Photo of an all paddleboat river trip on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon at the confluence with Havasu Canyon in 1956, courtesy Duane Ekedahl. You can listen to his recounting of this paddleboat trip here.
Welcome to Tom Martin's Oral History Project
One man's quest to capture and preserve oral histories about the Grand Canyon and surrounding areas.
These oral histories are a fascinating recounting of activities on or around the Colorado River in Grand Canyon and its surrounding areas. They are all in the public domain and are archived at Grand Canyon National Park's Museum Collection.
They are posted here as a public service.
One man's quest to capture and preserve oral histories about the Grand Canyon and surrounding areas.
These oral histories are a fascinating recounting of activities on or around the Colorado River in Grand Canyon and its surrounding areas. They are all in the public domain and are archived at Grand Canyon National Park's Museum Collection.
They are posted here as a public service.
Oral history is a method of collecting historical information through recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account. It reflects personal opinion offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable.
Courtesy The Bancroft Library Oral History Center, Berkeley Library, University of California.
"I like to think of oral histories as the spice in the stew of history. We can't live on spices alone but we can live on stew without spices. Keep that in mind and please don't use oral histories as your sole source for historical understanding."
Tom Martin
Courtesy The Bancroft Library Oral History Center, Berkeley Library, University of California.
"I like to think of oral histories as the spice in the stew of history. We can't live on spices alone but we can live on stew without spices. Keep that in mind and please don't use oral histories as your sole source for historical understanding."
Tom Martin
It all started in April of 2000. Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection Archivist Kim Besom invited me to accompany her to conduct a few interviews. The first was with a Grand Canyon river runner named Susie Reilly. You can read the transcript of that interview here. We then interviewed Miles Burd and Daryl Strong. These two gents flew a helicopter to the TWA and United Airlines wreckage in June, 1956. Susie, Miles, and Daryl had amazing stories and I was hooked. You can read the transcript of the Burd and Strong interview here.
Back then I was working as a Physical Therapist at the Grand Canyon South Rim Clinic. Soon after those first interviews, Kim loaned me a small digital recorder and I started doing oral histories. In the fall of 2013, I started an Oral History Project with the Grand Canyon Historical Society. It was a simple concept. I continued to conduct Oral history interviews with people of all ages about their connection to the Grand Canyon region. Just like today, all my interviews use a public domain release form. This public domain form allows the National Park Service at Grand Canyon National Park's Museum Collection to store the interviews for the long haul. The release form also allows any website to put the interviews on the world wide web as free downloads. The Board of the Grand Canyon Historical Society and I parted ways in 2023. You can read all about that unfortunate event here. All told, I have conducted over 600 oral histories and over 300 have been transcribed. This website is an attempt to list all those oral histories and is a work in progress. Find a broken link? If you click on the player and it doesn't start the interview, try the downloader player. Still not working? Please let me know HERE.
Praise of Tom Martin's Oral Histories:
“I actually did enjoy the experience. I appreciated Tom's and my back and forth interactions. I also liked that I was having some of my life history recorded so that I could pass it on to my children and grandchildren. I know that was not the original intent but that is what also happened. I appreciate that Tom is capturing the history of the Grand Canyon, the National Park, the Colorado River, and those people and events that make up that vital and unique entity.” Retired Padre Island National Seashore Superintendent Charles “Butch” Farabee
For additional comments from Interviewees, click here.
Back then I was working as a Physical Therapist at the Grand Canyon South Rim Clinic. Soon after those first interviews, Kim loaned me a small digital recorder and I started doing oral histories. In the fall of 2013, I started an Oral History Project with the Grand Canyon Historical Society. It was a simple concept. I continued to conduct Oral history interviews with people of all ages about their connection to the Grand Canyon region. Just like today, all my interviews use a public domain release form. This public domain form allows the National Park Service at Grand Canyon National Park's Museum Collection to store the interviews for the long haul. The release form also allows any website to put the interviews on the world wide web as free downloads. The Board of the Grand Canyon Historical Society and I parted ways in 2023. You can read all about that unfortunate event here. All told, I have conducted over 600 oral histories and over 300 have been transcribed. This website is an attempt to list all those oral histories and is a work in progress. Find a broken link? If you click on the player and it doesn't start the interview, try the downloader player. Still not working? Please let me know HERE.
Praise of Tom Martin's Oral Histories:
“I actually did enjoy the experience. I appreciated Tom's and my back and forth interactions. I also liked that I was having some of my life history recorded so that I could pass it on to my children and grandchildren. I know that was not the original intent but that is what also happened. I appreciate that Tom is capturing the history of the Grand Canyon, the National Park, the Colorado River, and those people and events that make up that vital and unique entity.” Retired Padre Island National Seashore Superintendent Charles “Butch” Farabee
For additional comments from Interviewees, click here.
Tom Martin's Oral History Stats through June 13, 2025
Number of people interviewed: 209 Number of interviews: 671
Latest interviews for the week of : June 23, 2025 Ken Hawkins Part 1, Don Christensen Part 7 and 8, Andy Martin Part 3
Transcripts generated: 338
Latest transcripts uploaded in June, 2025: Martha "Muffin" Ames Burgess Parts 1-5, Jeff St. John Part 1
Number of people interviewed: 209 Number of interviews: 671
Latest interviews for the week of : June 23, 2025 Ken Hawkins Part 1, Don Christensen Part 7 and 8, Andy Martin Part 3
Transcripts generated: 338
Latest transcripts uploaded in June, 2025: Martha "Muffin" Ames Burgess Parts 1-5, Jeff St. John Part 1
I encourage you to conduct your own oral histories. It's easy, educational, and a whole lot of fun!
The following list of people have transcripts and or interviews on this website. Just click on their name to be directed to the appropriate page. Already know who you are looking for? You can go to their page by clicking on the first letter of their last name here:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Z
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Acosta, Rosie (1950's Harvey Girl)
Algar, Bruce (On the 1958 filming trip with Ernst Heiniger and Georgie White)
Anderson, Dr. Michael (Author of An Administrative History of Grand Canyon National Park) (5 part interview)
Angood, Marni (1980s Grand Canyon Clinic)
Arnold, Landis (Kayaking history)
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Baker, Ruth Stevens (First documented summit of Shiva Temple with Emery Kolb in August, 1937) (Transcript Only)
Baker, Tersh (One of Ruth Baker's children) (4 part interview)
Barrios, Frank (Bureau of Reclamation's Central Arizona Project) (6 part interview)
Benenati, Emma (1970s hiking in Grand Canyon) (2 part interview)
Bernhoft, Erik and Bikis, Paul and Franklin, Casey (Glen Canyon Slot Canyoneering)
Beus, Stan (Arrived in Flagstaff in 1962 to teach Geology) (4 part interview)
Bowman, Carl (Monitored Grand Canyon National Park air quality for many years) (15 part interview)
Branges, Gary (Grand Canyon High School recollections from 1976)
Braun, Joe & Carolyn (1978 Wilderness World oar powered Grand Canyon river trip with Larry Stevens)
Brazie, Joe (1973 river trip with Emery Kolb and Otis "Dock" Marston)
Brown, Peter (Paddled the full length of Grand Canyon on a tule reed raft) (14 part interview)
Buck, Sharon (Page AZ in 1957) (3 part interview)
Burd, Miles and Strong, Daryl (First on the ground at the TWA-United mid-air collision in June of 1956)
Burgess, Martha "Muffin" Ames (Assisted in the 1970 excavation of Stantons Cave) (7 part interview)
Burleson, Winslow (30-day winter Grand Canyon river trip solo in an IK) (5 part interview)
Burnham Family (Sets record for youngest girl and boy to kayak the entire Grand Canyon)
Burns, Jennifer (Grand Canyon Burro eradication) (2 part interview)
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Cameron, Gay & Buzz (Living at Phantom Ranch and Lees Ferry) (3 part interview)
Case, Josh and Amy and Rachel Fanton (Rowing a homemade dory in Grand Canyon)
Charley, Mike (Ironworker on the second Navajo Bridge construction in 1994)
Christensen, Don (Don has spent decades recording Grand Canyon rock art) (8 part interview)
Clark, Marcia (Grand Canyon School in the 1950s) (2 part interview)
Cockrum, Dan (Park Engineer and Chief of Maintenance at GRCA) (14 part interview)
Combs, Jay (Life at the Orphan Mine)
Cook, Christa and Ray (Remembering Ray's father David Cook who perished in the 1956 TWA United Disaster)
Cook, Ervin & Ray (Ervin and his nephew Ray recall David Cook who perished in the 1956 TWA United Disaster)
Cornelius, Bob (Career Law Enforcement Ranger at Grand Canyon and other Parks) (16 part interview)
Corson, Jim (Career NPS starting in 1950 at Grand Canyon) (8 part interview)
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Davis, Donald (Grand Canyon caving in the 1960s-70s) (9 part interview)
Dayley, Jake (First recorded ascent of Grays Castle)
Donato, Clare (Mule wrangler at Grand Canyon) (6 part interview)
Dunagan, Dorothy & Bud (Dorothy worked at the Grand Canyon Hospital in the 1950s)
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Ekedahl, Duane (1956 Grand Canyon paddle raft Phantom to Lake Mead)
Endischee, Dennis (Ironworker who helped build the second Navajo Bridge in 1993)
Evans, Robbie and Pitsinger, Lora (2014 Tusayan Fire Department)
Evans, Steve and Dave (Recounting the loss of their mother Almeda in the TWA v United air disaster)
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Farabee, Charles "Butch" (Career NPS Law Enforcement) (21 part interview)
Foti, Pam and Gelvin, Lori (Dr. Foti hiked from Supai to Nankoweap in the 1990s)
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Ganci, Dave and Robertson, Jerry and Tidrick, Rick (First recorded ascent of Zoroaster Temple 1958)
Gebler, Donna (Recounts her life as a Park Service wife) (4 part interview)
Glendening, Lorna and Coleman, Joanna (Grand Canyon backcountry and river in the 1960s) (5 part interview)
Grand Canyon Granitica (Climbing stories by many notable climbers from a two-day event in 2016)
Grediagin, Patricia (Law Enforcement River Ranger in Canyonlands during the high water of 1983) (10 part interview)
Green, Nancy and Keith (Life at the South Rim and Phantom Ranch) (22 part interview)
Greterman, Dale (National Park Service Surveyor) (4 part interview)
Griffith, Dick (60 years of Grand Canyon river running)
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Haggart, Jim (50 years and thousands of miles hiking below the Grand Canyon Rim) (35 part interview)
Hanson, Richard (Life Making Trail with the NPS Trail Crew) (10 part interview)
Hatch, Ada (Teaching school in Page, AZ in 1968) (3 part interview)
Hawkins, Ken (NPS Maintenance Lees Ferry)(Underway)
Hay, Don (Glen Canyon river trip in 1954)
Hildreth, Wes and Brown, Nancy and Fulton, Jack (Hiking Supai to Hopi Salt Trail in 1968)
Hill, Frank (Grand Canyon Climbing 1960s-1970s)
Hilleke Family (6 family members Kayaked Grand Canyon in 2022. Their youngest was 10 years old)
Hingson, Dick (North Rim Lodge 1958 and 40 years activist on the overflights issues) (10 part interview)
Hogan, Jen (in 2021 Jen becomes the first recorded female to walk the length of Grand Canyon solo) (3 part interview)
Holcombe, Abby, Kathy and Peter (12-year-old Abby kayaked the Grand in 2017, self-supported in 2018) (2 part interview)
Hoover, Mary (Life on the South Rim between 1946 and 1991) (13 part interview)
Hopkinson, Ann (With Fletcher Anderson and Roger Paris kayaking Grand Canyon and the Bio Bio) (3 part interview)
Hovey, Patricia (1940s and 1950s Fred Harvey operations at Death Valley and at Grand Canyon)
Howard, Helen (1970s and 1980s river running and hiking in Grand Canyon) (2 part interview)
Howell, Nick and Chris (Driving a 1902 Toledo Steam Car from Flagstaff to Grand View Point in 2014)
Hudgin, Ellen Noreen (Lived at the Red Butte Grand Canyon Airport in the 1950s) (11 part interview)
Hudgin, Louis (Ellen Hudgin's son, Louis grew up at the Red Butte Grand Canyon Airport in the 1950s) (7 part interview)
Huizingh, David (Supai in 1958, Grand Canyon river trip in 1972) (3 part interview)
Hunnibell, Mark (To Grand Canyon on a 1919 Henderson Motorcycle)
Huntoon, Peter (In 1960, Peter and others attempted to explore Thunder River Cave in Grand Canyon) (9 part interview)
Hurndon, Max and Mike (12-year-old Max kayaked the length of Grand Canyon in 2017 with his father Mike)
Hurndon, Micayla and Dana (In 2020, 11-year-old Micayla paddled her kayak the length of Grand Canyon)
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Imsland, Scott (Rowing 22ft snouts for The Museum of Northern Arizona in the 1970s) (11 part interview)
Ingram, Jeff (Worked on the legislation to expand Grand Canyon National Park in the early 1970s) (3 part interview)
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Jackson, Sue Seely (July 1952 Glen Canyon and Grand Canyon river trips with Mexican Hat Expeditions)
Jang, Etta, Dana and Deeana (Etta's husband James Jang perished in the 1956 TWA United Air Disaster)
Johnson, Kim (This Grand Canyon River Ranger remembers the high water of 1983) (2 part interview)
Jordan, Bill (Recollections of a seasonal Ranger in 1957, '58, and '59)
Jordan, Jimmy Jr (Jimmy Jr recalls his father's Grand Canyon river trips in the 1950s and 1960s) (3 part interview)
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Kaichen, Lisa (Recalling her father Noel Gottesman who perished in the 1956 TWA United Air Disaster)
Kanan, Muriel and Mike (North Rim Lodge 1958-1960 Mike and Muriel signing the "Sing-away" song) (3 part interview)
Karpiscak, Martin (Conducted campsite surveys on the Colorado River in 1974) (2 part interview)
Kindig Jean with Ken and Susan Sheldon (Working at El Tovar in 1952 and Lookout Studio in 1953)
Klein, Anne (Recalling Tom Sulpizio who perished in the 1956 TWA v United air disaster)
Krueger, Martha and Loughboro, Pat (McKee family stories of the real Brighty of the Grand Canyon)
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Ladd, Gary (His life as an award winning photographer and author in and around the Four Corners) (10 part interview)
Law, Mark (Being a Ranger at Glen Canyon and River Ranger at Grand Canyon, 1980s-90s) (3 part interview)
Lindeman, Helen (Born at the South Rim in 1938 and grew up there)
Litton, Esther (From LA, the wife of Martin Litton recounts Grand Canyon Dories and teaching) (6 part interview)
Livingston, Ron (Recounts a 1955 Glen Canyon river trip and ranching in House Rock valley)
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Malmquist, Allen ('66 Ranger at Pipe Springs, built Whitmore airstrip, Lees Ferry building repair) (23 part interview)
Martin, Andy and Tom (Cave and mine exploration in Southwestern United States and Australia) (3 part interview)
Martin, Steve (Retired Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent recalls his 1970's experiences at Grand Canyon)
Maytum, Brian and Shaina (Brian's 1970's river running in Colorado and with his daughter Shaina in GC in 1983)
McAlister, Bonnie and Allen (Daughter of Chet Bundy, born on AZ strip in 1946, boating with Georgie) (5 part interview)
McCairen, Patricia "Patch" (In 1982 first documented solo female to raft the Grand Canyon) (2 part interview)
McElroy, Janice (Lost her parents Mildred and William Hatcher in 1956 TWA United Disaster, Transcript Only)
McElya, Bruce (Recalls Georgie White, large format cameras on 10 solo river trips in Grand Canyon) (7 part interview)
McFarland, Ron "Ronnie Mac" (Ironworker on the 2nd Navajo Bridge build in 1994) (4 part interview)
McLeroy, Andy (Operated the bridge crane on the 2nd Navajo Bridge build in 1994) (3 part interview)
Meche, David (Ironworker and Raising Gang Foreman on the 2nd Navajo Bridge built in 1994) (2 part interview)
Miller, Millie Davis (Saved the Esmeralda on 1950 GC river trip, first recorded female to row a raft through Dinosaur)
Mollon, Sandra (Quilter recounts making her Toroweap Overlook quilt)
Montgomery, Edwin Jr (Recalls his dad flying helicopters at Grand Canyon in 1950)
Muleady-Mecham, Nancy (Many years as Law Enforcement Ranger at Grand Canyon) (15 part interview)
Mullan, Paul and Robin (New Zealand jetboat expert recounts Wee Red and Dock with John Hamilton)
Murphy, Shane (Driving the largest motor rig in Grand Canyon for Canyoneers)
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Naille, Allen and Carol (Fred Harvey General Manager in the 1980s)
Nash, Roderick "Rod" (Grand Canyon wilderness and Grand Canyon river trips) (10 part interview)
Natall, Cathy and Garcia, Lea (Daughters of Ray Lasby who perished in the 1956 TWA-United midair)
Neisess, Roger (Grandson of Rod Sanderson and Boatman for Sanderson Brothers in the 1960s and 1970s)
Newcome, Nikki (1969 Grand Canyon National Park "Park Guide" wearing an NPS "stewardess" uniform)
Nielsen, Gail (1952 Hite, Utah, the Hite Ferry and the White Canyon uranium reduction mill)
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Odderstol, Barbara (Growing up on the South Rim in the 1930s and 1940s) (3 part interview)
O'Rourke, Mary Kay (1977 river trip and 1980 helicopter trip to Stevens Cave) (2 part interview)
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Packard, Dr. Robert "Bob" (Backpacking both sides of the River in Grand Canyon from Lee's to Pearce)
Parsons, John and McCulla, Susun (Solo Grand Canyon and LCR kayak trips solo 1981 and 1982) (4 part interview)
Patrick, Shirley (Life at Phantom Ranch in the 1950's and on the North Rim in the 1960's) (3 part interview)
Pennington, Keturah (Leads us through Glen Canyon before Glen Canyon Dam) (11 part interview)
Peterson, Pete and Barb (The early days of the Friendship Cruise Green River to Moab)
Phillips, Barbara G. (Botanical studies in Grand Canyon) (17 part interview)
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Reetz, Geene (Grand Canyon hiking, pack-rafting, and opposition to Marble Canyon Dam in the 1960's)
Reilly, Susie (First Grand Canyon river trip was 1954)
Richards, Sheriff Joe (Grand Canyon searches and on motor rig flipping in Lava Falls Rapid)
Rickard, Doug (Grand Canyon climbing and boating in the 1970's)
Rotter, Franz (General Manager for Fred Harvey in 1969 before building the Canyon Plaza Resort) (2 part interview)
Rotter, Hanna (Wife of Franz, Life in Europe then America and the Grand Canyon) (2 part interview)
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St. Clair, Michael (1970's Colorado River Management Plan Litigation) (3 part interview)
St. John, Jeff (Bridge Engineer who worked on the second Navajo Bridge in 1994) (3 part interview)
Sanderson, Larry and Jean (1950's river trips with Marston, Sanderson Brothers trips in 1960's-70's) (2 part interview)
Sauer, Curt (Seasonal at Grand Canyon in 1972, retired as Joshua Tree as Superintendent in 2010) (12 part interview)
Schnur, Paul and Barbara (South Rim living in the 1950's) (2 part interview)
Schulz, Charlie (1980 Grand Canyon Youth river trip then backpacking in the Park) (10 part interview)
Schwantes, David and Gannon, Pat and Schuette, Mat (December 2014 Grand Canyon winter river trip)
Scott, Dr. Gus (Glen Canyon and San Juan trips in the 1950's, Dick Sprang and Harry Aleson's Doctor) (2 part interview)
Segerblom, Richard "Tick" (Sportyaks from Lees Ferry to Bright Angel in 1963 with Marston) (5 part interview)
Shannon, Dr. Joe (1980s and 1990s aquatic insect studies on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon)
Shearer, David and Fry, Billy (1970s cleanup of the 1956 TWA-United midair collision)
Shideler, Martha "Marty" (Arrived in Flagstaff, AZ for College in the fall of 1958) (12 part interview)
Shockley, Ed (Watched Egbert "Ed" Hudson build the ESMERALDA II in 1948)
Sopko, Eugene "Gene" (Participated on the first Grand Canyon river ranger patrol trips in 1968)
Storck, Dr. Steve (Outdoor Recreation Planner recounts 2017 Grand Canyon river trip) (2 part interview)
Strange, Richard (1970's Thunder River hike and working for ADOT on the 1994 Navajo Bridge) (5 part interview)
Sulpizio, Tom (Recounts the loss of his father, Thomas J. Sulpizio, in the 1956 TWA-United Midair)
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Talakte, Alice (Recalling the area south of Page by "The Cut" before the Cut was Cut) (5 part interview)
Terzich, Michael (Project Manager for many Grand Canyon National Park projects in the 1990s)
Thompson, Harry (Boat racer in the Canyon Country River Marathon) (2 part interview)
Tooley, Bryan (Helicoptered out of a Grand Canyon commercial river trip in handcuffs)
Tuck, Jim and Lea (Working at the Grand Canyon School)
Turner, Jannie Mae (Growing up in Flagstaff and Sedona in the 1950s and '60s) (3 part interview)
Turner, Sam and Phyllis (Sam's father was the Grand Canyon Train Station Master)
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Visbak, Jorgen (1950s Grand Canyon River trip, 1964 Cataract Canyon in Sportyak)
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Weisheit, John (Recalling Georgie White in the 1980s and David Brower in the 1990s) (6 part interview)
Wheeler, Bob (Paddled an open canoe through Grand Canyon in 1984) (2 part interview)
Williams, Guy (3 week Glen Canyon archeological survey in Glen Canyon with Gene Foster)
Williams, James David "Jim" (US Fish and Wildlife Humpback Chub trip in 1976) (6 part interview)
Wilson, Bruce (1942 Grand Canyon River Trip with Dock Martson and Norm Nevills) (2 part interview)
Wolfskill, Sam (Tusayan Ranger District 1960s to 1980s)
Wurgler, Dr. Jim and Jodi (Doctoring in Yosemite, Vietnam, and Grand Canyon) (7 part interview)
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Zemach, Charles (1983 high water river trip in Grand Canyon with the kids) (2 part interview)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Z
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Acosta, Rosie (1950's Harvey Girl)
Algar, Bruce (On the 1958 filming trip with Ernst Heiniger and Georgie White)
Anderson, Dr. Michael (Author of An Administrative History of Grand Canyon National Park) (5 part interview)
Angood, Marni (1980s Grand Canyon Clinic)
Arnold, Landis (Kayaking history)
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Baker, Ruth Stevens (First documented summit of Shiva Temple with Emery Kolb in August, 1937) (Transcript Only)
Baker, Tersh (One of Ruth Baker's children) (4 part interview)
Barrios, Frank (Bureau of Reclamation's Central Arizona Project) (6 part interview)
Benenati, Emma (1970s hiking in Grand Canyon) (2 part interview)
Bernhoft, Erik and Bikis, Paul and Franklin, Casey (Glen Canyon Slot Canyoneering)
Beus, Stan (Arrived in Flagstaff in 1962 to teach Geology) (4 part interview)
Bowman, Carl (Monitored Grand Canyon National Park air quality for many years) (15 part interview)
Branges, Gary (Grand Canyon High School recollections from 1976)
Braun, Joe & Carolyn (1978 Wilderness World oar powered Grand Canyon river trip with Larry Stevens)
Brazie, Joe (1973 river trip with Emery Kolb and Otis "Dock" Marston)
Brown, Peter (Paddled the full length of Grand Canyon on a tule reed raft) (14 part interview)
Buck, Sharon (Page AZ in 1957) (3 part interview)
Burd, Miles and Strong, Daryl (First on the ground at the TWA-United mid-air collision in June of 1956)
Burgess, Martha "Muffin" Ames (Assisted in the 1970 excavation of Stantons Cave) (7 part interview)
Burleson, Winslow (30-day winter Grand Canyon river trip solo in an IK) (5 part interview)
Burnham Family (Sets record for youngest girl and boy to kayak the entire Grand Canyon)
Burns, Jennifer (Grand Canyon Burro eradication) (2 part interview)
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Cameron, Gay & Buzz (Living at Phantom Ranch and Lees Ferry) (3 part interview)
Case, Josh and Amy and Rachel Fanton (Rowing a homemade dory in Grand Canyon)
Charley, Mike (Ironworker on the second Navajo Bridge construction in 1994)
Christensen, Don (Don has spent decades recording Grand Canyon rock art) (8 part interview)
Clark, Marcia (Grand Canyon School in the 1950s) (2 part interview)
Cockrum, Dan (Park Engineer and Chief of Maintenance at GRCA) (14 part interview)
Combs, Jay (Life at the Orphan Mine)
Cook, Christa and Ray (Remembering Ray's father David Cook who perished in the 1956 TWA United Disaster)
Cook, Ervin & Ray (Ervin and his nephew Ray recall David Cook who perished in the 1956 TWA United Disaster)
Cornelius, Bob (Career Law Enforcement Ranger at Grand Canyon and other Parks) (16 part interview)
Corson, Jim (Career NPS starting in 1950 at Grand Canyon) (8 part interview)
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Davis, Donald (Grand Canyon caving in the 1960s-70s) (9 part interview)
Dayley, Jake (First recorded ascent of Grays Castle)
Donato, Clare (Mule wrangler at Grand Canyon) (6 part interview)
Dunagan, Dorothy & Bud (Dorothy worked at the Grand Canyon Hospital in the 1950s)
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Ekedahl, Duane (1956 Grand Canyon paddle raft Phantom to Lake Mead)
Endischee, Dennis (Ironworker who helped build the second Navajo Bridge in 1993)
Evans, Robbie and Pitsinger, Lora (2014 Tusayan Fire Department)
Evans, Steve and Dave (Recounting the loss of their mother Almeda in the TWA v United air disaster)
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Farabee, Charles "Butch" (Career NPS Law Enforcement) (21 part interview)
Foti, Pam and Gelvin, Lori (Dr. Foti hiked from Supai to Nankoweap in the 1990s)
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Ganci, Dave and Robertson, Jerry and Tidrick, Rick (First recorded ascent of Zoroaster Temple 1958)
Gebler, Donna (Recounts her life as a Park Service wife) (4 part interview)
Glendening, Lorna and Coleman, Joanna (Grand Canyon backcountry and river in the 1960s) (5 part interview)
Grand Canyon Granitica (Climbing stories by many notable climbers from a two-day event in 2016)
Grediagin, Patricia (Law Enforcement River Ranger in Canyonlands during the high water of 1983) (10 part interview)
Green, Nancy and Keith (Life at the South Rim and Phantom Ranch) (22 part interview)
Greterman, Dale (National Park Service Surveyor) (4 part interview)
Griffith, Dick (60 years of Grand Canyon river running)
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Haggart, Jim (50 years and thousands of miles hiking below the Grand Canyon Rim) (35 part interview)
Hanson, Richard (Life Making Trail with the NPS Trail Crew) (10 part interview)
Hatch, Ada (Teaching school in Page, AZ in 1968) (3 part interview)
Hawkins, Ken (NPS Maintenance Lees Ferry)(Underway)
Hay, Don (Glen Canyon river trip in 1954)
Hildreth, Wes and Brown, Nancy and Fulton, Jack (Hiking Supai to Hopi Salt Trail in 1968)
Hill, Frank (Grand Canyon Climbing 1960s-1970s)
Hilleke Family (6 family members Kayaked Grand Canyon in 2022. Their youngest was 10 years old)
Hingson, Dick (North Rim Lodge 1958 and 40 years activist on the overflights issues) (10 part interview)
Hogan, Jen (in 2021 Jen becomes the first recorded female to walk the length of Grand Canyon solo) (3 part interview)
Holcombe, Abby, Kathy and Peter (12-year-old Abby kayaked the Grand in 2017, self-supported in 2018) (2 part interview)
Hoover, Mary (Life on the South Rim between 1946 and 1991) (13 part interview)
Hopkinson, Ann (With Fletcher Anderson and Roger Paris kayaking Grand Canyon and the Bio Bio) (3 part interview)
Hovey, Patricia (1940s and 1950s Fred Harvey operations at Death Valley and at Grand Canyon)
Howard, Helen (1970s and 1980s river running and hiking in Grand Canyon) (2 part interview)
Howell, Nick and Chris (Driving a 1902 Toledo Steam Car from Flagstaff to Grand View Point in 2014)
Hudgin, Ellen Noreen (Lived at the Red Butte Grand Canyon Airport in the 1950s) (11 part interview)
Hudgin, Louis (Ellen Hudgin's son, Louis grew up at the Red Butte Grand Canyon Airport in the 1950s) (7 part interview)
Huizingh, David (Supai in 1958, Grand Canyon river trip in 1972) (3 part interview)
Hunnibell, Mark (To Grand Canyon on a 1919 Henderson Motorcycle)
Huntoon, Peter (In 1960, Peter and others attempted to explore Thunder River Cave in Grand Canyon) (9 part interview)
Hurndon, Max and Mike (12-year-old Max kayaked the length of Grand Canyon in 2017 with his father Mike)
Hurndon, Micayla and Dana (In 2020, 11-year-old Micayla paddled her kayak the length of Grand Canyon)
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Imsland, Scott (Rowing 22ft snouts for The Museum of Northern Arizona in the 1970s) (11 part interview)
Ingram, Jeff (Worked on the legislation to expand Grand Canyon National Park in the early 1970s) (3 part interview)
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Jackson, Sue Seely (July 1952 Glen Canyon and Grand Canyon river trips with Mexican Hat Expeditions)
Jang, Etta, Dana and Deeana (Etta's husband James Jang perished in the 1956 TWA United Air Disaster)
Johnson, Kim (This Grand Canyon River Ranger remembers the high water of 1983) (2 part interview)
Jordan, Bill (Recollections of a seasonal Ranger in 1957, '58, and '59)
Jordan, Jimmy Jr (Jimmy Jr recalls his father's Grand Canyon river trips in the 1950s and 1960s) (3 part interview)
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Kaichen, Lisa (Recalling her father Noel Gottesman who perished in the 1956 TWA United Air Disaster)
Kanan, Muriel and Mike (North Rim Lodge 1958-1960 Mike and Muriel signing the "Sing-away" song) (3 part interview)
Karpiscak, Martin (Conducted campsite surveys on the Colorado River in 1974) (2 part interview)
Kindig Jean with Ken and Susan Sheldon (Working at El Tovar in 1952 and Lookout Studio in 1953)
Klein, Anne (Recalling Tom Sulpizio who perished in the 1956 TWA v United air disaster)
Krueger, Martha and Loughboro, Pat (McKee family stories of the real Brighty of the Grand Canyon)
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Ladd, Gary (His life as an award winning photographer and author in and around the Four Corners) (10 part interview)
Law, Mark (Being a Ranger at Glen Canyon and River Ranger at Grand Canyon, 1980s-90s) (3 part interview)
Lindeman, Helen (Born at the South Rim in 1938 and grew up there)
Litton, Esther (From LA, the wife of Martin Litton recounts Grand Canyon Dories and teaching) (6 part interview)
Livingston, Ron (Recounts a 1955 Glen Canyon river trip and ranching in House Rock valley)
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Malmquist, Allen ('66 Ranger at Pipe Springs, built Whitmore airstrip, Lees Ferry building repair) (23 part interview)
Martin, Andy and Tom (Cave and mine exploration in Southwestern United States and Australia) (3 part interview)
Martin, Steve (Retired Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent recalls his 1970's experiences at Grand Canyon)
Maytum, Brian and Shaina (Brian's 1970's river running in Colorado and with his daughter Shaina in GC in 1983)
McAlister, Bonnie and Allen (Daughter of Chet Bundy, born on AZ strip in 1946, boating with Georgie) (5 part interview)
McCairen, Patricia "Patch" (In 1982 first documented solo female to raft the Grand Canyon) (2 part interview)
McElroy, Janice (Lost her parents Mildred and William Hatcher in 1956 TWA United Disaster, Transcript Only)
McElya, Bruce (Recalls Georgie White, large format cameras on 10 solo river trips in Grand Canyon) (7 part interview)
McFarland, Ron "Ronnie Mac" (Ironworker on the 2nd Navajo Bridge build in 1994) (4 part interview)
McLeroy, Andy (Operated the bridge crane on the 2nd Navajo Bridge build in 1994) (3 part interview)
Meche, David (Ironworker and Raising Gang Foreman on the 2nd Navajo Bridge built in 1994) (2 part interview)
Miller, Millie Davis (Saved the Esmeralda on 1950 GC river trip, first recorded female to row a raft through Dinosaur)
Mollon, Sandra (Quilter recounts making her Toroweap Overlook quilt)
Montgomery, Edwin Jr (Recalls his dad flying helicopters at Grand Canyon in 1950)
Muleady-Mecham, Nancy (Many years as Law Enforcement Ranger at Grand Canyon) (15 part interview)
Mullan, Paul and Robin (New Zealand jetboat expert recounts Wee Red and Dock with John Hamilton)
Murphy, Shane (Driving the largest motor rig in Grand Canyon for Canyoneers)
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Naille, Allen and Carol (Fred Harvey General Manager in the 1980s)
Nash, Roderick "Rod" (Grand Canyon wilderness and Grand Canyon river trips) (10 part interview)
Natall, Cathy and Garcia, Lea (Daughters of Ray Lasby who perished in the 1956 TWA-United midair)
Neisess, Roger (Grandson of Rod Sanderson and Boatman for Sanderson Brothers in the 1960s and 1970s)
Newcome, Nikki (1969 Grand Canyon National Park "Park Guide" wearing an NPS "stewardess" uniform)
Nielsen, Gail (1952 Hite, Utah, the Hite Ferry and the White Canyon uranium reduction mill)
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Odderstol, Barbara (Growing up on the South Rim in the 1930s and 1940s) (3 part interview)
O'Rourke, Mary Kay (1977 river trip and 1980 helicopter trip to Stevens Cave) (2 part interview)
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Packard, Dr. Robert "Bob" (Backpacking both sides of the River in Grand Canyon from Lee's to Pearce)
Parsons, John and McCulla, Susun (Solo Grand Canyon and LCR kayak trips solo 1981 and 1982) (4 part interview)
Patrick, Shirley (Life at Phantom Ranch in the 1950's and on the North Rim in the 1960's) (3 part interview)
Pennington, Keturah (Leads us through Glen Canyon before Glen Canyon Dam) (11 part interview)
Peterson, Pete and Barb (The early days of the Friendship Cruise Green River to Moab)
Phillips, Barbara G. (Botanical studies in Grand Canyon) (17 part interview)
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Reetz, Geene (Grand Canyon hiking, pack-rafting, and opposition to Marble Canyon Dam in the 1960's)
Reilly, Susie (First Grand Canyon river trip was 1954)
Richards, Sheriff Joe (Grand Canyon searches and on motor rig flipping in Lava Falls Rapid)
Rickard, Doug (Grand Canyon climbing and boating in the 1970's)
Rotter, Franz (General Manager for Fred Harvey in 1969 before building the Canyon Plaza Resort) (2 part interview)
Rotter, Hanna (Wife of Franz, Life in Europe then America and the Grand Canyon) (2 part interview)
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St. Clair, Michael (1970's Colorado River Management Plan Litigation) (3 part interview)
St. John, Jeff (Bridge Engineer who worked on the second Navajo Bridge in 1994) (3 part interview)
Sanderson, Larry and Jean (1950's river trips with Marston, Sanderson Brothers trips in 1960's-70's) (2 part interview)
Sauer, Curt (Seasonal at Grand Canyon in 1972, retired as Joshua Tree as Superintendent in 2010) (12 part interview)
Schnur, Paul and Barbara (South Rim living in the 1950's) (2 part interview)
Schulz, Charlie (1980 Grand Canyon Youth river trip then backpacking in the Park) (10 part interview)
Schwantes, David and Gannon, Pat and Schuette, Mat (December 2014 Grand Canyon winter river trip)
Scott, Dr. Gus (Glen Canyon and San Juan trips in the 1950's, Dick Sprang and Harry Aleson's Doctor) (2 part interview)
Segerblom, Richard "Tick" (Sportyaks from Lees Ferry to Bright Angel in 1963 with Marston) (5 part interview)
Shannon, Dr. Joe (1980s and 1990s aquatic insect studies on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon)
Shearer, David and Fry, Billy (1970s cleanup of the 1956 TWA-United midair collision)
Shideler, Martha "Marty" (Arrived in Flagstaff, AZ for College in the fall of 1958) (12 part interview)
Shockley, Ed (Watched Egbert "Ed" Hudson build the ESMERALDA II in 1948)
Sopko, Eugene "Gene" (Participated on the first Grand Canyon river ranger patrol trips in 1968)
Storck, Dr. Steve (Outdoor Recreation Planner recounts 2017 Grand Canyon river trip) (2 part interview)
Strange, Richard (1970's Thunder River hike and working for ADOT on the 1994 Navajo Bridge) (5 part interview)
Sulpizio, Tom (Recounts the loss of his father, Thomas J. Sulpizio, in the 1956 TWA-United Midair)
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Talakte, Alice (Recalling the area south of Page by "The Cut" before the Cut was Cut) (5 part interview)
Terzich, Michael (Project Manager for many Grand Canyon National Park projects in the 1990s)
Thompson, Harry (Boat racer in the Canyon Country River Marathon) (2 part interview)
Tooley, Bryan (Helicoptered out of a Grand Canyon commercial river trip in handcuffs)
Tuck, Jim and Lea (Working at the Grand Canyon School)
Turner, Jannie Mae (Growing up in Flagstaff and Sedona in the 1950s and '60s) (3 part interview)
Turner, Sam and Phyllis (Sam's father was the Grand Canyon Train Station Master)
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Visbak, Jorgen (1950s Grand Canyon River trip, 1964 Cataract Canyon in Sportyak)
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Weisheit, John (Recalling Georgie White in the 1980s and David Brower in the 1990s) (6 part interview)
Wheeler, Bob (Paddled an open canoe through Grand Canyon in 1984) (2 part interview)
Williams, Guy (3 week Glen Canyon archeological survey in Glen Canyon with Gene Foster)
Williams, James David "Jim" (US Fish and Wildlife Humpback Chub trip in 1976) (6 part interview)
Wilson, Bruce (1942 Grand Canyon River Trip with Dock Martson and Norm Nevills) (2 part interview)
Wolfskill, Sam (Tusayan Ranger District 1960s to 1980s)
Wurgler, Dr. Jim and Jodi (Doctoring in Yosemite, Vietnam, and Grand Canyon) (7 part interview)
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Zemach, Charles (1983 high water river trip in Grand Canyon with the kids) (2 part interview)