- Local call number
- nm332g000s001b001f0016i001
- Media type
- Text
- Creator
- Nichols, Tad, 1911-
- Title
- Hite to Lee's Ferry, 1952.
- Original creation date
- 1952
- Repository
- Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
- Use
- Digital surrogates are the property of the repository. Reproduction requires permission.
- Collection name
- Nichols, Tad
- Content Summary
- A journal kept by Tad Nichols from Hite to Lee's Ferry in 1952. Entries, July 1-10, 1952, cover the trip from the time they left Flagstaff by car, the camping and hiking on the way, and the river trip experience.
- Biography/History
- Tad Nichols graduated from the University of Arizona with degrees in geology and anthropology. While in Tucson, he also studied photography; later he continued these studies with Ansel Adams and Brett Weston. He often worked as a scientific photographer. In June, 1950, Nichols ran the San Juan and Colorado rivers through Glen Canyon, serving as a cameraman for a Los Angeles television producer. Nichols continued to explore Glen Canyon and made thirty trips through Glen Canyon between 1950-1963. Nichols' photographs have been published in books and periodicals, including Natural History, U.S. Camera, Arizona Highways and National Geographic.
- Subjects
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Diaries
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Camping--Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
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Hiking--Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
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Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Boatmen--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Kayaking--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
- Places
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Hite (Utah)
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)
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Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
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Lees Ferry (Ariz.)
- People
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Nichols, Tad, 1911-
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Nichols, Mary Jane Hayden
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Masland, Frank E. (Frank Elmer)
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Eisaman, Josiah
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Wright, John Franklin, 1903-
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Seeley, Sue
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