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 |
Petrified turtle |
Identifier |
027RM |
Subject |
Valleys; Names; Practical jokes |
Description |
Kelly said to Beckwith, "Frank, lets' you and I call it 'Disappiontment Valley." There was no petrified turtle. |
OCR Text |
Show e up our guide got his story weighed it and so convincing was his story we took off the next marning through Antelope Pass down Doom Canyon into Tule Flats up past Coyote Spring s1w aye be full western and pronounce that Ky-oat-ee never Coy-oat-ee as oats are not coy but prickly to squeeze-no coy-ness about em even in mush Way out we left the road aml finally Lloyd said Now afoot just around that knoll There he came tohalt and pulling himself stiffly erect in dramatic pose like Jim Bridger before Chief Washakie proudly satd There you arel-a petrified turtle Kelly andsaw small buffalo wallow saucer-like trifle overfoot deep with the caked mud fromrecent storm cracked in the bottom into hexagonal plates-a pure undiluted spikn-span Jen-yus wine mudrified Kelly Tooked st me andnked et rain time and put his wits to work he took off his dark yellow sunglasses and de-1ib-er-ate-ly and very s-l-o-w-ol-y carefully wiped thai and re-wiped them second time groping for the next thing to say J11 the vhile he stutded the thing before us Finally the husor of it hit him andth cordial laueh md Atsarning smile turned to our puide and sald Itve seen it enough what do you say for home On the road vhen cha ce permitted Kelly slyly said to me in tone Frank letyou and call it Disapnointment Valleylnon my maps way out in western Nillard County isnen ant ink cirele with the abbreviations Dis Val written in fe elain to have fustly mamed Disfappointmmt Valley Scientists we may not be but dubs we are and took in we were Digital image 2004 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Spatial Coverage |
Millard County (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Date |
1948 |
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 |
125270 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75cnb/125270 |