Images Of Glen Canyon

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by C. Gregory Crampton (P0197)

Glen Canyon dam was authorized in 1957 and the Bureau of Reclamation quickly asked archeologists, historians, and other scholars to survey the many resources that would be covered by Lake Powell. Dr. C. Gregory Crampton was a professor of history at the University of Utah when he was asked to conduct the historical salvage survey of Glen Canyon. Under Dr. Crampton's direction, students mapped, photographed, and cataloged the hundreds of historical sites that are now forever flooded by Lake Powell. The slides in this exhibit were selected from Dr. Crampton's personal favorites, but are only a small fraction of the thousands of photographs and slides in his collection in the Special Collections Department, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. For more information about the Crampton photograph collection, see the following: C. Gregory Crampton Collection, P0197. For a listing of other resources about Glen Canyon available in the Library's Special Collections Department, see the guide to Glen Canyon Historical Resources.

Roy Webb, Multimedia Archivist; roy.webb@utah.edu

 

 

Gallery Page 1

Inscription Rock, East Hole-in-the-Rock. September, 1960.

Cliffs just above Hall's Crossing at sunset. September, 1960.

Sunset from camp, Mile 76.4, downstream. September, 1960.

Grainery near Salierds(?) Trail. August 9, 1961.

W.S. Rust's inscription at Hall's Crossing. September, 1960.

Gallery Page 2

Defiance House at Forgotten Canyon. July, 1967.

Dungeon Canyon, tributary of Glen Canyon, Mile 57. June 26, 1958.

Davis Gulch pictographs. July, 1967.

Hidden Passage. 1959.

Dungeon Canyon. September, 1961.

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Tapestry Wall Looking Upstream. September, 1960.

Upstream to Hidden Passage, Mile 75.9. August 10, 1962.

Cave above Camel(?) Bar. September, 1961.

Navajo Mountain from Colorado River, Mile 72. September, 1960.

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Break on the Colorado River.

Lee's Ferry. 1967.

Escalante River. 1963.

Olympia Bar Water Wheel. May, 1961.

Glen Canyon, Upstream at Hole-in-the-Rock. May 27, 1962.

Confluence of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers. February 27, 1963.