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Descriptive Summary | |
Creator: | Nevills, Norm D., 1908-1949. |
Collection Name | Norm Nevills Papers, |
Inclusive Dates: | 1931-2010 |
Physical Description | 4 linear feet (8 boxes) |
Abstract | The Norm Nevills Papers consists of Norman Nevills' river trip journals, correspondence, family records, newspaper and magazine articles, and photographs of Norm, Doris, Sandra, and Joan Nevills from the 1930s to the 1990s. |
Collection Number | NAU.MS.317 NAU.PH.99.6 NAU.MI.99.6 Accession 2019.58 (UNPROCESSED) |
Language | English. |
Repository |
Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Department. Northern Arizona University Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523 5551 Fax: 928 523 3770 Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu |
Norman Davies Nevills was born in April, 1908 to William Eugene and Mae Davies Nevills of California. In 1921, William left his family to seek his fortune drilling for oil in Utah, where he became fascinated by rivers. In 1924 he took an open boat trip down the San Juan River. Mae joined her husband in Utah in 1925 while Norm stayed in California to complete his education, attending the College of the Pacific in Stockton for two years before joining his parents in Mexican Hat, Utah in 1927. William's river adventures greatly influenced his son, who wanted to run the river himself. Norm Nevills met Doris Drown in July of 1933 in Monticello, Utah and they married in October 1933. For their honeymoon they planned a trip down the San Juan River. Nevills built a homemade boat out of his mother's horse trough and they traveled the river in 1934 with few problems. The trip fanned Nevills' desire to guide paying customers down the river.
In 1938, Nevills made a complete run of the Colorado River from Green River, Utah, through Cataract and Grand Canyons, to Boulder Dam. The publicity generated by this trip created other commercial opportunities. Dr. Elzada Clover, a University of Michigan botanist, wanted to make a river trip to catalog the flora of the Grand Canyon. Dr. Clover brought graduate student Lois Jotter as her assistant. The trip began in July of 1938, lasted for 43 days, and brought Nevills additional publicity for another successful run accompanied by the first women to make the trip. Nevills Expedition made many runs of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers, including six more of the Grand Canyon, with his wife Doris and their daughters, Joan and Sandra, often accompanying him. To ease transportation problems he sometimes faced on the river, Nevills bought his first airplane in 1946. When Doris' uncle died in 1949, Norm and Doris Nevills took off from Mexican Ha, Utah, destined for Sacramento, California. Right after take off the plane's engine died and the plane crashed, killing both Norm and Doris. Nevills Expedition was sold to J. Frank Wright and Jim Rigg, two of Norm Nevills' boatmen, and renamed Mexican Hat Expeditions. In 1950, family, friends, and fellow river runners gathered to dedicate a plaque honoring Norm and Doris Nevills at Navajo Bridge, Marble Canyon.
The Norm Nevills Papers consists of Norm Nevills' river trip journals, Doris Nevills' diary, miscellaneous typed and handwritten correspondence and photographs of Norm, Doris, Sandra, and Joan Nevills from the 1930's to the 1990's, magazine articles and newspaper clippings. Series 1, box 1, contains Norm's river journal, Doris' diary, Frank Wright's diary, and miscellaneous documents. Note the river diaries are copies of typescripts created from the originals by the University of Utah's Special Collection department, with the exception of the Doris Nevills' diary which is a photocopy of the original. Series 2 contains the correspondence of the Nevills family. Included are letters from Sandra Nevills, Netie Redman, and Gaylord Staveley. Series 3 contains other correspondence, Nevills family records, and newspaper articles. Series 4 contains newspaper and magazine articles on the Nevills family and other persons associated with river running or the four corners region. Of interest is the story of the restoration of the cataract boat Sandra.
The photographs show Norm and Doris Nevills with family members, as well as various river trips, and the people that went on those trips. Also shown is Norm Nevills on the famous 1938 river trip with Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter Cutter. The Nevills Lodge at Mexican Hat, Utah is also included.
The 2006 addition of the Norm Nevills Papers consists of Norm Nevills river trip journals as well as many by other authors, one letter of correspondence, many items pertaining to the history of Norm Nevills, including genealogical records, as well as a few newspaper and magazine articles. Series 1, box 1, contains river journals by Norm Nevills and others, as well as various river documents. The river journals are almost exclusively photocopies of the typescripts with a few exceptions. Series 2 contains correspondence, which includes one letter addressed to T.L. Mayes from Norm Nevills. Series 3 contains other correspondence, records, and articles pertaining to the history and genealogy of Norm Nevills and his wife, Doris Drown. Series 4 contains a few newspaper and magazine articles on Norm Nevills, the famous 1938 expedition with Dr. Elzada Clover, and the restoration of the cataract boat Sandra.
The unprocessed accession to the Papers (Accession 2019.58) consists of 1 2" 3-ring binder of photographs documenting the activities of Norm Nevills as a river runner on the Colorado River and exploring the southwest corner of the Colorado Plateau between 1930 and 1942. Areas identified in the photographs include the San Juan River, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon, Monument Valley, and the Salmon and Snake Rivers in Utah. Many of the photographs were created by others and assembled by Nevills.
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Please note that the name of the Norm Nevills Papers was previously the Norm Nevills Collection. The name was updated in 2019 to be DACS-compliant.
Norm Nevills Papers, NAU.MS.317, Cline Library, Special Collections and Archives Dept.
Norm Nevills Papers, NAU.PH.99.6, Cline Library, Special Collections and Archives Dept.
Norm Nevills Papers, NAU.MI.99.6, Cline Library, Special Collections and Archives Dept.
Initial Acquisition of the Nevills Collection, 1931-1996 | |||||||||||
Series 1, box 1, Journals, 1938-1950. | |||||||||||
Journals, diaries, and river logs belonging to Norm Nevills, Doris Nevills, and Frank Wright from 1938 to 1950. | |||||||||||
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1.1 | Norman Nevills Journal; Green River, 1938. | ||||||||||
Typescript of original created by the University of Utah. Original held by University of Utah, Marriot Library, Special Collections Department. | |||||||||||
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1.2 | Norman Nevills Journal; Green River, Wyoming to Green River, Utah, 1940. | ||||||||||
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1.3 | Norman Nevills Journal; Grand Canyon, 1940. | ||||||||||
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1.4 | Norman Nevills Journal; Grand Canyon, 1941. | ||||||||||
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1.5 | Norman Nevills Journal; Snake River and Salmon River, 1946. | ||||||||||
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1.6 | Norman Nevills Journal; Green River, 1947. | ||||||||||
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1.7 | Norman Nevills Journal; Grand Canyon, 1948. | ||||||||||
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1.8 | Frank Wright's Diary, 1969. | ||||||||||
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1.9 | Doris Nevills Diary. , | ||||||||||
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1.9a | River Items; boat construction log, Sandra's River Rat certificate, Mexican Hat Expeditions 1957 Grand Canyon trip journal, song lyrics, and miscellaneous writings and articles on four corners rivers and canyons. , | ||||||||||
Series 2, boxes 1-2, Correspondence, 1930-1979. | |||||||||||
Correspondence between the Nevills family and friends; includes cards, announcements, and letters. | |||||||||||
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1.10 | Correspondence: Doris Nevills, 1930. | ||||||||||
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1.11 | Correspondence: Doris Nevills, 1941-1946. | ||||||||||
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1.12 | Correspondence: Doris Nevills, 1947-1948. | ||||||||||
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1.12a | Correspondence: Doris Nevills, 1969. | ||||||||||
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1.13 | Correspondence: Doris Nevills. , | ||||||||||
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1.14 | Correspondence: Doris Nevills. , | ||||||||||
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1.15 | Correspondence: Joan Nevills, 1940. | ||||||||||
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1.16 | Correspondence: Joan Nevills, 1957. | ||||||||||
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1.17 | Correspondence: Joan Nevills, 1980. | ||||||||||
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1.18 | Correspondence: Joan Nevills. , | ||||||||||
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1.19 | Correspondence: Norman Nevills, 1938-1939. | ||||||||||
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1.20 | Correspondence: Norman Nevills, 1940-1941. | ||||||||||
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1.21 | Correspondence: Norman Nevills, 1942-1945. | ||||||||||
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1.22 | Correspondence: Norman Nevills, 1946. | ||||||||||
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1.23 | Correspondence: Norman Nevills, 1947. | ||||||||||
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1.24 | Correspondence: Norman Nevills, 1948. | ||||||||||
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1.25 | Correspondence: Norman Nevills, 1949. | ||||||||||
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1.26 | Correspondence: Norman Nevills. , | ||||||||||
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1.27 | Correspondence: Sandra Nevills (Reiff), 1940. | ||||||||||
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1.28 | Correspondence: Sandra Nevills (Reiff), 1950. | ||||||||||
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1.29 | Correspondence: Sandra Nevills (Reiff), 1960. | ||||||||||
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1.30 | Correspondence: Sandra Nevills (Reiff), 1970. | ||||||||||
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1.31 | Correspondence: Sandra Nevills (Reiff), 1980. | ||||||||||
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1.32 | Correspondence: Sandra Nevills (Reiff), 1990. | ||||||||||
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2.33 | Correspondence: Sandra Nevills (Reiff). , | ||||||||||
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2.34 | Correspondence: Sandra Nevills (Reiff). , | ||||||||||
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2.35 | Correspondence: Netie Redman, 1950. | ||||||||||
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2.36 | Correspondence: Gaylord Staveley, 1956-1957. | ||||||||||
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2.37 | Unknown correspondence. , | ||||||||||
Series 3, box 2, family records, 1933-1987. | |||||||||||
Nevills family records, including birth, death, and marriage records, family tree, and correspondence about the family history. | |||||||||||
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2.38 | Elizabeth DuPont; correspondence addressed to Sandra Nevills, 1961-1973. | ||||||||||
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2.39 | Ethel Hurd; correspondence addressed to Sandra Nevills, documents related to "Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem," newspaper articles, 1973. | ||||||||||
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2.40 | Reverend Harold Baxter Liebler; newspaper articles, 1962-1982. | ||||||||||
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2.41 | Doris Nevills family history. , | ||||||||||
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2.42 | Joan Nevills; program for "Little Women," , 1954. | ||||||||||
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2.43 | Family genealogy; Amos, Davies, Gore, Redman, Thompson, 1934-1986. | ||||||||||
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2.44 | Marriage, Death, and Birth certificates or Norman, Doris, and Mae Nevills, 1933-1944. | ||||||||||
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2.45 | Funeral services program, plaque dedication, proposal to name reservoir created by Glen Canyon Dam as "Lake Nevills," , 1952. | ||||||||||
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2.46 | Norm; personal information, U of UT Register of Norm's papers, Nevills family history. , | ||||||||||
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2.47 | Morgan Family History (Norman Nevills family). , | ||||||||||
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2.48 | Hilda Perkins; correspondence addressed to Sandra Nevills, 1982. | ||||||||||
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2.49 | P.T. Reilly; correspondence addressed to Sandra Nevills, 1985-1987. | ||||||||||
Series 4, box 2-3, newspaper and magazine articles, 1940-1979. | |||||||||||
Includes newspaper and magazine articles on the Nevills family and other river runners. | |||||||||||
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2.50 | "2 Area Men Conquer Utah Rapids," Rocky Mountain News, 1965. | ||||||||||
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2.51 | "25 Years Ago in the SUN," The SUN, Flagstaff, 1974. | ||||||||||
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2.52 | "1948 Grand Canyon Expedition," The September Shuttle, 1948. | ||||||||||
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2.53 | "Auction Set for Saturday," newspaper clipping, source unknown. , | ||||||||||
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2.54 | "Bad Water Buckaroo," The New Argosy, 1945. | ||||||||||
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2.55 | "Boatman, Riverman, Adventurer," newspaper clipping, source unknown. , | ||||||||||
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2.56 | "Brother Take the Oars," Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune, 1946. | ||||||||||
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2.57 | "Challengers Win Seats on Council," newspaper clipping, Page Paragraph, 1979. | ||||||||||
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2.58 | "Canyon Wonderland," by Norman D. Nevills; National Park Service Region III Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1940. | ||||||||||
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2.59 | "Cockleshell on the Colorado; Through the Grand Canyon in a Foldboat," by Alexander G. Grant, Jr., Appalachia. , | ||||||||||
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2.60 | "Cockleshell on the Colorado; Through the Grand Canyon in a Foldboat," by Alexander G. Grant, Jr., pages 493-494 only, Appalachia. , | ||||||||||
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2.61 | "The Colorado is Still Wild," by Weldon F Heald, Sierra Club Bulletin. , | ||||||||||
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2.62 | "Council Seeks Restoration of Funds," Lake Powell Chronicle, 1979. | ||||||||||
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2.63 | "Descent of the Canyons," by Norman D Nevills, National Park Service Region Three Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1941. | ||||||||||
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2.64 | "Desert Priest," by Richard Kaplan, Coronet. , | ||||||||||
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2.65 | "Fast-Water Man," by Neil M Clark, The Saturday Evening Post, 1946. | ||||||||||
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2.66 | Messages 14, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27, and 29 from Father Liebler and Companions at Hat Rock Valley Retreat Center, Monument Valley, Utah. "The Desert Priest of Utah," by The Editor, The Christian Challenge, 1977. | ||||||||||
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2.67 | Messages 28, 32, 33,and 34 from Father Liebler and Companions at Hat Rock Valley Retreat Center, Monument Valley, Utah. , | ||||||||||
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2.68 | "Floating Down the San Juan and the Colorado," by Randall Henderson, Sierra Club Bulletin, 1945. | ||||||||||
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2.69 | "Food From Camp Cooking in the Big Canyon Country," by Ellen Cooke, Arizona, 1978. | ||||||||||
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2.70 | "The Four Corners Country," Baroid News Bulletin, 1948. | ||||||||||
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2.71 | "From the Past," newspaper clipping, source unknown. , | ||||||||||
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2.72 | "Giant of the Colorado," by Neil M Clark, The Saturday Evening Post. , | ||||||||||
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2.73 | "Guide Wears Many Hats," The SUN, 1976. | ||||||||||
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2.74 | Happy Birthday message to Joan Nevills Staveley from sister Sandra, newspaper clipping, source unknown. , | ||||||||||
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2.75 | "Hats Off to Spirit of John Wesley Powell," The Arizona Republic, 1991. | ||||||||||
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2.76 | "How I Became a Colorado River Rat," by Molly Maley, Transit Topics, 1951. | ||||||||||
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2.77 | "Joan Staveley Resigns Dual Directorship," Lake Powell Chronicle, 1982. | ||||||||||
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3.78 | "Joan's In Command Aboard Lake Craft," by Carl E. Hayden, source unknown, 1965. | ||||||||||
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3.79 | "Joan's In Command Aboard Lake Craft," by Carl E. Hayden, Salt Lake City Tribune, 1965. | ||||||||||
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3.80 | "Lake Powell Line," by Stan Jones, Arizona Waterways, 1977. | ||||||||||
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3.81 | "Lake Powell Line," by Stan Jones, Arizona Waterways, 1978. | ||||||||||
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3.82 | "Local People Attend Tourism Session," source unknown. , | ||||||||||
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3.83 | "Locals Elected to Tourism Hall of Fames," San Juan Record. , | ||||||||||
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3.84 | "Maggie Wilson's Album," Women's Forum, The Arizona Republic, 1975. | ||||||||||
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3.85 | "Newly Opened Hite Marina Adds to Lake Powell Promenade Facilities," by Gaylord Kirkham, newspaper clipping, source unknown. , | ||||||||||
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3.86 | "Museum Expansion and Memories," by Joan Staveley, Lake Powell Chronicle, 1979. | ||||||||||
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3.87 | "Museum Receives Funds," Page Paragraph. "C of C to Fete Movie Makers", Lake Powell Chronicle, 1977, 1978. | ||||||||||
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3.88 | "My Biggest Thrill," by Alexander Grant, Farm Journal, 1946. | ||||||||||
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3.89 | "Navajo Rugs . . . Unique Art Form," by Elaine Morrall, Ford Times, 1971. | ||||||||||
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3.90 | "Nevills Plans River Trip in Early Spring," The Daily Sentinel. , | ||||||||||
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3.91 | "Newly Opened Hite Marina Adds to Lake Powell Promenade Facilities," by Gaylord Kirkham, newspaper clipping, source unknown. , | ||||||||||
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3.92 | "Norman Nevills: Explorations and Expeditions," by Nancy Nelson, HIS693 paper, 1986. | ||||||||||
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3.93 | "Norman Nevills: Whitewater Man of the West," by P.T. Reilly, Utah Historical Quarterly. , | ||||||||||
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3.94 | "Off the Boatin' Path," by Gaylord Staveley, Western Gateways, 1968. | ||||||||||
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3.95 | "One of World's Great Trips at Slope's Door," The Daily Sentinel, 1941. | ||||||||||
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3.96 | "Oriental, Occidental, and Incidental Impressions," by Frank E. Masland, Jr., 1960. | ||||||||||
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3.97 | Miscellaneous photos primarily of Joan Nevills Staveley, sources: The Page Paragraph, Lake Powell Chronicle, The TRIBUNE, and unknown. , | ||||||||||
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3.98 | "Powell Museum Event Set for Sat.," newspaper clipping, source unknown. , | ||||||||||
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3.99 | "Primary Election Tuesday," Lake Powell Chronicle, 1979. | ||||||||||
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3.100 | Miscellaneous publicity, ads, and rate schedules for Nevills Expeditions, Mexican Hat Expedition, etc. , | ||||||||||
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3.101 | "Rafts Run White Water," The SUN, 1970. | ||||||||||
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3.102 | "Rainbow Blow the Rim," by F.E. Masland, Jr., Field and Stream, 1949. | ||||||||||
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3.103 | "Rainbow Bridge one of Utah's Wonders," The Daily Sentinel, 1941. | ||||||||||
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3.104 | "The Mystic Land of the Southwest," The Retired Men's News, Vol. X, No. 4, 1938. | ||||||||||
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3.105 | "Riding the Rapids of the Grand Canyon," by Weldon F. Heald, Travel, 1942. | ||||||||||
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3.106 | River poetry, writings, songs; various authors. , | ||||||||||
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3.107 | "River Road to Rainbow," by Harold Martin, Texaco People, 1959. | ||||||||||
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3.108 | "'River Runners' Navigate Mighty, Muddy Colorado," by Lawrence Townsend, Chicago Sunday Tribune, 1961. | ||||||||||
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3.109 | "River Running Couple Pay Visit to Salt Lake," The Desert News, 1942. | ||||||||||
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3.110 | Various river songs. , | ||||||||||
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3.111 | "People You Should Know (Riverman)," by Robert H. Wall, Travel West, 1941. | ||||||||||
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3.112 | "Santa Will Arrive Saturday; Annual Parade Needs More Entries," Lake Powell Chronicle, 1978. | ||||||||||
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3.114 | "Rapids of Salmon River Offer Thrilling Recreation For Travel Minded America," Lewiston Tribune, 1946. | ||||||||||
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3.115 | "Series on Colorado Boat Trips Disputed," The Phoenix Gazette, 1969. | ||||||||||
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3.116 | "'Shooting' the Grand Canyon Tops All Thrills," Popular Mechanics, 1943. | ||||||||||
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3.117 | "Specht, Bracken, Hickman, Staveley, Barrett Elected," Page Paragraph, 1979. | ||||||||||
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3.118 | "Staveley Gets Award," Lake Powell Chronicle, 1979. | ||||||||||
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3.119 | "Store Facing Wet Future," The Salt lake Tribune, 1962. | ||||||||||
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3.120 | "Their Magic Carpet. . . The Rivers," by Don Howard, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1952. | ||||||||||
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3.121 | Paper written about four corners adventures, by T.L. Mayes. , | ||||||||||
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3.122 | "In My Opinion; Tolerance Goes Up In Smoke," by Bill Nash, Lake Powell Chronicle, 1987. | ||||||||||
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3.123 | "River Trip in October," Travel West, 1941. | ||||||||||
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3.124 | "A Trip to the Southwest," paper written by Leroy W. Cook, 1941. | ||||||||||
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3.125 | "A Trip UP the Colorado in 1931, and What Rainbow Bridge Was Like in a 1909 Trip," Page Paragraph, 1977. | ||||||||||
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3.126 | "We Ran a River," by K.C. Den Dooven, Western Gateways, Northern Arizona Issue, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1966. | ||||||||||
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3.127 | "We Ran a River, Part II," by K.C. Den Dooven, Western Gateways, Lake Powell Issue, 1966. | ||||||||||
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3.128 | "Sandra" boat restoration, articles about, 2001. | ||||||||||
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3.129 | "Sandra" boat restoration, correspondence, 2000-2001. | ||||||||||
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3.130 | "Sandra" boat restoration, Andy Hutchinson log, March-November 2000. | ||||||||||
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3.131 | "Sandra" boat restoration, Andy Hutchinson Essay, 2001. | ||||||||||
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3.132 | "Sandra" boat restoration, broadsides, pamphlets, etc., 2001. | ||||||||||
Series 5, Nevills Lodge guestbooks, 1933-1953. | |||||||||||
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4.133 | Photocopy of guestbook, 1933-1941. | ||||||||||
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4.134 | Photocopy of guestbook, 1941-1953. | ||||||||||
Series 6, Photographs, NAU.PH.99.6.1-83, ca. 1900-59. | |||||||||||
These photographs show Norm and Doris Nevills with family members, as well as various river trips, and the people that went on those trips. Also shown is Norm Nevills on the famous 1938 river trip with Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter Cutter. The Nevills Lodge at Mexican Hat, Utah is also included. | |||||||||||
204 black-and-white and color photographs, 2 black-and-white photographs with hand coloring, 1 picture postcard, 2 cabinet cards. | |||||||||||
Digital versions of these images are available herehere. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.1: Churchman Bros. Studio, ca. 1908. [Norman Davies Nevills as a baby], Chico (Calif.). Black-and-White Photograph, 15 x 10.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.2: Photographer unknown, ca. 1945. [Norm Nevills, hand on hip], Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico). Black-and-White Photograph, 10.6 x 7.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.3: Photographer unknown, ca. 1940. My man. [Norm Nevills in boat.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 10.4 x 8. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.4: Moore, Lucius L., ca. 1945. [Norman Nevills sitting in a boat on the San Juan River.], San Juan River (Colo.-Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 23.4 x 18.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.5: Photographer unknown, ca. 1945. [Norman Nevills reading newspaper on a boat.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 19 x 24.1. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.6: Photographer unknown, ca. 1945. Norm Nevills., location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 15.4 x 10. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.7: O'Brien, Frank E., 1944. Daddy with the "fish" I was named after! [Norm Nevills and a water gage.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 18.7 x 23.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.8: Coats, Robert L., 1949. [Norman Nevills using a water gage, April 23, 1949.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 24 x 18.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.9: Photographer unknown, ca.1945. Norman Nevills, famous riverman takes a drink from a pool filled with rainwater high on top of one of the huge plateaus or monuments in Monument Valley. .., Monument Valley (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 24.1 x 19.3. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.10: Photographer unknown, 1933. 10/18/33. To Grandmother with love from Norman and Doris [Norman and Doris on their wedding day.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 10.5 x 6.2. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.11: Photographer unknown, 1933. The original home of Mom and Daddy in Sand Draw, washed away in flash flood., Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.5 x 16.6. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.12: O'Brien, Frank B., 1944. A great team, a unity hard to break thro' thick and thin, hell or high water, better or worse, they took it together [Norm and Doris Nevills measuring sediment from the river water. April 17, 1944.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 8 x 12.1. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.13: Photographer unknown, 1940. [Norm and Doris Nevills in front of cataract boat, WEN, and San Juan boat, Mystery Canyon.], Green River (Wyo.-Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 7.9 x 13.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.14: Mayes, Thorin, 1949. Norm and Doris, summer 1949 [in front of their plane, Cherry II.], location unknown. Color Photograph, 24.5x19.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.15: Photographer unknown, ca. 1935. Norm Nevills and man at the Nevills home in Mexican Hat, Utah, Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 8.7 x 12.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.16: Photographer unknown, 1949. Norman Nevills with Thorin Mayes, man who took these pictures [in front of Cherry II], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 8.1 x 11. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.17: Farquhar, Francis P., ca. 1945. [Preston Walker and Norman Nevills.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 7.2 x 9.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.18: Photographer unknown, ca. 1945. [Preston Walker, Sandy Nevill's Godfather, San Juan River.], San Juan River (Colo.-Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 24.2 x 18.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.19: Photographer unknown, ca.1945. [Preston Walker, Norm, Walter Walker holding Sandra, Doris and Joan.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 23.6 x 18.8. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.20: Photographer unknown, ca. 1900. Margret Rose Gore-Thompson, mother of Henrietta and Edith (Doris' mom), great-great grandmother of Joan and Sandra Nevills., location unknown. Picture Postcard, 13.7 x 8.6. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.21: Photographer unknown, ca. 1905. Henrietta "Neddy" Angelina Thompson (Doris Nevills' maternal aunt) holding small cousin [Henrietta Thompson raised Sandra Nevills after the death of her parents.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 6.8 x 4.8. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.22: Geo L. Wilcox Studio, ca. 1900. Edith Thompson., Lebanon (Oreg.). Cabinet Card, 13.2 x 9.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.23: Photographer unknown, ca. 1918. [Grandma and Mom (Edith Rose and Doris Margaret.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 15.2 x 10. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.24: Photographer unknown, ca. 1927. [Doris Drown Nevills.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 11.1 x 8.2. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.25: W.M. Thonen Studio, ca. 1890. [Mae "Moe" Davies Nevills, Norman's Mother], Cherokee (Calif.). Cabinet Card, 13.4 x 9.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.26: Photographer unknown, ca. 1938. [Mae "Moe" Davies Nevills (Norm Nevills' mother) on a boat.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 18.8 x 23.8. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.27: Photographer unknown, ca. 1930. [Norman Davies Nevills and his father, William E. Nevills.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 11.4 x 8.2. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.28: Photographer unknown, ca. 1945. [Brother and sister: Wynn Henry Redman Jr. and Evelyn Lou Redman (Henrietta "Neddy" Thompson Redman's children.)], Sacramento (Calif.). Black-and-White Photograph, 10 x 6.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.29: Photographer unknown, ca. 1945. [Norm Nevills with passengers at Nevills lodge in Mexican Hat, Utah.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 12 x 8.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.30: Photographer unknown, ca. 1937. [Doris and Joan Nevills, with Mae "Moe" Davies Nevills in front of a Nevills Expedition boat.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.5 x 16.6. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.31: Photographer unknown, ca. 1944. [Sandra Nevills playing with the telephone.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.6 x 8.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.32: O'Brien, Frank E., 1944. [Sandra Nevills, holding stuffed panda bear.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 11.2 x 8.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.33: Photographer unknown, ca. 1945. [Nevills home, presents under the Christmas tree.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 10.4 x 6. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.34: O'Brien, Frank E., 1944. [Joan and Doris Nevills reading a book.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 7.9 x 11.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.35: Photographer unknown, ca. 1946. [Nevills family.], Utah. Black-and-White Photograph, 11.5 x 16.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.36: Photographer unknown, 1947. Christening the Sandra, Summer 1949., Lees Ferry (Ariz.). Color Photograph, 9x14. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.37: Photographer unknown, ca. 1950. [Joan Nevills.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 13.2 x 8.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.38: Photographer unknown, 1954. [Joan Nevills, Mae "Moe" Davies Nevills, and Sandra Nevills on Joan's wedding day.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 11.8 x 16.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.39: Photographer unknown, ca. 1955. [Joan Nevills Staveley, pregnant.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 8.9 x 7.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.40: Photographer unknown, c.1959. [Joan Nevills-Staveley with husband Gaylord Lee Staveley and sons Cameron Lee and Scott Lee.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 17.4 x 22.6. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.41: Photographer unknown, 1958. Sandra Jane - Graduation, June 1958., location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 24.4 x 19.6. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.42: Photographer unknown, 1929. Shower at Goodridge Lodge (Goodridge, Utah was first named after Ellis Goodridge, later re-named Mexican Hat.), Goodridge (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 8 x 5.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.43: Photographer unknown, 1929. Goodridge, Utah, viewed across San Juan River 1929. [Later renamed Mexican Hat, Utah.], Goodridge (Utah) // Mexican Hat (Utah) // San Juan River (Colo.-Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 8 x 13.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.44: Photographer unknown, ca. 1933. Oil rig at Mexican Hat., Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 7.4 x 10.1. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.45: Photographer unknown, . Original Nevills housing up Sand Draw Mexican Hat, Utah., Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 6.8 x 9.6. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.46: Photographer unknown, ca. 1950. [Mae "Moe" Davies Nevills and Nid the dog in front of Nevills Mexican Hat Lodge.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 19.2 x 24. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.47: Photographer unknown, ca. 1930. [Man shoeing horse.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 7.8 x 12.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.48: Photographer unknown, ca. 1935. Navajo artisans building Nevills Mexican Hat Lodge.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 8.4 x 12.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.49: Photographer unknown, ca. 1934. The year the river ran dry (Doris and Norm Nevills with Thorin Mayes in tie and hat.), San Juan River (Colo.-Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 6.3 x 10.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.50: Photographer unknown, ca. 1935. [Thorin Mayes with original Nevills boat- note tin can lid patches - upper San Juan river at Bluff.], San Juan River (Colo.-Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 6 x 10.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.51: Photographer unknown, ca. 1942. Rainbow Trail was the boat Pres [Preston Walker] and Daddy made together., location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 16.5 x 11.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.52: Photographer unknown, 1940. [Nevills Expedition with carrier pigeons.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 7.9 x 11. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.53: Photographer unknown, 1940. [Nevills Expeditions boat with carrier pigeon cage.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 8 x 11. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.54: Photographer unknown, 1947. [left to right: Al Millote, Norm Nevills, and Randall Henderson on the boat WEN.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 18.8 x 23.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.55: Photographer unknown, 1947. Joe Desloge Jr., Otis "Doc" Marston, and Maggie Marston [on the boat Joan.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 18.8 x 23.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.56: Photographer unknown, 1947. [left to right: Marie Saalfrank, Kent Frost, Joe Desloge Sr. on the boat Mexican Hat.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 18.9 x 23.9. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.57: Kolb, Emery C., ca. 1940. Nevills in Granite Falls - note boat scraping along cliff., location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 20 x 24.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.58: Photographer unknown, ca. 1940. Air view down Glen Canyon of the Colorado from point near mouth of Bridge Creek., Glen Canyon (Ariz.). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.9 x 16.2. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.59: Photographer unknown, 1925. Cliff Palace Mesa Verde, 1925., Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.). Black-and-White Photograph, 7.9 x 5.5. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.60: Tompkins, Philip W., ca. 1935. Navajo Hogans in Tsaybogay Valley [Monument Valley.], Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.7 x 16.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.61: Tompkins, Philip W., ca. 1935. [Fishers Towers Country.], Fishers Towers (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 12 x 16.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.62: Photographer unknown, ca. 1935. Entrance to Canyon., Moab (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 16.5 x 26.4. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.63: Tompkins, Philip W., ca. 1935. Mountains south of Cortez, Hovenweep Fall Monument, Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.6 x 17.1. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.64: Tompkins, Philip W., ca. 1935. [Hovenweep - note tower on lower right.], Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.). Black-and-White Photograph, 17 x 11.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.65: Tompkins, Philip W., ca. 1935. [Hovenweep.], Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.7 x 16.8. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.66: Tompkins, Philip W., ca. 1935. [Betatakin ruins.], Navajo National Monument (Ariz.). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.7 x 16.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.67: Photographer unknown, ca. 1970. White Canyon. [The Long Ladder at Betatakin - note person at lower right.], Navajo National Monument (Ariz.). Color Photograph, 12.6 x 8.8. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.68: Tompkins, Philip W., ca. 1935. Indians, Monument Valley., Monument Valley (Ariz. And Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.9 x 16.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.69: Photographer unknown, ca. 1940. [Mexican Hat Boat Landing with Joanie Elizabeth, Doris and Norm, unidentified man on left.], Mexican Hat (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 6.5 x 11. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.70: Clover, Elzada & Lois Jotter, 1938. Cataract Canyon 1938. Men of the party photographed and just called to breakfast by Clover and Jotter., Cataract Canyon (Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 16.3 x 21.6. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.71: Photographer unknown, 1938. At the head of Mile Rapid (Cataract Canyon.) Left to right: Lois Jotter, Bill Gibson, [Norm] Nevills, [Eugene] Atkinson., Cataract Canyon (Ariz.). Black-and-White Photograph, 16.3 x 21.6. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.72: Kolb Bros. Studio, 1938. [Crew of 1938 Expedition at south rim of Grand Canyon], Grand Canyon (Ariz.). Black-and-White Photograph, 11.6 x 16.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.73: Photographer unknown, ca. 1935. [Rainbow Bridge mapping expedition.], Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah). Black-and-White Photograph, 6 x 10.3. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.74: Photographer unknown, 1946. [Norm Nevills with 4 men at Snake River Run.], Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.). Black-and-White Photograph, 8x14. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.75: Photographer unknown, ca. 1935. [Norm Nevills lighting a cigarette by the original Nevills boat.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 8x11. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.76: Photographer unknown, 1942. [The 1942 expedition which had two teenage boys along.], Grand Canyon (Ariz.). Black-and-White Photograph, 11x8. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.77: Photographer unknown, 1946. [Norm Nevills and Ferris Dodge on Hell's Canyon Trip.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 17.5 x 12.7. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.78: Photographer unknown, ca. 1947. Ann and Zoe Desloge, Maggie Marston in background, location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 19 x 24. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.79: Photographer unknown, ca. 1947. Canyon wake up call, Norm Nevills and Ann Desloge., location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 19x24. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.80: Photographer unknown, ca. 1948. [Randall Henderson (editor of Desert magazine) and Alfred M. Bailey.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 24 x 19. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.81: Photographer unknown, 1947. [Joe Desloge, Jr. and Garth Marston washing dishes in camp.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 24x19. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.82: Photographer unknown, ca. 1947. [Garth Marston and Al Millote in camp.], location unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 19x24. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.83: Photographer unknown, 1949. To Sandra, from your father's and mother's friend F.E. Masland Jr. "Fish Eyes" [F.E. Masland Jr. and Doris Nevills on the Mexican Hat II.], Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico). Black-and-White Photograph, 19x24. | |||||||||||
NAU.PH.99.6.84-209, 1941-1949. | |||||||||||
The photographs in this range were added in 2015. | |||||||||||
The photographs in this range include family photographs and river expeditions. The family photographs include photographs of Mae "Moe" Davies Nevills, Norm Nevills, William Nevills, Doris Nevills, Joan Nevills, and Sandra Nevills. The river expedition photographs include views of Grand Canyon, San Juan River, Angel Falls, and Lake Mead. | |||||||||||
Series 7, NAU.MI.99.6: Moving Images, 1948 | |||||||||||
NAU.MI.99.6.1: San Juan River Trip, Mayes/Nevills, June 1948 | |||||||||||
VHS Cassette tape | |||||||||||
NAU.MI.99.6.2: Legends Trip: Stavely-Reiff Interview, June 1948 | |||||||||||
VHS Cassette tape. | |||||||||||
This VHS is presumed to be duplicative of the interview found in the U.S.G.S. Old Timers collection but has not been confirmed due to its fragile state. | |||||||||||
2006 Addition to the Norm Nevills Papers, 1933-2002. | |||||||||||
Series 1, box 5, Journals, 1936-1949. | |||||||||||
Journals, diaries, and river logs belonging to Norm Nevills and others from 1936 to 1949. | |||||||||||
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5.1 | Van Eaton Party's Travelogues, San Juan River, 1936. | ||||||||||
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5.2 | Clover, Elzada U.; Diary; Colorado River, 1938. | ||||||||||
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5.3 | Untitled, 1938. | ||||||||||
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5.4 | Log of the San Juan - Colorado Rivers Expedition, 1940. | ||||||||||
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5.5 | Box, Evelyn; Journal; San Juan River Trip, 1941. | ||||||||||
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5.6 | Nevills, Norman; Journal; Lee's Ferry to Boulder Dam, 1941. | ||||||||||
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5.7 | Nevills, Norman; Journal; Lee's Ferry to Boulder Dam, 1941. | ||||||||||
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5.8 | Walker, Preston; Journal; Mexican Hat to Lee's Ferry, 1941. | ||||||||||
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5.9 | Nevills, Norman; Journal; Grand Canyon, 1942. | ||||||||||
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5.10 | Nevills, Norman; Journal; Lee's Ferry to Boulder Dam, 1942. | ||||||||||
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5.11 | [Nevills, Doris; Journal], 1945. | ||||||||||
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5.12 | Nevills, Norman; Diary/Navigation Notes; The Salmon River and the Snake River, 1946. | ||||||||||
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5.13 | Nevills, Norman; Diary; Green River, Wyoming to Jensen, Utah, 1947. | ||||||||||
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5.14 | Nevills, Norman; Diary; Lee's Ferry to Hoover Dam, 1947. | ||||||||||
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5.15 | [Nevills, Norman; Journal; Grand Canyon], 1947. | ||||||||||
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5.16 | Giffords, Barbara; Journal; Mexican Hat, Utah to Lee's Ferry, Arizona, 1948. | ||||||||||
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5.17 | Streator, Nancy; "Through the Grand Canyon From Phantom Ranch to Lake Mead with the Nevills Expedition", 1948. | ||||||||||
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5.18 | Masland, F.E.; Diary, 1949. | ||||||||||
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5.19 | Wood, Margaret G.; Memory Book; San Juan River, 1949. | ||||||||||
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5.20 | Fulmer, Moulton; "192 Miles of Thrills on the San Juan & Colorado Rivers", undated. | ||||||||||
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5.21 | [Unknown author; San Juan River], undated. | ||||||||||
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5.22 | River Items; Song Lyrics, "Tall Tales from the San Juan", Television Program, 1943-1955. | ||||||||||
Series 2, box 5, Correspondence, undated. | |||||||||||
Correspondence between Norman Nevills and T.L. Mayes. | |||||||||||
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5.23 | Correspondence: Mayes, T.L., undated. | ||||||||||
Series 3, box 6, Family Records, 1933-1999. | |||||||||||
Family records, including birth, death, and marriage certificates, the Nevills family tree, and other genealogical documents pertaining to the family of Norm Nevills and Doris Drown, 1933-1999. | |||||||||||
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6.1 | "Ancestry of Norman Nevills", undated. | ||||||||||
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6.2 | Anderson, Eunice; correspondence addressed to Sandra Nevills, 1982. | ||||||||||
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6.3 | ["Announcement of marriage between Norman Nevills and Doris Drown"], San Juan Record, 1933. | ||||||||||
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6.4 | "Family Group Sheets", [Genealogical Records], 1999. | ||||||||||
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6.5 | "From W.B. Gore - Old Bible", genealogical records, undated. | ||||||||||
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6.6 | [Marriage, Death, and Birth Certificates for Norman Nevills and Doris Drown], 1943-1949. | ||||||||||
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6.7 | [Nevills, Joan, Short Biography of Norman Nevills], undated. | ||||||||||
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6.8 | [Nevills, Norman; Biography], undated. | ||||||||||
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6.9 | ["Transcription of Hilda Oliver Neilson Perkins Memories"], undated. | ||||||||||
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6.10 | "Typewritten copy of Bill of Sale to Frank Wright, James Rigg, Jr. and John B. Rigg", undated. | ||||||||||
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6.11 | [Unknown author], "Brief History of Morgan Family", undated. | ||||||||||
Series 4, box 6, Newspaper and Magazine Articles, 1938, 1948, 2001-2002. | |||||||||||
Includes newspaper and magazine articles pertaining to Norm Nevills, his 1938 river trip with Dr. Elzada Clover, and the story of the restoration of the cataract boat Sandra. | |||||||||||
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6.12 | "Just Between You and Me", The Desert Magazine, 1948. | ||||||||||
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6.13 | "The Sandra Comes Home", by Janet Webb Farnsworth, Lake Powell Magazine, 2001/2002. | ||||||||||
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6.14 | "Women Start Trip Down Colorado River Rapids", newspaper clipping, source unknown, 1938. | ||||||||||
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6.15 | "Coming Full Circle & Arizona Daily Sun, 2001. |
2015 Addition, 1933-2010. | |||||||||||
Series 1, box 7, Journals, 1936-1950. | |||||||||||
Journals, diaries, and river logs belonging to Norm Nevills, Doris Nevills, Jane Chamberlain, Woody Reiff, and Helen Kendall. | |||||||||||
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7.1 | Norman Nevills Diary; San Juan Trip; Mexican Hat-Lees Ferry, 1936. | ||||||||||
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7.2 | Norman Nevills Log; Utah to Lees Ferry, 1938. | ||||||||||
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7.3 | Doris Margaret Nevills Diary, 1940. | ||||||||||
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7.4 | Norman Nevills Log; Green River, 1940. | ||||||||||
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7.5 | Jane Chamberlain Log; Vacation, 1942. | ||||||||||
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7.6 | Doris & Norman Nevills Log; Cross-Country Trip, 1947. | ||||||||||
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7.7 | Helen Kendall Diary; San Juan River Trip, 1948. | ||||||||||
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7.8 | Norman Nevills Log; Grand Canyon Expedition, 1948. | ||||||||||
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7.9 | Woody Reiff Journal, n.d. | ||||||||||
Series 2, box 7, Correspondence, 1938-2010. | |||||||||||
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7.10 | Correspondence: Katie Lee, n.d. | ||||||||||
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7.11 | Correspondence: Doc Marston, 1948. | ||||||||||
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7.12 | Correspondence: Doris Nevills, 1941. | ||||||||||
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7.13 | Correspondence: "Moe" Nevills, n.d. | ||||||||||
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7.14 | Correspondence: Norman Nevills, 1938-1949. | ||||||||||
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7.15 | Correspondence: Sandra Nevills Reiff, 2010. | ||||||||||
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7.16 | Correspondence: Joan Nevills Stanley, 1985-2006. | ||||||||||
Series 3, box 7, Family Records, 1942. | |||||||||||
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7.16a | Marriage Invitation for Shannon Nannette and David Phillip, n.d. | ||||||||||
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7.16b | "More" Nevills Family Tree, n.d. | ||||||||||
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7.17 | Norman D. Nevills Explorers Club Membership, 1942. | ||||||||||
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7.18 | San Juan Boats (Build by Nevills), n.d. | ||||||||||
Series 4, box 7-8, Newspaper and Magazine Articles, 1933-2010. | |||||||||||
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7.19 | "80 Years (or so) Around the Hat," by Doris Valle, 1985. | ||||||||||
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7.20 | "Adventurers" and "Outsiders," , n.d. | ||||||||||
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7.21 | "Bay Area Boys Run Colorado Rapids," San Francisco News, 1942. | ||||||||||
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7.22 | "Beloved Pioneer 'Moe' Nevills Succumbs at 84," SJ Record, 1959. | ||||||||||
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7.23 | "Boats for Hire," In River Runners, n.d. | ||||||||||
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7.24 | "Bold Men are Still Enticed by Our World's Frontiers," by David Nevin, Smithsonian, 1980. | ||||||||||
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7.25 | "Canyoneers Plaque at Marble Canyon Will Honor Norm & Doris Nevills," by Don Howard, Salt Lake Tribune, 1952. | ||||||||||
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7.26 | Carnegie Hall Program, 1945. | ||||||||||
This program includes information on Grand Canyon and Nevills events occurring at Carnegie Hall. | |||||||||||
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7.27 | "Colorado River to be Shown Sunday," Times-Independent, 1938. | ||||||||||
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7.28 | "Desert River Through Navajo Land," by Alfred Bailey, National Geographic Magazine, 1947. | ||||||||||
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7.29 | "Down the Mighty Colorado," Phoenix Home and Garden, 1987. | ||||||||||
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7.30 | "Down the San Juan & Colorado Rivers With Norman Nevills," by Alice Bates, 1946. | ||||||||||
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8.1 | "Down the White Water Rivers of the West," Sunset, 1948. | ||||||||||
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8.2 | "Face Your Danger," by Norman Nevills, told to Neill Wilson, n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.3 | "Famous Riverman Nevills, Wife Die in Air Crash," Salt Lake Tribune, 1949. | ||||||||||
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8.4 | "First All Women's Grand Canyon Raft Trip," , 1978. | ||||||||||
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8.5 | "First Bulletin: Norman Nevills Colorado River Expedition," , 1940. | ||||||||||
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8.6 | "The First Women to Run the Colorado," Arizona Capitol Times, 1990. | ||||||||||
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8.7 | "Flaming Cliffs of Monument Valley," by Jack Breed, National Geographic Magazine, n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.8 | "For a Hollywood Script Analyst & an Arizona River Rat, Ain't Love Grand, Canyon-Style?" by Ned Geeslin & Jim Merritt, People, 1988. | ||||||||||
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8.9 | "George! Woman of the River," by Lisa Masden, Wildwater, 1986. | ||||||||||
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8.10 | "Goat Run," by F.E. Masland, 1950. | ||||||||||
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8.11 | "The Grand Canyon," by Frank Masland, n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.12 | "Grand Canyon: Natures Story of Creation," by Louis Schellbach & Justin Locke, National Geographic Magazine, 1955. | ||||||||||
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8.13 | "Grand Canyon River Guides," Boatman's Quarterly Review, n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.14 | "Grand Canyon Voyage," by Randall Henderson, The Desert Magazine, 1947-1948. | ||||||||||
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8.15 | "Lazy Day (Cover Contest)," by Walter Koch, The Desert Magazine, 1947. | ||||||||||
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8.16 | "Magic Carpet of Color Film Taken on West's Great Rivers, Here Thursday," , n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.17 | "Mother, Son Play Santa Role to Utah Navajos," , n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.18 | "Navajo Prayer," , n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.19 | "Nevills Expedition Takes Off Today," Times-Independent, 1940. | ||||||||||
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8.20 | "Nevills Lodge Fire Obliterates Part of Mexican Hat History," , n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.21 | Nevills San Juan River Expedition Brochure, 1949. | ||||||||||
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8.22 | "No Improvements," Sunset, 1942. | ||||||||||
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8.23 | "Norman D. Nevills," by Kent Frost, n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.24 | "Norman Neville & Otis Martson," Oakland Tribune, n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.25 | "Norman Nevills, World's Fastest Water Champ, Vacationing Here," by Esther Rice, Santa Cruz Sentinel-News, 1946. | ||||||||||
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8.26 | "Party of Six Take off on River Trip," Times-Independent, 1940. | ||||||||||
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8.27 | "Petticoat Voyage...Down the Colorado," by Ramona W. Cannon, Desert News Magazine, 1949. | ||||||||||
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8.28 | "Rapid Descent With Norman Nevills," by Randall Henderson, Westways, 1965. | ||||||||||
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8.29 | "Recreating History from Splinters," by John Peel, Durango Herald, 2000. | ||||||||||
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8.30 | "River Trail to Rainbow Bridge," by Randall Henderson, The Desert Magazine, 1945. | ||||||||||
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8.31 | "Running the Colorado River, 1938-Style," by Mary Beth Faller, American Journal, 2008. | ||||||||||
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8.32 | "Stark Delays Journey Here of Adventurer," "Gov. Lee Accepts Challenge to a Duel," "Scientists Find 'Cradle of American Civilization' in Southeastern Utah," , n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.33 | "The San Juan," by R.C., Arizona Highways, 1947. | ||||||||||
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8.34 | "Secret Lives of River Guides," by Brad Dimock, High Country News, 2010. | ||||||||||
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8.35 | "Song of the River Boatman," , n.d. | ||||||||||
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8.36 | "Speed Down Roaring Stream on Last Leg of Trip," Los Angeles Times, 1938. | ||||||||||
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8.37 | "Touch the River," Westways, 1977. | ||||||||||
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8.38 | "Undiscovered to Undiscernible: Gregory Natural Bridge," by Jared Farmer, Utah Historical Quarterly, 1995. | ||||||||||
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8.39 | "Woman Sets Record by Daring Boat Trip," , 1933. | ||||||||||
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8.40 | "Woodrow Aaron Reiff Obituary," Lake Powell Chronicle & Arizona Daily Sun, 1998. |