Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Call of the Colorado , Drafts
- Call of the Colorado , General Subjects, A-Pe
- Call of the Colorado , General Subjects, Ph-Z
- If We Had a Boat , Book Material
- If We Had a Boat , Drafts
- If We Had a Boat , Drafts
- Tack Down Your Hats, Boys: The Story of Bus Hatch , Book Material
- Tack Down Your Hats, Boys: The Story of Bus Hatch , Drafts
- Tack Down Your Hats, Boys: The Story of Bus Hatch , Research Material
- Tack Down Your Hats, Boys: The Story of Bus Hatch , Research Material, General Hatch Material
- Articles, Reviews
- Articles and Clippings
- Class Materials
- Oral Interviews
- General Subjects, A-E
- General Subjects, F-Z
- Miscellaneous Oversize
- Names and Subjects
Roy Webb papers, 1926-1989
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Webb, Roy
- Title
- Roy Webb papers
- Dates
- 1926-1989 (inclusive)19261989
- Quantity
- 9.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Accn1000
- Summary
- The Roy Webb papers (1926-1989) consist of research materials for books on Colorado and Green Rivers. This collection also includes notes, articles, copies of books, photographs, correspondence, newspaper research, and other miscellaneous river-related items, plus drafts, page proof, galleys etal from If We Had a Boat (U of U Press, 1986). Roy Webb is a historian, river runner, and author.
- 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
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Roy Webb papers (1926-1989) consist of research materials for books on Colorado and Green Rivers. This collection also includes notes, articles, copies of books, photographs, correspondence, newspaper research, and other miscellaneous river-related items, plus drafts, page proof, galleys etal from If We Had a Boat (U of U Press, 1986).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Roy Webb papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Roy Webb papers, Accn 1000, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations: Accn 1000.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Call of the Colorado, Drafts, 1986-1987Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Boxes 1-12 consist of a compilation of drafts, research materials, and administrative and organizational materials for Webb's three books: Call of the Colorado, If We Had a Boat, and Tack Down Your Hats, Boys: The Story of Bus Hatch.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1-4 | Drafts |
1986-1987 |
| 5 | Films, Museum Catalog Records |
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| 6 | Video Outline |
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| 7 | Video Script |
Call of the Colorado, General Subjects, A-PeReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 1 | Captions |
| 2-6 | Captions, Chapters 1-5 |
| 7 | Correspondence |
| 8 | Correspondence, Smith and Gibbs |
| 9 | Manuscript, University of Arizona Press Copy |
| 10 | Notebooks |
| 11 | Outlines |
| 12 | Permission Letters |
Call of the Colorado, General Subjects, Ph-ZReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 3
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 1 | Photo Credits |
| 2 | Photo Orders |
| 3 | Photos, Adventurers; Photocopies |
| 4 | Photos, Outfitters; Photocopies |
| 5 | Photos, Photographers; Photocopies |
| 6 | Photos, Prospectors; Photocopies |
| 7 | Photos, Rejected; Photocopies |
| 8 | Photos-Scientists, Surveyors, Dam Builders; Photocopies |
| 9-10 | Photos; Photocopies |
| 11 | Quotations |
| 12 | Research Materials |
If We Had a Boat, Book Material, 1983-1988Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Additions |
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| 2 | Correspondence
This folder consists of correspondence with many famous river runners including Katie Lee, Roy DeSpain, P.T. Reilly, and others.
|
1983-1986 |
| 3 | Credits, Index, Title Page |
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| 4 | Galley, Complete |
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| 5 | Galley |
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| 6 | Illustrations; Photocopies |
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| 7 | Outlines |
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| 8 | Photographs; Photocopies |
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| 9 | Photographs, Miscellaneous |
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| 10 | Reviews, Books of the Southwest
|
1988 |
| 11 | Reviews, River Runner
|
1988 |
| 12 | Reviewers' Comments |
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| 13 | Revisions |
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| 14 | University of Utah Press, Contracts |
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| 15 | University of Utah Press, Editing |
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| 16 | University of Utah Press, Financial Material |
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| 17 | University of Utah Press, Publicity Material |
If We Had a Boat, DraftsReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 5
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 1-3 | Drafts |
If We Had a Boat, DraftsReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6-8
Tack Down Your Hats, Boys: The Story of Bus Hatch, Book Material, 1987-1989Return to Top
Container(s): Box 9
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1-8 | Chapters 1-8 |
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| 9 | Check Stubs, Editing Reimbursement |
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| 10 | Correspondence; Brown, Mike, n.d. |
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| 11 | Correspondence; Filar, David S., n.d. |
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| 12 | Correspondence, General Information |
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| 13-15 | Correspondence, Hatch |
1987-1989 |
| 16 | Epilogue |
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| 17 | Registration Forms |
Tack Down Your Hats, Boys: The Story of Bus Hatch, DraftsReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 10
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 1-5 | Drafts |
Tack Down Your Hats, Boys: The Story of Bus Hatch, Research MaterialReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 11
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 1 | Research Material |
| 2-12 | Research Material, Chapters 1-8 |
Tack Down Your Hats, Boys: The Story of Bus Hatch, Research Material, General Hatch Material, 1941-1987Return to Top
Container(s): Box 12
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Advertisements and Brochures |
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| 2 | Article by Hatch |
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| 3 | Boat Trips; Personal accounts and diary excerpts |
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| 4 | Boatmen, Passenger Lists; Grand Canyon trip |
1966 |
| 5 | Correspondence
This folder contains correspondence with Bus, Ted, and Don Hatch from Webb, Otis Marston, Gary Hart, Robert Kennedy, John H. Glenn, Roger Paris, and "Moulty."
|
1941-1987 |
| 6 | Hatch, Jeremiah |
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| 7 | Jones Creek |
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| 8 | Marston Collection Register; Huntington Library |
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| 9 | News Clippings |
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| 10-12 | Notebooks |
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| 13 | Photographs, Photocopies |
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| 14 | Pot Creek Fire; Written first-hand accounts |
1972 |
| 15 | River Diary, Unidentified author |
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| 16 | "Sayings" |
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| 17 | Miscellaneous Hatch |
Articles, Reviews, 1981-1989Return to Top
Container(s): Box 13
This box consists of a compilation of articles, reviews, and papers written by Webb.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Articles, the biblio billboard
|
1989 |
| 2-5 | Articles, River Runner
|
1988-1989 |
| 6 | Articles, Utah Historical Quarterly
|
1988 |
| 7 | Papers, "Down the Great Unknown"
This paper was written for History 401.
|
1981 |
| 8 | Reviews, Correspondence |
|
| 9 | Reviews, River Runner
|
1989 |
| 10 | Reviews, Utah Historical Quarterly
|
1989 |
Articles and ClippingsReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 14
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 1-5 | Articles and Clippings |
| 6 | Articles and Clippings, Newspapers |
Class MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 15
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 1 | Class Plan |
| 2-3 | Manuscript Lecture Notes |
| 4 | Posters |
| 5 | River Essays |
| 6 | Syllabus and Outline |
Oral Interviews, 1969-1985Return to Top
Container(s): Box 16
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | John Cross |
1984 |
| 2 | Roy DeSpain |
1985 |
| 3 | Stewart Gardner |
1984 |
| 4 | Calvin Giddings |
|
| 5 | Joe Haslem |
1969 |
| 6 | Don Hatch |
1984 |
| 7 | Les Jones |
1985 |
| 8 | Katie Lee |
1984 |
| 9 | William M. Purdy |
1985 |
| 10 | Gaylord Stavely |
1984 |
| 11 | Duff Swain; Regarding Bus Hatch |
1987 |
| 12 | Frank Swain |
1976 |
| 13 | Frank Swain |
1984 |
| 14 | Notes |
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| 15 | Question Sheets, Blank |
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| 16 | Question Sheets, Completed |
General Subjects, A-E, 1926-1954Return to Top
Container(s): Box 17
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | ARTA Utah Wilderness River Trips |
1988 |
| 2 | C. Gregory Crampton, "Boating on the Upper Colorado..." |
1975 |
| 3 | "Building a Reputation;" Norman Nevills' river-running accomplishments |
|
| 4 | Cataract Canyon |
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| 5 | Conservation-Perservation Controversy |
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| 6 | DeSpain, Roy--News Clippings |
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| 7 | Diaries-- Aleson, Harry and Sparks, Harry P., Jr. |
1951 |
| 8 | Diaries, Beaman, E.O., n.d. |
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| 9 | Diaries, Blake, H. Elwyn, Jr. |
1926 |
| 10 | Diaries, Berg, Amos |
1938 |
| 11 | Diaries, Gargg, Ellen |
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| 12 | Diaries, Kelly, Charles |
1932 |
| 13 | Page, F. LeMoyne |
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| 14 | Diaries, Unidentified |
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| 15 | Dinosaur National Monument, Study |
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| 16 | Documents, Colorado River |
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| 17 | Documents, Flaming Gorge |
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| 18 | Documents, Green River |
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| 19 | Documents, Miscellaneous |
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| 20 | Echo Park Dam, Articles |
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| 21 | Echo Park Dam, CRSP and CUP Material |
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| 22 | Echo Park Dam, Colorado River Storage Project |
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| 23 | Echo Park Dam, Correspondence |
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| 24 | Echo Park Dam, Journalism Report |
1954 |
| 25 | Echo Park Dam, News Clippings |
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| 26 | Echo Park Dam, Television Publicity |
General Subjects, F-Z, 1923-1979Return to Top
Container(s): Box 18
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Folklore, River Songs, Poems |
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| 2 | Frazier, Russel G., Article, Paper |
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| 3 | Nathaniel Galloway, Biography |
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| 4 | Nathaniel Galloway, Letters |
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| 5 | Stewart Gardiner, River Running |
1938-1939 |
| 6 | Grand Canyon, Articles |
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| 7 | Grand Canyon, U.S. Geological Survey of 1923 |
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| 8 | Holiday River Expeditions, Brochures |
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| 9 | Holiday River Expeditions, "History Helper" |
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| 10 | Jens Jensen, Articles |
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| 11 | Klamath River, Articles |
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| 12 | Katie Lee, Publicity Material |
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| 13 | Lodore, Articles |
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| 14 | Bert Loper, Recovery, obituaries |
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| 15 | Pat Lynch, Biography |
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| 16 | Miscellaneous |
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| 17 | Miscellaneous, Library Catalog Printouts |
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| 18 | Miscellaneous, Title Page |
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| 19 | Norman D. Nevills, Biography
Written by P.T. Reilly.
|
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| 20 | Notebooks |
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| 21 | Powell Expedition, Murders |
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| 22 | Research Books, A-L |
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| 23 | Research Books, M-Z |
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| 24 | Frank Swain, Articles, Obituaries, Transcripts |
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| 25 | Nanette Larson, Utah Travel Council, "Run the Rivers" |
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| 26 | Water Policy, Colorado River Basin Survey |
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| 27 | Water Policy, River Management Plan; Dinosaur National Monument |
1979 |
| 28 | Water Policy, Water Resources Policy |
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| 29 | Yampa River, Articles |
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| 30 | Yampa River Expedition; Denver Post clippings |
1928 |
Miscellaneous Oversize, 1987-1988Return to Top
Container(s): Box 19
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 1 |
Headwater Newsmagazine |
1987 |
| 2-3 |
Sports Guide
|
1987-1988 |
| 4 | Green River, Articles, River Transport |
|
| 5 |
If We Had a Boat, Galleys |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Rafting (Sports)--Arizona
- Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
- Rafting (Sports)--Green River (Wyo.-Utah)
- Rafting (Sports)--Utah
- Rivers--West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration--Sources
- Rivers--West (U.S.)--Recreational use--History--Sources
Geographical Names
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Recreational use--History--Sources
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
- Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--Recreational use--History--Sources
Form or Genre Terms
- Articles
- Correspondence
- Drafts (documents)
- Posters
Finding aid created by Manuscripts Division staff
1988
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