Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition Collection, Museum of Northern Arizona

Institution: Museum of Northern Arizona
Collection Title: Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition Collection
Date (inclusive): ca. 1933-1935
Collection Identifier: MS122
Repository (location info): Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
Finding Aid link: http://musnaz.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/MS-122_RBMVE.pdf
Website link: https://musnaz.org/library-and-archives/archives/manuscript-collections/

RBMVE Biographical Note: n/a
Scope and Content: Images taken by RBMVE photographers Clifford Bond, Robert Branstead, Lloyd W. Lowrey, Graham Heid, Ansel Hall, Grace Elwood Hoover, David F. Walkington, Edward P. Beckwith.

Container List or Summary of RBMVE-related Material: Over 1700 images taken from by photographers of the RBMVE from 1933 to 1935. Also two 25 mm motion picture film reels.

Index

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Amy Andrews 99s Member File, 99s Museum

The Amy Andrews material comes from the 99’s membership archive, reflecting Andrews’ involvement with the 99s organization and also some of her activities as a pilot more generally.

Pratt Museum of Natural History Records, Amherst College Library, Archives and Special Collections

Frederick Brewster Loomis was an archaeologist, paleontologist, and geologist for the 1934-1936 RBMVE field seasons. Loomis was affiliated with Amherst College during this time, and much of the Pratt Museum’s collections resulted from Loomis’ expeditions and fieldwork.

Wetherill Papers and Misc. Correspondence, Arizona State Museum

Papers related to the activities of John Wetherill.

Wetherill Photograph Collection, Arizona State Museum

The Wetherills were a family of traders and ranchers in the Four Corners area. Out of a trading post in Kayenta, AZ, John and Louisa Wetherill, their son, Ben, and their nephew, Milton, were instrumental in helping the RBMVE run by providing provisions, pack animal and equipment, sharing their property as a staging area, hosting guests of the Expedition, and using their connections with the local Navajo and San Juan Paiute community to recruit packers, guides, and translators.

RBMVE Library Resources, Autry Museum of the American West Library and Archive

Archaeologist, Charles Amsden, participated in the 1936 and 1937 RBMVE on behalf of the Southwest Museum.

Herbert E. Gregory Papers, Bishop Museum

Herbert Gregory participated in RBMVE as a Geologist in 1934 and also as an Advisory Board member.

Oral History Interview with Lloyd W. Lowrey, California State Archives

Lloyd W. Lowrey, Sr. was a high school teacher and principal, who joined the 1933 Expedition as a geology and paleontology crew member.

Frank Ray Morris Papers, Henry Madden Library, CSU Fresno

Frank Ray Morris in the RBMVE in 1937 as Superintendent of Construction. He attended the RBMVE with his son, Bruce Morris, who assisted the archaeologists. At the time of the RBMVE, Frank Morris taught at Cal State Fresno in the Mathematics Department.

Ansel Hall Collection, Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College

This collection contains photographs from Ansel Hall’s professional endeavors during his career in the National Park Service, and his side projects of directing adventure camps and scientific expeditions, including the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition.

Material Related to the Ansel Hall Collection, Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College

Ansel Franklin Hall was the Director of the RBMVE. Aside from his work with RBMVE and other programs, Hall was the Chief of the Field Division of Education for National Park Service, eventually leaving this role to run a family concessions business at Mesa Verde National Park.