UUM_Accn1325 Inventory of the Hatch River Expeditions records, 1927-2007 Hatch River Expeditions records Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Rogers Manuscripts Division, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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ACCN 1325 Hatch River Expeditions records 1927-2007 Hatch River Expeditions 47 linear feet The Hatch River Expeditions records contain correspondence, logs, employment records and oral histories from the Hatch family. Robert Rafael "Bus" Hatch and his brothers, Alton and Tom, began boating in the Vernal, Utah area in the late 1920s and formed Hatch River Expeditions, one of the best known river outfitters in the western United States. Collection materials are in English. Biographical Sketch

Robert Rafael "Bus" Hatch and his brothers Alton and Tom began boating in the Vernal, Utah, area in the late 1920s. They ran the Green River in 1931, the Green and Colorado through Cataract Canyon in 1933, and the Grand Canyon in 1934. In 1935-36, they ran the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho, as well as the Main Salmon. By the end of World War II, Bus Hatch in particular had become known as a river runner. With the controversy over the planned Echo Park Dam in Dinosaur National Monument in the late 1940s and early 1950s, many people turned to Bus Hatch and his sons, Don, Ted, and Frank, to take them down the Green and Yampa Rivers. During the controversy, Hatch River Expeditions outfitted river trips for both pro-dam and anti-dam groups, trips that often included over 100 people. This was the true genesis of Hatch River Expedtions. After the controversy, and through the 1960s, the name Hatch became synonymous with river running, especially in the western United States. By the end of the 20th century, Hatch had become one of the best-known river outfitters in existence. [maybe add this:] Bus Hatch died in 1967, and two of his sons, Don and Ted, took over and expanded the business. By the late 1970s, it had grown so much that they split it between them, with Don taking the Green, Salmon, and upper Colorado Rivers, and Ted concentrating on the Grand Canyon. Don died in 1994; Ted retired and sold his business to his son Steve in 2007. Meg Hatch, widow of Don, sold her part of the business the same year, but the Hatch name, and the Hatch legacy, will be recognized whenever people run a wild river.

The Hatch River Expeditions records contain correspondence, logs, employment records and oral histories from the Hatch family.

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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Donated by Meg Hatch (boxes 1-60) in 2000.

Donated by Don Hatch and Meg Hatch (boxes 61-94) in 2004.

Processed by Elizabeth Rogers in 2007.

 Hatch, Bus Hatch family Rafting (Sports)--West (U.S.) Rivers--West (U.S.) Sports and Recreation Correspondence Logs (records) Personal Correspondence 1 1-3 Correspondence 1927 1 4-5 Oral Histories and River Stories 1 6 Eulogy and Notes 1 7 Medical Documents 1 8 Receipts 1927 1 9 Tax Forms 1956-1958 Personal and Family Papers 2 1 Frank Hatch Personal Documents 1929-1931 2 2 Oral Histories 1954 2 3 River Stories 2 4 "We're Safe Now, We're On The River: The Story of Bud Hatch 2 5 Medical Documents 2 6 Eulogy and Notes 2 7 Tax Forms 1956-1958 2 8 Printed Material Business Correspondence 3 1-3 Correspondence 1954 3 4-5 Complimentary Correspondence 1954 4 Business Correspondence 1950s Name Files 6 1 M 1956 6 2-3 A-G 1957 7 Name Files, H-Z 1957 8 Name Files A-V 1958 Correspondence 9 Correspondence 1966-1969 10 Correspondence 1966-1969 11 Correspondence 1966-1969 12 1 Correspondence 1965 12 2-3 Correspondence 1966 12 4-5 Correspondence 1967 13 Correspondence 1967-1969 14 Correspondence 1968-1969 15 Letters of Inquiry 1960s 16 Letters of Inquiry 1960s 17 Letters of Inquiry 1960s 18 Letters of Inquiry 1960s 19 Letters of Inquiry 1960s 20 Letters of Inquiry 1960s 21 Letters of Inquiry 1960s 22 Business Correspondence, A-H 1965-1968 23 Business Correspondence, H-M 1965-1968 24 Business Colrrespondence, L-W 1965-1968 25 Business Correspondence 1967-1969 Name Files 26 Name Files, A-Z 1966-1968 27 Name Files, B-Z 1967-1968 28 Name Files, D-M 1968 29 Name Files, K-T 1968-1969 30 Name Files, R-W, and Trips Inquiries 1969 Correspondence 31 Information Requests 1970s 32 Correspondence, A-C 1970 33 Correspndence D-H 1970 34 Correspondence, I-P 1970 35 Correspondence, R-Z 1970 Business Materials 36 1 Colorado Tax Revenue 1968-1976 36 2 Business Correspondence 1970s 36 3-5 Correspondence 1970-1971 37 Correspondence 1970-1971 38 1 Passenger List 1970 38 2 Correspondence, 1970-1971 Name Files 38 3 Name Files M-W 1970 38 4-5 Name Files A-P 1971 39 Name Files, A-M 1972 40 Name Files, J-Y 1972 41 1-2 Name Files, B-W 1972 41 3-5 Name Files, K-L 1973 42 1-3 Name Files, R-Z 1972-1973 42 4-5 Name Files, B-Y 1974 Business Materials 43 1-3 Licenses and Applications 1971-1974 43 4-5 Name Files, A-Z 1973-1974 44 Correspondence, A-F 1974-1975 45 1 Pilot Log Books 1971 45 2 Arizona Licenses 1972 45 3 Winchester File 1972 45 4-5 Name Files, T-Z 1974 45 6 Travel Agents 1974 Name Files 46 Name Files, A-F 1975 47 Name Files, G-O 1975 48 Name Files, M-V 1975 49 1 Name Files, W-Z 1975 Trip Expenses 49 2 Motor, Motel, and Insurance 1975 49 3 Licenses, Liquor, and Legal Fees 1975 49 4 Marine and Life Packets 1975 49 5 Grand Canyon Caverns and Mule Train Tours 1975 49 6 Groceries and Gas 1975 49 7 Idaho Miscellaneous and Hualapai Reservation 1975 Correspondence and Information 50 1 Grand Canyon Geologic Information 1971 50 2-4 Correspondence, G-V 1974-1975 50 5 State and Professional Correspondence 1975 50 6-9 Park Service Correspondence 1972-1974 51 Trip Correspondence 1975-1976 Finances, Regulations and General Materials 52 1 Finances and Taxes 1972 52 2 Legal Issues 1973 52 3 "Mules and Mercurys" 1973 52 4 U.S. Coast Guard Regulations1974 52 5-7 Monthly Paperwork 1976 52 8 Receipts 1976 52 9 Brochures 53 Name Files, A-Z 1976 B.L.M. Correspondence and Canyonland Information 54 1 B.L.M. Information 1970-1976 54 2-3 Canyonland Catalogs and Information 1975-1976 54 4 Catalogs and Promotions Dinosaur National Monument Trips and Assessments 55 1 Trips 1971-1972 55 2-5 General Information and Correspondence 1973-1976 55 6-7 Environmental Impact Assessments, and Ccorrespondence 1972-1976 Trips, Confirmations, and Permits 56 Trip Correspondence 1974-1975 57 1 Legal Documents and Correspondence 1971 57 2-4 Middlefork Correspondence, Trips, Permits, and Agreements 1970-1975 57 5 Permits and Ledgers 1975 57 6 Receipts and Confirmations 57 7 Trip Confirmations 1975 Business Materials 58 1 Applications and Resumes 1967-1976 58 2-8 Sierra Club Correspondence 1950-1972 59A 1 Construction Project Correspondence 1951-1952 59A 2 Construction Projects 1953 59A 3 Specifications and Receipts 1953 59A 4 Use Permits and Receipts 1953 59A 5 Correspondence 1956 59A 6-7 Correspondence 1960s 59B 1 Middlefork Correspondence 1961 59B 2 Tours and Itineraries 59B 3 Kennedy Family Trip 1967 59B 4 Passenger List and Receipts 1968 59B 5 Name Files, W-Y 1968 59B 6 Name Files, D-H D-H1969 59C 1 Business Correspondence 1965-1968 59C 2 Coast Guard Regulations 59C 3 Travel Agents 1973 59C 4 Legal Documents 1974 59D Complimentary Correspondence 1968-1974 59E Name Files, A-J 1973 Trip Arrangements and Applications

THIS SERIES IS WHERE THE TAX SPLIT STARTS.

 60 1-4 Trip Arrangements 1977 60 5 Applications 1978 61 Trip Rosters 1978 62 Weekly Reports 1978 63 1-5 Trip Arrangements, A-Z 1977 63 6 Mailing List Correspondence 1977 64 Name Files, A-Z 1977-1978 65 Launch Correspondence 1979 66 1-2 Launch Correspondence 1979 66 3-7 Name Files, A-Z 1978 67 Western River Guides Association (W.R.G.A.) Correspondence 1980-1983 68 Bureau of Land Management (B.L.M.) Correspondence 1977-1986 Dinosaur National Monument 69 1 Files 1978 69 2-4 General Information 1979-1982 69 5 Standards 1984 70 1 Travel Agency Financial Reports and Memorandums 1981-1992 70 2 Travel Board 1987-1992 70 3 Newsletters 1988-1992 70 4 Memorandums and Meetings 1988-1992 70 5 Annual Reports and Minutes 1988-1992 70 6 Nature Association 1991-1992 71 1 Monument Documents 1986 71 2 Department of the Interior 1988 71 3-4 Travel Board 1988-1992 71 5-6 Donation Requests 1992 71 7 Environmental Impact Statement 1993 72 1-4 Name Change Documents 1990 72 5 Printed Material 73 1-2 Dinosaur Nature Association By-Laws 1989-1991 73 3 Dinosaur Nature Association Minutes 1990 73 4-5 Dinosaur Nature Association Documents 1990-1991 Trip Rosters and Arrangements 75 Trip Rosters 1980 76 1-2 Trip Rosters 1980 76 3-6 Trip Arrangements 1980 Name Files 77 1-2 Name Files, A-Z 1980 77 3-6` Name Files, A-Z 1982-1983 78 1 Name Files, G-L 1983 78 2-4 Name Files, G-Z 1984 78 5-6 Name Files, A-R 1985 Trip Materials 79 Trip and Travel Arrangements 1980-1984 80 Trip and Travel Arrangements 1983-1984 81 1-3 Trip Arrangements 1983-1984 81 4 Range Tours 1984 81 5-8 Passenger Lists 1985 82 1 Idaho Trip Name Files, A-Z 1979 82 2-5 Name Files, A-W 1987 82 6 Hatch Masterfile Correspondence and Companies 83 1-3 Selway Trips, Correspondence, and Waiting Lists 1979 83 4 Flaming George, Cross Mountain, and Juniper Dams Project 1980-1983 83 5 Retail Aviation, Anderson Camp, Dinosaur National Park 1981-1985 83 6 Anderson Camps 1986-1987 83 7 Airplane Forms and Receipts 83 8 Colorado River Outfitters Association 1987-1988 83 9 Flying Cataract 1987-1989 Administrative Materials 84 Trip Reports 1985 85 1 Employee Conduct and Expectation 85 2-4 Employment Applications 1977-1981 85 3 Boat Man Correspondence 85 4 Trip Protocols 85 5 Acknowledgement of Risk Forms 85 6 River Runner Preparation Documents 86 Cataract Canyon, Middlefork, and Selway Trips 1985 87 Business and Book Correspondence 1980-1990 Environmental Concerns 88 1 Environmental Concerns 88 2 Dinaland Country Club 1980 88 2-3 W.R.G.A. Meetings 1980-1983 88 5 Financial Information 88 6 Asphalt Mining Proposal 1986 Use Evaluations 89 1 Forest Service-Selway 1977 89 2 Topical Reports 89 3 Use Records 1984 89 4 Specials And Evaluations 89 5 Colorado Regulations 1992 89 6 Idaho Licensing 1996 89 7 Concession Informationand Reform 1998 Business Documents 90 1 Corporate Documents 1977 90 2 Receipts and Accounts 1984 90 3 Medical Receipts 1994 90 4 Utah Tourism Study 1987 90 5 "Ma and Pa at Home and Elsewhere" 90 6 Itiinerary Changes 1987-1989 90 7-8 Clippngs 91 Printed Material and Miscellaneous Documents 92 1-5 Trip Arrangements 1973-1984 92 6 Japanese River Trup 1986 93 Employee Name Files 94 Employee Name Files 95-99 River Trip Calendars Oversize Materials 100 Scrapbook 1969-1976 101-104 Trip Reservation Posters 1969-1976

These posters contain trip reservation information such as: date, name, days on trip, cost, group size, etc.