The Joseph G. Hall collection includes
journals, field notes, photographs, and films created by Hall during his research into the
Kaibab squirrel and the Grand Canyon between 1960 and 1974.
Identification:
NAU.MS.341 NAU.PH.2002.8 NAU.MI.2002.8
Language:
Material in English
Repository:
Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Northern Arizona University
Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022
Phone: 928 523-5551
Fax: 928 523-3770
Biographical Note
Joseph "Joe" Glenn Hall was born on July 22, 1923 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Rufus B. Hall and
Frances Ebersole Hall. He had one brother, William B. (Bill) Hall, and one sister, Margaret
Chandler Hall. After graduating from Walnut Hills High in Cincinnati in 1941, Hall attended
Princeton for two years, followed by his brother William B. Hall ('47). While at Princeton,
Hall joined Dial Lodge and was on the freshman cross-country team. In 1943, he joined the
United States Army, serving as an EMT with the Army Medical Corps. Hall returned to Princeton
in 1946 after the end of World War II, completing a degree in biology in 1948. He then
earned a Master's degree in biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1950.
Hall met his future wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Allen, while both were studying at U.C.
Boulder. (Allen was born August 22, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri.) They married in 1950. The
Halls had four daughters: Sally (born in 1952), Connie (born in 1954), Peggy (born in 1959),
and Lisa (born in 1961). They were active members of the Nature Conservancy and the Sierra
Club.
Around 1950, Joe Hall spent a summer working as a park ranger at the South Rim of the
Grand Canyon, where he met the naturalist Myron Sutton. After completing their respective
degrees at U.C. Boulder, the Halls moved to Berkeley, California. Joe Hall completed his
Ph.D. in wildlife management from the University of California, Berkeley in 1956, while
Betty pursued a Ph.D. in botany. After obtaining his degree, Joe Hall taught zoology for a
year at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Between 1957 and 1982, he taught zoology
and biology at San Francisco State University. During his career, he was elected a Fellow of
the California Academy of Sciences in addition to winning awards for his wildlife
photography.
Hall's work as a naturalist began with his dissertation research, which concerned beavers
in northern Nevada, near Truckee. In 1960, he started his research on the Kaibab squirrel on
the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. This study continued until 1974. Hall also studied river
otters in Grand Teton National Park in later years.
In 1964, Hall joined in on a Colorado River trip with Martin Litton, P.T. Reilly,
François Leydet, and Phillip Hyde. Leydet published a book based on the trip, Time and the River Flowing: Grand Canyon, with the support of the
Sierra Club. The book featured wildlife photographs taken by Hall.
Joe Hall retired from teaching in 1983, and he and Betty moved to Grand Junction, Colorado.
There, Hall wrote the children's book Linnea: portrait of a Kaibab
squirrel, with sketches of other wildlife on the North Rim of Grand Canyon (1998),
illustrated by his daughter, Lisa Kearsley.
Joseph G. Hall died on May 17, 2005 at his home in Grand Junction, at the age of 81.
Information in this biographical history note is based upon
donor-supplied information as well as a 2005 memorial in the Princeton Alumni Weekly
titled Memorial Joseph Glenn Hall '45, an
obituary in Grand Canyon River Guides' Boatmens Quarterly written by Richard Quartaroli,
and an obituary in the National Park Service
newsletter Arrowhead (Vol. 13, No. 2).
Scope and Content
The Joseph G. Hall collection encompasses the field notes, report, photographs, and movies
created by Hall as he studied the Kaibab squirrel and the Grand Canyon between 1960 and
1974.
Manuscript materials (NAU.MS.341) include Hall's journals and field notes and cover the
period of his research from 1960 to 1974.
Photographs (NAU.PH.2002.8) include 237 slides documenting a 1964 Glen Canyon / Colorado
River trip from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead, as well as 140 slides documenting a 1962 trip to
the Grand Canyon, and 14 black-and-white negatives and 17 black-and-white prints also taken during the 1964 Grand Canyon trip.
Moving images (NAU.MI.2002.8) document Hall's hike to Shiva Temple in 1963 and a 1969 film
about the Kaibab squirrel. The Kaibab squirrel film was produced by William B. Hall, Joe Hall's brother.
Arrangement
Bee Valvo organized materials in the Joseph G. Hall collection into 4 format-based series
in 2003. Samantha Meier updated the arrangement of materials in 2021 to reflect their
current physical organization.
Due to a lack of required playback equipment and the fragility of the materials in
question, original 8mm and 16mm films in the moving images portion of the Joseph G. Hall
collection (NAU.MI.2002.8) are unavailable for access and use in the Miriam Lemont Reading
Room.
Researchers are advised to utilize digitized versions of the original films available
online via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Please see the Digital Material
Available note to learn more.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner
of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its
officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person
asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
SCA staff have digitized selected textual materials and moving images from the Joseph G.
Hall collection. Digitized material from the Joseph Hall collection is available through
Cline Library's Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Search for "Joseph G.
Hall" in the "Creator" or "Collection name" fields.
Click here to see all digitized material
from the Joseph G. Hall collection.
Moving image materials in the Joseph G. Hall collection were digitized by Olivia (Liv) Hall
in fall 2021 - spring 2022 as part of SCA's 2021-2024 National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) grant addressing obsolete and near-obsolete motion picture film and other moving image
formats.
Item-level links to digitized moving images are provided below.
Preferred Citation
[Title or brief description of file or item.] Joseph G. Hall Collection [manuscripts],
NAU.MS.341, Series [ ], Box [ ], Folder [ ]. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Special Collections and Archives. Flagstaff, Arizona.
[Title or brief description of file or item.] Joseph G. Hall Collection [photographs],
NAU.PH.2002.8.[ ], Box [ ], Folder [ ]. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Special
Collections and Archives. Flagstaff, Arizona.
[Title or brief description of file or item.] Joseph G. Hall Collection [moving images],
NAU.MI.2002.8.[ ]. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Special Collections and
Archives. Flagstaff, Arizona.
Acquisition Information
Joseph G. Hall donated textual, photographic, and moving image materials to Cline Library
Special Collections and Archives in 2002 and 2003.
Elizabeth Hall donated additional photographic and textual materials related to the 1964
Grand Canyon trip in 2005.
Processing Information
Bee Valvo processed textual, photographic, and moving image materials from the Joseph G.
Hall collection in September 2003. Melanie Gerton assisted in the production of an EAD 2002
finding aid.
In 2003, SCA sent moving image materials from the Joseph G. Hall collection to a vendor in
Phoenix to be transferred from the original 8mm and 16mm film to Betacam SP and VHS
videotapes for preservation and use.
Textual materials from the Joseph G. Hall collection were digitized by SCA staff around
2005 or 2006.
In December 2021, Samantha Meier processed a 2005 accrual to the Joseph G. Hall collection
and integrated those materials into the collection.
Olivia (Liv) Hall digitized moving images from the Joseph G. Hall collection in fall 2021 -
spring 2022 as part of SCA's 2021-2014 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant
addressing at-risk moving image formats.
Bee Valvo arranged manuscript materials in the Joseph G. Hall collection into 2 content-based series in 2003.
NAU.MS.341.01 - Series 1: Joseph Hall's Field Journals, 1960-1974
NAU.MS.341.02 - Series 2: Kaibab Squirrel Investigation Reports, 1960-1972
Samantha Meier added a file of materials pertaining to a 1964 Colorado River trip in 2021.
Digital Material Available
SCA staff have digitized selected textual materials from the Joseph G. Hall collection.
Digitized material from the Joseph Hall collection is available through Cline Library's
Colorado Plateau Digital Collections.
Search for "Joseph G. Hall" in the "Creator" or "Collection name" fields.
Click here to see all digitized material
from the Joseph G. Hall collection.
Item-level links to digitized material are provided below.
Series 2 (NAU.MS.341.02) includes one loose-leaf binder containing the results of Hall's
investigations. It begins with a detailed synopsis of the reports, continues with the
reports separated by year, and ends with a seven-season summary.
Box-folder
3.15
Summary of Kaibab Squirrel Investigation Reports, 1960-1972.
The photographs group of the Joseph G. Hall collection (NAU.PH.2002.8) contains slides
of Joseph Hall's 1962 trip through Glen Canyon and 1964 trip down the Colorado River, as
well as black-and-white negatives and prints of photographs taken by Hall during the
1964 trip.
Arrangement
Bee Valvo organized Hall's slides into groups (slide sheets) based on their
chronological order.
Processing Information
Bee Valvo added the 1962 images in the Photographs group of the Joseph G. Hall
collection from a later accrual to the collection in 2003.
Samantha Meier added photographs from a 2005 accrual to the Joseph G. Hall collection
in December 2021. These black-and-white negatives and prints were originally found in
the "River Trip Apr - May 1964" folder now found in the Manuscripts group (Box 3 Folder
28), in December 2021. They have yet to be assigned individual call numbers by SCA
staff.
box
1
NAU.PH.2002.8.1-20 Colorado River trip April 27,1964
Scope and Contents
Images taken on April 27, 1964 of the plants, beaches, Navajo Bridge, Badger Rapid,
and Soap Rapid.
NAU.PH.2002.8.21-40
Colorado River trip April 27-29,1964
Scope and Contents
These images were taken between April 27th and April 29th on the 1964 Colorado River
Trip. They include Marble Gorge, Salt Water Wash, Boulder Narrows, Tanner Wash, 25
mile Rapid, as well as the flora and fauna of the area.
NAU.PH.2002.8.41-57
Colorado River trip April 29, 1964
Scope and Contents
These images, taken on the April 1964 Colorado River trip, include 26.7 Mile Rapid,
down and up river from mile 28.7, Marble Gorge, Vasey's Paradise, and the Gorge of
Redwall.
NAU.PH.2002.8.58-98
Colorado River trip May 1-3, 1964
Scope and Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images - Lava Canyon Rapid, Unkar Rapid, and the
head of Hance Rapid. There are slides regarding geological formations as well as
personal slides of Pat Reilly and Bill Jones.
NAU.PH.2002.8.99-18
Colorado River trip May 3-9, 1964
Scope and Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: the Hance Rapid, Inner Gorge, B.A. Creek,
Horn Rapid, Hermit Rapid, and Serpent Rapid.
NAU.PH.2002.8.119-137
Colorado River trip May 8 -9, 1964
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: several slides of bighorn sheep at Elves
Chasm, Fossil Bay, Steamboat Mountain, and the Dubendorff Rapids.
NAU.PH.2002.8.138-152
Colorado River trip May 9, 1964
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: Tapeats Creek, Deer Creek, Deer Creek Falls,
and Deer Creek Narrows
NAU.PH.2002.8.158-177
Colorado River trip May 9 - 11, 1964
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: geological descriptions at Deer Creek Falls,
and Havasu Canyon, a variety of shots of Kanab Canyon, and fauna slides.
NAU.PH.2002.8.178-197
Colorado River trip May 11-12, 1964
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: birds, fern glens, animal tracks, lava
formations, and Vulcan's Forge.
NAU.PH.2002.8.198-217
Colorado River trip, May 13 - 14, 1964
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: travertine fountains, burros, Travertine
Falls, 232 Mile Rapid (Honeymoon Rapid), and personal slides of Ardis and Philip Hyde,
Francois Ladet, Clyde Childress, Martin Litton, and Bill Jones eating, and
boating.
NAU.PH.2002.8.218-237
Colorado River trip May 14 -17, 1964
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: Spencer Canyon, the bat guano cave, Grand
Wash, and Temple Bar. This signified the end of the trip.
NAU.PH.2002.8.238-257
Glen Canyon trip June 11 - 12, 1962
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains images from the beginning of Joseph Hall's 1962 Colorado River
trip through Glen Canyon prior to the flooding from the construction and filling
behind the Glen Canyon Dam. The first sheet contains images of Rainbow Bridge,
Labyrinthe Tributary, kayaking, making camp, and the flat water in Glen Canyon.
NAU.PH.2002.8.258-296
Glen Canyon trip, June 12 - 13, 1962
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: Warm Springs Canyon, Tapestry Wall Hansen
Creek, Moki Canyon and many of the flora and fauna found in these locations.
NAU.PH.2002.8.297-316
Glen Canyon trip June 13 -
14, 1962
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: Moki Canyon, the Escalante River, and the
fauna of the area.
NAU.PH.2002.8.317-336
Glen Canyon trip June 14 -
15 1962
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: trip participants, Hidden Passage fauna, and
the Colorado River itself.
NAU.PH.2002.8.337-355
Glen Canyon trip June 15, 1962
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: Hidden Passage, Music Temple, Navajo
Mountain and the flora and fauna of the area.
NAU.PH.2002.8.356-372
Glen Canyon trip June 16 -
17, 1962
Scope & Contents
This sheet contains a variety of images: Rainbow Bridge, Aztec Creek, and the
Colorado River.
box
folder
1
1
NAU.PH.2002.8-373-? River Trip Apr - May 1964 31
Photographic images17 black-and-white prints, 14 black-and-white
negatives
Scope & Contents
Black-and-white prints and negatives originally found in the same folder as "River
Trips Apr - May 1964" folder now found in the Manuscripts portion of the Joseph G.
Hall collection (NAU.MS.341), Box 3, Folder 28. (See that folder for more
information.)
Labels on the photographs indicate the following locations, people, and topics: Upper
Deer Creek Gorge, Lower Deer Creek Falls, Elves' Chasm, 26.7 Mile Rapid, 25 Mile
Rapid, Redwall Cavern, "[morese?] self portrait at Marble Gorge dam site", Havasu
Creek, Hance Rapid, and Redwall Gorge.
Processing Information
SCA staff have yet to assign item-level call numbers to images in this file of the
Joseph G. Hall collection, as of December 2021.
Due to a lack of required playback equipment and the fragility of the materials in
question, original 8mm and 16mm films in the moving images portion of the Joseph G. Hall
collection (NAU.MI.2002.8) are unavailable for access and use in the Miriam Lemont
Reading Room.
Researchers should utilize the digitized versions of the films available online through
the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. See the Digital Material Available note to
learn more.
Digital Material Available
Moving image materials in the Joseph G. Hall collection were digitized by Olivia (Liv)
Hall in fall 2021 - spring 2022 as part of SCA's 2021-2024 National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) grant addressing obsolete and near-obsolete motion picture film and
other moving image formats.
Digitized moving images from the Joseph G. Hall collection are available through Cline
Library's Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Search for
"NAU.MI.2002.8" in the "Call number" field.
Click here to see all digitized moving
images from the Joseph G. Hall collection.
Item-level links to digitized moving images are provided below.
