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Expeditions and Adventure

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

Mouth of the Narrows (looking down)

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233643987]
Identifier: MSS 8331
Scope and Contents

Materials include a albumen stereograph taken in 1872 by John K. Hillers and published by J. F. Jarvis. The photograph was taken on the banks of a tributary of the Colorado River during J. W. Powell's expedition in 1872. Another of the photographer's cameras can be seen on the opposite bank.

Dates: 1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Price W. Nelson journal and autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3121
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of Price W. Nelson. The account is largely retrospective even though much of it is written like diary entries. Also included is a diary to Nelson dated 5 Aug. 1935. Nelson writes about his birth in California in 1855, his journey to Utah in 1857. He also settled in Franklin, Idaho, in 1859 and moved to Logan, Utah, in 1864. He later moved to Glendale, Utah. He lived in numerous other places in Arizona and...
Dates: approximately 1913-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Genevieve Johnson Pettit journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312107]
Identifier: MSS SC 1527
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of a journal by Genevieve Johnson Pettit. In this journal Pettit tells of her journey from Arizona to Canada with a group of 41 travellers, her impressions of various towns she passed through, and her dates with Jim Sirrine.

Dates: 1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Image of Photograph of departure of the South American Expedition
Image of Photograph of departure of the So...
Image of Photograph of Dr. George H. Hansen and Ermalita Idle holding the banner and 1939 Banyan sent to accompany the Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Image of Photograph of Dr. George H. Hanse...
Image of Photograph of members of the South American Expedition
Image of Photograph of members of the Sout...
Image of Photograph of members of the South American Expedition in Kanab, Utah
Image of Photograph of members of the Sout...

Pike in Colorado

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322684]
Identifier: MSS SC 2666
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. Also included is the blueline proof also with handwritten corrections. The draft is an account of Zebulon Pike's explorations in Colorado. The item was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Andrew Jackson Poe and Clarence Poe family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 655
Scope and Contents Three volume, leather-bound diary recording Poe's overland journey from Iowa to Oregon and return in 1847-48. Volume 1 is primarily concerned with camping locations and daily mileage. Poe is a terse diarist but does include some details. He writes about seeing 70 Mormon Battalion soldiers and is critical of the Indians, "the most miserable race in the world." Volume 2 mostly describes Oregon's weather. Poe writes "home ward journey" on the first page of volume 3, but according to the...
Dates: 1847-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Portion of gas balloon Explorer

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233243903]
Identifier: MSS SC 3067
Scope and Contents

Two balloon fragments, one containing the following typed information: "Portion of gas balloon 'Explorer' used in stratosphere flight. Started - 5:40 A.M. July 28, 1934 from five miles SW of Rapid City, So. Dakota. Ascended to 60613 feet approx. when bag developed rip which forced flyers to descend by parachutes. Landed July 28 at 3:40 P.M. near Holdrege, Neb. where the gondola was wrecked." Fragment signed by W. E. Kepner, Albert W. Stevens, and Orvil A. Anderson.

Dates: 1934
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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