The ONWARD Project- Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition

Contributing InstitutionThe ONWARD ProjectCollection Summary

The ONWARD Project Archive comprises material born out of the historic Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition (RBMVE) and compiled during the 501(c)(3) organization’s research efforts. The RBMVE, c. 1933-1938, was a cooperative, depression-era, multi-institutional undertaking that provided foundational scientific, social, and environmental studies of the land and peoples within a three thousand square mile area of Northern Arizona and Southern Utah. The collection documents the work of a number of scientists, staff members, students, photographers, filmmakers, and artists resulting from or related to the Expedition. Material has been located in over fifty repositories, personal research collections, and descendant family collections. Additionally, a small amount of material was acquired by The ONWARD Project for the organization.

Types of materials include original diaries, correspondence, organizational records, recruitment and advertising ephemera, photographs, photograph albums, an illustrated master’s thesis, moving images, paintings, field notes and data, unpublished reports, and more. Topics cover a range of historically important issues including developing methods in field work of various disciplines, scientific and academic advancements during the Great Depression, relations between Native and settler/trader communities, and among others, the story of a potential National Park that never came to fruition.

The dynamic archive also includes The ONWARD Project's work in compensating for missing Native perspectives and sharing these stories with the public. This material includes reproductions of historical images used in Native community outreach events at Navajo Nation for crowdsourcing information initiatives, information about Navajo RBMVE staff members contributed by descendant family researchers, and film interview footage with descendants of Navajo RBMVE members, as well with at-large community members.

LanguageEnglishPermissions and ReuseThe items in this collection are either in copyright, or the copyright status is unknown. Please contact The ONWARD Project for permission to re-use items in this collection.

Document

1935 Report of Field Work in Ornithology

1937 Itinerary, Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition, Eastern Group

American Exploration Society Incorporation Announcement

Application to Membership Rainbow Bridge- Monument Valley Expedition

Bond to Garner, May 24, 1937

Garner to Bond, May 12, 1937

Hall to Hanson, June 19, 1937

Hall to Hanson, June 5, 1937

Hanson to Hall, February 9, 1938

Hanson to Wheaton, February 9, 1938

Indigneous Autonomy Exhibit Media Packet

Max Littlesalt Narrative

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 155

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 162

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 165

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 170

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 171

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 173

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 175

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 197-201

Nee-ta-cloy Article Manuscript

Qualifications of Men Accetable for Membership in the Rainbow Bridge - Monument Valley Expedition

Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition Collection Guide

Video

Far Reaches of RBMVE: Paiute Canyon, Max Littlesalt's Childhood Grazing Grounds Short Video

Living in Tsegi Short Video

The ONWARD Project and Outreach in the Southwest Video

Uncle's Squash Field Short Video

Map

Journey Map by Alvaro Quiroga Medina for "Indigenous Autonomy" Exhibit

Journey Map by Geri Keams for "Indigenous Autonomy" Exhibit

Journey Map by Lithuania Denetso for "Indigenous Autonomy" Exhibit

Document- Handwritten|Scan

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 167

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 168

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 174

Periodical

Max Littlesalt Research Binder Page 61

Person

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

The ONWARD Project- Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition

PersonTheodore Roosevelt, Jr.PlaceRainbow BridgeMonument ValleyNavajo County

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