100 Years of Grand: The Grand Canyon Centennial Project
A digital archive celebrating the Centennial of the Grand Canyon National Park. A collaborative project of the Arizona State University Library, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University and the Grand Canyon National Park. Additional materials are available via the project website.
- 174 Hayden, Carl T.
- 31 Bass, W. W.
- 18 Mather, Stephen T.
- 15 Eakin, J. R.
- 10 Cammerer, Arno B.
- 8 Boyce, Jesse L.
- 7 Demaray, A. E.
- more
- 7 Gensler, C. H.
- 7 United States National Park Service
- 6 Cameron, Ralph H.
- 6 Williams, L. S.
- 5 Fred Harvey
- 4 Gavin, J. E.
- 4 Goodman, Frank R.
- 4 Moran, P. J.
- 4 Page, John H.
- 4 Riordan, M. J.
- 3 Albright, Horace M.
- 3 Breen, Fred S.
- 3 Cotter, Joseph J.
- 3 Cramton, Louis C.
- 3 Hunt, George W. P.
- 3 Rand McNally and Company
- 3 United States Department of the Interior
- 2 Akers, Charles H.
- 2 Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
- 2 Dickinson, Alf
- 2 Ferrall, L. L.
- 2 Finney, E. C.
- 2 Greene, Harold
- 2 Harvey, Frederick
- 2 Heard, Dwight
- 2 Kimball, George W.
- 2 Kolb Bros.
- 2 Pollock, T. E.
- 2 Potter, A. F.
- 2 Ringland, Arthur C.
- 2 Smith, George Otis
- 2 Steeves, X. N.
- 2 United States Forest Service
- 2 Welch, Harry
- 2 Zachau, Bernie
- 1 Appalachia
- 1 Ashurst, Henry F.
- 1 Babbitt, David
- 1 Babbitt, Herbert
- 1 Bankhead and Henderson
- 1 Bankhead, Nathan
- 1 Black, W. J.
- 1 Bolton, George C.
- 1 Borg, Willis E.
- 1 Burke, Charles H.
- 1 Campbell, Hugh E.
- 1 Clarke, Petey
- 1 Coconino Sun
- 1 Coolidge, Calvin
- 1 Croaff, Thomas J.
- 1 Crosby, W. W.
- 1 Cureton, T. H.
- 1 Darton, Nelson Horatio
- 1 Dawson, C. D.
- 1 Edwards, John H.
- 1 Evans, R. T.
- 1 Finney, Finney
- 1 Gaines, John W.
- 1 Gavin, B. F.
- 1 Gilliland, R. P.
- 1 Gold, F. M.
- 1 Grand Canyon National Park
- 1 Graves, Henry S.
- 1 Hamilton, Ed
- 1 Hearst, W.R.
- 1 Henry O. Shepard Co.
- 1 Hunt, George W. P
- 1 John G. Verkamp
- 1 Johns, A.A.
- 1 Lane, Franklin K.
- 1 Mather, Stephen
- 1 Mathes, François E.
- 1 Matthes, F.
- 1 McCarl, J. R.
- 1 Mcellherren, L. H.
- 1 Miami Daily Silver Belt
- 1 Mitchell, Guy E.
- 1 Moon, Karl C.
- 1 Myers, H. L.
- 1 O'Reilly, L. J.
- 1 Patterson, E. O.
- 1 Phelps, George
- 1 R. P. Gilliland, R. P. Gilliland
- 1 Rees, Tom L.
- 1 Rickel, J. B.
- 1 Ringland, Arthur
- 1 Robinson, H.F.
- 1 Rowe, Sanford
- 1 Russell, H. L.
- 1 Smith, George Otih
- 1 Snyder, Homer P.
- 1 The Coconino Sun
- 1 The Military engineer
- 233 application/pdf
- 28 image/tiff
- 234 text
- 28 Image
- 26 still image
- 2 cartographic
- 261 Public
- 183 Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972
- 160 Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)
- 104 Legislation
- 87 Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
- 48 Boundaries
- 40 Bright Angel Trail (Ariz.)
- 38 Bass, William Wallace, 1849-1933
- more
- 29 United States. Congress
- 28 Trails
- 25 Roads
- 19 Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930
- 19 Tourism
- 18 Dynamite
- 18 Grazing
- 17 Eakin, John Ross, 1879-1946
- 16 Cameron, Ralph Henry, 1863-1953
- 15 Mining
- 14 Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona
- 13 Pasture, Right of
- 13 Railroad
- 10 Crosby, Walter Wilson, 1872-1946
- 9 Cammerer, Arno Berthold, 1883-1941
- 8 Boyce, Jesse Lawrence, 1881-1961
- 8 Maps
- 7 Demaray, Arthur Edward, 1887-1958
- 6 Coconino County (Ariz.)
- 6 Forrest Doucette Photographs
- 5 Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
- 5 Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
- 5 Automobiles
- 5 Camping
- 5 Gavin, John Edward, 1884-1959
- 5 Goodman, Frank R., 1882-1968
- 5 Hopi Tribe of Arizona
- 5 Luhrs Family Photographs
- 4 Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 1874-1962
- 4 Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
- 4 Grand Canyon Village Historic District (Grand Canyon, Ariz. : City)
- 4 Hopi House (Ariz.)
- 4 Hunt, George Wylie Paul, 1859-1934
- 4 Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1931
- 4 Moran, Patrick Joseph, 1864-1936
- 4 North Rim (Ariz.)
- 4 United States. Congress. Senate
- 3 Albright, Horace Marden, 1890-1987
- 3 Automobile travel
- 3 Breen, Fred Sylvester, 1869-1932
- 3 Buggeln, Martin, 1867-1939
- 3 Carl T. Hayden Photographs
- 3 Cataract Canyon (Wayne County-San Juan County, Utah)
- 3 Cattle
- 3 Cramton, Louis Convers, 1875-1966
- 3 Flora and fauna
- 3 Forrest Doucette Photographs
- 3 Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
- 3 Henry S. McCluskey Photographs
- 3 Kolb Bros.
- 3 Ringland, Arthur Cuming, 1882-1981
- 3 Smith, George Otis, 1871-1944
- 2 Agriculture
- 2 Arizona--Politics and government
- 2 Babbitt, Herbert G., 1893-1970
- 2 Desert View road
- 2 Dickinson, Alfred E., 1870-1940
- 2 Flagstaff (Ariz.)
- 2 Fred Harvey (firm)
- 2 Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, 1738-1781
- 2 Geography
- 2 Gilliland, Richard P., 1883-1966
- 2 Goodenough, Annie
- 2 Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
- 2 Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
- 2 Harvey, Fred E., 1895-1961
- 2 Havasupai Reservation (Ariz.)
- 2 Heard, Dwight Bancroft, 1869-1929
- 2 Homestead law
- 2 Hotel El Tovar
- 2 Hotels
- 2 Logging
- 2 Luhrs, George Henry Nicholas Jr., 1895-1984
- 2 Luhrs, George Henry Nicholas Sr., 1847-1929
- 2 Map
- 2 Matthes, François Émile, 1874-1948
- 2 Panoramic photograph
- 2 Parks
- 2 Pollock, T. E.
- 2 Riordan, Michael James, 1865-1930
- 2 Staff
- 2 Steeves, X. N., 1852-1927
- 2 Stroud, Emma Sophia Johanna Luhrs, 1888-1968
- 2 Taylor, Ella Louise Henriette Luhrs, 1886-1974
- 2 United States. Congress. House
- 2 Water-power
- 2 Williams, Lawrence S., 1868-1946
- 1 Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
- 1 Dynamite
- 1 Adams Hotel (Phoenix, Ariz.)
- 1 Advertisements
- 1 Arizona. Legislature
- 1 Arizona.State Land Commission
- Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District with Atlas
- History of the Grand Canyon National Park
- Stage Coach Trip to the Grand Canyon, 1895, by Josephine Frankenberg of Tempe
- Letter from A. E. Demaray, National Park Service to Carl Hayden
- Letter from Carl Hayden to J. R. Eakin, Grand Canyon National Park
Brochure describing trips leaving from El Tovar Hotel.
- Contributors
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company, Rand McNally and Company
- Created Date
- 1912-03

Black and white print of the Grand Canyon with a typescript annotation, "July 17, 1914. Grand Canyon Arizona. On the left side you can see some of the mules taking people down the Bright Angel Trail to the bottom of the Canyon.
- Created Date
- 1914-07-17

Mounted black and white photograph with a typescript annotation, "July 17 1914. Making the trip down Bright Angel trail at the Grand Canyon of Arizona on mules. Left to right: George H. N. Luhrs, Jr., unknown, George H. N. Luhrs, Emma Luhrs, Ella Luhrs. Bright Angel Trail to the Colorado River, at bottom on canyon".
- Created Date
- 1914-07-17

Black and white print with members of the Luhrs family. Typescript annotation, "July 17th, 1914. Going down Bright Angel Canyon of Arizona, Those on the mules, from bottom up: unknown, unknown, Ella Luhrs, Emma Luhrs, George H. N. Luhrs, unknown, Roger Hunt, George Luhrs Jr., Catherine Margarita 'Gretchen' (Mrs Geo H. N.) Luhrs standing beside George Luhrs Jr.". Beside the trail, a sign displays, "Photo by Kolb Brothers".
- Contributors
- Kolb Bros.
- Created Date
- 1914-07-17
Letter from The Camp Fire Club of America urging Carl Hayden to introduce a bill that would grant National Park status to the Grand Canyon.
- Contributors
- Gaines, John W., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1914-12-04
Brochure of the Grand Canyon of Arizona Replica at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco.
- Created Date
- 1915
Letter from Carl Hayden to the Flagstaff Board of Trade concerning a resolution passed to change the Grand Canyon from a monument to a National Park. Hayden expresses interest in the idea while taking care to protect the water power and mineral resources that are derived from the canyon.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Borg, Willis E.
- Created Date
- 1915-01-03
Description of different tourist trips. Destinations include Yavapai Point, Hermit's Rest, Hopi House, and the Bright Angel Trailhead.
- Contributors
- Black, W. J., Henry O. Shepard Co.
- Created Date
- 1915-03-01
Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden requesting a meeting at his camp to discuss the proposed park boundaries when he is attending the Arizona Good Roads Association conference.
- Contributors
- Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1915-10-09
Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass informing Bass that he will not be able to go north to attend the Arizona Good Roads Association conference; however, he assures Bass that his rights as a land owner and miner will be protected.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.
- Created Date
- 1915-10-12

Black and white print of three women, one man and one child at a Hermit Creek Camp cabin. Handwritten annotation, "Annie Goodenough took the picture. Will Shope holding babe Mary on porch".
- Created Date
- 1916

Black and white print of five women and one man riding mules on the Bright Angel Trail. A wooden sign next to the trail says, "Photo by Kolb Bros." Handwritten annotation, "Annie Goodenough on Bright Angel Trail".
- Contributors
- Kolb Bros.
- Created Date
- 1916
Letter from Franklin K. Lane to Carl T. Hayden expressing his support for bill S.390 in establishing the Grand Canyon as a National Park.
- Contributors
- Lane, Franklin K., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1916-02-26
Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass asking his opinion on the proposed boundaries of the National Park. GC National Park written on the letter in red pencil.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.
- Created Date
- 1916-03-17
Letter from T. E. Pollock to Carl Hayden expressing his dissatisfaction with the proposed boundaries in the national park bill.
- Contributors
- Pollock, T. E., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1916-04-13
Letter from C. D. Dawson to Carl Hayden urging him to consider the rights of miners and farmers when drawing up the boundaries for the proposed park.
- Contributors
- Dawson, C. D., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1916-04-18
Letter from Carl Hayden to Tom L. Rees detailing Rees opposition to the establishment of the Grand Canyon as a National Park. Hayden states that he is waiting on a response from Mr. Woolfolk regarding the matter.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Rees, Tom L.
- Created Date
- 1916-05-25
Letter from Governor George W. P. Hunt to Carl Hayden expressing his support for legislation that would grant National Park status to the Grand Canyon.
- Contributors
- Hunt, George W. P, Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1916-05-25
Letter from T. E. Pollock to Carl Hayden asking his opinion on the proposed boundary lines.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Pollock, T. E.
- Created Date
- 1916-05-25
Booklet describing a geological survey of the Grand Canyon. Four editions: 1917, 1929, 1936, 1950.
- Contributors
- Darton, Nelson Horatio, Fred Harvey
- Created Date
- 1917
Letter from C. T. Woolfolk to Carl Hayden expressing his support for the national park bill.
- Contributors
- Woolfolk, C.T., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-01-06
Bill to establish the Grand Canyon as a National Park.
- Contributors
- United States House of Representatives
- Created Date
- 1917-01-24
Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass asking his opinion on the proposed boundaries of the National Park. GC Natl Park written on the letter in blue pencil.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.
- Created Date
- 1917-01-27
Letter from Carl Hayden to Hugh E. Campbell with an enclosed outline map of the proposed boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Campbell, Hugh E.
- Created Date
- 1917-01-27
Letter from L. J. O'Reilly to Carl Hayden on behalf of William Randolph Hearst regarding his land ownership within the proposed Grand Canyon boundaries.
- Contributors
- O'Reilly, L. J., Hearst, W.R.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-03
Newspaper article outlining plans for the development of the Grand Canyon into a national park including the building of roads and railways for easier access. The article mentions that grazing, mining, and the development of water power will still be in effect.
- Contributors
- Tombstone Prospector
- Created Date
- 1917-02-03
Letter from John Page to Carl Hayden concerning the future of property ownership within the proposed boundaries of the national park.
- Contributors
- Page, John H., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-03
Letter from attorney Thomas J. Croff to Carl Hayden informing him of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad company's ownership of land inside the proposed national park boundaries.
- Contributors
- Croaff, Thomas J., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-06
Letter from Carl Hayden to John H. Page asking his opinion on the proposed national park bill. W.R. Hearst's name and property rights are mentioned.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Page, John H.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-07
Letter from Harold Greene to Carl Hayden regarding the proposed boundaries for the national park bill.
- Contributors
- Greene, Harold, Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-09
Letter from L. S. Williams to Carl Hayden stating there should be no objection to Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company having their timber contract extended as it is greatly favored.
- Contributors
- Williams, L. S., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-10
Letter from C. H. Gensler expressing concern on behalf of the Havasupai Tribe regarding the proposed park boundaries.
- Contributors
- Gensler, C. H., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-12
Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden stating his vehement opposition to the National Park bill. Bass's concerns include a monopoly by the Santa Fe Railway and a clash between the Native Americans and the Department of the Interior.
- Contributors
- Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-12
Letter from Carl Hayden to L. L. Ferrall on the favorable conditions for creating a national park and the prospect of the United States entering WW I.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Ferrall, L. L.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-13
Letter from Grand Canyon Postmaster L. L. Ferrall to Carl Hayden regarding the proposed national park bill. Ferrall states that nearly all those who live in the canyon are against it as it gives a monopoly to the railway and hopes that the bill does not start "a war" for Arizona.
- Contributors
- Ferrall, L. L., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-13
Letter from Bernie Zachau to Carl Hayden regarding water power in the Grand Canyon.
- Contributors
- Zachau, Bernie, Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-17
Report to accompany S 8250. Calendar No.967; 64th Congress 2nd Session
- Contributors
- Myers, H. L.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-20
Letter from L. S. Williams to Carl Hayden suggesting a boundary amendment to the national park bill.
- Contributors
- Williams, L. S., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-22
Letter from Carl Hayden to C. T. Woolfolk thanking him for his support on the proposed bill. Hayden writes that the bill will not be introduced into the current session of Congress as any new legislation would be impossible to pass, but he is optimistic over the bill's future.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Woolfolk, C. T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-23
Letter from Carl Hayden to Harold Greene regarding the progress of the national park bill.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Greene, Harold
- Created Date
- 1917-02-24
Letter from Carl Hayden to Joseph J. Cotter regarding suggestions on the proposed national park bill.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Cotter, Joseph J.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-26
Letter from Carl Hayden to C. H. Gensler informing him of the proposed Grand Canyon National Park bill.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Gensler, C. H.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-26
Letter from Joseph J. Cotter to Carl Hayden regarding the use of water power and summer homes in the proposed park boundaries.
- Contributors
- Cotter, Joseph J., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-03-03
Letter from Carl Hayden to L. S. Williams informing the Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company that a bill extending the timber cutting rights in the Canyon did not pass in Congress.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Williams, L. S.
- Created Date
- 1917-03-07
Establishment of Grand Canyon National Park
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Johns, A.A.
- Created Date
- 1917-03-09
Letter from Carl Hayden to Bernie Zachau regarding the national park bill with an enclosed copy of the National Park Service Act.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Zachau, Bernie
- Created Date
- 1917-03-09
Letter from Carl Hayden to C. H. Gensler informing him of a trip to the Grand Canyon to discuss the Havasupai Tribe grazing lands.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Gensler, C. H.
- Created Date
- 1917-03-09
Telegram from C. H. Gensler to Carl Hayden arranging a meeting in Hilltop, Arizona.
- Contributors
- Gensler, C. H., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-03-09
Letter from Joseph J. Cotter to Carl Hayden providing a rebuttal to W. W. Bass' objections to the Grand Canyon National Park Bill.
- Contributors
- Cotter, Joseph J., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-03-19