The Russell G. Frazier Photograph Collection, 1930-1968

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 112
Creator: Frazier, Russell G., 1893-1968
Title:Russell G. Frazier Photograph Collection, 1930-1968
Quantity:4.5 lin. ft. (9 boxes) and motion pictures
Abstract:Doctor, explorer. Frazier was employed by the Utah Copper Company at Bingham, Utah as physician until 1951. He was also involved in many travels down western rivers. He also served as the physician to Richard E. Byrd's Third Antarctic Expedition, 1939-1941. Includes photographs from Byrd's Antarctic expeditions, various hunting, fishing and river trips, as well as motion pictures.

Topics:
Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 3rd, 1939-1941 -- Photographs.

Persons:
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 -- Photographs.

Places:
Antarctic regions -- Photographs.
Bingham (Utah) -- Photographs.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Photographs.
Salmon River (Idaho) -- Photographs.
Yampa River (Colo.-Utah) -- Photographs.
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Background

Biographical Note

Physician in Bingham, river runner, and member of Admiral Byrd's Third Antarctic Expedition, 1939-1941. Frazier was employed by the Utah Copper Company at Bingham, Utah as their physician until 1951. He was also involved in many travels down western rivers.
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Scope and Content

Photographs from Byrd's Antarctic expeditions, various hunting, fishing and river trips, as well as motion pictures.

Series Descriptions

Miscellaneous Photographs
Slides
Albums
Oversized Photos
Vault Items
Motion Pictures
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Russell G. Frazier Photograph Collection, 1930-1968, Utah State Historical Society.

Restrictions on Use

The Russell G. Frazier Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Susan Whetstone and Hailey Petersen

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone and Hailey Petersen

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1989 (RLIN ID: UTSX 89-A1122)

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.

Related collections

The photographs and films in this collection were separated from Mss B 112.

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Container list

Box

Folder

Contents

Miscellaneous Photographs

1

1

Family

1-12. Family
13. Frazier, Russell
14. Frazier family
15. Unidentified infant
16-17. Frazier with baby
18. Frazier, John Russell on pony
19. Frazier and son John Russell
20. Frazier fishing with son Russell (Fish Lake, Utah)

1

2

Family (cont.)
1. Frazier, Russell and Emma
2. Unidentified older woman
3. Frazier, Russell George as a young man
4. Home?
5. Frazier?
6. Frazier as a young man, 1918
7. Young doctors
8. Unidentified man [hand tinted portrait]

1

3

Family (cont.)
1-3. Fishing [negative]
4-6. Frazier, Russell, Jr., Mrs. [slide]
7. Frazier, Dr. with his dog
8. Frazier, Dr. with skis
9. Frazier, Dr. with life jacket
10. Frazier, Dr. & Mrs. with son boarding train [2 copies]
11. Frazier, Dr. boarding train
12-13. Frazier, Dr. & Mrs. at home [color]

1

4

Family (cont.)
1. Frazier, Russell George
2. Frazier, Robert Frazier, Mr. & Mrs. -- Russell Frazier's parents, ca 1918
3-11. Frazier at home [Hal Rumel photographer]

1

5

River Trip (Yampa River), 1937
1. Split Mountain (Green River)
2. Boat (Yampa River) [2 copies]
3. Frazier, Charles Kelly and two other people
4. Scenery (Yampa River)
5. Working on boat?
6. Frazier by boat "Deseret News"
7. On the river
8. Scenery
9. Below Steam Boat Rock (Green River)
10-12. Scenery (Yampa River)
13. Boat crew, Charles Kelly, "Deseret News" boat
14. Scenery
15. Crew inlcudes Henry Millican, Dr. Broaddus, Hack Miller, Alton Hatch, Charles Kelly
16. Miller, Hack, Henry Millican, Charlie Kelly, Dr. Broaddus

1

6

Colorado River Trip, 1934 and 1939
1. Separation Canyon plaque, 1939 [2 copies]
2. 1642 date cut (Glen Canyon)
3. Stone, Julius F., 1939
4. Stone, Julius F., George Stone. Frank Swain. Russell Frazier, Willis Johnson with plaque (Separation Canyon), 1939
5. Stone, Julius F. and Dr. Frazier with Explorers' Club Flag (Glen Canyon), 1939
6. Lee's, John D. home (Lee's Ferry)
7. Escalante Steps
8-9. Hamblin, Jacob steps with Tom Smith (Padre Creek)
10. Hamblin Steps (Padre Creek)

1

7

Colorado River Trip, 1934 and 1939
1. Stanton Dredge (Glen Canyon) [print/negative]
2. Kelly, Charles, Frank Swain, George Stone, Dr. A.L. Inglesby, Bill Cryst, Julius F. Stone, Russell Frazier (Glen Canyon), 1939 [2 copies/2 negatives]
3. Hamblin, Jacob Steps (Padre Canyon)
4. Grand Canyon at the mouth of Kanab Canyon, 1934
5. Glen Canyon
6. Dellenbaugh, F.S. inscription, flag
7. Gunsight Butte at Glen Canyon (Crossing of the Fathers)
8. Glen Canyon
9. Hatch, Bus and Blackie on Leta Ve boat on rapids

1

8

Grand Canyon
1. Portaging boat [print/2 negatives]
2. Portaging a goat [print/negative]
3. Boat with a line for portaging [3 copies/negative]
4-6. View of the Grand Canyon (Colorado River)
7-10. View of the Grand Canyon from rim

1

9

Antarctic Expedition, 1939-1941
1. Wade, Al, Dr.--geologist sampling ore
2. Jackling, Mt. D.C. with Dr. Al Wade on summit [2 copies]
3. Copper plaque claiming area for the USA [Rockefeller Plateau]
4. Snow petrol nest and egg
5. Wade, Al (Rockerfeller Plateau)
6. Nesting snow petrol
7. Camp
8. Scenery
9. Frazier with Utah State flag
10. Sea Bear ship
11. Sea Bear offshore, camp visible in distance [aerial view]
12. Map of Bear Tracks which ship route
13. View from ship from mast area [2 copies]

1

10

Antarctic Expedition, 1939-1941 (cont.)
1. Invitation for dinner at the Explorers Club and newspaper article
2-3. Newspaper article about Frazier's trip to the Antarctic
4. Mississippi-Missouri-Yellowstone River Expedition newspaper article
5. River trip (Hell's Canyon, Idaho)
6. Snowmobile on board
7. Seal
8-9. Netting a seal for a zoo
10. Camp
11. Crevice in ice
12. Dog sled
13. Newspaper article on Antarctic trip from Charleston Daily Mail Antarctic trip [print/ 8x10 negative)

1

11

Antarctic Expedition, 1939-1940--first taken in the Antarctic
1-2. Reese, Jerry--X-Ray his foot

1

12

Frazier and Friends
1. Hatch, Bus and Blackie
2-4. Holmstrom, Buzz
5. Frazier and group on river
6. Frazier with group in office
7. Mowerly, Cap, Frazier, Bill Farhni, Clyde Eddy, Frank Swain, Alton Hatch, Buss Hatch
8. Grandma Mayne's 91st birthday celebration (Bingham, Utah)
9. River running friends

1

13

Hermit Article
1. Frazier in a life jacket
2. Parrot, Earl (Impassable Canyon)
3. Unidentified "hermit"

1

14

River trips (Salmon River, Idaho), 1935-1939
1. Unidentified couple by boat with dog [2 copies/negative]
2. Sheepeater cabin (Hot Springs) [3 copies/negative]
3. Fishing
4-5. Boat in rapids
6. Lining a boat
7. Frazier washing dishes in river
8. Cooking
9. "Docked" boats
10. Running rapids [2 copies]
11. Frazier, Russell (Riggins Hot Springs)
12. River scene
13. Oarsmen in rapids, 1936
14. Rapids
15. Studying a stretch of rapids
16-17. Navigating rapids
18. Frazier and friend
19. Bridge over river rapids
20. Unidentified man

1

15

Salmon River Trips, 1935-1939 (cont.)
1. Boat on rapids [4 copies]
2. Parrott, Earl--hermit, 1939
3. River crew
4. Crew member
5-6. Parrott, Earl
7. Rapids, 1939
8. Shaving
9. Scenic view of river
10. Sulphur falls on Middle fork
11. Middle Fork with logs across river [2 copies/ negative]
12. Rubber boats on river
13. View of river at dusk

1

17

Salmon River, 1935-1939 (cont.)
1-3. Fishing
4. Loading boat [print/negative]
5. Boat by rapids [2 copies/negative]
6. Frazier studying Salmon River from above
7. Boats by calm stretch of river
8. Eating
9. Members--Salmon River Expedition
10. Loading boat
11. Stefansson, Polly B. and boats
12. Scenic view
13. Pistol Creek located Middle Fork (Salmon River)
14. Hiking carrying fishing gear
15. Hiking in woods
16. Dusk (Salmon River)

1

18

Salmon River Expedition, 1935-1939 (cont.)
1-3. "Lota Ve" boat, Frank Swain, Impassable Canyon [prints/negatives]
4. Boats (Impassable Canyon) [print/4x5 and 4x6 negative]
5. Crew eating
6. Boat under bridge
7. Camped for the night
8-9. Loaded boats
10-11. Rubber boats floating on river
12. Rubber boat on shore

1

19

Salmon River (cont.)
1. "Charlie" & "Julius F."--boats
2. Scenic view
3. "Charlie" and "Julius F."--boats
4. Taking pictures of boats in river [print/negative]
5. Holmstrom, Buzz [print/2 negatives]
6. Camping by river [print/2 negatives]
7. Lake/dam [print/negative]
8. "Charlie" and "Julius F." boats with crew [print/negative]
9. "Charlie" and the "Julius F." ready for action
10. Boats and crew by river [negative]
11. Man on shore [negative]

1

16

Salmon River [fiber base prints]
1. View of river from heights
2. Camp on side of river [2 copies]
3. Rubber boat on river
4. Floating on river
5. "Docked" boat by rapids
6-7. Carrying gear
8. Panoramic view of river
9-10. Resting on rocks
11. Panoramic view of river
12. River through canyon
13. Unidentified man
14. Camp on side of river

1

19

Miscellaneous River Trips
12. Johnson, Frank, Cora Johnson, Buzz's aunt, Willis's mother, Willis Johnson (Lake Mead)
13. Holmstrom, Buzz by Covered Wagon Camp sign at auto camp five miles west of the town (Green River, Wyoming)
14. River
15. Camp
16. Camp with bridge in view (Navajo Bridge/ Marble Gorge)
17. Camp (Navajo Bridge/Marble Gorge)
18. Eddy, C.L., Name Inscription, 1927

1

20

Mississippi River Trip, 1945, 1949
1. Group in swimming pool
2. Frazier in boat duck hunting [2 copies]
3. Duck hunting
4-5. Fishing
6. Climbing ladder
7. Duck hunters with dog
8. Frazier on a duck hunt
9. Boat used on Yellowstone-Missouri-Mississippi River Trip, 1949

1

21

Mississippi River Trip, 1945 (cont.)
1-9. View of and from the Mississippi River
10-16. Black families at home and in the fields
17-19. Fishing
20-22. Unidentified monument
23. Fishing
24. Surrender site where Gen. Grant met Gen. Pemberton, 1863
25. Frazier and unidentified man [color print]

1

22

Yellowstone Lake/River (Wyoming)
1. Fishing [print/negative]
2. Hiking
3. Heard, B. W. (Yellowstone Lake), 1953
4-5. Camp at Trail Creek (Yellowstone Lake)
6. Trail Creek (Yellowstone Lake), 1952
7. Lining a boat [print/negative]
8. Floating boats
9. "Saltos Angel" rock formation
10. Fishing
11. Navigating rapids

1

23

Hunting and Fishing
1. Fishing
2. Deer/elk hunting
3. Unidentified man [negative]
4. Two unidentified men [negative]
5-6. Fishing in the Everglades
7. Boats on river
8. Frazier with fish
9. Frazier, Dr. & Mrs. with fishing gear
10. Group on fishing trip
11. Color print of fishing boat (Florida?)
12. Man with big fish
13. Man with big fish, 1957
14. Hatch, Bus with big fish
15. Frazier with huge fish

1

24

Miscellaneous
1. Unidentified man (Antarctic Expedition)
2. Frazier with cap and gown
3. Group holding Utah State Flag
4-5. Fishing in the Everglades
6. Mayne, Dewey, Mrs. (Grandma Rachel Helen) at age 91
7. "The Salt Lake City" boat on a trailer
8-11. "The Salt Lake City" in the water
12. Frazier and unidentified man
13. Frazier and unidentified young man

Box

Folder

Contents

Slides

2

1

Southern Utah, ca.1930s [90 slides numbered but not identified]

3

1

Trips and family (Southern Utah), ca.1930s [116 slides]

Box

Folder

Contents

Albums

Antarctic Expedition, 1939 (Oversized)

4

1

313 photos, Vol. 1

4

2

163 photos, Vol. 2

5

1

253 photos, Vol. 3

5

2

263 photos, Vol. 4

Colorado River Trip, 1934 (Oversized)

6

1

181 photos, Vol. 1

6

2

160 photos, Vol. 2

Miscellaneous trip includes hunting and fishing (Oversized)

7

1

Miscellaneous Antarctic, Salmon River Trips, etc. [153 photos]

7

2

Hunting & Fishing album [149 photos]

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Oversized Photos

8

1

Miscellaneous
1. "Nellie Powell" boat remains [color]
2. Frazier and two men looking at large globe
3. Frazier fishing [color]
4. Class reunion group at dinner table
5. Antarctic landscape
6. 48th Annual Dinner--Explorers Club, 1952
7. Snow cave (Antarctic)
8. Sled dog sleeping
9. Seal and pup
10. Cross country skiing (Antarctic)
11. "Little America" (Antarctic)
12. Dogs and sled
13. Plane, motorized vehicle pulling equipment
14. U.S.S. Bear
15. Ice packs viewed from ships
16. Melchor Island
17. Ice barriers
18. Melchor Island
19. Eating on Antarctic Expedition

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Vault Items

9

1

Autographed Photographs
20. Wyces?, Bier
21-22. Holmstrom, Buzz
23. McCoy, Jim
24. Higgins, Andrew
25. Ozmer, Roy
26. Eddy, Clyde
27. Wade, Al
28. Byrd, Admiral
29. Siple, Paul A.
30. Unknown

9

2

Oversized Autographed Photographs
1. George, James A.--Russell Frazier's grandfather, 1846-1920 [oval portrait]
2. Hendon, George A.
3. Shirley, Charles
4. Vintroux, Kendall
5. Boyd, "Buck"
6. Gutecho?, Sigmund

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Motion Pictures

1

1

Hall's Crossing
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (200'); Copy of original: video cassette (10 min.)

2

2

Colorado River 1700' Below
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (250'); Copy of original: video cassette (12 min.)

3

3

Cataract Canyon (Copy 1)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (300'); Copy of original: video cassette (17 min.)

3

3

Cataract Canyon (Copy 2)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (300'); Copy of original: video cassette (13 min.)

4

4

Yampa River (Part 1)
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (350'); Copy of original: video cassette (16 min.)

4

4

Yampa River (Part 2)
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (350'); Copy of original: video cassette (18 min.)

5

5

Green River-Quiet Water by Brown's Park
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (350'); Copy of original: video cassette (12 min.)

6A

6A

Hatch-Frazier Expedition, Part 1 (Copy 1)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (18 min.)

1. Colorado River
2. Hance Rapids

6A

6A

Hatch-Frazier Expedition, Part 1 (Copy 2)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (17 min.)

1. Colorado River
2. Hance Rapids

6B

6B

Hatch-Frazier Expedition, Part 2 (Copy 1)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (350'); Copy of original: video cassette (18 min.)

1. Colorado River
2. Hance Rapids

6B

6B

Hatch-Frazier Expedition, Part 2 (Copy 2)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (350'); Copy of original: video cassette (18 min.)

1. Colorado River
2. Hance Rapids

7

7

Green River "Wreck of What's Next"
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (300'); Copy of original: video cassette (15 min.)

8

8

Colorado and Green Rivers (Copy 1)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (19 min.)

1. Colorado River Club
2. Green River

8

8

Colorado and Green Rivers (Copy 2)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (19 min.)

1. Colorado River Club
2. Green River

9

9

Through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River (Copy 1)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (20 min.)

9

9

Through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River (Copy 2)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (16 min.)

10

10

Separation Canyon - Finish of the Grand Canyon - Quiet Water in Brown's Park (Copy 1)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (350'); Copy of original: video cassette (17 min.)

10

10

Separation Canyon - Finish of the Grand Canyon - Quiet Water in Brown's Park (Copy 2)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (350'); Copy of original: video cassette (16 min.)

11

11

Long Valley Highway
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (375'); Copy of original: video cassette (17 min.)

12

12

"Sailing Down the Old Green River - Part 1"
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (250'); Copy of original: video cassette (15 min.)

12

12

"Sailing Down the Old Green River - Part 2"
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (325'); Copy of original: video cassette (14 min.)

13

13

"Five Miles West" Commercial Newsreel on Post World War II Germany
Original: 16mm, Color, Sound (800'); Copy of original: video cassette (16 min.)

14

14

Florida Everglades
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (1600'); Copy of original: video cassette (67 min.)

15

15

Yellowstone - North Dakota - Missouri River
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (1600'); Copy of original: video cassette (72 min.)

16

16

Unknown River Trip
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (500'); Copy of original: video cassette (21 min.)

17

17

Middle Fork - Salmon River
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (1200'); Copy of original: video cassette (52 min.)

18

18

Antarctica (Copy 1)
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (1500') [Preserved with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation, 1999]; Copy of original: video cassette (62 min.)

18

18

Antarctica (Copy 2)
Inter-negative: 16mm, Color, Silent (1500'); Copy of original: video cassette (62 min.)

18

Antarctica (Copy 3)
New negative: 16mm, Color, Silent (1500'); Copy of original: video cassette (62 min.)

19

Glen Canyon, Part 1-2
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (1400') [Preserved with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation, 1999]; Copy of original: video cassette (62 min.)

19

19

Glen Canyon, Part 1
Inter-negative: 16mm, Color, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (22 min.)

19

19

Glen Canyon, Part 1
New negative: 16mm, Color, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (22 min.)

19

19

Glen Canyon, Part 2
Inter-negative: 16mm, Color, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (40 min.)

19

19

Glen Canyon, Part 2
New negative: 16mm, Color, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (40 min.)

20

20

Glen Canyon - Rainbow Bridge - Kelly & Mo(?)
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (125'); Copy of original: video cassette (6 min.)

21

21

Snow Plow - Buchman
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (150'); Copy of original: video cassette (6 min.)

21

21

Snow Plow - Hill
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (150'); Copy of original: video cassette (6 min.)

22

22

1952 Salmon River (rubber boats)
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (100'); Copy of original: video cassette (5 min.)

23

23

Deseret News - Salmon
Original: 16mm, Color, Silent (100'); Copy of original: video cassette (4 min.)

24

24

Mrs. R.G. Frazier - Home Movies (3/4/76)
Original: 16mm, B&W, Silent (400'); Copy of original: video cassette (19 min.)

25

Grand Canyon River Trip 1934 (Frazier - Swain - Mowry)
Original: unavailable; Copy of original: video cassette (UCA 60 Video, not VHS)