| Summary: | Diaries. River guide. Correspondence, diaries, legal and financial records, photographs. The entire collection centers on the passion of Aleson for the Colorado River. Correspondence (12 lin. ft.) includes quite literally every exchange Aleson ever received. It is arranged chronologically. Diaries and journals include many of those written by other river runners, copied by Aleson, as well as his own notes and diaries. They are also ordered chronologically. There is a brief file of published and unpublished essays by Aleson, and one for clippings, legal and financial documents.; Correspondence; Diaries and Journals; Miscellaneous River-related Materials; Manuscripts by Harry Aleson; Advertisements and Brochures; Newspaper clippings, Legal and Financial Documents; Genealogical, Biographical, Personal; Correspondence; Letters from World War I Friends in France; 1929-1932; 1933; 1934-1935; 1936-1937; 1938-1939; 1940; January - June 1941; July - December 1941; 1942; 1943; January - July 1944; August - December 1944; January - May 1945; June - August 1945; September - December 1945; January - February 1946; March - May 1946; June - July 1946; August - September 1946; October - December 1946; January - February 1947; March - April 1947; May - June 1947; July - August 1947; September - October 1947; November - December 1947; January - February 1948; March - April 1948; May 1948; June 1948; July 1948; August 1948; September 1948; October 1948; November 1948; December 1948; January - February 1949; March 1949; April 1949; May - June 1949; July 1949; August 1949; September 1949; October 1949; November 1949; December 1949; Undated Letters, 1949; January 1950; February 1950; March 1950; April 1950; May - July 1950; August - October 1950; November 1950; December 1950; January 1-15, 1951; January 16-31, 1951; February 1951; March 1-15, 1951; March 16-31, 1951; April 1951; May 1-15, 1951; May 16-31, 1951; June 1951; July 1951; August 1951; September 1951; October 1951; November 1951; December 1-15, 1951; December 16-31, 1951; January 1-15, 1952; January 16-31, 1952; February 1952; March 1-15, 1952; March 16-31, 1952; April 1952; May 1-15, 1952; May 16-31, 1952; June 1952; July - August 1952; September 1952; October - November 1952; December 1952; January 1953; February 1953; March 1953; April 1953; May 1953; June 1953; July 1953; August 1953; September 1-15, 1953; September 16-30, 1953; October 1953; November 1953; December 1953; January 1954; February 1-15, 1954; February 16-28, 1954; March 1954; April 1954; May 1954; June 1954; July - September 1954; October 1954; November 1954; December 1954; January 1-15, 1955; January 16-31, 1955; February 1-15, 1955; February 16-28, 1955; March 1-15, 1955; March 16-31, 1955; April 1-15, 1955; April 16-30, 1955; May 1955; June - July 1955; August - September 1955; October - November 1955; December 1955; January 1956; February 1-15, 1956; February 16-29, 1956; March 1-15, 1956; March 16-31, 1956; April 1-15, 1956; April 16-30, 1956; May 1-15, 1956; May 16-31, 1956; June 1956; July 1956; August - September 1956; October - November 1956; December 1956; January 1957; February 1957; March 1957; April 1957; May 1957; June 1957; July 1957; August 1957; September 1957; October 1957; November 1957; December 1957; January 1958; February 1958; March 1958; April 1958; May 1958; June 1958; July - August 1958; September 1958; October 1958; November 1958; December 1-15, 1958; December 16-31, 1958; January 1-15, 1959; January 16-31, 1959; February 1-15, 1959; February 16-28, 1959; March 1-15, 1959; March 16-31, 1959; April 1959; May 1959; June 1959; July 1959; August 1959; September 1959; October 1959; November 1959; December 1959; January 1960; February 1-15, 1960; February 16-28, 1960; March 1960; April 1960; May 1960; June - July 1960; August 1960; September 1960; October 1960; November 1960; December 1960; January 1961; February 1961; March 1961; April - May 1961; June 1961; July 1961; August - October 1961; November 1961; December 1961; January - February 1962; March 1962; April 1962; May 1962; June 1962; July 1962; August 1-15, 1962; August 16-31, 1962; September 1962; October - November 1962; December 1962; January 1963; February 1963; March 1963; April 1963; May - June 1963; July - October 1963; November 1963; December 1963; January 1964; February 1964; March 1964; April 1964; May 1964; June 1964; July - August 1964; September 1964; October 1964; November 1-15, 1964; November 16-30, 1964; December 1-15, 1964; December 16-31, 1964; January 1965; February 1965; March 1965; April 1965; May 1965; June 1-15, 1965; June 16-30, 1965; July 1965; August 1965; September 1965; October 1965; November 1965; December 1965; January 1966; February 1966; March 1966; April 1966; May - August 1966; September - October 1966; November 1966; December 1966; January 1967; February 1967; March 1967; April 1967; May 1967; June 1967; July 1967; August 1967; September 1967; October 1967; November 1967; December 1967; January 1968; February 1968; March 1968; April 1968; May 1968; June - July 1968; August 1968; September 1968; October 1968; November - December 1968; January 1969; February 1969; March - April, 1969; May 1969; June 1969; July - August 1969; September 1969; October - November 1969; December 1969; January - February 1970; March 1970; April 1970; May 1970; June 1970; July 1970; August 1970; September - October 1970; November 1970; December 1970; January - February 1971; March 1971; April 1971; May 1971; June 1971; July 1971; August 1971; September 1971; October 1971; November - December 1971; January - February 1972; March 1972; April 1972-1975; Undated Correspondence; Miscellaneous; Miscellaneous Maps; Diaries and Journals; Canonita survey of Glen Canyon, June-July 1872 (Diaries of Johnson, Hillers and Dellenbaugh); Nathaniel Galloway, "J. F. Stone Expedition Through the Canyons of the Green and Colorado River, 1909" [copy]; "Diary of Bert Loper, 1911 Trip from Hite to Lee's Ferry and Return" [copy]; Wetherill-Flattum Upriver Trip, 11-12 January 1931 [typescript one page]; Diary, June-November 1932 ["1932 Year Book"]; "Beginning of an Experience Story" [1932 Work Record, typescript]; Diary, 1936 [Green "Year Book 1936"]; Diary and Financial Records, 1938-1939 [Black Looseleaf, "1932"]; "Lake Mead Outboard Motor Boat Running Time. September 1939 Vacation Exploration by Adolph Aleson and Harry Aleson"; Diaries and Journals, 1941; "San Juan River Runs," 1941-1950; "Lake Mead-Colorado River Trip," February 1941; "Colorado Up-River Expedition, 1941 Motor Log Diary"; "Norman Nevills Grand Canyon Traverse," 1941; "Log of Running Time for Boat Colorado," July-August 1941 [original and typescript]; Dairies and Journals, 1942; Excerpts from a 1941 Diary of Norman D. Nevills and a 1942 Diary of Otis R. "Dock" Marston; Log of various 1942 Runs in Lower Grand Canyon [2 items]; Record of Upriver Runs, 1864-1947; Logs of Various Runs from 1943-1949 [2 items]; Weather Observation Reports and Daily Journals, Quartermaster Canyon, October-December 1943; Diaries and Journals, 1944; Diary, January-February 1937 [Green book, "1937"]; Hudson, Ed, "Canyon Adventure Notes: the Saga of Five Men and a Boat; Aleson 1944 Up Colorado Expedition" [copy]; "Diary Notes from Colorado Up-River Expedition: Journey of the Five-Man Boat, February-March 1944" [Original spiral notebook and typescript copy]; "Sail of the Lake, 17-25 May 1944" [original and typescript copy]; "1944 Visits to Pierce's Ferry, Arizona, by Harry L. Aleson"; "Dates for Records of Colorado Upriver Expedition," 1943-1944; Diaries and Journals, 1945; Up-river Trip from Lee's Ferry, 20 March - 7 April 1945 (original and copy); "Notes on Colorado River Drift," 1945; Synopsis of 1945 river trips; Diaries and Journals, 1946; Various Trips in April, 1946 [spiral bound notebook]; Log Raft Drift with Georgie White, 17-30 June 1946; "Sensibaugh-Aleson Glen Canyon Voyage, August 1946"; Diaries and Journals, 1947; "1947 Travel Trips"; "Additional Travel Dates"; "Colorado Upriver Expedition"; "Diary of Dock Marston Grand Canyon Run of 1947"; "Colorado River Notes (& Green River Notes)" 18 October 1947 - 6 November 1947; "Record of Camps in 1947 on Cataract Canyon Run" [includes "Record of Camps in 1950 on Glen Canyon Run -- Charles L. Fetzner"]; Diaries and Journals, 1948; Diary, April-December [Black Book, "Every Day"]; "Excerpts from Records of Colorado Upriver Expedition. First Conquerors -- Escalante River"; "San Juan River Trip, 14-22 June 1948"; "Nevills Grand Canyon Expedition, 1948: Personal Diary of Norman D. Nevills" [copy]; Two Lists of Passengers on 1948 Nevills Expedition; "180 Mile Hike in Arizona and Utah, October 1948" [original notebook and typescript]; "Record of Visits by Boat to Confluence of Colorado and Escalante Rivers"; Marston-Hudson Upriver Record, June 1948; Diaries and Journals, 1949; Diary, January-April [Small Black Book]; "1-9 May 1949 San Juan Run"; Louise Fetzner, "Diary of Summer 1949"; "Log of Second Escalante River Run, May 1949"; "Log of the Friendship River Trip, July 1949 Grand Canyon Run"; Excerpt from Bert Loper Diary, 6 July 1949 [copy]; Don Harris Diary, Grand Canyon, 1949 [copy]; Diaries and Journals, 1950; "September-October 1950 Lone Month on the Colorado" [original and typescript]; Diaries and Journals, 1951; "1951 Marble Canyon-Grand Canyon-Lake Mead Boat Journey"; "Notes on Green River Trip, 6 August 1951 - 28 September 1951" [original and typescript]; "Green River Expedition, 9 August 1951 - 9 September 1951"; Otis Marston, Lee's Ferry to Diamond Creek, June 1951; Diaries and Journals, 1952; Spiral Notebook Giving Marble and Grand Canyon Mileage, Side Canyon Trails to Rim, Provision Lists and Personal Financial Records; Georgie White Grand Canyon Traverse, July 1952; Aleson-Sprang Log, Glen Canyon, 1952" [original and typescript]; Diaries and Journals, 1953; Georgie White-Paul De Ross, "Grand Canyon Run, 10 July 1953" [copy]; "Arthur Lange-Pete Sparkes Grand Canyon Hike on Tonto Trail" [copy]; Canyon Surveys, 1953: Notes made on Spring and Fall Hikes in Grand Gulch; Diaries and Journals, 1954; "Log of Otis 'Dock' Marston, June 1954" (Grand Canyon) [copy]; Georgie White, "The Mighty Grand Canyon Trip, 10 July 1954"; "July-August-September 1954 Peace-Slave-Mackenzie Rivers" [original and typescript]; "Far North Rivers Expedition - -Records of 'Northings' or Campsites by North Latitude"; Maureen Henderson, "Journal of Trip Down Peace, Slave and Mackenzie Rivers," July-September 1954 [copy]; Maureen Henderson Diary, 8 November 1954 - 2 December 1954; Diary, 7-19 November 1954; Diaries and Journals, 1955; Georgie White, "Grand Canyon Trip, 1955" [copy]; Dr. Marjorie Stewart, "Diary of Green River Trip, September 1955"; Canyon Surveys, 1955; Glen Canyon Notes; Diaries and Journals, 1956; Otis R. "Dock" Marston, "Cruise of Grand Canyon, 1956" [2 copies]; Nancy Gilmer, Grand Canyon Journal, 1956 [copy]; Hatch-Eggert Expedition, Lee's Ferry to Temple Bar, 11-21 June 1956; Diary, March-September 1956 [original and typescript]; Notes on Calendar; Diaries and Journals, 1957; "Notations re: Whereabouts" [typescript]; "First Day on the Station -- Alone" 5 February 1957 [typescript]; Arctic River Trip, 1957; "Notes on Hall's Crossing Trip, Jeep-Trailer-Boat Made by Arthur Chaffin and Harry Aleson 8-15 October 1957"; Diaries and Journals, 1958; "Dating of Kate Maureen Henderson's visits to my Bright Angel Station," 12 April - 2 May; Otis R. "Dock" Marston, "Cruise of Grand Canyon, Lee's Ferry to Boulder City" [copy]; "A typed Copy of Pencilled Notes made on a Glen Canyon River Run in 1958 with Antoine L. Frey"; Diaries and Journals, 1960-1961; "Journal of Dock Marston -- Anasazi Canyon, 1960" [copy]; "A Turbocraft in the Arctic, 1961"; "Approximate Engine Running Time as a Demonstrator in Idaho -- Reported by Woody Longhurst," 1961; "1961 Hay River to Ft. Simpson"; Dock Marston Navajo Mountain Log, 1961 [copy]; One Note Sheet Containing Log for 15-17 August; "September 1961 Mackenzie River Northwest Territories Canada. A record of make-up of tow"; Diaries and Journals, 1964-1966; "Journal of Dock Marston, November-December 1964" [copy]; "Story of What Happened, by Renny Sumner as told to Elizabeth Sprang" [narrative of a river accident in June 1965]; 1966 Yukon River Notes by Dorothy Aleson; "Log of the Yukon River," 1966; Dock Marston Grand Canyon Journal, 10-18 May 1969 [photocopy]; Harvey Butchart Trail Log, 1969 [copy]; Jorgen Visback, "Trail Canyon Trip, 2-4 January 1970"; Lists of River Trips; Undated Logs; Miscellaneous River Notes; River Trip Itineraries Planned; River Trip Personnel Lists; River Trip Provision Lists; Miscellaneous River-related Materials; Notes on Denis Julien; Arthur Woodward, "The Autobiography of a Mountain Man, 1805-1889, by Stephen Hall Meek"; Notes and Articles on James White; Notes on John Wesley Powell and John Colton Sumner; Letters to and from Frederick S. Dellenbaugh; Letters and Notes regarding Robert Brewster Stanton; Notes and Articles on the Flavell-Montez Expedition, 1896; Julius Stone Letters and Articles; Bert Loper Notes, Letters, Diaries and Part of Pearl Baker's Trail on the Water; Articles on the Clyde Eddy Expedition, 1927; "First News from the River Exploration Party," Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition, 1935; Campbell, Ian and John H. Maxson, "General Report on the Carnegie Institution-California Institute of Technology Grand Canyon Expedition," 1937; Notes, Letters and Diaries regarding Norman D. Nevills; Grant, Jr., Alexander G., "The River Rats Return," Appalachia, December 1940, p. 1-13 and "Cockleshell on the Colorado," Appalachia, December 1941, p. 485-494; Burckhalter, George C., "A Description of the Circle Cliffs"; Henderson, Kate Maureen, "In a Silent Mood"; Marston, Otis R. "Dock," "The Grand Canyon Boat Parade" and "With Powell on the Colorado"; Laura Bell, "Historic River Run Reenacted for Films," Las Vegas Sun article on the filming of Ten Who Dared; "Points of Embarkation of James White"; "For Water-Level Rails Along the Colorado River"; Hudson, Ed, "Hudson Expedition," Sea, December 1948; Bulger, Harold A., "Escalante River on Maps"; Crawford, Arthur L., Hite Ferry Booklet Preparation; Miscellaneous Notes and Documents; Visitor Registers at River Sites; Launch "Ida B." Discovery Notice, "Prehistoric Watch Tower" 14 June 1909; Copies of Rainbow Bridge Register [3 documents]; Visits to Music Temple [2 documents]; Visits to Oil Seep Bar, Glen Canyon, 14 November 1952; Inscriptions on Boulders at Lee's Ferry; "Inscriptions at Tse Ah Toh" (between Piute and Navajo Canyons); Visits to Junction of Escalante and Colorado, 1953 [2 documents]; Pierce's Ferry Guest Register, 1937-1939; Pierce's Ferry Guest Register, 1940-1942; Manuscripts by Harry Aleson; Published Articles; Miscellaneous; "The Chaffin Ferry is Built" (preface to Hite Ferry Dedication booklet); Contact: A Point of Beginning; "Grand Canyon Mystery," Utah Historical Quarterly, 21 (April 1953), 169-170; Review of C. Gregory Crampton, Historical Sites in Glen Canyon, Mouth of Hansen Creek to Mouth of San Juan River (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1962), Utah Historical Quarterly, 32 (Fall 1964), 394-395; Copy of Letter to News of the North; Unpublished Writings; Miscellaneous; Circular Letter to Boating Guides; Comments on Martin Clark Powell, A Study. The Trail of Hosteen Pish Laki for Sixty Snows; "Arizona. A Carving in Color," Unpublished; "Certain Writings by Harry Aleson" [2 drafts] and a "Chronological Record of Certain Writings"; Miscellaneous B-En; "The Big Mormon Story"; "Colorado River Raft Drift"; "Enormous Natural Bridge in Utah" [2 drafts]; Miscellaneous Er-V; "Erosion in the Colorado River Basin"; "High up in the Colorado River"; "Marooned in the Depths"; "Measuring Roosevelt Memorial Natural Bridge" by Aleson and Charles O. Sensibaugh; "News -- 500 Years Ahead" [2 drafts]; "A Pioneer Mormon Road 73 Years Ago"; "Scrape Roots" [2 drafts]; "Surprise Canyon - (Fight for Life)"; "Vacationing in the Great Southwest"; Advertisements and Brochures; River Trip Advertisements, 1940s; River Trip Advertisements, 1950s; River Trip Advertisements, 1960-1970, plus advertisements, undated; Miscellaneous Advertising Material; Advertisements for Motion Picture Showings; Film records; Flight logs; Automobile Trip Logs; Materials relating to Everett Ruess; River Trip brochures from other guides; Canyon Tours (Art Greene); Kent Frost; Hall's Crossing; Les Jones; Dock Marston; Norman D. Nevills; American Whitewater Affiliation; Western River Guides Association; Georgie White; Wonderland Expeditions (Ken Sleight); Newspaper clippings, Legal and Financial Documents; Newspaper clippings, Life Preserver Float Trips; Newspaper clippings, Upriver Expeditions; Newspaper clippings, Miscellaneous; Legal Documents; Financial Documents; Genealogical, Biographical, Personal; Genealogical Documents; Personal Documents; Medical Records; Funeral Memorial Book; Civil Liberties Documents; Miscellaneous; Miscellaneous Maps; Dorothy Aleson; Oral history interview by Gary Topping; 22 June 1988, Teasdale (Utah); 10 leaves; 1 audiocassette
|
|---|