Includes various scenes (trims and out-takes) on board a ship (likely Alaska) and in Arizona and New Mexico, notably footage of cactus, desert wildlife and birds. Includes title panels "Potatoes may be all right, but crabs caught that very morning on the beach are better"; "Queer Creatures of the Cactus Country by William L. Finley and Arthur N. Pack of Nature Magazine"; "The Trail of the Rainbow by Arthur N. Pack and Eleanor Pack"; "On the plateau above the valley of the Chama River, New Mexico"; "We push on by way of lovely Mesa Verde, the home of forgotten races of mankind"; and "Repeated cloudbursts bring more difficulties."
Article describing the Finley family's encounters with birds in New Mexico, including banding and photographing juncos. Submitted to the Oregon Journal newspaper.
Arthur and Brownie Pack's field notes discussing their trip across the United States, including the southwest, Oregon, and Alaska, June 21-August 22, 1933. Arthur Pack was married to Brownie Pack (Eleanor Hibben) until 1935. Pack married Phoebe Finley in 1936.
Letter and manuscripts discussing the peccaries of the southwest and William and Irene Finley's trip to New Mexico. Submitted to the Oregon Journal newspaper.
Arthur Pack's field notes from an expedition with William Finley in Arizona and New Mexico, April 6-May 15, 1929. Activities described include documenting mountain lion hunting as well as a trip into the Grand Canyon.