Ranch Family Documentation Project photograph collection, 1878-2009

Overview of the Collection

Title
Ranch Family Documentation Project photograph collection
Dates
1878-2009 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box, (.25 linear feet), (360.22 megabytes)
Collection Number
UUS_P0467
Summary
This photograph collection consists of digital copies of images collected through the course of the Ranch Family Documentation Project from 2009 to 2011. The images were either scanned from originals or loaned by the ranch families interviewed or taken with a digital camera. Paper copies and a CD are located in a box.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This photograph collection consists of 480 digital copies of images collected through the course of the Ranch Family Documentation Project from 2009 to 2011. The images were either scanned from originals or loaned by the ranch families interviewed or taken with a digital camera. Paper copies and a CD are located in a box in the photograph collections. Most of the images are from family ranches in Elko County, Nevada or Park Valley, Utah and consist of ranching scenes, family members, horses and cattle, branding, ranching buildings, landscape views, celebrations, and the city of Elko.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Ranch Family Documentation Project photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: USU_P0467; Ranch Family Documentation Project photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0467, USUSCA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed in December of 2012

Acquisition Information

These images were either: scanned from original photographs or taken with a digital camera during several trips in Utah, Idaho, and Nevada to conduct oral history interviews.

Related Materials

Transcripts from oral history interviews for the Ranch Family Documentation Project can be found in folklore collection 49.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

1:01:01-1:01:14:  Tom Marvel Scans, 1934-1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 1

Images scanned from Tom Marvel visit (Elko, Nevada) on 9-24-09. Caption information came from Tom Marvel. Images are from Elko County, Nevada.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1 1934-1950
1 1 1934-1964
1 1 1934-1964
1 1 1905 May 8
1 1 1905 April 17
1 1 1934-1964
1 1 1940-1941
1 1 1934-1964
1 1 1934-1950
1 1 1905 April 25
1 1 1905 April 25
1 1 1905 April 25
1 1 1934-1964
1 1
1-01-14: Tom Marvel, next to old barn that was part of 25 Ranch
1964
1 1 1934-1964

1:02:01-1:02:69:  Buella Walther Dalley Scans, undated, 1907-1993Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 2

Images scanned from Buella Walther Dalley visit on 11-12-09. Caption information came from either verso side of images or from Buella. Images are from Eklo County, Nevada.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 2 1905 April 23
1 2 1905 April 23
1 2 1905 March 21
1 2 1935-1949
1 2 1890-1910
1 2 1922-1925
1 2 1935-1959
1 2 1935-1959
1 2 1935-1959
1 2 1935-1959
1 2 1935-1959
1 2 1905 April 1
1 2 1905 April 1
1 2 1905 May 28
1 2 1905 April 26
1 2 1905 April 3
1 2 1990-2010
1 2 1905 April 26
1 2 1905 April 3
1 2 1905 April 23
1 2 1905 April 14
1 2 1930-1939
1 2 1930-1939
1 2
1:02:24: Old Fort Halleck Schoolhouse. Left to Right: Arthur, Howard Harney, Roy, Harold, Morrell, Tutie, Clara Narr [Click to access]
Left to Right: Arthur, Howard Harney, Roy, Harold, Morrell, Tutie, Clara Narr
1920-1940
1 2 1927-1928
1 2 1939-1943
1 2 1939-1943
1 2 1930-1939
1 2 1930-1939
1 2 1930-1949
1 2 1930-1949
1 2 1930-1949
1 2 1905 April 21
1 2 1930-1949
1 2 1930-1949
1 2 1930-1949
1 2 1930-1949
1 2 1930-1949
1 2 1930-1949
1 2 1905 April 25
1 2 1980-1990
1 2 1905 June 8
1 2 1940-1949
1 2 1910-1920
1 2 1942
1 2 1957 June 19
1 2 1890-1899
1 2 1935 November 11
1 2 1933
1 2 1990
1 12 1910-1930
1 2 1910-1930
1 2 1910-1930
1 2 1910-1930
1 2 1910-1930
1 2 1905 April 23
1 2 1930-1945
1 2 1930-1945
1 2 1924
1 2 1905 April 1
1 2 1910-1925
1 2 1905 April 1
1 2 1909-1910
1 2 1910-1925
1 2 1910-1925
1 2 1910-1925
1 2 1910-1925
1 2 1910-1925
1 2 1910-1925

1:03:01-1:03:42:  Jay and Diane Tanner Scans, undated, 2004-2008Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 3

Digital Images donated by Jay and Diane Tanner (Grouse Creek, Utah). Most of the images were taken by Diane Tanner and consist of the Tanner family and ranch life at Grouse Creek.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 3 2008 July
1 3 2008 July
1 3
1:03:06 through 1:03:07: Box C Barn Dance [Click to access]
2005-2008
1 3 2005
1 3 2005
1 3 2005
1 3 2005
1 3 2005
1 3 2005 March
1 3 2005
1 3 2005 March 1
1 3 2005 March 1
1 3 2006
1 3 1905 June 28
1 3 2008
1 3 undated
1 3 2007
1 3 2004
1 3 undated
1 3 2008
1 3 2005
1 3 2005
1 3 2005
1 3 2005
1 3 undated
1 3 undated
1 3 undated
1 3 undated
1 3 undated
1 3 undated
1 3 undated
1 3 2008

Shorty and Marge Prunty Scans, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 4

Digital Images scanned from historical images owned by Marge Prunty

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 4 1940-1970

Bieroth Family Album, 1900-1920Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 5

Consists of images from the Bieroth family including her mother Mabel and father Hugh. Images are from Elko County, Nevada.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 5
1:05:01-1:05:102: Ranching scenes include working with horses and wagons, haying, children, and washing clothes. Images are from Eklo County, Nevada
Identified individuals include: Dick Harvey, Hugh Bieroth, Nell, Gus Thompson, Miss Rose, John Dunham, Tid Plunkett, Bill Rutherford, Matt Davidson, George, Tom Stinton, Dan O'Line, Ed Martin, Sam Bieroth, Will Bieroth, Hoke Blackstone, Ella Hughes, Ollie Tennell, Annie Bieroth, Grandpa Martin, Hoke Bieroth, Muggins, Addie M., Mary, Bill Hust, Will Cowan, Ketchum Fast Freight Line, Miss Burns, Mrs. Wilson, Casey, Al Knight, Doranna, Couger Bill, Detia M., Mrs. Stinton, Watt M., Ollie Tennell, Claude W., Jess W.
1900-1920

1:06:001-1:06:231:  Mearl Row Historic Photographs, 1920-1960Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 6

Bieroth Family Album

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 6 1920-1960
1 6 1920-1960
1 6 1920-1929
1 6 1930-1960
1 6 1930-1960
1 6 undated
1 6 1930-1960
1 6 undated
1 6
1:06:195-1:06:199: Waterfall and San Jacinto Ranch? [Click to access]
Some images are in color
1930-1960
1 6 undated
1 6
1:06:204-1:06:215: Handwritten memoir of Mearl Row, poems "My Partners," and "The Cowboy Boot," by Mark Hall [Click to access]
Digital copies are cropped, See hard copy for complete copy
undated
1 6 1930-1960
1 6 1930-1960
1 6 1942
1 6 1930-1960

1:07:001-1:07:012:  Burt Kunzler Photographs, 1981-2008Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 7
1:07:001-1:07:012: Burt Kunzler Photographs [Click to access]
Images scanned on January 26th, 2011 in Park Valley. Includes Branding, driving cattle, sheep herding, shearing. Includes members of the Kunzler family, Kelly, Burt, Max, Kerry.
1981-2008

1:08:01-1:08:11:  Jay Carter Photographs, 1963-1973Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 8
Jay Carter Photographs [Click to access]
Images scanned on January 26th, 2011 in Park Valley. Images include: 1963 County Fair, 1972 4-H club, cattle, hens ; People include: Jay Carter, Darrell Carter; 4-H club include: Kay, Dean, Taylor, Dale, Melanie, Kermit, Christie, Ed, Diane, John, Bret, C
1963-1973

1:09:01-1:09:10:  Brent Rose Photographs, 2003Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 9
Brent Rose Photographs [Click to access]
Images scanned on January 26th, 2011 in Park Valley. Images include: Horse riding, roping cattle, branding, pushing cattle, syringes, ranch family documentation; People include: Janet Rose, Brent Rose, Greg Rose, Randee Munns, Jamie Vasa
1905 June 25

1:10:01-1:10:06:  Lynn Palmer Photographs, 1878-1963Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 10
1:10:01-1:10:06: Lynn Palmer Photographs [Click to access] Lynn Palmer Photographs [Click to access]
Images scanned on January 26th, 2011 in Park Valley. Images include: Russian Colony, horse drawn wagons, mounted cowboys, coaling trains, Kelton UT; People include: Verna Tracy.
1878-1963

1:11:01-1:11:05:   Bryan Morris Photographs [Click to access] , 1994-2009Return to Top

Images scanned on January 26th, 2011 in Park Valley. Images include: Branding, cattle, 4-H; Morris relations include: Bryan, Kevin, A.J., Royal, Jason H., Anthony, Dustie, Chad, Jim, Luke, David, Lamonte, Melissa, McKayla, Stetson, Shawn, Tyler, Jason, Ha

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 11
1:11:01-1:11:05: Bryan Morris Photographs
Images scanned on January 26th, 2011 in Park Valley. Images include: Branding, cattle, 4-H; Morris relations include: Bryan, Kevin, A.J., Royal, Jason H., Anthony, Dustie, Chad, Jim, Luke, David, Lamonte, Melissa, McKayla, Stetson, Shawn, Tyler, Jason, Hayden, Jakie, Krystel, Carson, Justin, Ray, Ben, Anthony, Jim, Luke. Note that 1-11-05 should be in folder 8 (the description is 1-08-11).
1994-2009

1:12:01-1:12:33:   Susan Glaser Church and Jay Dalton Photographs [Click to access] , 1950-2009Return to Top

Images scanned on October 30th, 2010 in Elko, Nevada. Images include: East Humbolt Range, North Wells, Dalton Ranch, Clover Valley, Keddy Ranch, buck-rack, horses, vaccination, cattle, horse dominance hierarchy, loading yearlings, deer, roping, farming, r

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 12
1:12:01-1:12:33: Susan Glaser Church and Jay Dalton Photographs
Images scanned on October 30th, 2010 in Elko, Nevada. Images include: East Humbolt Range, North Wells, Dalton Ranch, Clover Valley, Keddy Ranch, buck-rack, horses, vaccination, cattle, horse dominance hierarchy, loading yearlings, deer, roping, farming, round baler, Helleck Hilton, tractor; People include: Dani Johnston Dalton, Bob Briton.
1950-2009

1:13:01-1:13:12:  Susan Glaser Church Photographs, 1950-2009Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 13
1:13:01-1:13:12: Susan Glaser Church Photographs Photographs [Click to access]
Images scanned on October 30th, 2010 in Elko, Nevada. Images include: Agriculture classroom, kids on livestock scale, spring flooding, Tule Ranch, Ruby Mountain, Halleck, Tule Cabin, tractor, herding cattle, horse riding; People include: Arthur Glaser, No
1950-2009

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Ranch life -- Nevada -- Elko County -- Photographs
  • Ranch life -- Photographs
  • Ranch life -- Utah -- Park Valley -- Photographs
  • Ranches -- Nevada -- Elko County -- Photographs
  • Ranches -- Photographs
  • Ranches -- Utah -- Park Valley -- Photographs
  • Ranching -- Nevada -- Elko County -- Photographs
  • Ranching -- Photographs
  • Ranching -- Utah -- Park Valley -- Photographs

Personal Names

  • Carter, Jay -- Family -- Photographs
  • Church, Susan Glaser -- Family -- Photographs
  • Dalley, Beulah Walther, 1922- -- Family -- Photographs
  • Dalton, Jay -- Family -- Photographs
  • Kunzler, Burt -- Family -- Photographs
  • Marvel, Tom -- Family -- Photographs
  • Morris, Bryan, 1951- -- Family -- Photographs
  • Palmer, Lynn, 1950- -- Family -- Photographs
  • Prunty, Gary, 1952- -- Family -- Photographs
  • Prunty, Marjory Bieroth, 1926- -- Family -- Photographs
  • Rose, Brent, 1955- -- Family -- Photographs
  • Row, Mearl, 1920- -- Photographs
  • Tanner, Diane, 1957- -- Family -- Photographs
  • Tanner, Jay Merlin, 1958- -- Family -- Photographs

Family Names

  • Bieroth family -- Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Elko County (Nev.) -- Photographs
  • Park Valley (Utah) -- Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Compact discs
  • Digital images