Institution: Family Collection
Collection Title: Lloyd Lowrey, Sr. Family Collection
Date (inclusive): 1933-1937
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RBMVE Biographical Note: Lloyd W. Lowrey, Sr. was a high school teacher and principal, who joined the 1933 Expedition as a geology and paleontology crew member. Near the end of the 1933, Lowrey was asked to accompany filmmaker, Robert Kissack, on the exploratory river trip in order to assist and take photos. Lowrey returned to the RBMVE in 1934, 1936, 1937 as the leader of the river exploration crew, collecting archaeological and geological data for a study on the San Juan and Colorado rivers.
Scope and Content: The descendants of Lloyd Lowrey, Sr., have shared documentation from the RBMVE saved by Lowrey and further retained by the family. The ONWARD Project began digitizing the material in early 2020, which will be added to the archive.
Container List or Summary of RBMVE-related Material: Material includes a 1933 dated account of Lowrey’s time with the RBMVE, administrative RBMVE memos and circulars, letters with RBMVE Director, Ansel Hall and fellow expedition members, photographs, a moving image reel, a hand sketched map, and several publications.
Click and scroll through a sample of the Lowrey material below.
