Briant H. Stringham Collection
COLL MSS 48
Biographical Note:
Stockman, conservationist, and reclamation advocate, B. H. “Bry” Stringham was born in the Ashley Valley (Vernal) of Utah Territory on April , 1889 to Philip and Caroline Crouch Stringham. As biographer L. Don LeFerve remarked, “though his birth went all but unnoticed” by those outside his immediate family, Bry’s life-time accomplishments and leadership would one day “leave a significant mark on the community, the valley, and the state” in which he lived.
B. H. Stringham received his early education from the LDS Church operated Uinta Stake Academy at Vernal. Afterward he attended Brigham Young University in Provo. There he trained for a teaching position and, graduating in 1912, accepted a post in Storrs, Utah. He spent three years in this small Carbon County mining town. At the end of this tenure, he returned to the Ashley Valley to join his brother in the sheep business. Vernal became his permanent residence and stock raising his life-long career.
His chosen vocation did not restrict his other interests, however. He devoted much of his life to public service. His political achievement include four terms as a legislator in the Utah House of Representatives, two terms as state senator and four terms as mayor of Vernal.
Stringham’s civic contributions were not limited to elected offices. He was a member of the Board of Trustees for Utah State University; a member of the Board of Regents for the University of Utah; a member of the Board of Directors for the Utah State University Development Fund; and a member of the Vernal Lions Club and the Vernal Rod and Gun Club.
In addition, he was President, Vice-President, and Director of the Utah Wool Grower’s Association; Chairman of the Bureau of Land Management’s State Advisory Board; a member of the Bureau of Land Management’s National Advisory Board; and a member of the Board of Directors, Central Utah Water Conservancy District.
As a conservationist, B. H. Stringham aided in the passage of the Taylor Grazing Act legislation and other national grazing laws. His cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management facilitated the construction of fourteen stock-watering reservoirs on the range land of northeastern Utah. Overall his contribution to range improvement programs in Utah merited him the Bridger Award, an honor bestowed by Utah State University for outstanding work in the field of conservation.
As an advocate of reclamation in the West; B. H. Stringham was instrumental in the development of the monumental Colorado River Storage Project. He also played a significant role in the development of the Central Utah Project, and offered his assistance to the plans of such groups as the Colorado River Development Association, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, the Upper Colorado River Commission, the Colorado River Water Users Association, the Uinta Water Conservancy District, and the Utah Water and Power Board.
On March 30, 1908, B. H. Stringham married Delpha Rolfe, but the marriage quickly ended in divorce. He later married Catherine Chipman of American Fork, Utah, in 1912. Their marriage of fifty-three years ended with her sudden death in 1965. In 1966, he remarried to Lottie Ward Hickenlooper. He passed away on July 13, 1983 at the age of ninety-four.
Scope and Content:
The Brian H. Stringham Collection is contained in twenty-five boxes. Processing of the papers was undertaken in large part by Jeff Smith. In organizing the material a topical arrangement was chosen to provide easy access to its information. All correspondence not directly related to a topical category was compiled as a separate category titled “General Correspondence.” As with the topical arrangement, the correspondence is organized alphabetically and chronologically.
Photographs, other than those permanently attached in scrapbooks, were removed from the manuscript collection and can be found
in collection P0365.
Inventory:
Box 1: General Correspondence: Aagard through Evans
Fd 1: Aagard - Allred
Fd 2: Ambassador Athletic Club - Augason
Fd 3: Bacon - Barnes
Fd 4: Barnett - Bennett, Joseph F.
Fd 5: Bennett, Wallace F.
Fd 6: Bennett, W. H. - Blood
Fd 7: Booth - Bukin
Fd 8: Bracken - Browning
Fd 9: Buck - Butler
Fd 10: Calder - Casella
(For Central Utah Project see : Water-Central Utah Project)
(For Central Utah Water Conservancy District see: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District)
Fd 11: Chapman - Chivers
Fd 12: Christensen - Clyde, Grace
Fd 13: Clyde, George D.
Fd 14: Clyde, Ora - Colton, Grace
(For Colorado River Development Association see Water - Colorado River Development Association)
(For Colorado River Water Users Association see Water - Colorado River Water Users Association)
Fd 15: Colton, Hugh - Consolidated Royalty Oil Company
Fd 16: Cooper - Cornet & Zeilieg, Inc.
Fd 17: Cornet, Henry L.
Fd 18: Cory - Cummings
Fd 19: Darley - Derrick
Fd 20: Despain - Dykstra (For Echo Park Dam see Water - Echo Park Dam)
Fd 21: Eagleston - Ellis
Fd 22: Engineering, Road Commision - Evans
Box 2: General Correspondence, Fabian through Nygaard
Fd 1: Fabian - Fox
Fd 2: Francis - Fulton
Fd 3: Gage - Gurr
Fd 4: Hacking - Halliday
Fd 5: Hallowell, Jones & David
Fd 6: Hamblin - Hanson
Fd 7: Harding - Hayward
Fd 8: Henderson - Hislop
Fd 9: Hodson - Howell
Fd 10: Hubbard - Hyde
Fd 11: Irvine - Isaacson
Fd 12: Jackson - Johnson, Lamont
Fd 13: Johnson, Lutz
Fd 14: Jolley - Justice
Fd 15: Kay - Krummes
Fd 16: Lamb - Lewis
Fd 17: Libory - Lukins
(Linke, Harold A., see Water - Linke, Harold A.)
Fd 18: Mabey - McQuire
Fd 19: Madden - Maw
Fd 20: Meagen - Moon
Fd 21: Moore, Frank - Moore, Roy
Fd 22: Morgan - Murray
Fd 23: National - Nelson
Fd 24: New - Nygaard
Box 3: General Correspondence: Oaks through Miscellaneous
Fd 1: Oaks - Owen
Fd 2: Pacific - Peterson
Fd 3: Pfost - Quilnlin
Fd 4: Rampton - Rex
Fd 5: Rhoades - Russell
Fd 6: Sam - Shuford
Fd 7: Siddoway, John - Siddoway, Wallace
Fd 8: Sieger - Squire
Fd 9: Stanton - Stoddard
Fd 10: Stringfellow - Swalberg
Fd 11: Taggart - Tyzack
Fd 12: Uinta Basin Telephone Association - Ute Indian Trading Post
Fd 13: Varley - Vest
Fd 14: Walker - Wharburton
Fd 15: Ward, Frank
Fd 16: Watkins, Arthur V.
Fd 17: Watson - Wilks
Fd 18: Will, John Geoffry
Fd 19: Wilson - Wright
Fd 20: Yorty - Young
Fd 21: Miscellaneous
Box 4: Biographical Data
Fd 1: Draft for unpublished biography of BHS by L. Don Leferve of Salt Lake City
Fd 2: Recollection by various people concerning BHS, other autobiographical material
Fd 3: Papers of Phillip Stringham, Agreements, mortgages, and leases
Fd 4: Papers of Phillip Stringham, Certificates
Fd 5: Papers of Phillip Stringham, Deeds and patents
Fd 6 Papers of Phillip Stringham, Receipts and statements
Fd 7: Miscellaneous family papers
Box 5: Subject Files: Boy Scouts of America through Citations
Fd 1: Boy Scouts of America, Correspondence, 1948
Fd 2: Brigham Young University Emeritus Club Correspondence, 1962-1980
Fd 3: “Bry” Stringham Day, Memorabilia, April 2, 1966
Fd 4: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Correspondence, 1954-1970
Fd 5: BLM, Federal Range Code
Fd 6: BLM, Maps
Fd 7: BLM, Memoranda, 1941-1964
Fd 8: BLM, Public Lands Policy
Fd 9: BLM, Public Lands Reports
Fd 10: BLM, State Advisory Board Meetings, 1954
Fd 11: BLM, State Advisory Board Meetings, 1957
Fd 12: BLM, State Advisory Board Meetings, 1960
Fd 13: BLM, State Advisory Board Meetings, 1961
Fd 14: BLM, Miscellaneous
Fd 15: Citations
Box 6: Subject Files: Grazing Leases through Letters of Recommendation
Fd 1: Grazing leases
Fd 2: Grazing licenses
Fd 3: Grazing permits
Fd 4: Grazing service, correspondence, 1938-1955
Fd 5: Hotel Vernal, Annual Reports, 1948-1959
Fd 6: Hotel Vernal, Annual Reports, 1960-1964
Fd 7: Hotel Vernal, Financial Statements, 1949-1959
Fd 8: Hotel Vernal, Financial Statements, 1960-1965
Fd 9: Hotel Vernal, Miscellaneous
Fd 10: Land and Grazing, speeches
Fd 11: Leal Papers: Agreements, leases, permits
Fd 12: Legislative correspondence, 1946-1948
Fd 13: Legislative correspondence, January-May 1949
Fd 14: Legislative correspondence, June-December 1949
Fd 15: Legislative correspondence, 1953-1954
Fd 16: Legislative correspondence, January-February 1955
Fd 17: Legislative correspondence, November-December 1955
Fd 18: Legislative correspondence, 1956
Fd 19: Legislative correspondence, 1957-1958
Fd 20: Letters of Recommendation
Box 7: Subject Files: Mailing Lists through Oil Leases
Fd 1: Mailing Lists
Fd 2: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, June-October 1946
Fd 3: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, November-December 1946
Fd 4: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, January-March 1947
Fd 5: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, April-June 1947
Fd 6: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, July-October 1947
Fd 7: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, November-December 1947
Fd 8: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, January-March 1948
Fd 9: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, April-June 1948
Fd 10: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, July-December 1948
Fd 11: Mayoral correspondence, Vernal Utah, 1949
Fd 12: Oil Leases, Agreements
Fd 13: Oil Leases, Division orders
Fd 14 Oil Leases, Pooling agreements
Fd 15: Oil Leases, miscellaneous
Box 8: Subject Files: Personal Finances through Rural Area Development
Fd 1: Personal Finances: Account books, bank statements, etc
Fd 2: Political campaign addresses, 1940
Fd 3: Political campaign addresses, 1942 and 1944
Fd 4: Political campaign addresses, 1950 and 1953
Fd 5: Political campaign addresses, 1957
Fd 6: Political campaign addresses, 1960-1961
Fd 7: Predator Animal Control, reports and statements
Fd 8: Production Credit Association, correspondence, 1964-1972
Fd 9: Production Credit Association, meetings, 1974-75
Fd 10: Production Credit Association, Policy manual
Fd 11: Production Credit Association, Speeches
Fd 12: Production Credit Association, Miscellaneous
Fd 13: Rural Areas Development Committee, correspondence, 1963
Box 9: Speeches through Vernal, Utah Lion’s Club
Fd 1: Speeches by Stringham: Agriculture
Fd 2: Speeches by Stringham: Cattle Industry
Fd 3: Speeches by Stringham: Community Development - Uinta Basin
Fd 4: Speeches by Stringham: Community Development - Utah Municipal
Fd 5: Speeches by Stringham: Community Development - Vernal City
Fd 6: Speeches by Stringham: Community Development - Miscellaneous
Fd 7: Speeches by Stringham: Patriotic
Fd 8: Speeches by Stringham: Political
Fd 9: Speeches by Stringham: Range Management
Fd 10: Speeches by Stringham: Sheep Industry
Fd 11: Speeches by Stringham: Miscellaneous
Fd 12: Speeches collected by Stringham
Fd 13: Taxes, 1940 - 1970
Fd 14 Taylor Grazing Act (For Uinta Water Conservancy District, see Water - Uinta Water etc; for Upper Colorado River Storage Projects see Water - Upper Colorado etc.)
Fd 15: Utah Municipal League, Minutes, 1948
Fd 16: Vernal City, Utah; Annual Reports, 1948 & 1952
Fd 17: Vernal City, Utah; Miscellaneous
Fd 18: Vernal Lion’s Club, Addresses by Stringham
Fd 19: Vernal Lion’s Club, Correspondence, 1943-1944, 1963, 1977
Fd 20: Vernal Lion’s Club, Minutes of Meetings, 1943 - 1977 (incomplete)
Fd 21: Vernal Lion’s Club, Miscellaneous
Box 10: Subject Files, Water - Central Utah Project through Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District
Fd 1: Water - Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, Correspondence
Fd 2: Water - Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, 1972 Reports
Fd 3: Water - Central Utah Project, Jensen Unit, Correspondence, 1975
Fd 4: Water - Central Utah Project, Jensen Unit, Reports, 1967-1972
Fd 5: Water - Central Utah Project, Maps
Fd 6: Water - Central Utah Project, News Releases, 1966-1971
Fd 7: Water - Central Utah Project, Statements, 1970s
Fd 8: Water - Central Utah Project, Uinta Unit Reports, 1975
Fd 9: Water - Central Utah Project, Upalco Unit, Reports, 1975
Fd 10: Water - Central Utah Project, Vernal Unit, Reports, 1958-1971
Fd 11: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Agreements
Fd 12: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Annual Reports, 1968-1975
Fd 13: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Annual Reports, 1976-1977
Fd 14: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors, 1964-1974
Fd 15: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Correspondence, 1964-1979
Box 11: Subject Files: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Directors Meetings, 1967 - 1976
Box 12: Subject Files: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Directors Meetings, 1977-1978 through Colorado River Development Association
Fd 1: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Financial Statements
Fd 2: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Policy Bulletins
Fd 3: Water - Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Miscellaneous
Fd 4: Water - Colorado River Development Association, Correspondence, 1950-1951
Fd 5: Water - Colorado River Development Association, Correspondence, 1952-1960
Fd 6: Water - Colorado River Development Association, Finances
Fd 7: Water - Colorado River Development Association, Meetings 1950-1952
Fd 8: Water - Colorado River Development Association, Meetings, 1953-1958
Fd 9: Water - Colorado River Development Association, Statements
Fd 10: Water - Colorado River Development Association, Tours
Box 13: Subject Files: Water - Colorado River Storage Project through Upper Colorado River Grass Roots, Inc.
Fd 1: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Legislative materials, 1953-1954
Fd 2: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Legislative materials, 1955
Fd 3: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Maps
Fd 4: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Minutes
Fd 5: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Resolutions
Fd 6: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Statements, 1950-1951
Fd 7: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Statements, 1954
Fd 8: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Upper Colorado River Commission, 1951-1952
Fd 9: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Upper Colorado River Commission, 1954
Fd 10: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Upper Colorado River Commission, 1955
Fd 11: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Upper Colorado River Commission, 1976-1977
Fd 12: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Upper Colorado River Commission, 1978-1979
Fd 13: Water - Colorado River Storage Project, Upper Colorado River Grass Roots, Inc.
Box 14: Subject Files: Water - Colorado River Water Users Association through Linke, Harold A., Correspondence
Fd 1: Water - Colorado River Water Users Association, Reports, 1955-1976
Fd 2: Water - Echo Park Dam Controversy, Correspondence, 1946-1955
Fd 3: Water - Echo Park Dam Controversy, Statements, 1950-1951
Fd 4: Water - Echo Park Dam Controversy, Statements, 1954-1955
Fd 5: Water - Echo Park Dam Controversy, Statements, Undated
Fd 6: Water - Echo Park Dam Controversy, Secretary of the Interior, 1950
Fd 7: Water - Echo Park Dam Controversy, Miscellaneous
Fd 8: Water - Linke, Harold A., Correspondence, 1949
Box 15: Subject Files: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District through Utah Water and Power Board
Fd 1: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Annual Meetings, 1969, 1971
Fd 2: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Annual Report, 1961
Fd 3: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1960-1961
Fd 4: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1969-1970
Fd 5: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1971
Fd 6: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1974
Fd 7: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1975
Fd 8: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1976
Fd 9: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1977
Fd 10: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1978
Fd 11: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1979
Fd 12: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Board of Directors Meetings, 1980
Fd 13: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Contracts
Fd 14: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Correspondence, 1959-1976
Fd 15: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Correspondence, 1977-1978
Fd 16: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Correspondence, 1979-1980
Fd 17: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Dry Fork Project, 1961
Fd 18: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Dry Fork Project, 1971
Fd 19: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Financial Statements, 1963
Fd 20: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Memoranda, 1979-1980
Fd 21: Water - Uinta Water Conservancy District, Miscellaneous
Fd 22: Water - Utah Water and Power Board, Reports, 1950s
Fd 23: Water - Utah Water and Power Board, Reports, 1960s
Fd 24: Water - Miscellaneous
Box 16: Subject Files: Wool Growers, Correspondence through Utah Wool Grower
Fd 1: Wool Growers Association, Correspondence, 1938-1963
Fd 2: Wool Growers Association, Correspondence, 1964
Fd 3: Wool Growers Association, Correspondence, 1965-1972
Fd 4: Wool Growers Association, Miscellaneous
Fd 5: Wool Growers Association, National Conventions
Fd 6: Wool Growers Association, Speeches, 1961-1963
Fd 7: Wool Growers Association, Speeches, 1964-1968
Fd 8: Wool Growers Association, Speeches, 1969-1971
Fd 9: Wool Growers Association, American Sheep Producers Council Workshop, 1970
Fd 10: Wool Growers Association, American Wool Council, Reports, 1961
Fd 11: Wool Growers Association, American Wool Council, Reports, 1970-1971
Fd 12: Wool Growers Association, Stringham Sheep Company
Fd 13: Wool Growers Association, Utah Meetings
Fd 14: Wool Growers Association, “The Utah Wool Grower,” 1964
Fd 15: Wool Growers Association, “The Utah Wool Grower,” 1965
Fd 16: Wool Growers Association, “The Utah Wool Grower,” 1967-1971
Fd 17: Wool Growers Association, “The Utah Wool Grower,” 1972-1976
Box 17: Diaries and Memoranda Books
Box 18: Utah Senate Journals, 1943-1955, Directories 1941-1957, and related material
Box 19: Stringham Sheep Business - financial statements and receipts
Box 20: Memorabilia
“Key to the City,” Vernal Utah; 1882 Whiskey Bottle from Fort Thornburg; Embosser for Stringham Sheep Business; Ceremonial Leg Hook from Utah Wool Grower’s Association; Desk Blotter; Book End, Salt Lake City Vocational School medallion; “Fence gate” modeled on those from Stringham Sheep farms.
Box 21: Plaques
Thirty Years Service Award, Utah Wool Grower’s Association
USU Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award, 1976
The Bridger Award, 1965