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Ruth Agnes McCall Robertson (b. May 24 [[1905]]) was an American [[photojournalist]] known most for photographing [[Angel Falls]] in [[Venezuela]] and surveying them to establish them as the tallest waterfalls in the world.
Ruth Agnes McCall Robertson Marietta (b. May 24 [[1905]], [[Taylorville, Illinois]]) was an American [[photojournalist]] known most for photographing [[Angel Falls]] in [[Venezuela]] and surveying them to establish them as the tallest waterfalls in the world.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

Revision as of 15:50, 22 September 2011

Ruth Agnes McCall Robertson Marietta (b. May 24 1905, Taylorville, Illinois) was an American photojournalist known most for photographing Angel Falls in Venezuela and surveying them to establish them as the tallest waterfalls in the world.

Bibliography

  • "Skyway to Asia", photos and captions by Ruth Robertson, Des Moines Sunday Register, June 17, 1945
  • "Girl Photog Runs Afoul Army in Alaska", Editor and Publisher, 1945
  • "Peoria Girl Goes Overseas," Peoria Journal-Transcript, January 15, 1945
  • "Topics of the Times," New York Times May 18, 1949
  • "Angel on Devil's Mountain," Newsweek, June 6, 1949
  • Jungle Journey to the World's Highest Waterfall," by Ruth Robertson, National Geographic, November 1949
  • Churun Meru--The Tallest Angel: Of Jungles and Other Journeys by Ruth Robertson, Whitmore Publishing, 1975. ISBN 0874260396
  • "A Photographic Gift of a Venezuelan Trek," National Geographic, September 1990
  • "Over the Edge" by Dan Morrison with photos by Ruth Robertson, TDC Magazine, May 1992