| | 27 | Author: | Gookin, William S. (William Scudder), 1914-1994 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | William Scudder Gookin Collection
1956-1982 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1956-1982 | | | | Abstract: | The William Scudder Gookin Collection consists of diaries, typewritten and holograph transcripts, notes, and a report. Although the materials date from 1956 to 1982, the bulk of the collection consists of Gookin's personal diaries describing his work in support of the Central Arizona Project from 1958 to 1968. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Arizona -- Trials, litigation, etc. | California -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico). | Hydrologists -- Arizona. | Water -- Law and legislation -- Arizona. | Water resources development -- Arizona -- History. | Water resources development -- Southwest, New -- History. | Water rights -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 30 | Author: | Nichols, Tad, 1911- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Tad Nichols collection (PARTIALLY PROCESSED) ead | | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | | Abstract: | The Tad Nichols collection consists of diaries,
correspondence, publications, business records, photographs, oral histories (with
transcripts), and moving images. Collection also contains materials used in compiling
his book, "Glen Canyon: Images of a Lost World: Photographs and
Recollections." | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives | | | | Subjects: | Navajo Indians. | Apache Indians. | Photographers--Southwest, New. | Nature photography--Southwest, New. | Outdoor photography--Southwest, New. | Rafting (Sports)--Glen Canyon (Utah and
Ariz.) | Rafting (Sports)--Arizona--Grand Canyon. | Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River
(Colo.-Mexico) | Rafting (Sports)--San Juan River (Colo.-Utah) | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 31 | Author: | Coody, Bob | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | New Age Collection, 1936-2005. ead | | | | Date(s): | 1936-2005. | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains a wide variety of materials related to New Age topics. The sources are mostly taken from Flagstaff and Sedona, but also contain materials from all over the Colorado Plateau region, specifically in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming. These sources include flyers for various conferences and businesses, periodicals with New Age themes, websites and newspaper articles relating to extraterrestrial sightings, alternative religion, magic, astrology, tarot, and related topics. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department. | | | | Subjects: | New Age movement--Colorado Plateau. | Life on other planets. | Extraterrestrial beings. | Unidentified flying objects. | Alien abduction. | Human-alien encounters. | Alternative medicine. | Neopaganism. | Alternative religious movements. | Magic. | Tarot. | Astrology. | Occultism. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 32 | Author: | Reilly, P. T. (Plez Talmadge) | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Plez Talmadge Reilly Collection, 1810-1966 (bulk
1930-1960). ead | | | | Date(s): | 1810-1966 (bulk
1930-1960). | | | | Abstract: | The Plez Talmadge Reilly Collection consists of personal papers
and research notes relating to the history of Grand Canyon, the Colorado Plateau, and
Lees Ferry. The collection is extensive and represents a significant contribution to the
study of human exploration and settlement of the southern Utah and northern Arizona
region. The majority of the collection dates from the late 1930s - 1990s. Items prior to
1930 tend to be copies or transcriptions of diaries and documents. Copies of Mormon
diaries and reminiscences, oral interviews, river logs, correspondence with other
researchers and friends, and photographs constitute the bulk of this
collection. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Department. | | | | Subjects: | Names, Geographical--Arizona--Grand Canyon. | Boats and boating--Southwest, New. | Ocean travel. | Environmentalists--United States. | Rivers--Southwest, New--Photographs--Indexes. | World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography. | Soldiers--Correspondence. | Conservation of natural resources. | Natural history--Colorado River Valley
(Colo.-Mexico) | Southwest, New--Aerial exploration. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 33 | Author: | Shantz, H.L. (Homer LeRoy), 1876-1958 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Homer Leroy Shantz
papers,
1903-1958 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1903-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Field notebooks, reprint articles, speeches,
survey abstracts, photographs, diaries, and correspondence pertaining to
Shantz's interests in worldwide agriculture and botany. Shantz's various trips
to Africa resulted in extensive field notes, including those for the
Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919 to 1920, and the African Education
Commission, 1923 to 1924. Background material he collected about Africa
encompasses maps; postcards; dictionaries and primers on languages, including
Swahili; also, articles on the people, the areas they inhabited, and specific
problems, such as the tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, forced labor, and race
relations. Photographs of his travels from the Cape to Cairo depict the Nile,
Egyptian ruins, wild and domestic animals, vegetation and the landscape,
villages and cities, and people in tribal dress. Communal activities documented
include cultivation, thatching roofs, building a road, and weaving a large
bamboo mat to cover a bridge walkway. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Plant ecology -- Africa | Plant ecology -- United States | Vegetation surveys -- South America | Vegetation surveys -- Colorado | Vegetation surveys -- Africa | Swahili language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Swahili | Agriculture -- Africa | Soils -- Africa | Agriculture -- United States | Soils -- United States | Africa -- Description and travel | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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