Lois Jotter Cutter Papers 1938-2007

Lois Jotter Cutter Papers,1938-2007

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Lois Jotter Cutter Papers,1938-2007

NAU.MS.69
NAU.PH.95.3
NAU.MI.95.3
NAU.3D.2018.35


Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Cutter, Lois Jotter
Title:	Lois Jotter Cutter Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1938-2007
Quantity:	1.3 linear feet textual materials; 183 photographs (97 black-and-white prints, 82 color prints, 4 nitrate negatives); 4 16mm film reels, 1 VHS, 1 U-matic tape; 2 artifacts (1 pith helmet, 1 wooden album)
Abstract:	The Lois Jotter Cutter Papers document Cutter's involvement as a field botanist in the 1938 Nevills-University of Michigan Expedition through the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, her research activities with Dr. Elzada Clover based on the 1938 trip, her participation in the 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers' Trip through the Grand Canyon, her decision to donate her papers to Cline Library's Special Collections and Archives in 1995, and her interactions with researchers and others interested in river rafting in the Grand Canyon.
Identification:	NAU.MS.69 NAU.PH.95.3 NAU.MI.95.3 NAU.3D.2018.35
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

Biographical Note

Lois Jotter Cutter (née Mary Lois Jotter) was born to Ernst and Artie May Jotter on March 11, 1914. She had one brother, Walter Lomb Jotter. Her father, Ernst Jotter, earned his Master's of Science in Forestry at the University of Michigan in 1909. Cutter completed her own college education at the University of Michigan as well, earning her Master's in Botany and Biology in 1936. She then advanced to her doctoral studies, while working as a Teaching Assistant in the Botany Department. In 1938, Lois Jotter was invited to join the 1938 Nevills-University of Michigan Expedition through the Grand Canyon by her close friend and former roommate, Elzada U. Clover.

The idea for the 1938 Nevills-University of Michigan Expedition (also known as the Nevills Expedition) was conceived in the summer of 1937 by Norman (Norm) Nevills and Elzada Clover in Mexican Hat, Utah. Clover, a botany professor at the University of Michigan, met Nevills, a resident of Mexican Hat and aspiring river guide, while studying botanical specimens in the southwest during her summer vacation. Both were intrigued by the idea of a river descent to the newly created Lake Mead. They agreed to organize and participate in an expedition the following summer.

Originally, the trip was planned as a research expedition to "botanize" underexplored parts of the Grand Canyon. Clover presented her ideas to the University of Michigan and received some funding for the trip in exchange for promises that the trip would yield botanical specimens for research and display at the Michigan campus. Neville and Clover decided that six people were needed for the trip. Each agreed to secure two additional crew members. Clover selected Lois Jotter and Eugene (Gene) Atkinson, both students from the University of Michigan associated with the botany department.

To Clover, Cutter was a logical choice to accompany the expedition. Aside from her scientific training and strong relationship with Clover, she had a good deal of outdoors experience, including hiking, camping, and rowing as well as an eight week training program for National Park Service naturalists Jotter Cutter had participated in during the summer of 1937.

The three boats for the Nevills Expedition were custom-designed and handmade by Norm Nevills and Don Harris. They were called the Wen, the Botany, and the Mexican Hat. The expedition started in Green River, Utah, on June 20, 1938 and ended at Lake Mead, Arizona on August 1, 1938. Other members included William Gibson from San Francisco, and Nevills' friend, Don Harris. Harris and Atkinson left the expedition at Lee's Ferry and were replaced there by local adventurers Lorin Bell and Del Reed. The trip lasted 43 days and covered over 650 miles.

Though the botanical collections were not as comprehensive as originally planned, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter Cutter did make history by becoming the first documented women to successfully descend the Colorado River through its major rapids in the Grand Canyon. Additionally, Clover and Cutter (then Lois Jotter) co-authored two articles based on their 1938 research: "Floristic Studies in the Canyon of the Colorado and Tributaries" (1941) and "Cacti of the canyon of the Colorado River and tributaries" (1944).

Lois Jotter married fellow botanist Victor M. Cutter, Jr. in 1942. Lois Jotter Cutter and Victor Cutter had two children. Their daughter Ann was born in 1943, followed by their son Victor III in 1950.

After the 1938 Nevills Expedition, Cutter finished her doctoral thesis and recieved her Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Michigan in 1943. In 1947, the Cutters moved to Connecticut, where Victor Cutter taught at Yale University. They then moved to Greensboro, North Carolina in the early 1950s. Victor Cutter died in 1962. Following her husband's death, Lois Jotter Cutter served as an Assistant Professor in Biology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro from 1963 until her retirement in 1984.

In 1994, Cutter accepted an offer to participate in the U.S.G.S. Old Timers' Trip as a botanist. The "Old Timer's Trip," also called the "Legends Trip" was a river trip organized by Robert H. Webb of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in which pre-Glen Canyon Dam Colorado River runners were invited to share their knowledge of the Colorado River first-hand. The trip took place September 8-20, 1994. At key points along the river, Webb and fellow scientists Ted Melis, Jack Schmidt and Larry Stevens questioned the participants about changes to rapids, flora, and other aspects of the Grand Canyon. Lew Steiger of the Grand Canyon River Guides (GCRG), Karen Underhill of Cline Library, and Roy Webb of the University of Utah Marriott Library conducted oral history interviews with both participants and boatmen, including Lois Jotter Cutter.

After the U.S.G.S. Old Timers' Trip, Cutter decided to donate her papers to Cline Library's Special Collections and Archives in 1995. Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, she corresponded with Cline Library staff, researchers, and others who were interested in her 1938 and 1994 river trips through the Grand Canyon.

Lois Jotter Cutter died in May 2013 at the age of 99.

Information provided in this biographical history note is based upon Lois Jotter Cutter's obituary in the Greensboro News & Record (May 1, 2013); Betty Leavengood's book Grand Canyon women: Life shaped by landscape (2004); information from Special Collections and Archives U.S.G.S. Gold Timers Collection (NAU.MS.358); and materials from the Lois Jotter Cutter papers.

Scope and Content

The Lois Jotter Cutter papers includes correspondence, publications, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, artifacts, and moving images related to Cutter's role as field botanist in the 1938 Nevills-University of Michigan Expedition which descended the Colorado River from Green River, Utah, to Lake Mead, Arizona.

Manuscript materials (NAU.MS.69) include Jotter Cutter's original trip log and correspondence composed during the 1938 Nevills Expedition, as well as contemporaneous news clippings documenting the trip. Several ofJotter Cutter (then Jotter) and Elzada Clover's resulting publications are included in the papers, as is her correspondence with researchers, river runners, and others interested in her experiences in 1938.

The papers further contain correspondence, articles, publications, and photographs related to Cutter's participation in the 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers' trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon organized by Robert H. Webb of the United States Geological Survey and documented by Karen Underhill of Cline Library's Special Collections and Archives, Roy Webb of the University of Utah Marriott Library, and Lew Steiger of the Grand Canyon River Guides (GCRG) as well as trip participants.

Later correspondence and other materials detail Cutter's decision to donate her papers to Cline Library's Special Collections and Archives in 1995, as well subsequent contact she had with researchers and others interested in her papers and her role in the 1938 Nevills-University of Michigan Expedition and the 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers' trip.

The bulk of the photographs in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers (NAU.PH.95.3) document the 1938 Nevills Expedition. Jotter Cutter attributed many of these images to Lorin Bell and Elzada Clover. Other photographs document the 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers' Trip; these images were provied to Jotter Cutter by the organizers of the trip.

Several of the 16mm films in the moving image materials (NAU.MI.95.3) appear to be copies or fragments of films produced by Elzada Clover during the 1938 Nevills Expedition. However, the source and context for color footage documenting a horseback trip and a rodeo, found on the VHS tape, is still under review as of April 2023. Please see the Moving images section for more information.

Artifacts in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers (NAU.3D.2018.35) include Jotter Cutter's signed pith hat from the 1938 Nevills Expedition as well as a wooden photo album, likely given to Jotter Cutter by Lorin Bell.

Arrangement

Special Collections & Archives staff, notably Diane (Grua) Boyer, Karen Underhill, and Samantha Meier created 4 format-based groups for the Lois Jotter Cutter papers.

NAU.MS.69 - Manuscripts, 1938-2007
NAU.PH.95.3 - Photographs, 1938-1995
NAU.MI.95.3 - Moving images, 1938
NAU.3D.2018.35 - Artifacts, 1938

Restrictions

Conditions Governing Access

Artifacts in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers are fragile and must be handled with care. Requests to access artifacts may require review by Special Collections and Archives staff. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at least three weeks in advance to request access.

Moving image materials in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers (NAU.MI.95.3) including 16mm films and the U-matic tape are obsolete or near-obsolete. These materials are too fragile to be successfully played back or digitized by Special Collections and Archives staff. Researchers interested in viewing or accessing a digital copy of the VHS tape must contact Special Collections and Archives staff in advance. Please see the Digital Material Available note for more information on accessing digitized copies.

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.

Please note that some moving image materials in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers (NAU.MI.95.3) are copies of materials from the Elzada U. Clover papers held by the University of Michigan. Requests for reproduction and/or publication of these moving materials may be directed to the University of Michigan for review.

Related Material

Norm and Doris Nevills collection, [photographs] NAU.PH.99.6

Joseph V. Brazie collection, [photographs] NAU.PH.95.11

Georgie Clark collection, [manuscript] NAU.MS.270

Plez Talmadge Reilly collection, [manuscript] NAU.MS.275

Bill Belknap [photographs] NAU.PH.96.4

USGS Old Timers' [photographs] NAU.PH.94.37

Bill Belknap collection, [manuscript] NAU.MS.288

Carnegie-Cal Tech Collection, [manuscript] NAU.MS.293

Martin J. Anderson Collection, [manuscript] NAU.MS.77

Grand Canyon River Guides records, [manuscript] NAU.MS.247 and NAU.OH.53.39 [oral history with Lois]

Emery Kolb papers, [manuscript] NAU.MS.197

Edith Kolb Lehnert papers, [manuscript] NAU.MS.222

Georgie Clark collection. Delphine Gallagher, [photographs] NAU.PH.93.05

Access Points

Personal Name(s)

Clover, Elzada Urseba, 1897-

Cook, William (William E.)

Cutter, Lois Jotter--Correspondence.

Cutter, Lois Jotter--Diaries.

Cutter, Lois Jotter--Journeys--Arizona--Grand Canyon.

Marston, Otis R.

Geographic Name(s)

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Description and travel.

Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Description and travel.

Subject(s)

Scientific expeditions--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)

Women botanists--United States.

Women--Travel--Arizona--Grand Canyon--20th century--History.

Women--United States.

Administrative Information

Digital Material Available

SCA staff digitized photographs and manuscript materials from the Lois Jotter Cutter papers in 2003. Olivia (Liv) Hall digitized moving image materials in 2022 and 2023. Digitized materials from the Lois Jotter Cutter papers are available through the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Select "Colorado Plateau Archives." Use the advanced search menu to search for "Lois Jotter Cutter" in the "Collection name" field.

Click here to view all digitized materials from the Lois Jotter Cutter papers.

The digitization of and public online access to moving image materials from the Marie L. Williams 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.] Lois Jotter Cutter Papers [manuscripts], NAU.MS.69, Series [ ], Box [ ], Folder [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Flagstaff, Arizona.

[Title or brief description of file or item.] Lois Jotter Cutter Papers [photographs], NAU.PH.95.3.[ ], Box [ ], Folder [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Flagstaff, Arizona.

[Title or brief description of file or item.] Lois Jotter Cutter Papers [moving images], NAU.MI.95.3.[ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Flagstaff, Arizona.

Acquisition Information

Lois Jotter Cutter donated her papers to Special Collections and Archives in 1995.

Katherine McDonald of the Grand Canyon River Guides donated an additional photograph (NAU.PH.95.3.54) to the Lois Jotter Cutter papers in 1999.

Victor M. Cutter III donated additional materials in 2018.

Processing Information

In 1995, Special Collections & Archives staff, notably Karen Underhill and Diane (Grua) Boyer separated Lois Jotter Cutter's materials according to format, creating a Lois Jotter Cutter manuscript collection (NAU.MS.69) and a Lois Jotter Cutter photographs collection (NAU.PH.95.3).

Cutter's first donation of manuscript materials were processed by Chris Johnson in 1995. Johnson arranged Cutter's materials into 3 series according to topic (Series 1: Literary productions, Series 2: Personal correspondence, and Series 3: Research correspondence), maintaining or creating topical and chronological files within each series.

Photographs were arranged, described, and individually catalogued by Diane (Grua) Boyer in 1995, based on information provided to SCA by Lois Jotter Cutter. At that time, SCA staff created copy prints from Jotter Cutter's nitrate negatives (NAU.PH.95.3.26-29]. SCA staff also removed 24 photographs which Jotter Cutter had originally mounted on cardboard sheets from the their sheets for preservation reasons. These prints (NAU.PH.95.3.1-NAU.PH.95.3.24) have been kept together with their original sheet. All prints, both originals and copies, were stored separately from Jotter Cutter's nitrate negatives.

In 1995, SCA staff arranged to have Jotter Cutter's original 8mm and 16mm films (NAU.MI.95.3) transferred to VHS and Betamax for preservation reasons. However, these materials were not included in any finding aid or guide until 2004. Kelly Phillips and Samantha Meier are currently investigating the moving image materials as of November 2020.

In 2003, SCA staff including Bee Valvo and Joanna Sholem digitized selected textual materials and photographs from Jotter Cutter's materials.

In the fall of 2020, Samantha Meier inventoried an accrual (Accession 2018.35) to Jotter Cutter's materials. Meier integrated the later accrual into existing record groups. She added material to Series 1-3 of the Manuscripts group (Literary productions, Personal correspondence, and Research correspondence) and created 2 new series (Series 4: Newspaper and magazine articles and Series 5: 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers Trip) which reflected the nature of the materials in question. Meier also added several files of photographs to the Photographs group, reflecting the files in which the photographs were found.

Meier further created a new format-based record group, NAU.3D.2018.35 - Artifacts, to contain Lois Jotter Cutter's pith helmet from the 1938 Nevills Expedition as well as an oversize wooden photo album.

In 2023, Sam Meier assigned new call numbers to moving image materials in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers to facilitate their digitization. Olivia (Liv) Hall digitized original 16mm films as part of SCA's 2021-2024 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant addressing at-risk moving image formats.

Container List


NAU.MS.69 Manuscripts, 1938-2007 (1.3 linear feet textual material)
	Arrangement
	Chris Johnson arranged manuscript materials in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers into 3 topical series (Series 1-3) in 1995. In 2020, Samantha Meier created 2 additional series (Series 4-5) to integrate a later donation of Jotter Cutter's materials (Accession 2018.35).
	NAU.MS.69.01 - Series 1: Literary productions, 1938-1994 NAU.MS.69.02 - Series 2: Personal correspondence, 1938-1996 NAU.MS.69.03 - Series 3: Research correspondence, 1947-2007 NAU.MS.69.04 - Series 4: Newspaper and magazine articles, 1938-1995 NAU.MS.69.05 - Series 5: 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers Trip, 1987-2002
	See the Processing Information note (above) for more information.

	Manuscript materials in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers include documentation related her participation to the 1938 Nevills-University of Michigan Expedition, including her original journal or "trip log," correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, and publications authored by Lois Jotter and Elzada U. Clover following the trip.
	The manuscripts group also includes documentation pertaining to Jotter Cutter's participation in the 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers' Trip as a botanist reflecting on changes to the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. It encompasses records which demonstrate subsequent research interest in Jotter Cutter and Clover's experiences with the 1938 Nevills Expedition, including correspondence with fellow river runners, journalists, academics, and others, as well as materials which document Jotter Cutter's decision to donate her archival materials to Cline Library's Special Collections and Archives in 1995.

	Digital Material Available
	Special Collections & Archives staff, including Bee Valvo and Joanna Sholem, digitized selected materials from the manuscripts portion of the Lois Jotter Cutter papers in 2003.
	Digitized manuscript materials from the Lois Jotter Cutter papers are available through Digital Collections. Select "Colorado Plateau Archives." Use the advanced search menu to search for "Lois Jotter Cutter" in the "Collection name" field and "text" in the "Type" field.
	Click here to view all digitized manuscript materials from the Lois Jotter Cutter papers.


	Series 1: Literary productions, 1938-1994
		Scope & Contents
		Series 1 (Literary productions) contains materials related to the 1938 Nevills Expedition produced by Lois Jotter Cutter, biographical information about Lois Jotter Cutter, and publications by Lois Jotter Cutter and Elzada Clover resulting from the 1938 Nevills Expedition. The series includes Jotter Cutter's original journal or "trip log" which she kept during Nevills Expedition up to the group's arrival at Lake Mead, as well as photocopies and an annotated, typed transcript of the trip log. It also includes Cutter's notes and research materials related to the 1938 trip.

		Arrangement
		Chris Johnston arranged files in this series topically and chronologically in 1995. Samantha Meier added similar files in 2020.

Box	Folder
1	1			Cutter biographical information, 1994
1	2			Original trip log, 1938
1	2A			Trip log [photocopies],
1	3			Annotated transcript of trip log, 1994
1	4			Publications related to 1938 Nevills Expedition, 1939-1944
					Processing Information
					Samantha Meier added two publications from a subsequent accrual in 2020: "Floristic Studies in the Canyon of the Colorado and Tributaries" (1941) and "Cacti of the canyon of the Colorado River and tributaries" (1944). Meier also retitled the file to clarify the nature of the publications.

Box	Folder
2	1			Colorado River Trip [ecological report and clippings], 1938

	Series 2: Personal correspondence, 1938-1996
		Scope & Contents
		Series 2 (Personal correspondence) contains letters received as well as letters sent by Lois Jotter Cutter to family members, including Cutter's parents; friends such as Cutter's roommate at the University Of Michigan, Kay Hussey; other members of the 1938 Nevills Expedition, including Dell Reed, Lorin Bell, Bill (William) Gibson, Buzz Holmstrom, Don Harris, and Frank Dodge; and other personal acquaintances.
		The bulk of the correspondence in this series pertains to the 1938 Nevills Expedition. These materials include several letters sent by Jotter Cutter to her parents prior to the 1938 Expedition, including Cutter's announcement of her invitation to join the expedition, a request by Cutter to her parents for the financial backing needed to participate, and letters from Cutter to her parents asking them not to worry about her safety.
		Many of the files in this series also contain typed and handwritten transcripts and partial transcripts and additional information regarding her correspondence produced by Lois Jotter Cutter in 1994 and provided to Special Collections & Archives staff, notably Karen Underhill, to add context to Cutter's original correspondence. It also contains notes and transcripts which Jotter prepared for author Bill Cook in the 1980s.

		Arrangement
		Chris Johnson organized materials in Series 2 into topically and chronologically arranged files in 1995.
		In 2020, Samantha Meier added further material to Series 2. Where available, Meier retained Jotter Cutter's original order and file names. Meier's new file titles and/or additional information are indicated using square brackets [ ]. She arranged these files into roughly chronological order.

Box	Folder
1	5			Pre-trip family correspondence, 1938, 1995, bulk 1938
1	6			Trip correspondence with parents, 1938, 1996 bulk 1938
1	7			Kay Hussey, 1938
1	8			Buzz Holmstrom, 1938-1940
1	9			Dell Reed, 1938-1940.
1	10			Don Harris, 1938-1939
1	11			Bill Gibson, 1938
1	12			Lorin Bell, 1938-1939
1	13			Frank Dodge, 1938, 1984
1	14			Frank Masland, Jr., 1949-1950
1	15			Otis "Dock" Marston, 1960
Box	Folder
2	2			River Trip - letters to me from friends, 1938
2	3			[Trip correspondence with parents, transcripts, and clippings], 1938
2	4			To keep [copies of correspondence and transcripts from 1938 trip], 1938, circa 1994-1995
2	4A			River Trip Correspondence [Bruce M. Kilgore] 1958
2	5			[Myers family], 1993-1997, undated
2	6			[Connie] Freeman, 1994-1995
2	7			Scott Gus, 1994-1995, 2004
2	8			Hughes David, 1996-1998, 2004
2	9			[Miscellaneous correspondence], 1996-1997, undated

	Series 3: Research correspondence, 1947-2007
		Scope & Contents
		Series 3 contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between Lois Jotter Cutter and a variety of individuals seeking research information about Cutter and her experiences with the 1938 Nevills Expedition, the 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers trip, and her archival legacy at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library. Correspondents in this series include: fellow botanist Dr. Elzada Clover; author, historian, and river runner Otis "Dock" Marston; wilderness historian Roderick Nash; William (Bill) Cook, author of The Wen, the Botany, and the Mexican Hat (1987); boatmaker, author, and river runner Brad Dimock; Betty Leavengood, author of Grand Canyon Women: Lives Shaped by Landscape (19990; filmmaker, photographer, and river runner Don Briggs; Dove Menkes; author and journalist Leo W. Banks of Arizona Highways; Western Washington University map librarian and writer Janet Collins; Kristin Huisinga, Kate Watters, and Lori Makarick, authors of River and desert plants of the Grand Canyon (2006); and others.
		Series 3 also contains correspondence between Cutter and staff from Cline Library's Special Collections and Archives (SCA), including Karen Underhill, Diane (Grua) Boyer, and Peter Runge, regarding Cotter's decision to donate her papers to SCA in 1995 and subsequent research activity using her archival materials. These materials are found in the Cline Library staff subseries.

		Arrangement
		Chris Johnson organized materials in Series 3 into topically and chronologically arranged files in 1995.
		In 2020, Samantha Meier added further material to Series 3. Where available, Meier retained Cutter's original order and file names; Meier's new file titles and/or additional information are indicated using brackets [ ]. She arranged these files into roughly chronological order.
		Meier also created the Cline Library staff subseries within Series 3 in order to better group files containing Cutter's correspondence with Cline Library staff.
		See the Processing Information note (above) for more information.

Box	Folder
1	16			Otis "Dock" Marston, Elzada Clover, and Reynold Wiggins, 1947
1	17			William (Bill) Cook, 1983-1985
1	18			Fred Eiseman, Jr., 1975
1	19			Robert Collins, Roderick Nash, 1979
Box	Folder
2	10			[Otis] Marston article, 1960
2	11			[Jeri and Brad] Dimock, 1994-2004
2	12			[Dove] Menkes, 1995
2	13			[Don] Briggs, 1995
2	14			Leavengood, Betty, 1995-1999
2	15			Collins, Janet, 1997-2003
2	16			Banks Leo, 1998
2	17			Kristin [Huisinga], Kate [Watters], Lori [Makarick], 2002
2	18			Huisinga, Kristin, 2003-2004
2	19			Carol B. Thompson Supai sunflower seeds, 2003
2	20			[Kaitlin Wynn Nevills Reiff], 2007

NAU.MS.69.03.01				Cline Library staff subseries 1994-2006
Box	Folder
1	21		Collection correspondence, 1995
Box	Folder
2	21		Diane Grua Boyer, 1994-2000
2	22		Photocopies of pictures sent to Cline Library, 1994
Box	Folder
3	1		For NAU - Underhill, Karen, 1994-2003
3	2		Photocopies of newspapers from Karen Underhill, 1995
3	3		[Peter Runge/Chris Yoder], 2006

	Series 4: Newspaper and magazine articles, 1938-1995
		Scope & Contents
		Series 4 (Newspaper and magazine articles) includes newspaper and magazine clippings and full publications gathered by Lois Jotter Cutter in connection to her participation in the 1938 Nevills Expedition and her experiences with the Colorado River and Grand Canyon more generally. Most materials in this series pertain to the 1938 Nevills Expedition, particularly newspaper clippings which detail Jotter Cutter and Elzada U. Clover's participation in the trip.

		Arrangement
		Samantha Meier organized files in Series 4 chronologically. Where available, Meier retained Lois Jutter Cutter's original order and file names; Meier's new file titles and/or additional information are indicated using brackets [ ].

Box	Folder
3	4			Pre trip clippings, 1938
3	5			Grand Canyon [clippings], 1938
3	6			Lee's Ferry to Boulder [clippings], 1938
Box	Folder
4	1			Green River Utah to Lee's Ferry [clippings], 1938
Box	Folder
3	7			Colo. River articles - (not Nevills), 1938-1995
3	8			[Arizona Highways and Sierra Club Bulletin], 1966, 1977, 1978

	Series 5: 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers Trip, 1987-2002
		Scope & Contents
		Series 5 (1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers Trip) includes correspondence, publications, clippings, pamphlets, books, and photographs pertaining to Lois Jotter Cutter's participation in the 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers Trip organized by Robert H. (Bob) Webb. Many of the materials document Jotter Cutter's reflections on the differences between the 1938 Nevills Expedition and the 1994 Old Timers trip.
		Correspondence in this series includes letters sent and received by Lois Jotter Cutter to the other participants in the U.S.G.S. Old Timers Trip, such as Lew Steiger, Bob Webb, Ted Melis, Roy Webb, Sandra (Sandy) Nevills Reiff, Woody Reiff, and Larry Stevens, as well as researchers and others whom Jotter Cutter contacted in connection to the trip or who contacted Jotter Cutter in connection to the trip.
		This series also includes materials regarding Lois Jotter Cutter's participation in a 1995 Guides Training Seminar for the Grand Canyon River Guides.

		Arrangement
		Samantha Meier organized files in Series 5 chronologically. Where available, Meier retained Lois Jutter Cutter's original order and file names; Meier's new file titles and/or additional information are indicated using brackets [ ].

Box	Folder
3	9			1994 River Trip Pre-Trip,
3	10			Records 1973 [comparison of 1938 and 1994 river trips],
3	11			[Background information], 1989-1994
3	12			Correspondence after 1994 River trip Miscellaneous, 1994-1997
3	13			Stevens Larry, 1994
3	14			Lew Steiger, 1994-1995
3	15			Webb Roy, 1994-1995
3	16			For Bob Webb, 1994-1995
3	17			Sadler Christa [Grand Canyon River Guides], 1995
Box	Folder
1	20			Robert Webb, 1995
Box	Folder
3	18			Dugald Bremner photographs 1995
3	19			Murphy, Shane, 1995
3	20			[Sandy and Woody Reiff], 1995-1998
3	21			Melis, Ted, 1996
3	22			Babbitt Bruce, 1995
Box	Folder
4	2			Michigan Alumnus, 1994-1997
					Scope & Contents
					Includes one black-and-white print, presumably a portrait of Lois Jotter Cutter, copyrighted Dugald Bremner 1994.

4	3			Observations of Environmental Change in Grand Canyon, Arizona, circa 1995-2002
4	4			Transition Times Volume 1 March 1996, 1996 March
4	5			The Colorado River in Grand Canyon A GUIDE By Larry Stevens, 1987
					Scope & Contents
					Note on inside cover reads: "Lois Cutter"

4	6			Belknap's Waterproof GRAND CANYON River Guide ALL NEW COLOR EDITION, 1989
					Scope & Contents
					Notes on the inside front covers read: "Lois Cutter." "Lois its great being on the Grand Canyon trip with you. Happy traveling September 17 1994 Kent Frost." "Lois--It's been great to be down here with a fellow Ann Arbor person. You're an inspiration-- Walt Taylor." "Lois--What a pleasure + an honor to float the grandest of canyons with you! Roy Webb" "Robert H. Webb." "Lois, What an extraordinary treat and experience to get to share the canyon and river with you. I hope we can travel together soon. much much Guano! Factor" "It's great to meet you. Kathryn Jones" "To Lois a great sport. Keep that attitude/ Les & Kathy Jones" "Lois- at last I found you! Garth" "To Lois - with thanks for your friendship, for being an inspiration, for your graciousness + thoughtful words - Diane Grua"


NAU.PH.95.3 Photographs, 1938-1995 (97 black-and-white prints, 82 color prints, 4 nitrate negatives)
	Scope & Contents
	The bulk of the photographs in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers (NAU.PH.95.3) were taken during the 1938 Nevills-University of Michigan Expedition down the Colorado River from Green River, Utah to Lake Mead, Arizona, primarily in the Grand Canyon. They document various aspects of the trip and its members, such as collecting plants, running rapids, and hiking to the South Rim up the Bright Angel Trail.
	Lois Jotter Cutter attributed many of these photographs to Lorin Bell and Elzada U. Clover; her attributions are included where they were provided to Special Collections and Archives. A few images are attributed to the Kolb Studio.
	Family photographs include images of Lois Jotter Cutter, her husband, Victor M. Cutter, and her son, Victor M. Cutter III.
	Other photographs include images of the 1994 U.S.G.S. Old Timers' trip through the Grand Canyon.
	The photographs group also includes copy prints and enlargements of photographs which Jotter Cutter donated to Cline Library Special Collections and Archives in 1995. These copy prints were provided to Jotter Cutter by SCA staff around 1995 for her personal use.

	Arrangement
	In 2020 and 2021, Samantha Meier created files within the Photographs group to indicate Jotter Cutter's original organization of her photographs and/or their content.

	Digital Material Available
	Digitized photographs from the Lois Jotter Cutter papers are available through the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Select "Colorado Plateau Archives." Use the advanced search menu to search for "Lois Jotter Cutter" in the "Collection name" and "Image" in the "Type" field.
	Click here to view all digitized photographs from the Lois Jotter Cutter papers.
	Click on the links provided below to view digital copies of specific photographs.

	Processing Information
	Lois Jotter Cutter's original titles for her photographs have been retained where they exist. Additional information or titles created by Special Collections and Archives staff are indicated with square brackets [ ].
	Several of Jotter Cutter's black-and-white prints (NAU.PH.95.3.1-NAU.PH.95.3.24) were originally part of a photo album assembled by Lois Jotter Cutter. Between 1995-2003, SCA staff removed these prints from their original album and re-housed them in archival sleeves for preservation reasons. These are stored together with the original photo album pages.


NAU.PH.95.3.1-24		1938 Nevills Expedition album 1938
Box	Folder
1	1		NAU.PH.95.3.1 Old Road to Lees Ferry Left Bank - Bell July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Lee's Ferry - Note stone work of the old Mormon Ferry road. Walls here about 500 feet in height."

1	1		NAU.PH.95.3.2 Navajo Bridge 600 feet long - 500 ft. up. Bell July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Navajo Bridge near Lee's Ferry. Highest (500 feet) highway bridge. Note automobiles at right end of bridge, which is 600 feet long."

1	1		NAU.PH.95.3.3 Norm [Nevills], Dell [Reed], Loren [Lorin Bell], MLJ [Mary Lois Jotter] - Bell 1938
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph was taken using Lorin Bell's camera. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Our nicest camp - lots of stone ledges for tables."

1	2		NAU.PH.95.3.4 Typical canyon views: 2000 - 3000 feet up. 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.

1	2		NAU.PH.95.3.5 Typical canyon views: Talus below "sheer wall". 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.

1	2		NAU.PH.95.3.6 Upset Rapids or possibly Soap Creek - Bell 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Soap Creek Rapids."

1	3		NAU.PH.95.3.7 Vesey's Paradise - Bell July 16, 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Vasey's Paradise. Waterfall - 70 feet high."

1	3		NAU.PH.95.3.8: Marble Canyon. Walls about 1500 feet July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.

1	3		NAU.PH.95.3.9 Marble Canyon. Note talus with willows, terrace effect of side walls. Walls - 2000 feet. 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.

1	4		NAU.PH.95.3.10 Bell - Going up Bright Angel Trail. MLJ [Mary Lois Jotter], Elzie [Elzada Clover], ? Bill [Gibson], Norm [Nevills], pack mule July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Hiking up Bright Angel Trail - Grand Canyon"

1	4		NAU.PH.95.3.11 Across Colorado by mule carriage at entrance of Bright Angel Creek - standing: Racher & MLJ [Mary Lois Jotter] standing Bill [Gibson], Elzie [Elzada Clover], Norm [Nevills. July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Crossing Colorado by cable at Grand Canyon."

1	4		NAU.PH.95.3.12 Left to right: Bill [Gibson], Dell [Reed], Norm [Nevills], Lorin [Bell], MLJ [Mary Lois Jotter]. Bell. 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Elzada Clover.Looking over rapids previous to running. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Water upstream is smooth, head of rapids to extreme right."

1	5		NAU.PH.95.3.13 Lining job on Hermit Creek - Bell July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Lining operations: At Hermit Creek Rapid. 'Explosion' wave in center. Water velocity here estimated at 30 miles an hour."

1	5		NAU.PH.95.3.14 Bell - Hermit Creek, by big explosion wave July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Lining operations: At Hermit Creek. Boat swinging down, held by bow and stern ropes."

1	5		NAU.PH.95.3.15 Loren [Lorin Bell] possibly Lava Cliff - Bell July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph was taken using Lorin Bell's camera. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Lining operations: Hermit Creek. Note smooth tongue of river to left center, and size of rocks."

1	6		NAU.PH.95.3.16 Typical rapids 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.

1	6		NAU.PH.95.3.17 Norm [Nevills] July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.

1	6		NAU.PH.95.3.18 Loren [Lorin Bell] July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph was taken using Lorin Bell's camera.

1	7		NAU.PH.95.3.19 Loren [Lorin Bell in rapid in Grand Canyon] July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph was taken using Lorin Bell's camera. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter.

1	7		NAU.PH.95.3.20 Loren [Lorin Bell] July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph was taken using Lorin Bell's camera.Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Accident in Rapid. Note oar to left in perpendicular position due to bending of oarlock made of 3/4 inch welded steel."

1	7		NAU.PH.95.3.21 Elzie [Elzada Clover], Norm [Nevills] standing, [Lois] Jotter seated on deck, Dell [Reed] rowing - Bell July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Below Grand Canyon. Walls - 2000-5000 feet."

1	8		NAU.PH.95.3.22 Dell [Reed], Norm [Nevills], Loren [Lorin Bell] July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph was taken using Lorin Bell's camera. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Typical Camp Scene. Note wide sand-beach bordered by rock ledges."

1	8		NAU.PH.95.3.23 Dell [Reed] July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Title written on the back of the photograph by Lois Jotter Cutter. A note by Lois Jotter Cutter next to the original photograph in the album reads: "Typical of Boat Riding Waves-"

1	8		NAU.PH.95.3.24 Smooth "ponded" portion of river above a small rapids - see upper left. July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.


NAU.PH.95.3.25-50		1938 Nevills Expedition 1938 (26 black-and-white prints and copy prints, 4 cellulose nitrate film negatives)
Box	Folder
1	9		NAU.PH.95.3.25 Supper in Cataract Canyon Bill Gibson Elzada Lois Don Harris 1938
				Supper in Cataract Canyon Bill Gibson Elzada Lois Don Harris
				Scope & Contents
				Bill Gibson (far left), Elzada Clover, Lois Jotter (Cutter) (in foreground), possibly Don Harris's arms or legs in foreground.

1	10		NAU.PH.95.3.26 [Bill Gibson, Buzz Holmstrom, Lois Jotter (Cutter), and Eugene Atkinson on Navajo Bridge] July 1938 (1 cellulose nitrate film negative, 1 black-and-white copy print)
				[Bill Gibson, Buzz Holmstrom, Lois Jotter (Cutter), and Eugene Atkinson on Navajo Bridge, July 1938]
				Scope & Contents
				This image may have been taken by Bill Gibson.

1	11		NAU.PH.95.3.27 [Buzz Holmstrom presenting Lois Jotter (Cutter) with his waterproof match case on Navajo Bridge] July 1938 (1 cellulose nitrate film negative, 1 black-and-white copy print)
				[Buzz Holmstrom presenting Lois Jotter (Cutter) with his waterproof match case on Navajo Bridge, July 1938]
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph may have been taken by Bill Gibson.

1	12		NAU.PH.95.3.28 [Bill Gibson, Buzz Holmstrom, Eugene Atkinson, and Lois Jotter (Cutter) on Navajo Bridge] July 1938 (1 cellulose nitrate film negative, 1 black-and-white copy print)>
				[Bill Gibson, Buzz Holmstrom, Eugene Atkinson, and Lois Jotter (Cutter) on Navajo Bridge, July 1938]
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph may have been taken by Bill Gibson.

1	13		NAU.PH.95.3.29 [Buzz Holmstrom on Navajo Bridge] July 1938 (1 cellulose nitrate film negative, 1 black-and-white copy print)
				[Buzz Holmstrom on Navajo Bridge, July 1938]
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph may have been taken by Bill Gibson.

1	14		NAU.PH.95.3.30 Tamarisk at river's edge - Grand Canyon Clover 1938
				Tamarisk at river's edge - Grand Canyon Clover
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Elzada Clover. Tamarisk tree along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, likely near Badger Creek Rapid.

1	15		NAU.PH.95.3.31 Before Lunch Collection Putting Up At Veseys Paradise Loren Elzie MLJ July 1938
				Before Lunch Collection Putting Up At Veseys Paradise Loren Elzie MJ
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph was taken using Lorin Bell's camera. Lorin Bell, Elzada Clover, and (Mary) Lois Jotter Cutter at Vasey's Paradise, Grand Canyon.

1	16		NAU.PH.95.3.32 Descent Top to Bottom Bill Elzie Norm Lois July 1938
				Descent Top to Bottom Bill Elzie Norm Lois
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Bill Gibson, Elzada Clover, Norman Nevills, and Lois Jotter (Cutter), descending from the Rust Tramway Cable Car at Bright Angel Trail to cross the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.

1	17		NAU.PH.95.3.33 Bright Angel suspension bridge, seen from Kaibab Trail 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.

1	18		NAU.PH.95.3.34 Nevills Colorado River Expedition - 1938 - Kolb Bros Photo - Gibson Jotter Bell Clover Kolb Nevills 1938 (1 framed black-and-white print, 1 copy print)
				Nevills Colorado River Expedition - 1938 - Kolb Bros Photo - Gibson Jotter Bell Clover Kolb Nevills
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to the Kolb Bros. 1938 Nevills Expedition (L-R): Bill Gibson, Lois Jotter Cutter, Lorin Bell, Elzada Clover, Emery Kolb, Norm Nevills. Paper frame for original photograph bears signatures from: (top, L-R) Bill Gibson, Elzada Clover, Ruth Stephens, Lorin Bell; (left side, top-bottom) Bill [Franse?], Roy Houser, Mrs. Emery Kolb.

1	19		NAU.PH.95.3.35 Kolb, his grandson, + Norm at foot of Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon July 1938
				Kolb, his grandson, + Norm at foot of Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Emery Kolb, Kolb's grandson Emery Lehnert, and Norm Nevills at the foot of Kaibab Trail in Grand Canyon.

1	20		NAU.PH.95.3.36 Either Hermit Creek or Lava Falls lining job 1938
				Either Hermit Creek or Lava Falls lining job.
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Hermit Rapid.

1	21		NAU.PH.95.3.37 [Unidentified person on the bank of the Colorado River, below Fossil Rapid, near river mile 126] 1938
				[Unidentified person on the bank of the Colorado River, below Fossil Rapid, near river mile 126]
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph may have been taken by Elzada Clover.

1	22		NAU.PH.95.3.38 [Mouth of Havasu Creek, looking into Colorado River] July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph may have been taken by Elzada Clover.

1	23		NAU.PH.95.3.39 [Unidentified members of the 1938 Nevills Expedition on the bank of the Colorado River] July 1938
				[Unidentified members of the 1938 Nevills Expedition on the bank of the Colorado River]
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph may have been taken by Elzada Clover.

1	24		NAU.PH.95.3.40 [Agave on skyline in Grand Canyon] July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.

1	25		NAU.PH.95.3.41 [Colorado River in the Grand Canyon] July 1938
				[Colorado River in the Grand Canyon]
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph may have been taken by Elzada Clover.

1	26		NAU.PH.95.3.42 Bertha - Lois Jotter going down the Colorado River 1938 1938
				Bertha - Lois Jotter going down the Colorado River 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Elzada Clover.

1	27		NAU.PH.95.3.43 [Unidentified members of the 1938 Nevills Expedition, camped in the Grand Canyon] July 1938
				[Unidentified members of the 1938 Nevills Expedition, camped in the Grand Canyon]
1	28		NAU.PH.95.3.44 [Unidentified person, possibly Lorin Bell, in the Grand Canyon during the 1938 Nevills Expedition] 1938
				[Unidentified person, possibly Lorin Bell, in the Grand Canyon during the 1938 Nevills Expedition]
				Scope & Contents
				This photograph may have been taken by Elzada Clover.

1	29		NAU.PH.95.3.45 Elzie July 1938
				Elzie
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Elzada Clover in the Grand Canyon during the 1938 Nevills Expedition.

1	30		NAU.PH.95.3.46 Dell Reed July 1938
				Dell Reed
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell.

1	31		NAU.PH.95.3.47 Vesey's Paradise Collecting July 16, 1938
				Vesey's Paradise Collecting
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Lorin Bell. Lois Jotter Cutter collecting specimens at Vasey's Paradise in the Grand Canyon.

1	32		NAU.PH.95.3.48 Jotter not dressed up 1938
				Jotter not dressed up
Box
3 (OVZ)			NAU.PH.95.3.49 [Lois Jotter (Cutter) with large ferocactus] July 1938
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Elzada Clover.

Box	Folder
1	33		NAU.PH.95.3.50 H384-31-H [Studio portrait of Loris Jotter (Cutter) taken in Washington D.C. after the 1938 Nevills Expedition] September 1938
				H384-31-H
1	37		NAU.PH.95.3.54 Probably in Cataract Canyon Elzies photo 1938
				Probably in Cataract Canyon Elzies photo
				Scope & Contents
				Photograph likely attributed to Elzada Clover. The Wen on the Colorado River, likely in Cataract Canyon.


		Family photographs 1960-1994
Box	Folder
1	34		NAU.PH.95.3.51 [Victor M. Cutter Jr., Raleigh (N.C.)] circa 1960
				Scope & Contents
				Image attributed to Smith Studio.

1	35		NAU.PH.95.3.52 With happy memories - Mary Lou [Ann and Lois Jotter Cutter, Greensboro, N.C.] 1993
1	36		NAU.PH.95.3.53: [Victor M. Cutter III at his wedding in California] August 1994
Box	Folder
2	1	[Oversize Nevills Expedition prints] 1938 (12 black-and-white prints)
2	2	[Miscellaneous Grand Canyon and Nevills Expedition] circa 1938 (5 black-and-white prints)
2	3	Grand Canyon circa 1938 (15 black-and-white prints)
2	4	[Copy prints from NAU] 1995 (10 copy prints)
2	5	[Family photos] (1 black-and-white print)
Box
4		The Old Timers Trip, September 8-20, 1994, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek [album] 1994-1995 (1 album containing 80 color prints)


NAU.MI.95.3 Moving images, 1938 (4 16mm film reels, 1 U-matic videotape, 1 VHS videotape)
	Conditions Governing Use
	Please note that certain moving image materials within this series of the Lois Jotter Cutter papers (NAU.MI.95.3) are copies of materials from the Elzada U. Clover papers held by the University of Michigan. Requests for reproduction and/or publication of these moving materials will be directed to the University of Michigan for review.

	Digital Material Available
	Liv Hall digitized 16mm films from Lois Jotter Cutter papers in 2022 and 2023 as part of Special Collections and Archives 2021-2024 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant. Digitized films are available via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Search for "NAU.MI.95.3" in the "Call number" field.
	Click here to view all digitized films from the Lois Jotter Cutter papers or click on the item-level links below.
	The digitization of and public online access to moving image materials from the Marie L. Williams 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.

	Access Restrictions
	Original moving image formats in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers (NAU.MI.95.3.01), including 16mm motion picture film and U-matic tapes, are considered an obsolete or near-obsolete format. These materials cannot be physically accessed or played back in the Miriam Lemont Reading Room. Researchers should access digitized copies available via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Please see the Digital Material Available note for more information.


NAU.MI.95.3.01a-d		Nevills Trip footage 1938 (4 16mm film reels)
			Nevills Trip footage (2) Nevills Trip footage (3) Nevills Trip footage (4)
			Conditions Governing Use
			Please note that 16mm film materials in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers (NAU.MI.95.3.1a-d) are copies of materials from the Elzada U. Clover papers held by the University of Michigan. Requests for reproduction and/or publication of these moving materials will be directed to the University of Michigan for review.

			Scope & Contents
			Copies of Elzada Clover's motion pictures documenting scenes of boats in Colorado River rapids, views of the Grand Canyon, and members of the 1938 Nevills - University of Michigan expedition.

			Access Restrictions
			16mm films in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers (NAU.MI.95.3.01) are considered an obsolete or near-obsolete format. These materials cannot be physically accessed or played back in the Miriam Lemont Reading Room. Researchers should access digitized copies available via the Colorado Plateau Digital Collections. Please see the Digital Material Available note for more information.
			Researchers are further advised that the 16mm film with call number NAU.MI.95.3.01a is damaged and could not be successfully digitized for online access by SCA staff as of April 2023. Researchers interested in viewing or accessing a digital copy of this moving image should contact Special Collections and Archives to explore options for vendor digitization.


NAU.MI.95.3.02		Colorado River 1 VHS videotape
			Scope & Contents
			The 37-minute recording on this VHS tape, likely a transfer of content from some or all the 16mm film reels, consists of 24 minutes of footage of the 1938 Nevills Expedition followed by 13 minutes of footage documenting a horsepack trip into Supai, including roughly 2 minutes of a rodeo scene. The Nevills Expedition footage appears to be a copy of Elzada U. Clover's film footage found at the University of Michigan. Please contact Special Collections and Archives for more information.

			Inventory Available
			SCA staff created a shot log for the "Elzada Clover" video, presumably this VHS tape, circa 1995. A PDF copy of this shot log is available upon request. Please contact Special Collections and Archives for more information.


NAU.3D.2018.35 Artifacts, 1938 (1 pith helmet, 1 wooden album)Artifacts in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers are stored in the manuscripts shelving area, next to NAU.MS.69 (June 2021).
	Access Restrictions
	Artifacts in the Lois Jotter Cutter papers are fragile and must be handled with care. Requests to access artifacts may require review by Special Collections and Archives staff. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at least three weeks in advance to request access.

Box	Box
1	3D-2	NAU.3D.2018.35.01 Lois Jotter Cutter's pith helmet, signed by members of the 1938 Nevills Expedition, 1938
1	3D-1	NAU.3D.2018.35.02 LOIS N. C. R. E. 1938 [wooden album], 1938
			Scope & Contents
			First page of the album bears a note which reads: "To Lois, Just a little reminder of our trip down the Colorado River. Dell." The rest of the album is blank.