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 |
Rejected Manuscripts First white man |
Identifier |
055RM |
Subject |
Explorers; Documents |
Description |
The first white man on the Sevier Desert was Father Escalante. |
OCR Text |
Show th et owi vsin THE PIRST WiITE MAN ON THE SEVIER DESERT By Frenk Seckwith Delta Uteh Pather Escalente was the first white ran Qf record st foot upon the Sevier Desert wheahis 11 tle it persy traversedmjor portion of in 1776 His dlary 18 tos well kaowa to need extended Fefereno but the map sccomsanying that dlary 1s 1ittle known and but Tew know its existence In the files of the Librariun of Congr 15copy of the map of Don Pedro Yiers map maker of the expedition which bears the notation The DierioDerretoron 1o dated Jan 1777 copy of which extsts 1n the iosd deitst 1edrid Col Botwini to 23 7ol 1101 NS photostat copy of thet portion only which Pertuin to tils nelgnborhood reproduced herewith fier lewving Lake impangos Utsh Lake Zsoalante weat muthward coning to the sevir dlver which he naed Sinte Tsabel rather suddenly for mo trees murk 1ts puth there asd uniil one comes olose to the river it presencs 1s not knowa Shis was somewhere near the present toms Mills and ine tevier ARl eservoir From erToneous information fron hls Indian culdes he was told that the river thon ponthe same Tiver he hed crossed mear Temsen the oreen kiver uni consequently 55maker shows the Creen iver flow ng southeastwardlDigital image 2004 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Spatial Coverage |
Sevier Desert (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 |
125388 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75cnb/125388 |