Sheepherding photograph collection, 1907-1960
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Sheepherding photograph collection
- Dates
- 1907-1960 (inclusive)19071960
- Quantity
- 229 photographic prints
- Collection Number
- P0069
- Summary
- The Sheepherding photograph collection contains images documenting the herding of range sheep and scenes of camp life. Also family and miscellaneous photographs.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content Description
While the donor and date of donation of this collection are unknown, the photo album is stamped with the name Teddy E. Madsen, as is photo No.4. The only Teddy Madsen found in the Deseret News obituary file was a Teddy L. Madsen, who was born in 1904 and was "active in irrigation, grazing and livestock groups." He was also an L.D.S. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Church member. He died February 25, 1960 at his cattle ranch near Mount Pleasant. It is impossible for this to be the Teddy Madsen pictured in this collection, since he would only have been three years old in 1907, which is the date of photo No.186. It would be reasonable to assume that Teddy E. was Teddy L.'s father, given the similarity in occupation.
The bulk of this collection consists of 202 prints in a photo album that document the herding of range sheep and the camp life of Madsen and his partners. The album is flush with archetypal photos of range life including covered wagons, sheep dogs, and guns. The herding crew was apparently a jovial bunch, as there are many photos of them "hamming it up" with mock gun duels, etcetera. Photo No.186 is helpful in that it gives us a date, but also gives us a sense of the humor of the crew: Madsen holds a cleaned turkey in one hand and a sign in the other which reads "Thanks give-us. West Desert. 1907." Notable in the album are a cyanotype (No.5), some Indians gathering brush (No.47/50), and the women's Brigham Young University (BYU) basketball team. There are also a few hand-tinted photos throughout.
Following the photo album are 27 loose prints, of which the first three are sheep and ranch oriented, the rest being family photos and miscellaneous. Notable in this folder are a cyanotype (No.205), and a photo of Niagra Falls, New York (No.217).
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Photo Album and Miscellaneous
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Description: Miscellaneous
- 203-204: Out on the prairie
- 205: Out on the prairie; Hawn on the Ranch
- 206: Provo, Utah, A postcard of two men taken February 09, 1909 and on the back it says "Hello Mabel, Do you think you would recognize me if you were to see me again. Pretty soon you'll have enough of our pictures that you'll be able to identify us anywhere. We had these taken when we were in Salt Lake during holidays. Think it's up to you to send me on of yours don't you. Have some taken and send me one soon. Au Revoir, Henry"
- 207: Unidentified Woman
- 208: Two Unidentified Women
- 209: A woman and two children
- 210: Beanery in East arch of College building; Unidentified group of college age men
- 211: Unidentified group of college age men
- 212: Unidentified group
- 213: "The Beanery" A group of college men with a camera
- 214-216: Unidentified Groups
- 217: An Unidentified group in front of Niagara Falls
- 218-219: Portrait, "Rufus"
- 220: Unidentified children
- 221: An unidentified man, unidentified woman
- 222: A band
- 223: A man in a uniform in front of a large palm plant
- 224: Unidentified group; Harry and John
- 225: Unidentified group
- 226: "Utah concert is Sunday night it is out of the question for me to come. Monday is the worst day of all and I wouldn't get back until Monday evening. Unidentified group
- 227: Mrs. Prior, New York, Mrs. Durluamm, Beaver, Mrs. Tansdorf, New York, Claudia Holt, Salt Lake City, Utah, Louise Holt, Salt Lake City, Utah, Telitha Browning, Ogden, Amy Lyman, Salt Lake City, Utah, Inez Powell, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mabel Berg, Mt. Pleasant
- 228: Meg and John Brooke "Little Women"
- 229: Unidentified Couple
- 230: Unidentified group sitting on a porch
- 231: Love note written from a little boy to a litle girl "Ever thine"
Container: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: Album
- 1: Unidentified man
- 2: Two Unidentified Women
- 3: Baby
- 4: "Teddy Madsen"
- 5: People in front of a house
- 6: A group of men kneeling next to a wagon
- 7-9: Men and Wagons
- 10-15: Herds of sheep
- 16: A Train
- 17: Man driving a wagon
- 18: Man standing next to a herd with some dogs at his feet
- 19: Part of a wagon train
- 20: Men and their guitars
- 21: Wagons and herd
- 22:Unidentified man
- 23: Part of a wagon train
- 24-25: Unidentified Men
- 26-29: Life on the Prairie
- 30: Pens of sheep
- 31: Moving the herd around a lake
- 32: A sheep farm
- 33: A group of unidentified men
- 34: A man pointing a gun at the camera
- 35-36: Wagon trains
- 37: A man aiming a gun
- 38-43: On the trail
- 44-45: Wagon trains
- 46: People in front of a tent
- 47-49: Children playing on the prairie
- 50-52: Playing the water
- 53-54: Groups of men in front of tents
- 55-57: Mountain Scenes
- 58: Some young men in a sheep pen
- 59-69: Out on the prairie
- 70-72: Building a farm
- 73-74: Men on horseback
- 75-76: Playing around at camp
- 77: Two men and their dogs
- 78-82: Prairie Scenes
- 83-84: Men at camp
- 85: A herd of sheep on a steep hill
- 86: Man, woman and child on horses
- 87: A herd of sheep
- 88-89: Men at a sheep ranch
- 90-93: Sheep
- 94: A man with wolf skins hanging from a horse
- 95-96: Men posing for pictures for a "Girl Wanted Advertisement"
- 97: A man on a horse
- 98-101: A young man showing the wing span of a large bird
- 102-108: Men at camp
- 109: Dogs
- 110: Two young girls
- 111-112: Men playing guitar next to a wagon
- 113: A young man holding a sheep
- 114-124: Scenes along a trail
- 125: Sheering the sheep
- 126-129: Large herds of sheep
- 130-133: Children
- 134-138: Unidentified groups of people
- 139-141: Out on the trail
- 142: A man, woman and a young boy holding a puppy
- 143-151: Unidentified People
- 152: Dogs
- 153: Men on the trail
- 154: Dogs at a back door
- 155: A house
- 156: A logging factory
- 157: A dog and a camp
- 158: A wagon
- 159-162: Unidentified men
- 163-170: Out on the Prairie
- 171-179: Unidentified people
- 180-181: On the Trail
- 182: Three children
- 183: A cliff
- 184-189: Unidentified people
- 190: A man in a horse drawn buggy
- 191: Horses
- 192: Two Unidentified women
- 193: Men and a chuckwagon
- 194-195: Unidentified men
- 196: An unidentified group in the woods
- 197: Unidentified group in front of a house
- 198: An unidentified girl in a hammock
- 199: Horses
- 200: A woman in front of a boat
- 201: A portrait of the BYU Women's Basketball team (around the turn of the 19th century)
- 202: A group on a bridge
Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Sheep farming--Utah--20th century--Photographs
- Cowboys--Utah--20th century--Photographs
- Farm life--Utah--20th century--Photographs
- Latter Day Saint women--Utah--20th century--Photographs
- Latter Day Saint women--Utah--Social life and customs--20th century--Photographs
- Latter Day Saints--Utah--20th century--Photographs
- Latter Day Saints--Utah--Social life and customs--20th century--Photographs
- Prairies--West (U.S.)--Photographs
- Rural children--Utah--20th century--Photographs
- Rural conditions--20th century--Photographs
- Sheep ranches--Utah--20th century--Photographs
- Sheepherding--Utah--20th century--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Hand-colored photographs
- Photograph albums
- black-and-white photographs
