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Ruth McDonough digital photograph collection

Authors :
McDonough, Ruth
McDonough, Ruth
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The Ruth McDonough collection consists of digital scans of 56 black and white and 6 color snapshots taken with a Brownie camera by Ruth McDonough on two separate river trips with SOCOTWA, an LDS river-running organization. The six color photos in Folder 1 were taken by someone else on the trip and later given to Ms. McDonough; the black and white photos were all taken by her. The originals were scanned and returned to the donor in March, 2004. Information in quotes " " was transferred from the back of the photograph. Information in brackets [ ] was added by the processor.<br />Collection arranged by river trip.; Glen Canyon; Yampa-Green Rivers; 1. "June 16, 1956. Hanksville, Utah"; 2. "June 16, 1956. Hite, Utah. Going in."; 3. "Pump hard"; 4. "Colorado River trip - June 15-23, 1956"; 5. "Land of the Free"; 6. "Home of the Brave"; 7. "Music Lovers"; 8. [People on boat]; 9. "Time to leave" [Jackie McCarty] "Billy Nelson"; 10. "Ladies from Chicago. Camera Fiends. Lucia & Elaine"; 11. "Life of Reilly" 'What a crew'"; 12. "Merly Shaw at Crudy Creek. Merly's favorite song [was] 'Old Faithful'"; 13. "Colorado River. Good stiff breeze"; 14. "Aztec Canyon. Duck on a rock"; 15. "Dinner time and K.P. 'Come on you bounders, let's eat!' Crudy Creek"; 16. [Group of people on shore]; 17. "Colorado river and no name boat"; 18. "First Aid Department. 'Oh, the pain!'"; 19. "The Colorado and Queen Victoria at the left"; 20. "Row the boats!"; 21. "Dirty Bird crew - Lolla, Jackie, Ruth, Lyn, Bob, Clyde, & Billie"; 22. "Navajo Bridge"; 23. "Homeward Bound" [Jackie McCarty] "Billy"; 24. "Lovers. Barrett Erickson & Lee Bitner"; 25. "Three Leaders. Bob Perry, Merly Shaw, Lyn Beckman"; 26. "June 22, 1956. The food was so good!" [Art Greene's Cliff Dweller's Lodge]; 27. [Group shot]; 28. "June 22, 1956. At Art Greene's. Trio" [L-R: Jackie McCarty, Merly Shaw, Ruth McDonough"; 29. "June 22, 1956. Jackie and Lyn. 'He lost a bet!' $.05 a kiss"; 30. "June 23, 1956. Home" [Jackie McCarty, Ruth McDonough]; 31-36. [Color snapshots taken by other member of the party and given to Ruth McDonough.]; 1. "The bus stop and we were alone! Jackie, Marilyn (mut), the Bear sisters, & Enid Poli"; 2. "First day - the fellows took the truck to the river and left the girls in the bus. Jackie had a good time."; 3. "Near the river. The sheep truck. The first day! [L-R] Lee, Charlotte, Doc"; 4. "Friday morning. The first sight of the Y ampa from the bridge near Lily Park, Colo[rado]"; 5. "Before the river. Friday afternoon at Lily Park, Colorado"; 6. "What a cruddy lot! Before we put on th.

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Initial Citation: Ruth McDonough digital photograph collection, P1125, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah. Following Citations: P1125., Ruth McDonough was 19 years old in 1956 when she heard, through a girlfriend, about a river running outfitter named SOCOTWA. She and the friend, Jackie McCarty, thought the idea of a river trip sounded adventurous, so they signed up for an 8-day trip through Glen Canyon on the Colorado River. The trip was so enjoyable that they signed up for another one the next year, May 1957, this time a three-day run on the Yampa and Green Rivers in Dinosaur National Monument. This one, unfortunately, was not as enjoyable, as it rained and was cold for most of the trip. After that, Ms. McDonough did not do any more river trips with SOCOTWA. An oral interview with her regarding these trips is available in A0740., Materials in English.
Accession number :
edsoai.ocn639680144