- Local call number
- nm077g000s001b001f0015i001
- Media type
- Text
- Creator
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
- Title
- Journal of Trip of 1872 through Grand Canyon.
- Original creation date
- 1872
- Repository
- Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
- Use
- Digital surrogates are the property of the repository. Reproduction requires permission.
- Collection name
- Anderson, Martin J.
- Content Summary
- The original Journal of Trip of 1872 through Grand Canyon is housed at the New York Public Library. This document is a transcript of the original created by Marty Anderson. The 1869 and 1872 expeditions of J. W. Powell and his associates (Dellenbaugh, Thompson, and others) are the major historical emphasis of the Marty Anderson collection.
- Biography/History
- Marty Anderson was an amateur historian of Colorado River history. Born in 1943, Anderson's interest in the Colorado began upon meeting river-runner and Grand Canyon historian, Otis "Dock" Marston in 1971. Marston acted as a historian-guide on a commercial Grand Canyon boat trip in which Anderson participated. Thus began a lengthy association, mostly via mail and telephone, between the two men. Anderson's letters reveal a growing awareness of himself as a historian and writer. His painstaking efforts to accurately transcribe the handwritten letters and journals of early Grand Canyon river runners such as John Wesley Powell, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, and Almon Harris Thompson helped him transform from a casual river-running enthusiast to a highly "competent amateur" historian--he referred to himself as such in a letter. Anderson passed away June 5, 1995.
- Finding Aid
- http://aao.lib.asu.edu/ViewRecordFrame.jsp?record=0000000232
- Other Contributors
- Anderson, Martin J.
- Subjects
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Boatmen--Arizona--Grand Canyon
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Boatmen--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Rapids--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Geology--Arizona--Grand Canyon
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White-water canoeing--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
- Places
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Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Description and travel
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Description and travel
- People
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Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902--Journals
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