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 |
036RM |
Subject |
Fossils; Mountains |
Description |
His eating apparatus was a marvel of efficiency. He was a scavenger who cleaned the waters of putrid life. |
OCR Text |
Show 4 soraing of 1i7e there were mile and femle sexes esg laying Roulting of the shells at intervals stmsle sso-like heart aigestive tube and 1n the majority of species very dfstinet airferentiation of perts Antncl 1ife must be postulated on some vegotel life for sustenanos many fucoidst are founds which by sonc are thought fo be fossil remains of sea weed stems fallen into the ooze or mud home for the irilobite Hits sating apparatus wesmarvel of effioincey in its king The base of one set of legs werc provided with sharp horny spinss precisely 1ike the spkics on the revolviag arms of reaper and binder The trilobite settled himself dom upon corpse lying in the shallow waters beingseavenger he sst to work to do meturers bldding-that of oleaing the waters of putrid life to restore the equilibrius of living He then worksd his spine-set imnpr portlons of his lsgs to card shred tear bresk up tue garpse on which he was working every seguent of his thorax assisting wnd by the agroit use of these dining foods workins the shredded and Pulpy bus forward under his belly pust log arter leg further shredding the food until the conveyor belt dumped the pereotly torm mass to the muth under lip calladhypostama raisedtrifie the food was shoved in entered the aigeotive trot am the 1gdly antnal had fed he had also perfornedwondrous-act in nsture for he had chsnged putridity fouling decomposing corpse intmical to 1ifs iato 1ife agatn throush his own pesson thus helping to olear the shallow waters of deoay-1ife from death ths balanoe of nature kept1ife sustaining hermony He sntedated the same fumtion in the coyote on the same opotehe in waters 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 |
125404 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75cnb/125404 |