Arthur D. Smith range management photograph collection
Dates:
1917-1975 ( inclusive )
1938-1975 ( bulk )
Quantity:
4 linear foot (6 boxes)
Collection Number:
USU_P0021
Summary:
Images of Western range land taken by Arthur Smith
and R.J. Becraft that were used to document the effects of grazing on Western land.
These images were taken between 1917 and 1975 and show vegetation, cattle, wildlife, and
streams and lakes in Oregon, Nebraska, California, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and especially from Utah. In particular there are
quite a few images from Cache County, Utah and from Fishlake and Manti-La Sal National
Forests in Utah.
Repository:
Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Photograph CollectionPhotograph 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
Biographical Note
Arthur Dwight Smith (1907-1993) was born in Brigham City. He attended Weber College (now
Weber State University) and the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State
University) and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in 1936. A year later he
finished a masters degree in forestry from the University of California, Berkeley and he
returned to Utah State University where he held a cooperative appointment between the
Range Science department and the Utah Fish and Game Department. He held this appointment
(except for the years 1942-1946 when he served in the Army) until his retirement in
1973. In 1956 he finished a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. In 1943 Smith
co-authored the book Range Management with Lawrence Stoddart. This book remained for
many years the standard introductory textbook for the profession. Smith was also a
founding member of the Society for Range Management and served on the National Public
Land Law Review Commission from 1966-1969.
Raymond J. Becraft (1890-1938) was born in Ogden, Utah. He graduated from the Utah State
Agricultural college in 1917 and became the first professor of range management at Utah
State. He served in this position until 1935 when he became a professor of forestry at
the University of Idaho. One year later he was named the regional head of the Division
of Plant Ecology for the Forest Service in Portland, Oregon. In 1938, after suffering
head trauma, Becraft became insane and killed his wife, son and himself.
Content Description
Images of Western range land taken by Arthur Smith
and R.J. Becraft that were used to document the effects of grazing on Western land.
These images were taken between 1917 and 1975 and show vegetation, cattle, wildlife, and
streams and lakes in Oregon, Nebraska, California, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and especially from Utah. There are
quite a few images from Cache County, Utah including Beaver Mountain, Tony Grove, and Hardware Ranch. Other images are from the Fishlake and Manti-La Sal National
Forests in Utah.
Nitrate negatives for 1:14:13, 1:14:14, 1:14:19, 1:14:21, and
1:14:24 are located in cold storage box 5.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access : Restrictions
Open to public research. Possible publishing restrictions due to copyright. Five nitrate negatives have been removed from this collection and
placed in Cold Storage box 5. Patrons must request to view these negatives 3
hours in advance.
Restrictions on Use : Copyright
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 Arthur D. Smith range management photograph collection> must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Preferred Citation :
Arthur D. Smith range management photograph collection, 1917-1975. (P0021). Utah State
University. Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Arrangement: Numeric by photo number.
Acquisition Information :
Gift of Arthur D. Smith. Collection was transferred to Special Collection in April
1993.
Processing Note :
Register completed by Daniel M. Davis, June 2001, and modified August 2002 and in July 2012.
Separated Materials :
Removed from University Archives, Art Smith files, 14.7/3:26
Related Materials :
Arthur D. Smith papers (14.7/3:26)
Detailed Description of the Collection
R.J. Becraft Photographs, 1917-1919
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
1
1
1:01:01: The "East Desert" from Thousand Lake Mountain;
Fish Lake National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:02: The "East Desert" from Thousand Lake Mountain;
Fish Lake National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:03: Missing
1
1
1:01:04: Sage and mahogany; Fillmore National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:05: Erosion resulting from a cloud burst, Beaver
River Drainage; Fillmore National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:06: Frasera growing at Ferron Creek
1917
1
1
1:01:07: Lower Gunnison Valley, Musinea Peak to the
right; Fishlake National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:08: Missing
1
1
1:01:09: Missing
1
1
1:01:10: Meadows, Glenwood Division; Fishlake National
Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:11: Missing
1
1
1:01:12: Missing
1
1
1:01:13: Ole's Lake and Upper Muddy Creek; Manti
National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:14: Missing
1
1
1:01:15: Larkspur that has been hoed out
1
1
1:01:16: Elkhorn ranger station, Thousand Lake Mountain;
Fishlake National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:17: Natural fences, Thousand Lake Mountain;
Fishlake National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:18: The "East Desert" from Thousand Lake Mountain;
Fishlake National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:19: The "East Desert" from Thousand Lake Mountain;
Fishlake National Forest
1917
1
1
1:01:20: Ranger Adair and Supt. Mattson in pure stand of
granea, Thousand Lake Mountain; Fish Lake National Forest
1917
1
2
1:02:01 : Overgrazed flats, South Fork, American Fork
Canyon
1918
1
2
1:02:02. : View toward Silver Lake Basin, American Fork
Canyon
1918
1
2
1:02:03 through 1:02:10: Views of Ferron winter range in Castle Valley,
December
1918
1
2
1:02:11: Spring range near Richville; Morgan Co
1919
1
2
1:02:12: Spring range near Richville; Morgan Co
1919
1
2
1:02:13: View, Deep Creek and Morgan County
1919
1
2
1:02:14: Frozen scrub oak trees, Diamond Fork; Uintah
Forest
1919
1
2
1:02:15: Stock bridge, sixth water; Diamond Fork
1919
1
2
1:02:16: Cattle at turn of road, Diamond Fork
1919
1
2
1:02:17: Salt ground, Diamond Fork; Uintah Forest
1919
1
2
1:02:18: Overgrazed range with cover of greendock and
sunflower, Diamond Fork; Uintah Forest
1919
1
2
1:02:19: Overgrazed sage range at Diamond Fork; note
Senecio
1919
1
2
1:02:20: Missing
1
3
1:03:01: Overgrazed open flat near water hold, Diamond
Fork
1919
1
3
1:03:02: Green dock in open oak type, divide between
Diamond Fork and Hobble Creek
1919
1
3
1:03:03: Missing
1
3
1:03:04: Missing
1
3
1:03:05: Snowberry killed by overgrazing, head of
Sawmill Hollow, Diamond Fork
1919
1
3
1:03:06: Salt ground on creek, Diamond Fork, at mouth of
Sawmill Hollow
1919
1
3
1:03:07 through 1:03:08: Farm at head of Wourhode's Canyon, under fence
about six years; Uintah Forest
1919
1
3
1:03:09: Missing
1
3
1:03:10: Missing
1
3
1:03:11: Missing
1
3
1:03:12: Mudhole, place for water development; Hobble
Creek
1919
1
3
1:03:13: Misssing
1
3
1:03:14: Missing
1
3
1:03:15: View, left fork of Hobble Creek
1919
1
3
1:03:16: Isolated unutilized area, cattle range on Left
Fork of Hobble Creek
1919
1
3
1:03:17 through 1:03:18: Steep slopes of Hobble Creek showing spring
range, largely unutilized;
1919
1
3
1:03:19: Left Fork of Hobble Creek
1919
1
3
1:03:20: Upper Walsburg range
1919
1
4
1:04:01: Missing
1
4
1:04:02: Missing
1
4
1:04:03: North fork of Mt. Pleasant Creek showing
overgrazed upper browse range
1919
1
4
1:04:04: Steep slopes of the north fork of Mt. Pleasant
Creek showing aspen and conifer above, oak and chokecherry below
1919
1
4
1:04:05: Sheep corral at Cook allotment, head of Bear
Canyon; Manti LaSal National Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:06: Spring Canyon, Cook allotment; Manti Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:07: Late range on Cook allotment showing
elderberry, Spring Canyon; Manti National Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:08: Pine camp, Cook allotment, showing good soil
nearly denuded. Dandelion, yarrow, and other plants growing in
1919
1
4
1:04:09: Missing
1
4
1:04:10: Pine camp, Cook allotment; Manti National
Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:11: Pine camp at Cook allotment; Manti National
Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:12: Cook allotment in Bear Canyon; Manti National
Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:13 through 1:04:15: Elder range in Cook allotment, Spring Canyon;
Manti National Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:16: Anderson allotment in Bulger Canyon; Manti
National Forest
(1:4:14 Missing).
1919
1
4
1:04:17: Fairview Reservoir, upper Gooseberry; Manti
National Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:18: Larsen sawmill, Huntington Reservoir; Manit
National Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:19: Huntington Reservoir Dam; Manti National
Forest
1919
1
4
1:04:20: Huntington Reservoir Dam; Manti National
Forest
1919
1
5
1:05:01: Missing
1
5
1:05:02-03: Missing
1
5
1:05:04: Missing
1
5
1:05:05: Head of Rolfson's Canyon; Manti National
Forest, showing poorly vegetated and eroding slope; dense stand of veratrum in
the foreground
1919
1
5
1:05:06: Missing
1
5
1:05:07: Missing
1
5
1:05:08 through 1:05:10: Great Basin Experiment Station in Ephraim
Canyon
(1:5:09 Missing).
1919
1
5
1:05:11: Forest range and fenced pasture, result of six
year protection; Wanrhodes Canyon, Uintah National Forest
1919
1
5
1:05:12: Missing
1
5
1:05:13: Missing
1
5
1:05:14 through 1:05:15: Cattle in yellow pine flat; Sevier Forest
(1:5:14 Missing).
1919
1
5
1:05:16-18: Sheep on Sevier Forest
(1:5:16 and 1:5:17 Missing).
1
5
1:05:19: Missing
1
5
1:05:20: Missing
1
6
1:06:01: Sage and juniper types in Clear Creek Canyon;
Fillmore Forest
1919
1
6
1:06:02: Mud Spring, ridge between Fish and Mill
Canyons, south of Clear Creek Canyon; Fillmore Forest
1919
1
6
1:06:03 through 1:06:06: View at Sargent Lakes, Sargent Mountains, Clear
Creek Canyon; Fillmore Forest
(1:6:05 Missing).
1919
1
6
1:06:07: Eroded area at Sargent lakes, Clear Creek
Canyon; Sevier Forest
1919
1
6
1:06:08: Group at the Great Basin Experiment Station in
Ephraim Canyon; Manti National Forest
1919
1
6
1:06:09: Missing
1
6
1:06:10: Apline Station in Ephraim Canyon
1919
1
6
1:06:11 through 1:06:13: Ewes at John H. Seely ranch, Mt. Pleasant
1919
1
6
1:06:14 through 1:06:15: Shorthorn cows on the John H. Seely ranch, Mt.
Pleasant
1919
1
6
1:06:16 through 1:06:17: Purebred horses on the J.M. Ritchie ranch,
Charleston
1:08:01 through 1:08:04 : Close-ups of frost on pine limbs, USU campus
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:05 through 1:08:06 : Home Economics Department cottage, USU campus
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:07 through 1:08:08 : A USU Homecoming parade, looking northwest on
Main St. across from Tabernacle
1
8
1:08:09 through 1:08:10: The mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:11: Overgrazed ranch in Blacksmith Fork Canyon
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:12: Partial enclosure, Beaver Mt
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:13: Reproduction of growth in enclosure, Beaver
Mr
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:14 through 1:08:15: Sheep grazing in spruce and fir environment,
Cache National Forest
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:16: Delphinium in Logan Canyon
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:17: View near Wellsville from U.S. Highway 89,
approaching Sardine Canyon
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:18 through 1:08:19: Views of Dry Lake in Sardine Canyon
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:20: Views in South Cache Valley near Paradise
ca. 1938
1
8
1:08:21: Sampling vegetation in the Card Canyon study
area
1950.
1
8
1:08:21a: Sagebrush and forest
1
8
1:08:22 through 1:08:29: Views in Cache Valley looking west and
northwest from bench near Millville; photos show erosion of hillside with some
landsliding but are also good views of the valley and Wellsville
Mountains
1
8
1:08:30: View in Green Canyon
ca. 1950.
1
8
1:08:31 through 1:08:32: Views in the Card Canyon study area
1950.
1
8
1:08:33: View looking west from foothills east of
Millville showing study enclosure
ca. 1950
1
9
1:09:01: Floating island beached by subsiding water,
Tony Grove Lake
1941.
1
9
1:09:02 through 1:09:03: Views showing weeds in a North Logan pasture
1939.
1
9
1:09:04: View showing state land on hillside in North
Logan
ca. 1939.
1
9
1:09:05: View of fence line showing contrast between
National Forest and private lands, Ashley national Forest
ca. 1939.
1
9
1:09:06: Deer high line at Fish Lake in Uintah Mountains
1939.
1
9
1:09:07 through 1:09:09: Views showing steep terrain and heavy use on
state land at Lake Fork, near Thistle, Utah Co
ca. 1939.
1
9
1:09:10: Private range of J.A. Scorup on east slope of
Manti-LaSal Mountains
1950.
1
9
1:09:11: View northeast from Scorup ranch; USAC grant
land in background
1950.
1
9
1:09:12: East slope of Manti-LaSal National Forest
showing yellow pine and oak above pine flat
1950.
1
9
1:09:13: Amelanchia, woodenshoe and pinion (invading
sagebrush) on Deer Flat near Manti-LaSal National Forest
1950.
1
9
1:09:14. : State land on Carson Peak, Dagget Co
ca. 1950.
1
9
1:09:15 through 1:09:16. : Fence line and view on salt desert near
Woodside, Emery Co
ca. 1950.
1
9
1:09:17 through 1:09:18: Missing
1
9
1:09:19: Pinion juniper near Kanarraville, Iron Co
ca. 1950.
1
9
1:09:20 through 1:09:24: Geyser near Woodside, Utah, Emery
Co
1
9
1:09:25 through 1:09:26: Distant view of sheep on winter range,
Shadscale Range in the background; north of Panguitch
1938
1
9
1:09:27: View of dunes on the Navajo Indian Reservation,
San Juan County
1938
1
9
1:09:28 through 1:09:34: Views of Utah State University North Logan
property
1
10
1:10:01 through 1:10:02. : Sheep grazing near Moab, Utah
1
10
1:10:03 through 1:10:04: Cliff dwellings near Blanding, Utah
1
10
1:10:05 through 1:10:08. : Views showing ephedra ajare and grama in
Monument Valley
1938
1
10
1:10:09: Pinion juniper along White Rim (?), Kane
Co
1
10
1:10:10 through 1:10:11: Blaine Betenson and Morgan Parke at break in
dam of Fish Lake Reservoir Co, at Cliff Lake, head of branch of Weber River;
1933.
1
10
1:10:12: Betenson and Parke at flood gorge ½ mile below
Cliff Lake, near head of Weber River;
1933.
1
10
1:10:13: View toward Loafer Mountain on state land, Utah
Co
1
10
1:10:14: State land in Gordon Creek area, Morgan
Co
1
10
1:10:15: Pinion juniper in White Canyon, San Juan
Co
1
10
1:10:16 through 1:10:17: State lands in Carbon Co
ca. 1940.
1
10
1:10:18: State land south of Thistle, Utah
1
10
1:10:19: View in foothills near Fillmore
1
10
1:10:20: Fresh-water spring plants on Antelope Island
1938
1
10
1:10:21: Defoliated site of California Gull colony on
Antelope Island
1938
1
10
1:10:22 through 1:10:23: Distant view, Carrington and Badger Islands
from Stansbury Island; lower bench and sand dune habitat in foreground
1938
1
10
1:10:24: Site of prairie falcon colony, upper levels of
Stansbury Island
1938
1
10
1:10:25: Antelope Island viewed from Stansbury Island
1938
1
10
1:10:26: Highest point of Stansbury Island, viewed from
lake shore
1938
1
10
1:10:27 through 1:10:28: Views of salt desert shrub north of Moab
