c0527 James Harold Beckstead, Cowboy Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1920 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 527 Beckstead, James Harold, 1943-1999, collector. James Harold Beckstead, Cowboy Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1920 Copies 4 folders (80 b/w photographs) James Harold Beckstead was born in 1943, received a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University. He made and sold western posters for 28 years. Collection consists of photographs of cowboys, lawmen, saloons, etc.in Utah. The photographs were collected for publication in his book Cowboying: A Tough Job in the Hard Land. The source of each photograph is listed in the control file. Topics: Cattle trade -- Utah -- Photographs. Cowboys -- Utah -- Photographs. Fronter and pioneer life -- Utah -- Photographs. Persons: Parker, Robert LeRoy, 1866- -- Photographs. Background Biographical Note

James Harold Beckstead was born in 1943, received a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University. He made and sold western posters for 28 years.

 Scope and Content

The photographs were collected for publication in his book Cowboying: A Tough Job in the Hard Land. The source of each photograph is listed in the control file.

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

James Harold Beckstead, Cowboy Photograph Collection, ca. 1880-1920, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of James Harold Beckstead

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Processing Information: Collection processed by Susan Whetstone Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2000 (RLIN ID: UTSX00-A91). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Container list Box Folder Contents 1 1 Cowboys 1 1 1 Cowboy (Ogden, Utah), ca. 1880s 1 1 2 Cowboy (Ogden, Utah), ca. 1900 1 1 3 Cowboy (Parley's Park, Utah), ca. 1900 1 1 4 Cowboy (Northern Utah), ca. 1910 1 1 5 Cowboy (Spanish Fork, Utah), ca. 1910 1 1 6 Cowboy (Loa, Utah), ca. 1915 1 1 7 Cowboys--McIntyre Ranch, ca. 1915 1 1 8 Johnson, Burt, Del Bradfield, Cal Brimley 1 1 9 Usses, Jack--McIntyre Ranch, ca. 1915 1 1 10 Crandall Brothers (Salt Lake City), ca. 1870s 1 1 11 Cowboy (Woodruff, Utah), ca. 1890s 1 1 12 Benson, LeRoy (Coalville, Utah), ca. 1915 1 1 13 Man (Bingham Canyon), ca. 1900 1 1 14 Cowboys (Mercur, Utah), ca. 1910 1 1 15 Cowboys (Nine Mile Canyon), ca. 1900 1 1 16 Ogden Stock Yards, ca. 1908 1 1 17 Cowboys (Circleville, Utah), ca. 1890s 1 1 18 Cowboys (Henrieville, Utah), ca. 1900 1 1 19 Cowboy--McIntyre Ranch (Leamington, Utah), ca. 1910 1 1 20 Cowboy--McIntyre Ranch (Leamington, Utah), ca. 1900 1 2 1 2 21 McPherson, Jim (Book Cliffs), ca. 1908 1 2 22 Cowboys--McPherson Ranch, ca. 1908 1 2 23 Farrer, Joe--McPherson Ranch, ca. 1908 1 2 24-25 Cowboys--McPherson Ranch, ca. 1908 1 2 26-27 Erickson Ranch (Skull Valley, Utah), ca. 1900 1 2 28 Cattle drive (Jensen, Utah), ca. 1918 1 2 29 Cowboys camp (Jensen, Utah), ca. 1890s 1 2 30 Cowboy—(Jensen, Utah), ca. 1890s 1 2 31 Robinson, Jim--Two Bar Cowboy, ca. 1890s 1 2 32 Muin, George (Heber, Utah), ca. 1890s 1 2 33 Cowboys--Dry Forks, ca. 1900 1 2 34 Lawmen (Emery County, Utah), ca. 1914 1 2 35 Williams, Harve--Scorup-Sommerville Cattle Co., ca. 1918 1 2 36 Indian killed (Bluff, Utah), ca. 1915 1 2 37 Cowboys--Scorup-Sommerville Cattle Co.(LaSal Mountains), ca. 1918 1 2 38 Round-up--Scorup-Sommerville Cattle Co. (LaSal Mountains), 1918 1 2 39 Branding--Scorup-Sommerville Cattle Co. (LaSal Mountains), ca. 1918 1 3 40 Indian prisoners (Bluff, Utah), ca. 1915 41 Forest rangers (LaSal Mountains), ca. 1905 42 Young boy (Moab, Utah), ca. 1890 43 Cowboys (Fountain Green, Utah), ca. 1880 44 Cowboy (Thompson, Utah), ca. 1890 45 Harry Bullard (Thompson, Utah), ca. 1890 46 Ballard Ranch Cowboys (Book Cliffs, Utah), ca. 1890 47 Murry, Billy, Charles Stewart (Ibapah, Utah), c. 1890 48 Kimber, Even (Grouse Creek, Utah), ca. 1890 49 Boyd, John David (Pima, Arizona), ca. 1880 50 Clark, John Hazel (Hobble Creek Canyon, Utah), ca. 1900 51 Clymoweth, William (Henrieville, Utah), ca. 1900 52 Saloon (Randolph, Utah), ca. 1900 53 Branding (Wellington, Utah), ca. 1900 54 Cowboy (Vernal, Utah), ca. 1900 55 Cowboys (Stateline, Utah), ca. 1900 56 Unidentified young cowboy (Myton, Utah), ca. 1900 57 Cowboys with women, ca. 1899 58 Robling, Wells (Huntsville, Utah), ca. 1915 59 Cowboy (Moab, Utah), ca. 1920 60 Branding (Browning Ranch), ca. 1920 1 4 61 Breaking horses (Browning Ranch), ca. 1920 62 Branding (Browning Ranch), ca. 1920 63 Cowboys (Milford, Utah), ca. 1890s 64 Wagoner, Joe (Garrison, Utah), ca. 1910 65 Unidentified lawmen (Castle Gate, Utah), ca. 1904 66 Nebeker, Oquilla (left)--U. S. [Utah] Marshal, ca. 1911 67 Lunchtime for cowboys--Meathook Ranch (Modena, Utah), ca. 1900 68 Cowboys--Meathook Ranch (Modena, Utah), ca. 1900 69 Cowboys (Colton, Utah), ca. 1900 70 Elmer, Orrin (left)--Marshal (Colton, Utah), 1900 71 Cowboy (Colton, Utah), ca. 1900 72 Parker, Robert LeRoy, Ronald Wall, Orrin Elmer (Manti, Utah), ca. 1893 73 Beckstead Brothers (Spanish Fork, Utah), ca. 1890s 74 Beckstead, Mosses (Provo, Utah), ca. 1890s 75 Cowboys (Woodruff, Utah), ca. 1910 76 Cowboy (Randolph, Utah), ca. 1890s 77 Ranch (Ogden, Valley), cal 1900 78 Cowboy (LaSal, Utah), 1920 79 Cowboys (Moab, Utah), ca. 1896 80 Saloon (Ibapah, Utah), ca. 1900