Ranch Family Documentation Project photograph collection
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 1878-2009
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing 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.
Extent
1 box (.25 linear feet; 360.22 megabytes)
Abstract
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Processing Information
Processed in December of 2012
- Agriculture
- Compact discs
- Digital images
- Elko County (Nev.) -- Photographs
- Images
- Park Valley (Utah) -- Photographs
- 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
- Title
- Guide to the Ranch Family Documentation Project photograph collection, 1878-2009
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Daniel Davis
- Date
- ©2012
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu