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John Weisheit papers, 1871-1992
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Weisheit, John S., 1954-
- Title
- John Weisheit papers
- Dates
- 1871-1992 (inclusive)18711992
- Quantity
- 5 boxes, (2.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1733
- Summary
- The John Weisheit papers (1871-1992) contain a copy of a manuscript for a book on Cataract Canyon, as well as research materials related to Cataract Canyon, the Grand Canyon, the Green River, and other notable Western rivers. John Weisheit is a wilderness guide for Tag-A-Long Expeditions. He also serves on non-profit boards such as the Canyonlands Field Institute and the Colorado Plateau River Guides.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
John Weisheit was born in 1954 in Los Angeles, California. After growing up in Whittier California and Phoenix Arizona, he moved to Moab Utah in 1987. He married Susette Renea DeCoster in 1990. Both are currently employed as Wilderness Guides for Tag-A-Long Expeditions. Their region of specialty is southeastern Utah. Weisheit's great passion is the Colorado River and he has spent much time researching it. He uses the information for writing articles and to teach tour groups. In addition to his guide job, he serves on non-profit boards such as the Canyonlands Field Institute and the Colorado Plateau River Guides. He is currently writing a book on Cataract Canyon with Dr. Robert H. Webb and Dr. Jayne Belnap of the U.S. Geological Service. The focus of the book is the biological, geological, and human history of Cataract Canyon.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The John Weisheit papers (1871-1992) contain a copy of a manuscript for a book on Cataract Canyon, as well as research materials related to Cataract Canyon, the Grand Canyon, the Green River, and other notable Western rivers. Also included are research materials pertaining to notable river runners such as Georgie White, Otis "Dock" Marston, John Wesley Powell, and others.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Research MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Notes, Chapters 1-10 |
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| 1 | 2 | Notes, Chapters 11-30 |
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| 1 | 3 | Chapter One: AUH20 Barry Goldwater |
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| 1 | 4 | Chapter Two: Bill Davis |
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| 1 | 5 | Chapter Three: Box 280 |
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| 1 | 6 | Chapter Four: Raymond Cogswell |
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| 1 | 7 | Chapter Five: Raymond Cogswell Correspondence |
1992 |
| 1 | 8 | Chapter Six: Raymond Cogswell Correspondence |
1992 |
| 1 | 9 | Chapter Seven: Raymond Cogswell Correspondence |
1992 |
| 1 | 10 | Chapter Eight: Gregory Crampton |
1992 |
| 1 | 11 | Chapter Nine: Franklin Nims (DCC + PRR) |
1992 |
| 1 | 12 | Chapter Ten: Dr. A.P. Drew and Seymour Dubendorff |
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| 1 | 13 | Chapter Eleven: William H. Edwards |
1992 |
| 1 | 14 | Chapter Twelve: Nathaniel Galloway |
1992 |
| 1 | 15 | Chapter Thirteen: John Hillers |
1992 |
| 1 | 16 | Chapter Fourteen: John Hoffman |
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| 1 | 17 | Chapter Fifteen: Hudson |
1991 |
| 2 | 1 | Marston Collection Data |
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| 2 | 2 | Marston Part II |
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| 2 | 3 | Chet Bundy |
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| 2 | 4 | William Chenoweth |
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| 2 | 5 | Amos Berg and Buzz Holmstrom |
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| 2 | 6 | The Best Expedition |
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| 2 | 7 | John R. Bray |
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| 2 | 8 | Frank Dodge |
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| 2 | 9 | William Edwards |
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| 2 | 10 | Elzada Clover |
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| 2 | 11 | Father John Finbarr Hayes |
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| 2 | 12 | Glen and Bessie Hyde |
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| 2 | 13 | John Galloway and Clyde Eddy Expedition |
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| 2 | 14 | Georgie White 1952 |
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| 2 | 15 | James Andrew McCormick |
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| 2 | 16 | Helen Kendall |
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| 2 | 17 | Jack Sumner |
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| 2 | 18 | Owen Clark Pathe-Bray Expedition |
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| 2 | 19 | General Materials |
Subject Files: A - ZReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Aleson, Harry; "Green River Trip Notes August-September 1951" |
1951 |
| 3 | 2 | Harry Aleson, Aleson Collection, Utah Historical Society |
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| 3 | 3 | Aleson/White, 1947 Cataract Canyon 7 Man Trip, Aleson Collection |
1947 |
| 3 | 4 | Beaman, E.O.; "The Canon of the Colorado and the Moquis Pueblos" |
1874 |
| 3 | 5 | Birdseye, Claude Hale; "Surveying the Grand Canyon 1923" |
1923 |
| 3 | 6 | Boy Scouts, Clifford Rayl, John Cross |
1990s |
| 3 | 7 | 1921 USGS Survey, Cataract Canyon, Kolb Collection |
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| 3 | 8 | Cataract Canyon Repeat Photography Part I; Webb, Robert H. |
1990s |
| 3 | 9 | Cataract Canyon Repeat Photography Part II; Webb, Robert H. |
1990s |
| 3 | 10 | "The Diary of the Seven who Took Too Much" Upper Basin of the Colorado River Drainage |
1997 |
| 3 | 11 | Kim Crumbo, E.C. LaRue, Marston Photocopies |
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| 3 | 12 | D.C.C. and P.R.R. - Best Expedition, New York Library, c/o Robert Webb |
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| 3 | 13 | Dellenbaugh Journal |
1871-1873 |
| 3 | 14 | Desert Magazine, Randolph Henderson, Bill Bishop Collection |
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| 4 | 1 | "The Saga of Frank B. Dodge" |
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| 4 | 2 | Grant, Alexander; "Cockleshell on the Colorado" |
1941 |
| 4 | 3 | Eddy Expedition, Holt and Calloway, Marston Collection |
1923 |
| 4 | 4 | William Hiram Edwards |
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| 4 | 5 | William Hiram Edwards, River Bed Case, James Knipmeyer |
1990s |
| 4 | 6 | William Hiram Edwards, Stanton Collection, New York Library |
1907 |
| 4 | 7 | Diary of William Hiram Edwards, D.C.C. + P.R.R. and Best Expedition |
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| 4 | 8 | Freemon, Lewis; "Unity and the Colorado"; "Hell and High Water" |
1923-1924 |
| 4 | 9 | Goldwater, Barry; "An Oddyssey of the Green and Colorado" |
1940 |
| 4 | 10 | Goldwater, Barry; "A Journey Down the Green and Colorado Rivers" |
1940 |
| 4 | 11 | Green River Inscriptions, Sumner/Clover/Burg/Holmstrom/Kolb |
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| 4 | 12 | Green, Roger; "Westwater" |
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| 4 | 13 | Jaeger, Oscar; "Shooting the Rapids of the Colorado", Clyde-Eddy Expedition |
1927 |
| 4 | 14 | Inscriptions in Canyonlands, James Knipmeyer |
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| 4 | 15 | Knipmeyer, J.; "Denis Julien Inscriptions" |
1994 |
| 4 | 16 | Knipmeyer Inscriptions |
1993 |
| 4 | 17 | E.C. LaRue |
1998 |
| 4 | 18 | L.C.B. McCullough - Grand Canyon, Map, Jirge Files |
1962 |
| 4 | 19 | Loper, Bert; ""Thoughts That Come to Me in the Middle of the Night" |
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| 4 | 20 | Diaries of 1949 - The Death of Bert Loper |
1949 |
| 4 | 21 | W.W. Mallory; "San Juan Colorado Rivers Rowboat Expedition June 10-18 1952" |
1952 |
| 5 | 1 | Otis "Dock" Marston 1 of 3 |
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| 5 | 2 | Otis "Dock" Marston 2 of 3 |
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| 5 | 3 | Otis "Dock" Marston 3 of 3 |
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| 5 | 4 | Marston Collection I, Rosalyn Jirge Files |
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| 5 | 5 | Marston Collection II, Rosalyn Jirge Files |
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| 5 | 6 | Marston Collection III, Rosalyn Jirge Files |
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| 5 | 7 | Marston, Otis; "William C. Richmond's Story of his Trip Through the Grand Canyon with Nathanial Galloway in 1897" |
1897 |
| 5 | 8 | McChristal, James; "An Historical Analysis of John Wesley Powell's 'The Exploration of the Colorado River'" |
1985 |
| 5 | 9 | Franklin Nims; "A Month in Cataract Canon" |
1889 |
| 5 | 10 | Kenneth Ross, August Tadje, Denis Julien, Lute Johnson |
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| 5 | 11 | Stanton's River Profiles, New York Public Library, Bob Webb and Cataract Canyon |
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| 5 | 12 | USGS San Juan - Miser Cataract - Paige |
1921 |
| 5 | 13 | Trappers, Hafen and Hafen |
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| 5 | 14 | Webb, Robert H.; Melis, Theodore S.; "Observations of Environmental Change in Grand Canyon" USGS |
1994 |
| 5 | 15 | Weisheit Interview, Georgie, Rosalyn Jirge Files |
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| 5 | 16 | Westwater Canyon, Uncompahgre, Unaweap |
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| 5 | 17 | Georgie White - Cat 1957, Marion Smith, Jirge Files |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Natural history--Utah--Cataract Canyon Wilderness
Personal Names
- Weisheit, John S., 1954---Archives
Geographical Names
- Cataract Canyon Wilderness (Utah)--Environmental conditions
- Cataract Canyon Wilderness (Utah)--History
Finding aid created by Luke Kelly
2000 (last modified: 2013, 2015 and 2019)
