Manual for Drivers and Guides
Subtitle: Descriptive of the Indian Watchtower at Desert View and its Relation, Architecturally, to the Prehistoric Ruins of the Southwest
By: by Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, Architect of the Watchtower
Contributors: Balsom, Janet R. author; Fred Harvey (Firm); Grand Canyon Association
Publisher: Grand Canyon Association
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Grand Canyon, Arizona
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781934656723
Subjects: Historic sites; Historic buildings; Architects; Women architects; Building designers; Architects and builders; Architecture; Aesthetics; Architectural design; Architectural Decoration and ornament; Hopi mural painting and decoration; Hopi painting; Watchtower at Desert View (Ariz.); Interpretation of cultural and natural resources; National parks and reserves; Interpretive programs; Guidebooks; Antiquities; Local History
Other titles: Indian Watchtower manual; Watchtower at Desert View
Description: From the back cover: "Dear boys ..." was the salutation of Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter in her Manual for Drivers and Guides, written for the men who drove tourists out to the Watchtower at Desert View on the East Rim of Grand Canyon in the 1930s. Mary Colter was chief architect and interior designer for the Fred Harvey Company [sic] through the first four decades of the 20th century. Grand Canyon National Park still boasts the greatest collection of her buildings in the country. The Manual, now back in print, was Colter's response to questions about the sweeping 360-degree view from the 70-foot-tall Watchtower. Before its construction, she spent six months investigating archaeology sites in the Four Corners region. Back at the Canyon, Colter closely supervised the astounding re-creation of an ancient stone tower rising from the rim rock. In the pages of the Manual, we gain a rare glimpse in her own words of what inspired each masterful stoke of her design. Today, visitors to the Desert View Watchtower can appreciate the perfection Mary Jane Colter demanded, view murals painted by Hopi artist Fred Kabotie on the interior walls, and admire one of her signature creations.
Notes: The Watchtower at Desert View is a National Historic Landmark open to the public. It reflects Mary Colter's important work over the first four decades of the 20th century. It is located at 36°02'39"N, 111°49'34"W in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

Originally published without illustrations in 1933 by Fred Harvey (firm). This version is in the public domain, as there is no copyright notice in the document. A version with photographs (color photographs reproduced as monochrome) in 2005 by Grand Canyon National Park. This version is a government publication per 17 USC &#x00A7; 101 and is therefore in the public domain per 17 USC &#x00A7; 105.

Copyright © 2015 Grand Canyon Association PO Box 399, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 Grand Canyon Association published US item in hand.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Letter from Mary Colter to the Fred Harvey Transportation Department, 1933; title: Prehistoric Ruins in the Southwest: Prototypes of the Indian Watchtower at Desert View; title: Prehistoric Background of Towers; title: Towers and Kivas Built in Juxtaposition; title: Kivas-Prehistoric and Modern; title: The Indian Watchtower at Desert View; title: The Building; title: The Watchtower; title: The Kiva; title: Decorations of Tower; title: First Floor-Hopi Room; title: Snake Altar and Sand Mosaic; title: First Gallery; title: Second Gallery; title: Ceiling Decoration; title: Interior Details; title: Fixtures and Furnishings; title: Notes; title: Cliff-Dwellings and Cliff-Dwellers; title: Dating of Ruins by the Tree Ring Method; title: Salt Legend; title: Kobotie-Indian Artist; title: Jemez Wall Painting; title: Meander-Fret-Maze; title: Koshare and Zuni Ceremonial Jars; title: The Little Bird and Muyingwa: An Oraibi Legend; title: Emergence Legend: The Coming of the Hopi from the Under-World; title: Making of the Moon and Sun; title: All Races Travel in Search of a Home; title: The Snake Clan Myth or The Legend of the Chief's Young Son Who Was the First Man to Navigate the Colorado River from Navajo Mountain to the Gulf of California; title: Another Adventure of the First Priest of the Snake Clan.