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Overview of the Collection | |
| Creator: | Dudziak, Joseph L. |
| Title: | Joseph Dudziak collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1936-1994 |
| Quantity: | 3 linear feet textual materials, 5859 photographic images (slides, prints, acetate negatives), and 19 moving images (19 8mm film reels). |
| Abstract: | "River Rat" Joseph "Joe" Dudziak enjoyed running the rivers of the Southwest in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. His adventures on and off the river are documented in this collection, which contains films, photographs, maps, journals, and correspondence connected to his river trips. |
| Identification: | NAU.MS.414 NAU.PH.2009.14 NAU.MI.2013.06 |
| Language: | Material in English |
| Repository: |
Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Northern Arizona University Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523-5551 Fax: 928 523-3770 Email: special.collections@nau.edu |
Biographical Note
Joseph "Joe" L. Dudziak was born on August 30, 1912. Not much is known about his early life, though Dudziak did live in Arizona for some period of time. He spent the bulk of his career working in port operations. Between 1952 and 1967, Dudziak served as Operating Manager for the Parr-Richmond Terminal Company in Richmond, California, before becoming vice president in charge of sales, traffic, and cost studies for Parr-Richmond. Dudziak then became manager of sales and operations for Benicia Port Terminal company. He also worked for Luckenbach Steamship Co. and N.Y.K. Line.
Whenever he had the opportunity, Dudziak would visit the Southwest. Beginning in the late 1930s, he explored Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico by car and Jeep, as well as taking many hiking and river rafting trips. Dudziak soon joined the Honorable Order of Canyoneers "Colorado River Rats" with Mexican Hat Expeditions, as the 156th individual to run Grand Canyon's Colorado River. Most of his major expeditions were in the 1950s, before the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam; regular companions included Kent Frost, Frank Wright, Tad Nichols, Katie Lee, and Dock Marston, among others. Dudziak photographed, documented, and filmed these trips, exchanging photographs and film material with other river runners. He presented his slides locally in California to interested audiences.
Dudziak passed away on November 27, 1992.
Information provided in this biographical note is based on collection materials, notably a December 16, 1952 article in the Richmond Independent titled "Terminal Manager is Proud of His 'River Rat' Record" found in the Biographical Information file, as well as donor-supplied materials, such as an article titled "Joe Dudziak in Benicia Port Post" [newspaper unknown].
Scope & Content Note
The Joseph Dudziak collection contains a comprehensive selection of photographic images (nearly 6000) from Dudziak's travels over a 30+ year period, as well as maps, journals, and correspondence all relevant to his river running career. The journals provide detailed accounts of many of Dudziak's expeditions between the years of 1939 and 1977. Correspondence details Dudziak's interactions with friends, family, and fellow River Rats, particularly those in California. Moving image materials depict fishing trips, river running expeditions, and jeep trips across the Four Corners area.
Arrangement
SCA staff, notably Jonathan Pringle and Sam(antha) Meier, organized the materials in the Joseph Dudziak collection into format-based groups:NAU.PH.2009.14 - Photographs, 1941-1978
NAU.MI.2013.06 - Moving images, 1952-1985
Restrictions
Conditions Governing Access
Processed manuscript (NAU.MS.414) and photographic materials (NAU.PH.2009.14) are fully available for access and use.
Due to a lack of required playback equipment and the fragility of the materials in question, all 8mm films in the Joseph Dudziak collection (NAU.MI.2013.06) are unavailable for access and use in the Miriam Lemont Reading Room. Researchers are advised to utilize digitized versions of the original films available online via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Please see the Digital Material Available note to learn more.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Administrative Information
Digital Material Available
SCA staff digitized selected photographs from the Joseph Dudziak collection (NAU.PH.2009.14) circa 2012. In fall 2022, Olivia "Liv" Hall digitized and edited all 8mm films (NAU.MI.2013.06) as part of SCA's NEH grant to address at-risk moving images.
Digitized material from the Joseph Dudziak collection is available online via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Select "Colorado Plateau Archives." Use the advanced search menu to search for "Joseph Dudziak" in the "Creator" field or in the "Collection name" field, or search "NAU.PH.2009.14" and "NAU.MI.2013.06" in the "Call number" field.
Click here to view all digitized material from the Joseph Dudziak collection.
The digitization of and public online access to moving image materials from the Joseph Dudziak collection was made possible through generous funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources: Implementation grant (PW-277441-21), 2021-2024.
Preferred Citation
[Title or brief description of file or item.] Joseph Dudziak Collection [manuscripts], NAU.MS.414, Series [ ], Box [ ], Folder [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Flagstaff, Arizona.
[Title or brief description of file or item.] Joseph Dudziak Collection [photographs], NAU.PH.2009.14.[ ], Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Flagstaff, Arizona.
[Title or brief description of file or item.] Joseph Dudziak Collection [moving images], NAU.MI.2013.06.[ ], Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Flagstaff, Arizona.
Acquisition Information
Thomas L. Dudziak (Joseph's brother) donated photographs and manuscript materials in 2009.
Joanne Gabel (Joseph's sister) donated 8mm and 16mm films in 2013. Gabel donated additional correspondence (Accession 2021.08) in 2021.
Processing Information
Richard Quartaroli inventoried Accession 2009.14, the basis of the Joseph Dudziak collection, in March 2009. Photographs and manuscript materials were then processed in April of 2012 by intern Ashley Goodman, under the supervision of Jonathan Pringle.
Sam(antha) Meier inventoried moving image materials (NAU.MI.2013.06) and processed additional manuscript materials (now found in Series 5: Correspondence of the manuscripts group, NAU.MS.414) from Accession 2021.08 in July 2021.
In 2021, Sam(antha) Meier inventoried moving image materials from the Joseph Dudziak collection and selected them for inclusion in SCA's National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant project to address at-risk moving images. Olivia "Liv" Hall did additional processing work (including assigning call numbers and labeling) for these materials. Hall then digitized, edited, and uploaded copies of the moving images to the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections in 2022. In June 2023, Mendy added item-level links to the digitized moving images across the finding aid and updated descriptive notes.
Appraisal Information
Karen Underhill appraised materials from the Joseph Dudziak collection in 2009, retaining only materials related to the Colorado Plateau and Dudziak's experiences rafting the Colorado River.
Accruals
Future accruals are anticipated.
Container List
| NAU.MS.414 Manuscripts, 1936-1994 (3 linear feet textual materials) | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| Jonathan Pringle organized manuscript materials into 5 series based on record type in 2021: | |||||||||||
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Series 1: Journals, 1939-1977
Series 2: Trip information, 1938-1994
Series 3: Maps, 1950s-1972
Series 4: Biographical, 1952-1957
Series 5: Correspondence, 1936-1994
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| Processing Information | |||||||||||
| Samantha Meier added additional materials to Series 5: Correspondence in 2021. | |||||||||||
| Series 1: Journals, 1939-1977 (1 linear foot textual materials, including 28 bound journals [various sizes]) | |||||||||||
| Scope & Content Note | |||||||||||
| Series 1 contains Joseph Dudziak's handwritten field journals from 1939 to 1977, as well as typed transcriptions of said journals. The journals cover Dudziak's experiences on Mexican Hat Expeditions, various Jeep trips, Glen Canyon River Run, San Juan River Run, the Old Mormon Trail, Page, Cottonwood Canyon, Grosvenor Arch, Boulder Mountain and Long Canyon, Utah Air Trip, and many more. Each field journal is a detailed account of what took place during Dudziak's excursions. | |||||||||||
| Listed trip locations and companions include: Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, Tuba City, Moenkopi, Hopi villages Dudziak identified as Hotevilla, Oraibi, Shoupalavi (liekly Songoopavi/Shungopavi or Supawlavi/Sipaulovi), and Walpi, Oak Creek Canyon, Meteor Crater, the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff, Boulder Dam, Las Vegas, Nevada, Owens Valley, Sonora Pass, Oakdale, Manteca, Rainbow Bridge in southern Utah, Rainbow Trail, Rainbow Bridge (also identifed by Dudziak as Nonnezoshie Nadzelid), Betatakin ruins, Monument Valley, Goosenecks of the San Juan, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Shiprock, Four Corners, Mesa Verde, Arches National Monument (now Arches National Park), Dead Horse Point, Salt Lake City, Bingham Copper Mine, Bonneville Salt Flats, Virginia City, Lake Tahoe, and Echo Pass, Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon, Death Valley, Tioga Pas in Yosemite National Park, a 1951 trip with Mexican Hat Expeditions to Rainbow Bridge from Hite Ferry, Utah, to Navajo Bridge / Lee's Ferry (with Frank Wright, Don Smith, Jack Rigg, and fellow passengers Verona Burkhard, Wyman McIntyre, Olive McIntyre, Bill Stone, Margorie Paul,and Barbara Allen, a 1952 Colorado River trip to Lake Mead with Al Rosenkranz, Joe McKinney, Mary Beckwith, and Will Whiting (with appearances by Martin Litton and Galen Bryant of the Los Angeles Times), a 1953 run of the Green River from Green River Utah to Glen Canyon / Lee's Ferry with Don Smith, Molly Malay, Frank Wright, Paul Wright, Naomi Heale, Jim Rigg, Mary Beckwith, C.B. (Buck) Buchan, Kent Frost, Bruce Hume, Ros Johnson, Bud Anspaugh, and Kany Anspaugh, a 1955 Jeep trip to Monument Canyon, a 1956 river trip on the Upper Green River with Frank Wright, Mary Beckwith, Bill Thompson, Wayne McKonkie, Bill Bennett, Kent Frost, Fern Frost, Mel Hurley, Alf Frost, Russel Anspagh, and Kandy Anspagh, a 1957 Jeep trip with Randall Henderon (of Desert Magazine, Mel Henley, Mary Beckwith, Kent Frost, Fern Frost, Frank Wright, and Paul Wright to the Land of Standing Rocks area of Canyonlands National Park, a 1958 San Juan River trip, a 1960 "Tucson River Rat Party" with Frank Wright, Paul Wright, Helen Wright, Kent Frost, Fern Frost, Merrill Miller, Honey Miller, Tad Nichols, Mary Jane Nichols, Doris Fletcher, C.E. (Buck) Buchan, Ros Johnson, and Mary Beckwith, a 1962 trip to Page, Cottonwood Canyon, Grosvenor Arch, Boulder Mountain, and Long Canyon, a 1963 trip to Flagstaff for the All-Indian Pow Wow, the Prescott Rodeo, and Escalante Canyon, a 1964 Glen Canyon river trip with Don Harris, Becky, Lucy, Jack Brennan, George Anne Garms, Margaret Garms, Sam Carter, Mickey, Eunice, and Walter; a 1964 Jeep trip with Kent Frost in Utah and Colorado, a 1968 trip to San Mountain, the Wedge, a 1968 river trip down the Green River with Jack Brennan, Merrill Miller, and Mary Beckwith and up to the Colorado River to Moab, Bryce Canyon, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, a Grand Gulch hike and explorations of the San Rafael River /Black Boxes of the San Rafael Swell, a 1971 Jeep trip with Arnold Bache, Louise Strauss, Don Finicum, Jack Wilson, Kent Frost, and others to the Lukachukai Mountains, Chuska Mountains, and Tuniche Mountains, a 1971 Jeep trip to Coal Canyon, Ha No No Geh Canyon, White Mesa, Inscription House, Resni, Betatakin, Canyon de Chelly, Hubbell, Montezuma Castle, and Oak Creek Canyon, a 1973 Jeep trip in Utah with Don Finicum, Danna Lee, Beulah Lee, Dale Lee, Arnold Bache, Richard Atwood, Lucie Atwood, Joe McKinney, Mary Beckwith, Sam Certer, Rita Plahetka, L.C.B. McCullough, Merrill Miller, Louise Straves, Lucy Arnold, Sylvia Durant, and Alida de Rucke, and a 1977 Kent Frost Jeep Trip along the White Rim with Mac McCullough, Bernice Checola, Rita Plahetka, Peggy Lamont, Lucy Arnold, Sam Carter, Mary Jenkins, Mary Durrant, Arnold Bache, and Alda Van Pappelendam. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Trip journal, 1939 (1 2" X 3" bound journal) | |||||||||
| Scope & Content Note | |||||||||||
| This journal details a 1939 road trip Joseph Dudziak took from Richmond, California to northern Arizona, including stops in the Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, Tuba City, Moenkopi, Hopi villages Dudziak identified as Hotevilla, Oraibi, Shoupalavi (liekly Songoopavi/Shungopavi or Supawlavi/Sipaulovi), and Walpi, Oak Creek Canyon, Meteor Crater, and the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff, continuing on to the Boulder Dam, Las Vegas, Nevada, Owens Valley, Sonora Pass, Oakdale, and Manteca. In the journal, Dudziak recounts encountering a Hopi person identified as Chief Tewaguaptwea who made "katchinas" (kastina dolls), as well as attending a katsinam ceremonial dance. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Trip journal typescript, 1939 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Trip journal, 1941 (1 2" X 3" bound journal) | |||||||||
| Scope & Content Note | |||||||||||
| This journal details a 1941 vacation Joseph Dudziak took in order to visit Rainbow Bridge in southern Utah, as well as other sites in northeastern Arizona, southwestern Colorado, and northwestern Colorado, including Grand Canyon, Rainbow Trail, Rainbow Bridge (also identifed by Dudziak as Nonnezoshie Nadzelid), Betatakin ruins, Monument Valley, Goosenecks of the San Juan, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Shiprock, Four Corners, Mesa Verde, Arches National Monument (now Arches National Park), Dead Horse Point, Salt Lake City, Bingham Copper Mine, Bonneville Salt Flats, Virginia City, Lake Tahoe, and Echo Pass. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Trip journal typescript, 1941 | |||||||||
| Scope & Content Note | |||||||||||
| This file contains a typed transcript of Dudziak's 1941 trip journal. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Trip Journal Typescript, 1945 | |||||||||
| Scope & Content Note | |||||||||||
| This file contains a typed transcript of Dudziak's 1945 trip journal; the original is not found in the collection. | |||||||||||
| This journal details a trip that Joseph Dudziak took in 1945, including hiking in Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon, Boulder Dam, Death Valley, and Tioga Pas in Yosemite National Park. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Trip Journal, 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1951-1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Trip Journal, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Trip Journal, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Trip Journal, 1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1955 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Trip Journal, 1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1956 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Trip Journal, 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Trip Journal, 1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1958 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Trip Journal, 1959 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Trip Journal, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Trip Journal, 1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1960 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Trip Journal, 1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1962 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Trip Journal, 1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1963 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Trip Journal, 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Trip Journal, 1966 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Trip Journal, 1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Trip Journal, 1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1971 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Trip Journal, 1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1972 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Trip Journal, 1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1973 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Trip Journal, 1977 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Trip Journal-Typed Script, 1977 | |||||||||
| Series 2: Trip Information, 1938-1994 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Trips and Dates, 1938-1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Trips and Dates, 1951-1977 | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Destination/Location Trip Dates (1932-1985), 1994 | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | First 206 Grand Canyoneers, Compiled by Doc Marston, 1954 | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Itineraries for River Trips, 1952-1962 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Trip Info [Mile Points], 1951-1964 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Frazier-Early History, River Run, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | "White Peaks," D. Julien; Inscription Rock Map and Interpretation, 1965 | |||||||||
| Series 3: Maps, 1950s-1972 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Miscellaneous Maps, 1950s | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Grand Canyon, 1952 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Labyrinth, Stillwater, Cataract and Glen, 1953 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Glen Canyon Tributaries, 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Kent Frost Trip, 1972 | |||||||||
| Series 4: Biographical, 1952-1957 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Dudziak Biographical Information, 1952-1957 | |||||||||
| Series 5: Correspondence, 1936-1994 | |||||||||||
| Scope & Content Note | |||||||||||
| Series 5 contains correspondence between Joseph Dudziak and others, including Dudziak's family members and other river runners. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| The bulk of the materials in Series 5 are organized chronologically. SCA staff, likely Jonathan Pringle, organized correspondence from the 2009 donation into files based on correspondent. Additional correspondence donated in 2021 was kept in its found order, organized chronologically. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Barbara Allen, 1952 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Anna J. Dudziak, 1952 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Louis J. Dudziak, 1952-1957 | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Marjorie J. Paul, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Raymond Alf, 1957 | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Dock Marston, 1962-1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | Katie Lee, 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Alexander J. Lindsey, 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | Gustav M. Muehlenhaupt, 1966 | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | John F. Hoffman, 1973 | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | A.O. Bache, 1979 | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | Park Service, 1936-1980 | |||||||||
| 4 | 17 | David Finicum, 1980 | |||||||||
| 4 | 18 | U.S. Geological Survey, 1980 | |||||||||
| 4 | 19 | Marble Canyon Lodge, 1980 | |||||||||
| 4 | 20 | George Ann, 1980 | |||||||||
| 4 | 21 | Mary Adamic, 1953-1984 | |||||||||
| 4 | 22 | Jack and Shirley, 1986 | |||||||||
| 4 | 23 | Frank and Dora, 1990 | |||||||||
| 4 | 24 | Mary Beckwith, 1990 | |||||||||
| 4 | 25 | Lou Shaurs, 1991 | |||||||||
| 4 | 26 | Kent and Fern Frost, 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 4 | 27 | Robert D. McWethy, 1992 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1951-1953 | |||||||||
| Scope & Content Note | |||||||||||
| This file includes correspondence between Joe Dudziak and the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Division Service, Cartographic Divisio regarding aerial photographs of the Green River and Colorado River; correspondence with Mary Beckwith, Mary Abbott or Mary Adamic, Naomi, Ros, Ruth Pieroth, C.E. Buchan ("Buck") Molly Maley, Bruce Hume, Paul, Bill Davis and Fern Davis, and other "Southern California River Rats" regarding photographs and footage of river trips as well as June/July 1953 river trip plans through Cataract Canyon and Glen Canyon; correspondnce with various Utah officials regarding maps of roadways, especially around Moab; correspondence regarding a February 1953 presentation Dudziak offered to the Camino Camera Club at the Richmond Art Center in Richmond, California, regarding a trip he completed with Mexican Hat Expeditions down the Colorado River; correspondence related to a January 1953 gathering of river rats (River Rat Rumpus) at Mary Beckwith's. It also contains 2 black-and-white prints by William (Bill) Belknap, Jr., several Christmas cards, a typed transcript of Dudziak's 1952 diary during the Mexican Hat Expeditions trip through the Grand Canyon, and two copies of a December, 16, 1952 article in the Richmond Independent about Dudziak titled "Richmond Terminal Manager Is Proud Of His 'River Rat' Record." The correspondence mentions interactions with Dock Marston or Dock Hume, Tad Nichols, and Frank Wright or Frank Masland. | |||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1953-1954 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 1954-1955 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1955-1956 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 1956-1957 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 1957-1958 | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Snake River 1949-1959 | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 1959 | |||||||||
| NAU.PH.2009.14 Photographs, 1941-1978 (5859 images) | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| The bulk of the photographic slides are arranged chronologically (NAU.PH.2009.14.1 through NAU.PH.2009.14.3612), while a subsequent portion are arranged based on their prior original location in a series of four separate containers (NAU.PH.2009.14.1.1 through NAU.PH.2009.14.1.370; NAU.PH.2009.14.2.1 through NAU.PH.2009.14.2.363; NAU.PH.2009.14.3.1 through NAU.PH.2009.14.3.500; NAU.PH.2009.14.4.1 through NAU.PH.2009.14.4.331). The prints/negatives are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Digital Material Available | |||||||||||
| SCA staff digitized selected photographs from the Joseph Dudziak collection (NAU.PH.2009.14) circa 2012. | |||||||||||
| Digitized photographs from the Joseph Dudziak collection are available online via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Select "Colorado Plateau Archives." Use the advanced search menu to search for "Joseph Dudziak" in the "Creator" field or in the "Collection name" field, or search "NAU.PH.2009.14" in the "Call number" field. | |||||||||||
| Click here to view all digitized photographs from the Joseph Dudziak collection. | |||||||||||
| The digitization of and public online access to moving image materials from the Joseph Dudziak collection was made possible through generous funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources: Implementation grant (PW-277441-21), 2021-2024. | |||||||||||
| Item-level links to specific photographs are provided below. | |||||||||||
| Slides, 1941-1978 | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| In 2012, Ashley Goodman arranged slides in the Joseph Dudziak collection (NAU.PH.2009.14) chronologically, based on their original organization in slide boxes. | |||||||||||
| Scope & Content Note | |||||||||||
| Slides include images from Joe Dudziak's trips in the American Southwest, detailed in the Slide Inventories file found in manuscripts box 4. More information about the trips can be found in manuscripts Series 1. | |||||||||||
| slide.drawer | |||||||||||
| NAU.PH.2009.14.1-NAU.PH.2009.14.3612 | Slides, 1941-1978 | ||||||||||
| slide.drawer | |||||||||||
| NAU.PH.2009.14.1.1-NAU.PH.2009.14.4.331 | Slides, 1941-1978 | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 28 | Slide inventories (1941-1978), 2011 | |||||||||
| Prints and negatives, 1950s | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 1 | NAU.PH.2009.14.3613-.4294 Acetate negatives 1950s | ||||||||||
| box | box | ||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | NAU.PH.2009.14.3613-.4295 Prints, 1950s | |||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06 Moving Images, 1952-1985 (19 8mm reels) | |||||||||||
| Processing Information | |||||||||||
| In July 2021, SCA staff, notably Sam(antha) Meier, inventoried moving image materials from the Joseph Dudziak collection and selected them for inclusion in SCA's National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant project to address at-risk moving images. Meier and Olivia "Liv" Hall also assigned call numbers to the films in December 2021. Hall then digitized, edited, and uploaded copies of the moving images to the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections in 2022. In June 2023, Mendy added item-level links to the digitized moving images across the finding aid. | |||||||||||
| Access Restrictions | |||||||||||
| Due to a lack of required playback equipment and the fragility of the materials in question, all 8mm films in the Joseph Dudziak collection (NAU.MI.2013.06) are unavailable for access and use in the Miriam Lemont Reading Room. | |||||||||||
| Researchers are advised to utilize digitized versions of the original films available online via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Please see the Digital Material Available note to learn more. | |||||||||||
| Digital Material Available | |||||||||||
| In 2022, SCA staff, notably Liv Hall, digitized all 8mm films from the Joseph Dudziak collection as part of SCA's NEH grant to address at-risk moving images. | |||||||||||
| Digitized material from the Joseph Dudziak collection is available online via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Select "Colorado Plateau Archives." Use the advanced search menu to search for "Joseph Dudziak" in the "Creator" field or in the "Collection name" field, or search "NAU.MI.2013.06" in the "Call number" field. | |||||||||||
| Click here to view all digitized moving images from the Joseph Dudziak collection available via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. | |||||||||||
| The digitization of and public online access to moving image materials from the Joseph Dudziak collection was made possible through generous funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources: Implementation grant (PW-277441-21), 2021-2024. | |||||||||||
| Item-level links to specific moving images are provided below. | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.01 | Grand Canyon (Lower Run) produced by Mary Beckwith, 1951 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| Grand Canyon (Lower Run) produced by Mary Beckwith | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.02 | 1952 River Trip THE COLORADO RIVER by boat from LEES FERRY TO LAKE MEAD THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON, July 1952 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| 1952 River Trip THE COLORADO RIVER by boat from LEES FERRY TO LAKE MEAD THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.03 | 1952 Grand Canyon extra roll, 1952 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| 1952 Grand Canyon extra roll | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.04 | 1953 River Trip Labyrinth, Stillwater, Cataract, and Glen Canyons, July 1953 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| 1953 River Trip Labyrinth, Stillwater, Cataract, and Glen Canyons | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.05 | 1955 Jeep Trip, September 1955 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| 1955 Jeep Trip | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.06 | Upper Green River, 1956 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| Upper Green River | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.07 | 1957 Jeep Trip Land of Standing Rocks and Salt, Horse & Lavender Canyons, April-May 1957 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| 1957 Jeep Trip Land of Standing Rocks and Salt, Horse & Lavender Canyons | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.08 | San Juan trip 1958 Garms at McClure Beach April 1963, 1958-1963 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| San Juan trip 1958 Garms at McClure Beach April 1963 | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.09 | hells Canyon — Snake R [River] Zion Narrows Toroweap Carson Pass, 1959 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| hells Canyon - Snake R [River] Zion Narrows Toroweap Carson Pass | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.10 | Westwater — Cataract — Glen — Sacramento, 1962 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| Westwater - Cataract - Glen - Sacramento | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.11 | Escalante — Havasu — Stanislaus, 1963 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| Escalante - Havasu - Stanislaus | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.12 | Snake Dance Smoki Smoki two separate years Flagstaff Pow-Wow parade — 1963 San Pedro fishing trip - 1963, 1963 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.13 | Lake Powell, 1964 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| Lake Powell | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.14 | Yosemite National Park footage, February 16, 1985 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| Yosemite National Park footage | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.15 | Ski trip footage, February 16, 1985 (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| Ski trip footage | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.16 | Mormon Trail, (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| Mormon Trail | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.17 | Shipping port footage, (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| Shipping port footage | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.18 | The Colorado River by Boat from Lee's Ferry to Lake Mead through the Grand Canyon, (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||
| The Colorado River by Boat from Lee's Ferry to Lake Mead through the Grand Canyon | |||||||||||
| NAU.MI.2013.06.19 | Danger River, (1 8mm reel) | ||||||||||