record, Grand Canyon via Helicopter, 2 November 1984
Box , Folder : River Logs
Box 2, Folder 20 : River Log, Green River, 1949
Box 2, Folder 21 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1949
Box 2, Folder 22 : River Log, E. M. Reilly Grand Canyon, 1950
Box 2, Folder 23 : River Log, E. M. Reilly Grand Canyon, 1951
Box 2, Folder 26 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1953
Box 2, Folder 29 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1955
Box 2, Folder 30 : River Log, V. R. "Brick" Mortensen, 1955
Box 2, Folder 31 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1956
Box 2, Folder 32 : River Log, V. R. "Brick" Mortensen, 1957
Box 2, Folder 33 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1957
Box 2, Folder 34 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1958
Box 2, Folder 35 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1959
Box 2, Folder 36 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1962
Box 2, Folder 37 : River Log, Glen Canyon, 1964
Box 2, Folder 38 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1964; James W. Packard Letter
Box 2, Folder 39 : River Log, Joe Hall and William C. Jones, 1964; Jones, "Backpacking in the Sierra Nevada"
Box 2, Folder 40 : Trip to Turquoise Bay, 1967
Box 2, Folder 41 : River Log, Hall's Crossing to Cove Canyon, 24 April 1968
Box 2, Folder 42 : Grand Canyon National Park River Instructions and Information, 1982
Box 2, Folder 43 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1982
Box 2, Folder 44 : River Log, Grand Canyon, 1984
Box , Folder : Otis R. "Dock" Marston
Box 3, Folder 1 : Thorn Mayes Maps of Monument Valley
Box 3, Folder 2 : Biographical File
Box 3, Folder 3 : Marston River Log, Grand Canyon, 1942
Box 3, Folder 4 : Marston River Log, Grand Canyon, 1947
Box 3, Folder 5 : Marston River Log, Dolores River, 1948
Box 3, Folder 6 : Marston River Log, Grand Canyon, 1948
Box 3, Folder 7 : Marston River Log, Ouray to Green River, Utah, 1951
Box 3, Folder 8 : Marston River Log, Grand Canyon, 1951
Box 3, Folder 9 : Marston River Log, Grand Canyon, 1954
Box 3, Folder 20 : Marston River Log, Grand Canyon, 1957
Box 3, Folder 21 : Marston River Log, Grand Canyon, 1958
Box 3, Folder 22 : Marston River Log, Grand Canyon, 1959
Box 3, Folder 23 : Marston Trip Diary, Lee's Ferry to Lake Mead to Lee's Ferry, 1960
Box 3, Folder 24 : Marston Sportyaks, Grand Canyon, 1963 (Sportyaks through Grand Canyon)
Box 3, Folder 24 : Marston Sportyaks, Cataract Canyon, 1964
Box 3, Folder 25 : Marston River Log, Grand Canyon, 1965
Box 3, Folder 26 : Dock Marston Publicity
Box 3, Folder 27 : Correspondence, Marston, 1949-1954
Box 4, Folder 1 : Correspondence, Marston, 1955-1961
Box 5, Folder 1 : Correspondence, Marston, 1962-1975
Box , Folder : J. Harvey Butchart
Box 6, Folder 1 : Biographical Notes
Box 6, Folder 2 : Correspondence, Butchart, 1949-1971
Box 7, Folder 1 : Correspondence, Butchart, 1972-1989
Box 7, Folder 2 : Butchart Hiking Log, #1-17 1954-1957
Box 7, Folder 3 : Butchart Hiking Log, #18-41 1958-1959
Box 7, Folder 4 : Butchart Hiking Log, #42-73 1960-1961
Box 7, Folder 5 : Butchart Hiking Log, #74-116 1962-1963
Box 7, Folder 6 : Butchart Hiking Log, #117-160 1964-1965
Box 7, Folder 7 : Butchart Hiking Log, #161-207 1966-1967
Box 7, Folder 8 : Butchart Hiking Log, #208-256 1968-1969
Box 7, Folder 9 : Butchart Hiking Log, #257-303 1970-1971
Box 7, Folder 10 : Butchart Hiking Log, #304-343 1972-1973
Box 7, Folder 11 : Butchart Hiking Log, #344-381 1974-1975
Box 7, Folder 12 : Butchart Hiking Log, #382-418 1976-1979
Box 7, Folder 13 : Jorgen Visback River Log, 1966
Box , Folder : Miscellaneous Correspondence and Research Notes [Filed Alphabetically]
Box 8, Folder 1 : Beck, George L.
Box 8, Folder 2 : Brimhall, Edna Lee
Box 8, Folder 3 : Brooks, Juanita
Box 8, Folder 4 : Cheel, Chester W. "Clark County and Southern Nevada"
Box 8, Folder 5 : Casebier, Dennis G.
Box 8, Folder 6 : Davis, Donald
Box 8, Folder 7 : River Log, Fulmer, S. M. B. Grand Canyon 1955; Fulmer Boat Design and Biography
Box 8, Folder 8 : Green River, Wyoming [Reynolds- Hallacy]
Box 9, Folder 1 : Harrison, Michael
Box 9, Folder 2 : Larson, A. Karl, 1968-1975
Box 9, Folder 3 : Larson, A. Karl, 1976-1983
Box 9, Folder 4 : McKee, Eddie
Box 10, Folder 1 : Masland, F. E.
Box 10, Folder 2 : Mexican Hat Expeditions
Box 10, Folder 3 : Nevills Articles
Box 10, Folder 4 : Pratt, Lavar
Box 10, Folder 5 : Richardson, Gladwell "Toney"
Box 11, Folder 1 : Riffey, John
Box 11, Folder 2 : Rusho, W. L.; Crampton, C. G.; Burchard, A. S.; Smith, D. L.
Box 11, Folder 3 : Schwartz, Douglas W.
Box 11, Folder 4 : Shirts, Morris A. 1978-1979
Box 11, Folder 5 : Shirts, Morris A. 1980-1981
Box 11, Folder 6 : Shirts, Morris A. 1982-1983
Box 11, Folder 7 : Shirts, Morris A. 1984-1985
Box 11, Folder 8 : Shirts, Morris A. 1986-1987
Box 12, Folder 1 : Staveley, Gaylord and Joan Nevills Staveley
Box 12, Folder 2 : Southwest Museum
Box 12, Folder 3 : Tanner, George S. 1968-1974
Box 13, Folder 1 : Tanner, George S. 1975-1984
Box 13, Folder 2 : Taylor, Raymond W.
Box 13, Folder 3 : Wright, J. Frank

Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-

Riverman and historian.

Content Description +/-

Items regarding San Juan, Green, and Colorado Rivers. Includes notes on John Wesley Powell's life preserver, buildings at Lee's Ferry, reminiscences of Norman Nevills, an autobiographical oral interview, flight logs over southeastern Utah and the Grand Canyon, trip logs of excursions down the Green and Colorado rivers, 1949-1984, correspondence with J. Harvey Butchart, Otis R. "Dock" Marston, Morris A. Shirts, Gary Topping, and others. Includes copies of Grand Canyon hike logs by J. Harvey Butchart.

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Restrictions on Use

Administrative Information +/-

Arrangement:

Miscellaneous Correspondence and Research Notes Filed Alphabetically

Creator:

Reilly, P. T. (Plez Talmadge), 1911-

Language:

English.

Sponsor:

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Quantity:

13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)

Language of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written in Englishin Latin script

EAD Creation Date:

1999.