The National Press Photographers Association Clip Contest
collection
Dates:
1979-1988 ( inclusive )
Quantity:
10 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
Collection Number:
USU_P0136
Summary:
970 photographic images (and 5 cartoons) from the
National Press Photographers Association's national clip contest. Included are various
regional and national contest winners, many of whom received their training at Utah
State University and worked at one time for local newspapers (such as Dan Miller and
Peter Schropp). Although there are some photos from Canada, Haiti, and Honduras, most of
the images are from Utah and the rest are from Idaho, Kansas, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. The images are mostly human interest and include sports,
politics, accidents, recreation, fires, rodeos, education, policemen, natural disasters,
and community events. Especially notable are several images of the 1983 Thistle, Utah,
mudslide.
Repository:
Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 435 797-2663 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
Languages:
Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor:
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant,
2007-2008
Content Description
This photograph collection consists of 975 images (5 of which are cartoons) of the
National Press Photographers Association's national clip contest. Included are various
regional and national contest winners, many of whom received their training at Utah
State University and worked at one time for local newspapers (such as Dan Miller and
Peter Schropp). Although there are some photos from Canada, Haiti, and Honduras, most of
the images are from Utah and the rest are from Idaho, Kansas, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. The images are mostly human interest and include sports,
politics, accidents, recreation, fires, rodeos, education, natural disasters, and
community events.
The photographs range in size from 5x7 through 11x14. They are primarily black and
white, glossy prints. Sometimes more information is located on the verso side of the
image.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access : Restrictions
Open to public research.
Restrictions on Use : Copyright
Copyright for these images is held by either the original photographer or the newspaper
in which the image appeared. Permission for exhibition, publication, and/or commercial
use must be obtained from the copyright holder
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents
from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Permission to publish material from the The National Press Photographers Association Clip Contest
collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
The National Press Photographers Association Clip Contest collection, 1979-1988.
(P0136). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The photographs in this collection have been organized alphabetically by photographer
when the photographer's name was available. Photographs that were not identified by
photographer have, as far as possible, been organized topically.
Acquisition Information :
This collection was donated to Utah State University Special Collections and Archives by
former USU communications professor Nelson Wadsworth on May 5, 1997.
Processing Note :
Register completed by Emily Allen Monson, August 1997, and revised by Brent Haslam,
March 2008.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Snapshots
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
1
1
01:01:01-01:01:03: Lyn Alweis, Jewish religious
ceremony/celebration
1
2
01:02:01-01:02:02: Jerilee Bennett, Army soldiers (in fatigues),
artistic subject
1988
1
3
01:03:01-01:03:02: David Bentz, barbershop. Lincoln,
Nebraska
1
4
01:04:01: David Bergeland, Gary Hart speaking to students at
Dakota State College (close up of Hart)
1
5
01:05:01-01:05:02: John Blackmer, human interest. Boise,
Idaho
1
6
01:06:01: Robert Bower, birds sitting atop a
fence
1
7
01:07:01: Mathew Brown, an Ogden SWAT team officer pointing a
gun at a suspect in the street
1985
1
8
01:08:01-01:08:05: Garry Bryant, human interest. Provo,
Utah
1
9
01:09:01-01:09:04: Garry Bryant, human interest. Utah and
Idaho
1
10
01:10:01: Chris Butler, young baseball player diving for a
ball. Nampa, ID
1
11
01:11:01-01:11:05: Ravell Call, Sharlene Wells (Miss America 1985)
arriving home after winning title, political and human interest
1985, 1988
1
12
01:12:01-01:12:05: Ravell Call, national figure skating championships
in Salt Lake (Renae Rocca and Donald Adair performing), girls high school
basketball, human interest
1
13
01:13:01-01:13:05: Ravell Call, Golden Eagles hockey game, national
figure skating championships in Salt Lake (Rosalyn Sumners and Elaine Zayak on
medal stand), human interest
1
14
01:14:01-01:14:05: Ravell Call, human interest
1
15
01:15:01-01:15:05: Ravell Call, Police officers, human interest.
Utah
1
16
01:16:01-01:16:05: Ravell Call, fire fighting, human interest
1988
1
17
01:17:01-01:17:05: Ravell Call, one room school, collegiate
basketball, human interest
1
18
01:18:01-01:18:05: Ravell Call, Golden Eagles hockey, human
interest
1
19
01:19:01-01:19:05: Ravell Call, construction, high school wrestling,
motocross, human interest. Utah
1
20
01:20:01-01:20:04: Ravell Call, Salt Lake at night, human
interest
1
21
01:21:01-01:21:05: Ravell Call, John Anderson (presidential
candidate), flood, car accident. Utah
1
22
01:22:01-01:22:02: Paul Carter, human interest
1
23
01:23:01-01:23:03: Pat Christian, human interest
1
24
01:24:01-01:24:02: Jim Cochrane, rescue by fire fighters. Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada
1
25
01:25:01: Doug Conarroe, humorous human interest. Boulder,
Colorado
1988
1
26
01:26:01-01:26:02: Alan Crabtree, human interest
1
27
01:27:01: Glenn Cruickshank, Clarkston, Washington spring
storm
1
28
01:28:01-01:28:03: Bruce Crummy, rodeo, human interest. North
Dakota
1
29
01:29:01-01:29:02: Dean Curtis, motorcycle stunt, human
interest
1
30
01:30:01: Teri Davis, Nampa, Idaho rodeo
1
31
01:31:01-01:31:03: Bob DeLashmutt, human interest
1
32
01:32:01-01:32:04: Albert Dickson, forest fire/fire fighting in
Yellowstone, human interest
1
33
01:33:01: Brian Donogh, police capture suspect
1
34
01:34:01-01:34:02: Steve Dowell, forest fire/fire fighting in
Yellowstone
1
35
01:35:01: Greg Ebersole, snowstorm
1
36
01:36:01: Rick Egan, artistic subject (golden arches under a
full moon)
02:45:01-02:45:02: Larry Macdougal, Canadian hockey, lightening storm.
Calgary, Canada
1988
2
46
02:46:01-02:46:04: Martins, refugee camp in Honduras
2
47
02:47:01-02:47:05: Linda McConnell, people in Santo Domingo,
Haiti
2
48
02:48:01-02:48:05: Linda McConnell, people in Santo Domingo,
Haiti
2
49
02:49:01-02:49:04: Linda McConnell, people in Santo Domingo,
Haiti
2
50
02:50:01-02:50:04: Linda McConnell, people in Santo Domingo,
Haiti
2
51
02:51:01-02:51:04: Linda McConnell, people in Santo Domingo,
Haiti
2
52
02:52:01-02:52:05: Gary McKellar, cattle drive, Leavitt Ranch, Loa
1988
2
53
02:53:01-02:53:06: Gary McKellar, Thistle mudslide, Utah
2
54
02:54:01-02:54:04: Kent Meireis, ER team, human interest,
Colorado
2
55
02:55:01-02:55:04: Dan Miller, fire-fighter rescue, ice skater Scott
Hamilton, human interest, Utah
1984, 1987
2
56
02:56:01-02:56:05: Dan Miller, human interest, Special Olympics,
Golden Eagles hockey, golf. Utah
2
57
02:57:01-02:57:04: Dan Miller, fire fighter, human interest, humor.
Utah
2
58
02:58:01-02:58:04: Dan Miller, human interest, humor.
Utah
2
59
02:59:01-02:59:04: Clyde Mueller, rodeo
2
60
02:60:01-02:60:05: Clyde Mueller, NPPA meeting, human
interest
2
61
02:61:01-02:61:03: Clyde Mueller, NPPA meeting, human
interest
2
62
02:62:01-02:62:02: Richard Murphy, human interest, skiing, biking,
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2
63
02:63:01-02:63:05: Dave Myers, rollover truck. Idaho
1985
2
64
02:64:01-02:64:06: Heather Nelson, basketball, motorcross, roping,
karate human interest, Utah
2
65
02:65:01-02:65:05: Darin Oswald, human interest(USU campus life,
Utah
2
66
02:66:01-02:66:05: Darin Oswald, accident victim, human interest,
Utah
2
67
02:67:01-02:67:05: Darin Oswald, collegiate football and basketball,
biking, human interest, Utah
2
68
02:68:01-02:68:04: Darin Oswald, rescue of infant, human interest,
Utah
3
1
03:01:01: Perry Patrick, rescue of infant, human
interest
3
2
03:02:01-03:02:03: Dan Pelle, human interest, Idaho
3
3
03:03:01-03:03:02: Koleen Peterson, gas station fire, Ephraim,
Utah
3
4
03:04:01-03:04:05: Chris Pietsch, harvesting wheat, human interest,
Idaho
3
5
03:05:01-03:05:05: Chris Pietsch, fires (car and building),
fire-fighters, human interest, Idaho, Washington
3
6
03:06:01-03:06:02: Robert Pope, human interest, election. Ogden,
Utah
3
7
03:07:01-03:07:02: Van Porter, Salt Lake weather, human interest.
Utah
1984
3
8
03:08:01-03:08:03: Jim Preston, wildlife
3
9
03:09:01-03:09:04: Jim Preston, little people
3
10
03:10:01: Joel Radtke, humor. Loveland, Colorado
3
11
03:11:01: Tim Rasmusson, car accident
3
12
03:12:01: Janet Reeves, police officer with suspect, breaking
up a protest
3
13
03:13:01: Robert Rogan, human interest
3
14
03:14:01-03:14:03: Mark Reis, human interest, artistic
3
15
03:15:01-03:15:04: Mark Reis, police with suspect, car accident
victim, milk truck accident, human interest
1987, 1988
3
16
03:16:01-03:16:03: Ken Riddick, artistic
3
17
03:17:01-03:17:02: Mike Roemer, artistic, wildlife. South
Dakota
3
18
03:18:01-03:18:02: Dan Root, human interest
3
19
03:19:01-03:19:03: Mike Salsbury, human interest, high school
basketball, fire-firefighters. Idaho
3
20
03:20:01-03:20:04: John Scanlan, police with suspect
3
21
03:21:01: Mari A. Schaefer, firefighting
3
22
03:22:01-03:22:02: Tom Shanahan, car accident, human interest.
Idaho
3
23
03:23:01: Dave Shippee, politics. Idaho
3
24
03:24:01: Slade, Special Olympics, human
interest
3
25
03:25:01-03:25:04: Tom Smart, human interest. Utah
3
26
03:26:01-03:26:05: Tom Smart, Adam Swapp, human interest, collegiate
track and field, Spencer W. Kimball's funeral. Utah
3
27
03:27:01-03:27:03: Tom Smart, firefighting
3
28
03:28:01-03:28:04: Tom Smart, firefighting
3
29
03:29:01-03:29:05: Tom Smart, firefighting, Pierre Dale Selby with
attorney Gil Athay in front of Utah Board of Pardons , human interest. Utah
1987
3
30
03:30:01-03:30:02: Scott Spiker, human interest
3
31
03:31:01-03:31:03: Travis Spradling, family after home fire, human
interest. Colorado
3
32
03:32:01-03:32:04: Kim Stallknecht, farming family, harvesting
wheat
3
33
03:33:01-03:33:04: Kim Stallknecht, farming family
3
34
03:34:01-03:34:04: Kim Stallknecht, farming family, harvesting
wheat
3
35
03:35:01: Patrick Sullivan, car accident. Idaho
1983
3
36
03:36:01-03:36:04: Owen Stayner, protest of Planned Parenthood, Indian
school, human interest. Utah
3
37
03:37:01-03:37:04: Owen Stayner, high school track, collegiate
gymnastics and women's basketball, fire-fighting. Utah
3
38
03:38:01: Sullivan, collegiate basketball
3
39
03:39:01-03:39:03: Jeff Taylor, rodeo, firefighting (smoke
jumper)
3
40
03:40:01-03:40:04: Jeff Taylor, sports, firefighting (smoke
jumpers)
3
41
03:41:01-03:41:02: Paul VanDevelder, collegiate basketball, high
school track. Montana
1982
3
42
03:42:01: Walker, humor
3
43
03:43:01: Laurie Ward, human interest
3
44
03:44:01: Karen Warren, humor
1987
3
45
03:45:01-03:45:02: Jime Wiley, sports. Canada
3
46
03:46:01-03:46:04: Bill Willcox, football, hockey, human interest.
Wyoming
3
47
03:47:01: Sherman Williams, artistic
1987
3
48
03:48:01: Cliff Willis, artistic
3
49
03:49:01-03:49:02: Kurt Wislon, truck-telephone pole accident, human
interest
3
50
03:50:01: Stuart Wong, photographer at a baseball game,
Idaho
3
51
03:51:01-03:51:02: James Woodcock, forest fire, wildlife
3
52
03:52:01-03:52:03: Rodney Wright, multiple care pile-up (during
snowstorm),human interest. Utah
1985
4
28
04:01:01-04:01:02: Baton twirling class. Byron White, U.S. Supreme
Court
4
2
04:02:01-04:02:07: Mountain Man rendezvous
4
3
04:03:01-04:03:06: Police with suspect. Car accident
4
4
04:04:01-04:04:03: Human Interest. Honduras
4
5
04:05:01-04:05:02: Medical care of young burn victim
4
6
04:06:01-04:06:02: Sports. Jazz playing the Sixers
4
7
04:07:01-04:07:06: Stills from movies: "Partners", "Deathtrap",and
"Sharky's Machine."
4
8
04:08:01-04:08:03: Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, figure Skaters Torvill
& Dean, Scott Hamilton
1984
4
9
04:09:01-04:09:04: Biathlon, Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
1984
4
10
04:10:01-04:10:03: Cross-country Skiing, Sarajevo Olympics
1984
4
11
04:11:01-04:11:04: Cross-country Skiing, Sarajevo Olympics
1984
4
12
04:12:01-04:12:05: Ski Jump, Sarajevo Olympics
1984
4
13
04:13:01-04:13:02: Winter Olympics in Sarajevo-maintenance on alpine
ski run
1984
4
14
04:14:01-04:14:03: Cathedral of the Madeline, Salt Lake City. Interior
before renovation
4
15
04:15:01-04:15:02: Smokestack, Unidentified man
4
16
04:16:01-04:16:02: Rollerskater. Yellowstone
4
17
04:17:01-04:17:03: Grieving women
4
18
04:18:01-04:18:05: Mining. SWAT tackling a suspect. Car
accident
4
19
04:19:01-04:19:04: Building fires
4
20
04:20:01-04:20:03: Belly Dancer. Cemetery
4
21
04:21:01-04:21:05: Pictures from the Salt Lake Tribune
4
22
04:22:01-04:22:04: Homeless person. Man drinking a beer. Animal skulls
on a fence. Bearded cowboy
4
23
04:23:01-04:23:04: Loggers. Men setting up chairs
4
24
04:24:01-04:24:06: Pictures of African Americans. First African
American woman to sit on Denver school board
4
25
04:25:01-04:25:03: Woman at hospital. Man in surgery
4
26
04:26:01-04:26:03: Tap Dancers
4
27
04:27:01-04:27:05: Girl getting a haircut. Man holding a child. Child
running up stairs
4
28
04:28:01-04:28:03: Dog sledding wreck
5
1
05:01:01: Lyn Alweis, the Denver Post, Jewish religious
ceremony
5
2
05:02:01-05:02:02: John Blackmer, human interest. Idaho
1983
5
3
05:03:01-05:03:04: Robert Bower, fire and firefighting in Yellowstone
1989
5
4
05:04:01-05:04:03: Garry Bryant, human interest, Utah
5
5
05:05:01-05:05:03: Garry Bryant, Special Olympics torch run, human
interest. Utah
5
6
05:06:01-05:06:03: Garry Bryant, human interest, Utah
5
7
05:07:01-05:07:04: Ravell Call, figure skater (Rosalyn Sumners) at the
US National Championships in Salt Lake, Utah Jazz, Mark Eaton, human interest.
Utah
5
8
05:08:01-05:08:02: Ravell Call, human interest. Utah
5
9
05:09:01-05:09:04: Carter, wildlife, human interest. Utah
5
10
05:10:01-05:10:04: Elane Cash, Special Olympics, livestock. Utah
1983
5
11
05:11:01: Curt Chandler, human interest. Utah
5
12
05:12:01: Alan Crabtree, Utah Symphony bass player.
Utah
5
13
05:13:01: Glenn Cruickshank, runner hit by a car.
Idaho
5
14
05:14:01: Rick Egan, human interest
5
15
05:15:01-05:15:04: P. Fraughton, human interest. Utah
5
16
05:16:01: Carl Greers, "concern for accident victim."
Colorado
5
17
05:17:01: Don Grayston, snowstorm, fallen limbs.
Utah
5
18
05:18:01: Steve Hanks, C.C. White's home and business
burned
5
19
05:19:01-05:19:03: Al Hartman, human interest, politics.
Utah
5
20
05:20:01-05:20:04: Lynn Johnson, strike, bird bath, human interest,
nature. Utah
5
21
05:21:01-05:21:04: Lynn Johnson, nature, Heber City Triathlon, hot air
balloon. Utah
5
22
05:22:01-05:22:04: Lynn Johnson, human interest, home destroyed by
landslide
5
23
05:23:01-05:23:04: Lynn Johnson, human interest, nature, hot air
balloon. Utah
09:003: Picture of Mt. Olympus with Wheeler Farm in the
foreground. Utah
09:004: Artistic picture of an orchestra
conductor
09:005: African american couple hugging
09:006: Two men washing a car
09:007: Man examing strips of film
negatives
09:008: "Idaho Lt. Governor candidate Mike Mitchell
greets prospective but wary voters in a small-town barbershop."
09:009: Utah Wildlife Resources agent inspects a wounded
or sick moose
09:010: A man in a wheelchair races down a
street
09:011: Hispanic cowboy cinches up his
glove
09:012: Man walking through a cluttered hallway with the
words "Hall of Fame" on the wall
09:013: Angry basketball coach speaks to a referee from
the sidelines
09:014: Weightlifter in a gym
09:015: Dogsled racer
09:016: Amy Orsborn, an aerobic instructor during a
football practice
09:017: A little girl looks up at James Lester of Ogden,
Utah
09:018: A little girl whose rabbit finished last in the
county fair
09:019: Young boy peeling potatoes at the kitchen
table
09:020: Boy playing in the sprinklers
09:021: "Inquisitive youngsters from a Missoula day care
get a closer look at a stranger on the block." Montana
09:022: A line of women and men holding infants in front
of seated older women, presumably to be judged
09:023: Young boy and toddler girl in a
field
09:024: Male teacher with students
09:025: "Shonie Bache--dressings changed after bath. Leg
shows burn from hot tub water."
09:026: "Delbert is mentally handicaped but likes to
play soft tunes that have no melody. Lead photo of page on Adult/Child
Development Center in Lewiston."
09:027: Ogden, Utah scouters doing push-ups
09:028: Picture of a poster with a Native American
holding a diploma with a woman in the background
09:029: Man riding a big bicycle
09:030: Man and woman driving a boat on a
lake
09:031: President Ronald Reagan with President Gordon B.
Hinckley greating workers (presumably at the LDS Church's Welfare
Square)
09:032: President Ronald Reagan with a young Orrin Hatch
behind him, next to a limousine