NTDMG5733 Guide to the Collection on the "Flight of the Salmon Fly: a reconnaissance trip down the River of No Return, Salmon River, Idaho June 20 to July 2, 1944" Collection on the "Flight of the Salmon Fly: a reconnaissance trip down the River of No Return, Salmon River, Idaho June 20 to July 2, 1944" Finding aid prepared by Darcie Riedner; updated by Sara Szobody in 2023. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2018
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-10-26. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Collection on the "Flight of the Salmon Fly: a reconnaissance trip down the River of No Return, Salmon River, Idaho June 20 to July 2, 1944" MG 5733 0.5 linear feet 33.8 megabytes 246 files 1944 1990 2010; 2019 The collection consists primarily of a report written by senior engineer K.M. MacDuffie, from logs of a trip down the Salmon River in 1944 by members of the Army Corps of Engineers. The logs were kept by senior engineers L.E. Rydell, S.E. Sporseen and F.O. McGrew and detail their crew's trip June 20-July 2, 1944. The Salmon Fly in the collection title is in reference to the name of boat on which the engineers traveled. English .

This collection is a summary of logs written on a trip down the River of No Return in 1944 by members of the Army Corps of Engineers. The summary was written by trip senior engineer K.M. MacDuffie from logs kept by three other senior engineers making the trip, L.E. Rydell, S.E. Sporseen, and F.O. McGrew. According to the report, "the main purpose of the trip was selection of sites where high dams might be feasible and the selection of a series of dams that eventually might develop the entire fall in the river. Only the portions of the river course which were not accessible, at that time, by roads were considered during the trip." The summary is typeset and includes pictures of the trip as well as maps of the area covered in the journey. The trip covered the days of June 20 to July 2, 1944. The typescript is 124 pages excluding the accompanying maps. Also included in the collection is a CD containing a digital copy of the report as well as newspaper article from Northwest Magazine dated March 25, 1990 about the telephone system in the Salmon River canyon.

Collection is open for research.

Donated 1/15/2010 by Rita and John Sporseen. John Sporseen is the son of S.E. Sporseen, one of the original members of the trip in 1944 (accession MA 2010-03).

This collection is located in the Small Manuscripts section of U of I Library Special Collection and Archives.

The access files of the digital materials in this collection are located on the archive drive. Folder path: Y:\Processed Collections\Small Manuscript Groups\MG 5733 (Collection on the "Flight of the Salmon Fly"). Contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives for access or questions.

Please note this collection contains JPEG File Interchange Format items.

Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

 Salmon River (Idaho) Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (Idaho) Idaho Report 20 June - June 02, 1944 Report 0.5 linear feet 20 June - June 02, 1944 Digital Materials 2010 The Flight of the "Salmon Fly" 33.8 megabytes 246 files image/jpeg JPEG File Interchange Format 2010 Digital