Approximately 202 photographs depicting both the
public and private life of this Utah statesman. Pictures range from Briant's college
education at BYU in Provo, Utah, to his sheep-ranching days in Vernal and the Uintah
Mountains, to his public service as a politician for the state of Utah. Interspersed
throughout the photos of business and public service are pictures of family and
recreation. Also included is an image of Stringham with President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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
Biographical Note
Briant H. Stringham, also known throughout his life as "Bry" or "B.H.," was born in
April of 1889 to Philip and Caroline Stringham in Ashley Valley (near Vernal), Utah
Territory. As a young man, he attended BYU where he studied education, but after a brief
teaching career he returned to his beloved Vernal to pursue sheep-ranching with his
brother. This change of career led to success for Briant in the world of business where
he not only raised and traded livestock, but also worked as the president of Hotel
Vernal for eighteen years. The leadership skills and professional connections Briant
acquired during this period would later benefit him as he served four terms as a
legislator in the Utah House of Representatives, two terms as a state senator, and four
terms as mayor of Vernal. Briant was an ardent advocate of conservation and land
reclamation in the West, and both during and after his public service, he played an
important role in the passage of such legislation as the Taylor Grazing Act and the
development of the Colorado River Storage Project.
Content Description
The Briant H. Stringham Photograph Collection contains one box of approximately 202
photographs depicting both the public and private life of this Utah Statesman. Pictures
range from Briant's college education at BYU in Provo, Utah, to his sheep-ranching days
in Vernal and the Uintah Mountains, to his public service as a politician for the state
of Utah. Interspersed throughout the photos of business and public service are pictures
of family and recreation. Also included is an image of Stringham with President Lyndon
B. Johnson.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access : Restrictions
Open to public research.
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 Briant H. Stringham photograph collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Preferred Citation :
Briant H. Stringham photograph collection, 1889-1983. (P0365). Utah State University.
Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
There is no particular order, chronological or otherwise, for photograph arrangement
within the collection.
Acquisition Information :
Donated in 1999 by Edna J. Stringham
Processing Note :
These images were separated from the Briant H. Stringham Coll Mss 48. Register completed
by Adam Dunn, December 2007.
01:08: 1947 Philip Stringham Family. Taken after dinner
at new Hotel Vernal where B.H. Stringham was president
1
01:10: Briant H. Stringham Family Photo Album. Consists
of images from the Vernal area and from Oahu, Hawaii. Included are images of
natives, buildings, agriculture, and Stringham with unidentified companions
swimming, eating, and preparing foot. It is unclear if Stringham served a mission
in Hawaii or if he vacationed there
1
01:12: Boarding buses for the tour on March 29, at the
Mission Inn
1
01:13: Touring Board Members and delegates examine area
map at proposed Ruby Mountain Rest Stop. San Bernardino County
1
01:14: Assistant Secretary of the Interior Anderson,
Director Stoddard, California State Senator Farr and Panel members at Flyers'
Wall, Mission Inn. L to R- Ian Campbell, California State Division of Mines and
Geology, Ben Glading, California Department of Fish and Game, L. Freeman, San
Diego Union and Evening Tribune, Samuel Wood, Executive Director, California
Tomorrow Director Stoddard, Senator Farr, Assistant Secretary Anderson, Michael J.
McCloskey, Sierra Club, Harold R. Hochmuth, Douglas Aircraft, Robert Rierson,
Western Livestock Marketing Information Project, Denver, Colorado
1
01:15: BLM Director Charles H. Stoddard, Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Harry R. Anderson, California State Senator, the
Honorable Fred S. Farr
1
01:16: Brunel Christiansen, California Advisory Board
Member
1
01:17: Mrs. Nancy E. Smith, Board of Supervisors, San
Bernardino County, and Member, Public Land Law Review Commission
1
01:18: Dr. Gerhard N. Rostvold, Member of National
Advisory Board Council, California
1
01:19: Mr. Leonard Horn, National Advisory Board Council
Member, Colorado
1
01:20: Mr. Bruce Anderson, National Advisory Board
Council Member, Colorado
1
01:21: Mr. Bruce Bowler, National Advisory Board Council
Member, Idaho
1
01:22: Resource Management Committee
1
01:23: Public Use Committee
1
01:24: Tour Stop at North Entrance to Cedar Springs
Reservoir proposed site, San Bernardino County
1
01:25: Tour Stop at Lucerne Valley Park, San Bernardino
County
1
01:26: California 1975, "Farming is everybody's bread and
butter," Utah Livestock Production Credit Association. L-R- 1) ?, 2) John
Jorgensen, 3) Richard Phillips, 4) J.R. Broadbent, 5) B.H. Stringham, 6) Vance
A'agard
1
01:28: "Bryant H. Stringham with his sheep."
1
01:29: Stringham Cabin
1
01:30: BLM advisory board 1962. Members of the Bureau of
Land Management Advisory Board meet in the Cooper Bldg. Standing L-R- Willis
Stevens, Harold Calder, cattlemen; Lyman Merkley, wildlife; Floyd E. Lamb, W. Reed
Taylor, cattlemen; Bert T. Coleman, sheepman. Seated- Ralph Siddoway, A. Wright
Dickinson, Sheepmen; B.H. Stringham, chairman for sheepman; L. Glenn Murray,
chairman for cattlemen, and Clifton W. McCoy, sheepman
1962
1
01:31: Oil Discovery in Ashley Field
1
01:32: R. Stringham and Grand Hacking, kids on
horse
1
01:33: Beginning of construction of Strawberry Dam. B.H.
Stringham
Summer 1971
1
01:34: Vernal area chamber of commerce. Kenneth Aycock,
Pres.; B.H. Stringham
01:52: "One of the stock ponds on B.H. Stringham's range
on Diamond Mountain."
1
01:53: "B.H. Stringham looks over grass seeding along a
gas pipeline which crosses his range on Diamond Mountain."
1
01:54: Jim Nickel
1972
1
01:55: Saltair Postcard, color
1
01:56: "Lone-Meter" Postcard near Lonetree,
Wyoming
1
01:57: B.H. Stringham Day. L-R- Gov. Clyde, B.H.
Stringham, Harvey Fletcher, Pres. of U of U, and U.S. Rep. Burton. "Pee-Chee All
Season Portfolio- April 2 1966, B.H. Stringham Day photo
1
01:58: Uintah Conservancy District, Board Members- M.
Merkley, L. Siddoway, L. Pickup, B.H. Stringham, D. Merrill, M. Snow, H. Colton,
N. Haslam, W. Hammond
1977
1
01:59: Signing of Jansen Unit- Seated- H.W. Colton, Tom,
Dave Crandall, B.H. Stringham, L.Y. Siddoway, Morgan Merkley. Standing- H.
Pierson, J. Jensen, A. Kay, M. Snow, G. Harmston, Davis Morril, Niles Hasham,
Lance Pickup
1977
1
01:60: Central Utah Water Con. District members and
staff
1976
1
01:61: Postcard from W. Glenn Barnes, from this postcard,
we learn that B.H. Stringham went by "Bry" short for Bryant
20 June 1965
1
01:62: Man and two donkeys or mules
1
01:63: Last minute trimmings by Juanita and
Bry
1
01:64: B.H. Stringham home
1967
1
01:65: Near Pat's Hole on Green River
1
01:66: B.H. Stringham color photo of home
1977
1
01:67: B.H. Stringham, grand marshall president.
1932-1936, rodeo
1963
1
01:68: Ute called "Crazy Indian."
1
01:69: Sheering sheep in a bower, photo by L.A.
Huffman
1
01:70: Signing Vernal Project Reservoir. L-R- Congressman
A. Dixon, Sen. Bennett, Sen. Watkins, Congressman Dawson, Sec. of Interior Harry
Seaton
1958
1
01:71: "Catch in the Uintah Mountains," boy holding
fish
1
01:72: "On the way to Pat's Hole, Colo."
1
01:73: Sign at Stringham Cabin
1
01:74: Pool near cabin
1
01:75: Restored Stringham family cabin
1
01:76: Experimenting with purebred sheep
1
01:77: Gov. Clyde with B.H. Stringham and others. Photo
taken in Kanab, Utah
July 23, 1957
1
01:78: Stringham Reunion
1
01:79: Ted Crawford, B.H. Stringham, John Carpenter,
Veigh Cummings, Newell Johnson. Men looking at paper
1
01:80: Group of Sheepmen
1965
1
01:81: Group of sheepmen looking over Stringham Spring
Fall Range, large duplicate
1965
1
01:82: B.H. Stringham pointing out items on a map
1965
1
01:83: Dr. Worthen, B.H. Stringham, regents
9 June 1967
1
01:84: Dr. Worthen, B.H. Stringham, Roy Simmons, Col.
Rawlings; regents
1
01:85: "Farming is everybody's bread and butter," signed
duplicate
1975
1
01:86: Celebration of completion of Glenn Canyon Dam.
Fabian, chairman of Utah State Parks and B.H. Stringham
July 23, 1957
1
01:87: Philip Stringham Family
1948
1
01:88: Stringham Family
1947 or 1949
1
01:89: Portfolio "Bureau of Land Management. National
Advisory Board members visit the Floyd Lee Ranch near San Mateo, New Mexico,
accompanied by BLM representatives. July 14-15, 1960. There are 27 photos: 1)
Charles P. Meade, Associate Director Bureau of Land Management, 2) Gathering at
Floyd Lee Ranch in preparation of first day field trip, 3) Mr. Lee by his pickup,
4) Professor Leeds, 5) Professor Knox, 6) First Stop- Mr. Lee expounding his views
and theories, 7) Shoemaker's Awl, 8) We stop for lunch. Green Chili Sandwiches, 9)
The ladies ate first, 10) Mr. Meade is impressed, 11) We examine an application of
Mr. Lee's reforestation theory, 12) Barren of trees- foreground; thick stand of
young trees- background, 13) Chow time for lady riders, 14) Branding at the Lee
Ranch, 15) Miss Lee is the roper, 16) The flankers take over, 17) The ranch-house
patio, the swimming pool, 18) A 100-year-old vine, 19) The front entrance to Floyd
Lee's hacienda, 20) The Advisory Board meeting, 21) Judge Dan Hughes. Chairman of
the Board, 22) Views on the Rio Puerco, July 16, 1960, 23) Near Coal Mine
retention dam, 24) El Cabezon, 25) Erosion, 26) Espiritu Santo, 27) One Group
July 14-15, 1960
1
01:90: The Utah Wool Grower newsletter Vol. 2, No. 8
September, 1965
1
01:91: Christmas card by William T. Miller
1
01:92: D. Jenkins and son
1
01:93: D. Jenkins and son
1
01:94: D. Jenkins working on ranch in winter
1
01:95: Photo of Bry Stringham
1
01:96: Destruction of vegetation during construction of
pipeline
1
01:97: Photo of General Livestock Trip. First Row: L-R-
Neal Black, George H. Swift, Jr., T.R. Greathouse, E.F. Swift, Wallace W. Wolf,
R.W. Reneker, E.J. Crofoot. Joe W. Entz, P.E. Petty, Jim Henry, E.F. Huskisson,
Jerry B. Davis. Second Row- Carl Strobel, Robert F. Corn, Walter Nelson, Robert
Fay, H.F. Morris, William E. Bensley, J.A. Copeland, W. Comer Sims, Clifford
Barker, Dale Hunziger, Henry Knochenmus, George G. Pick, George S. Spencer, T.W.
Glaze, Third Row- Lloyd W. Bergsma, George Borelli, Ray Schneider, William C.
Davis, C.C. Bowen, Doyle J. Matthews, G.C. Magruder, Jr., Vincent Crane, Hugh C.
Winslow, Robert P. Bledsoe, B.H. Stringham, Dwayne Martin, H.M.
Newell
1
01:98: B.H. Stringham, Sheepman, Hugh Colton, Cattleman.
Diamond Mtn. Cattlemen moving cattle to new pasture
1
01:99: Women's club dining and lobbying in D.C.
1965
1
01:100: Philip Stringham-Father at 84. Caroline Crouch
Stringham as young woman, died at 54
1
01:101: Catherine Chipman Stringham Family
1
01:102: Bry and Children
16 December 1974
1
01:103: Briant, Bea, Ray-Last surviving children of 12
15 July 1973
1
01:104: Daughters and in-laws
16 December 1974
1
01:105: President for four years, Vernal
Rodeo
1
01:106: Bry Stringham Day, photo with Governor Clyde,
B.H.S., Dr. Fletcher, Congressman Burton
1
01:107: Three Generations of Stringham women, Dorothy S.
Searle, Catherine C. Stringham, Sharon S. Olson
1
01:108: B.Y.U. band
1
01:109: Ralph and Sharon Olsen family. Sharon was
granddaughter
1
01:110: Tree turns a beautiful golden color
1
01:111: Flaming Gorge Dam
1973
1
01:112: B.H. Stringham Family
16 December 1971
1
01:113: oolgrowers Convention Banquet, Hotel Vernal
1964
1
01:114: Dedication of Starvation Bridge
Oct. 1970
1
01:115: Gov. Rampton cutting ribbon at dedication of
Starvation Bridge
Oct. 1970
1
01:116: Drilling in Uintah Basin. Turned out to be a
prosperous field
1
01:117: Bry Stringham Day, Dos and Ray Rosebaugh and Bry
Stringham
April 1965
1
01:118: "Four Generations" Stephen, Bry, Kirt(Kirk) and
Kyle
Easter 1971
1
01:119: Birthday card from wife
1
01:120: Bry Stringham Day, Gov. Clyde, B.H., Dr. Fletcher,
Pres. of U of U, and Rep. Burton
1
01:121: 12 June 1912, married
1
01:122: Christmas card from Lyn, Eleanore and
Craig
1
01:123: BYU band, B.H. Stringham at bottom right with drum
sticks in his hands. Robert Sauer band leader
1
01:124: Granddaughter Debbie Stringham
1
01:125: Richard Phillips, Utah Livestock Association
1970 Holiday card
1
01:126: BYU graduation, class of 1912. B.H. Stringham
Class Pres
1
01:127: BYU Orchestra, B.H. played drums, Catherine played
piano, they were later married in 1912. Pro. Goodman, Leader
1
01:128: Founder's Day, Provo Ut. Drummer in BYU band
1911
1
01:129: Main Street Provo. Commencement
about 1918
1
01:130: Gate presented to BYU by graduation class of 1912,
B.H. Stringham Pres. of Class
1
01:131: Gov. Clyde and B.H. Stringham at Harpers
Corner-Green River near Echo Park dam-site in the distance
1
01:132: Picture taken on steps of Joseph P. Hacking house,
5 brothers-nephews and son sitting on my lap-B.H.S
1917
1
01:133: Orange Tree, Mesa Arizona, B.H.
Stringham
1
01:134: Mesa Arizona Temple
1
01:135: Hotel Barbershop, B.H. Stringham was Pres. of
Hotel Vernal for 18 years
1947
1
01:136: BLM National Advisory Council Meeting, D.C. B.H.
Stringham was a board member for 24 years
1
01:137: BLM Grazing Board, District 8, Uintah and
Duchesne
1
01:138: PCA Board- Delbert Chipman, B.H. Stringham, John
Jorgensen, R. Moon, Jay Broadbent, and Stanley Peters
1
01:139: Utah Water and Power Board at Vernal,
Utah
1
01:140: Washington D.C. Promoting Colorado River Project
15 March 1955
1
01:141: B.H. Stringham representing Governor Lee at USU
Graduation
1
01:142: B.H. Stringham, L.Y. Siddoway, and Frank Clinton.
- First payment in the Basin Fund, Upper Colorado River Project
27 December 1962
1
01:143: Washington D.C.- Promoting Colorado River Storage
Project, matters referring to Dinosaur National Monument. Seated L-R- Sent
Bennett, Conrad North. Standing L-R- Jess Lombard, L.Y. Siddoway, H.W. Colton,
B.H. Stringham
1956
1
01:144: Hospital Drive Photo with City Council and
Staff
1
01:145: Hotel Vernal, built 1947 by local group, B.H.
Stringham Pres. for 18 years
1
01:146: James Nickell and Albert Murray: sheephands
employed by Stringham. Ned Stringham at the back of the herd
1
01:147: Green River, Family Photo
Easter 1974
1
01:148: Pond and children, owned by son, Dr. Paul
Stringham
1
01:149: B.H. Stringham turning the presidency of the Utah
Municipal League over to J.W. Gillman
1
01:150: Advisory Board Meeting, Washington
D.C
1
01:151: April 6-8 Nat'l Advisory Board Meeting, Washington
D.C
1
01:152: NWRA at Las Vegas, Central Utah Water Conservancy
District. Commissioner Ellis L. Armstrong meets with the Central Utah Water
Conservancy District, and the Uintah Water Conservancy District at the NWRA
Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. Present were Ival Goslin, Daniel F. Lawrence,
R. Elgin Gardner, Palmer Delong, Clyde Richie, Robert B. Hilbert, Lynn S. Ludlow,
Virge N. Brown, Briant H. Stringham, John A. Lambert, Charles W. Wilson, L.Y.
Siddoway, Melvin B. White, Sterling D. Jones, C. Rell Swensen, Leo L. Brady,
Wallace T. Jeffery, W. Fairchild, J.O. Brien, R.G. Robison, Jr., M.N. Langley, and
Commissioner Ellis L. Armstrong
28 November 1972
1
01:153: Reunion, Bry, Bea, and Ray, Maeser Schoolhouse
14 July 1973
1
01:154: National Advisory Board, BLM
about 1930
1
01:155: John N. Davis Sheep, watering at the mouth of
Walker Hollow below Jensen Spring
about 1912
1
01:156: B.H. Stringham pinning a badge
1
01:157: North Balley, fishing trip in Uintah
Mts
1
01:158: Trip to Glenn Canyon Dam with Gov. Clyde and
Fabian, Director of Utah Park services
1
01:159: Water Right Approval Contract for flow to City of
Vernal. Seated L-R- David L. Crandall, B. Stringham, L.Y. Siddoway. Standing L-R-
John Jensen, LeRoy Holmes
1
01:160: Christmas Card, Denver Stock Yards
1951
1
01:161: Governor Clyde post card
1
01:162: Shale Land
1
01:163: Mesa Temple, B.H. Stringham
1951
1
01:164: Bry Stringham Day. L-R- Gov. George D. Clyde, B.H.
(Bry) Stringham, Pres. James Fletcher of U of U, and U.S. Congressman Burton
2 April 1966
1
01:165: Members of Central Utah Water Conservancy
District
01:173: New York. After testifying before Senate Com.
About Colorado River Project
1952
1
01:174: After testifying before the Interior Committee for
the Echo Park Dam in Washington D.C., photo in New York
1954
1
01:175: picture of Philip Stringham and seven brothers.
L-R- Back Row- John, Jed, Richard, William. Front Row- Philip (B.H. Stringham's
Father), Briant, Henry, and George
1900
1
01:176: unnamed Kodacolor print
1961
2
01:02: Utah State Senate Picture, 33rd Session, 1959.
Glen M. Hatch, Luke Clegg, Kleon Kerr, Alonzo F. Hopkin, D.E. Hammond, Lamar A.
Dastrup, B.H. Stringham, Charles R. Hunter, Haven J. Barlow, Orval Hafen, Sherman
P. Lloyd President, Reed Bullen, J. Francis Fowles, Royal T. Harward, Clyde L.
Miller, Marl D. Gibson, Quayle Cannon Jr. Secretary, Ferris H. Allen Sgt at Arms,
Marvin J. Ashton, Charles A. Steen, T.H. McMullen, Ernest G. Mantes, Harvard R.
Hinton, Thorpe Waddingham, R. LaVann Cox, Bruce S. Jenkins, Frank M. Browning
1959
2
01:03: Utah State Senate Picture, 32nd Session, 1957.
Charles R. Hunter, Royal T. Harward, Lamar A. Dastrup, Mrs. C.L. Jack, Kleon Kerr,
Haven J. Barlow, Merril K. Davis, Grant S. Thorn, J. Francis Fowles, Ferri H.
Allen Sgt. At Arms, Orval Hafen President, Quayle Cannon Jr. Secretary, Alonzo F.
Hopkins, Donald T. Adams, Glenn M. Hatch, Reed Bullen, D.E. Hammond, W.G. Larson,
Carlyle F. Gronning, Elias L. Day, B.H. Stringham, Sherman P. Lloyd. Dr. Eugene N.
Davie, Luke Clegg, L. Rulon Jenkins, Sol J. Selvin, R. Clair Anderson, Marl D.
Gibson
1957
2
01:04: Utah State Senate Picture, 30th Session, 1953.
Vern B. Muir, Clifton G.M. Kerr, B.H. Stringham, Dilworth S. Wooley, H. Roland
Tietjen, Orval Hafen, C. Taylor Burton, J. Francis Fowles, Fred Jorgensen Sgt. At
Arms, Mark Paxton President, Quayle Cannon Jr. Secretary, Alonzo F. Hopkin, Elias
L. Day, Luke Clegg, Grant S. Thorn, Rendell N. Mabey, D.E. Hammond, Frank M.
Openshaw, Edwin B. Cannon, L. Rulon Jenkins, Donald T. Adams, Marl D. Gibson, Sol
J. Selvin, A.I. Tippets, E.H. Watson
1953
2
01:05: Utah State Senate Picture, 31st Session, 1955. R.
Clair Anderson, Carlyle F. Gronning, Sherman P. Lloyd, Reed Bullen, Merrill K.
Davis, Clifton G.M. Kerr, J. Francis Fowles, Ferris H. Allen Sgt. At Arms, C.
Taylor Burton President, Quayle Cannon Jr. Secretary, Alonzo F. Hopkin, Rendell N.
Mabey, Grant S. Thorn, Luke Clegg, Elias L. Day, D.E. Hammond, Sol J. Selvin,
Dilworth S. Woolley, B.H. Stringham, H. Roland Tietjen, Donald T. Adams, Frank M.
Openshaw, Marl D. Gibson, L. Rulon Jenkins, Orval Hafen
1955
2
01:06: B.H. Stringham picture with President Lyndon B.
Johnson
2
01:09. : Stockman called from the 11 Western States to
formulate the Taylor Grazing Act. Washington D.C. Outside the Department of
Interior building
1935
2
01:11: Stringham cabin in McKee Draw
2
01:27: Stringham cabin in McKee Draw
Subjects
Ashley
National Forest (Utah and Wyo.)--Photographs.
Politicians--Utah--Photographs.
Sheep
ranchers--Utah--Photographs.
Sheep--Utah--Photographs.
Stringham
family--Photographs.
Stringham,
B. H. (Briant H.), 1889-1983--Photographs.
United
States. Bureau of Land Management--Photographs.
