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.
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. Register completed by Daniel M. Davis, June 2001, and modified August 2002.
Box 1.
Folder 1.
1:01:01. The "East Desert" from Thousand Lake Mountain; Fish Lake National Forest,
1917.
1:01:02. The "East Desert" from Thousand Lake Mountain; Fish Lake National Forest,
1917.
1:01:03. Missing.
1:01:04. Sage and mahogany; Fillmore National Forest, 1917.
1:01:05. Erosion resulting from a cloud burst, Beaver River Drainage; Fillmore National
Forest, 1917.
1:01:06. Frasera growing at Ferron Creek, 1917.
1:01:07. Lower Gunnison Valley, Musinea Peak to the right; Fishlake National Forest,
1917.
1:01:08. Missing.
1:01:09. Missing.
1:01:10. Meadows, Glenwood Division; Fishlake National Forest, 1917.
1:01:11. Missing.
1:01:12. Missing.
1:01:13. Ole's Lake and Upper Muddy Creek; Manti National Forest, 1917.
1:01:14. Missing.
1:01:15. Larkspur that has been hoed out.
1:01:16. Elkhorn ranger station, Thousand Lake Mountain; Fishlake National Forest, 1917.
1:01:17. Natural fences, Thousand Lake Mountain; Fishlake National Forest, 1917.
1:01:18. The "East Desert" from Thousand Lake Mountain; Fishlake National Forest,
1917.
1:01:19. The "East Desert" from Thousand Lake Mountain; Fishlake National Forest,
1917.
1:01:20. Ranger Adair and Supt. Mattson in pure stand of granea, Thousand Lake
Mountain; Fish Lake National Forest, 1917
Folder 2.
1:02:01. Overgrazed flats, South Fork, American Fork Canyon, 1918.
1:02:02. View toward Silver Lake Basin, American Fork Canyon, 1918.
1:02:03-10. Views of Ferron winter range in Castle Valley, December, 1918.
1:02:11. Spring range near Richville; Morgan Co., 1919.
1:02:12. Spring range near Richville; Morgan Co., 1919.
1:02:13. View, Deep Creek and Morgan County, 1919.
1:02:14. Frozen scrub oak trees, Diamond Fork; Uintah Forest, 1919.
1:02:15. Stock bridge, sixth water; Diamond Fork, 1919.
1:02:16. Cattle at turn of road, Diamond Fork, 1919.
1:02:17. Salt ground, Diamond Fork; Uintah Forest, 1919.
1:02:18. Overgrazed range with cover of greendock and sunflower, Diamond Fork; Uintah
Forest, 1919.
1:02:19. Overgrazed sage range at Diamond Fork; note Senecio, 1919.
1:02:20. Missing.
Folder 3.
1:03:01. Overgrazed open flat near water hold, Diamond Fork, 1919.
1:03:02. Green dock in open oak type, divide between Diamond Fork and Hobble Creek,
1919.
1:03:03. Missing.
1:03:04. Missing.
1:03:05. Snowberry killed by overgrazing, head of Sawmill Hollow, Diamond Fork, 1919.
1:03:06. Salt ground on creek, Diamond Fork, at mouth of Sawmill Hollow, 1919.
1:03:07-08. Farm at head of Wourhode's Canyon, under fence about six years; Uintah Forest,
1919.
1:03:09. Missing.
1:03:10. Missing.
1:03:11. Missing.
1:03:12. Mudhole, place for water development; Hobble Creek, 1919.
1:03:13. Misssing.
1:03:14. Missing.
1:03:15. View, left fork of Hobble Creek, 1919.
1:03:16. Isolated unutilized area, cattle range on Left Fork of Hobble Creek, 1919.
1:03:17-18. Steep slopes of Hobble Creek showing spring range, largely unutilized; 1919.
1:03:19. Left Fork of Hobble Creek, 1919.
1:03:20. Upper Walsburg range, 1919
Folder 4.
1:04:01. Missing.
1:04:02. Missing.
1:04:03. North fork of Mt. Pleasant Creek showing overgrazed upper browse range, 1919.
1:04:04. Steep slopes of the north fork of Mt. Pleasant Creek showing aspen and conifer
above, oak and chokecherry below, 1919.
1:04:05. Sheep corral at Cook allotment, head of Bear Canyon; Manti LaSal National
Forest, 1919.
1:04:06. Spring Canyon, Cook allotment; Manti Forest, 1919.
1:04:07. Late range on Cook allotment showing elderberry, Spring Canyon; Manti National
Forest, 1919.
1:04:08. Pine camp, Cook allotment, showing good soil nearly denuded. Dandelion,
yarrow, and other plants growing in, 1919.
1:04:09. Missing.
1:04:10. Pine camp, Cook allotment; Manti National Forest, 1919.
1:04:11. Pine camp at Cook allotment; Manti National Forest, 1919.
1:04:12. Cook allotment in Bear Canyon; Manti National Forest, 1919.
1:04:13-15. Elder range in Cook allotment, Spring Canyon; Manti National Forest, 1919.
1:04:16. Anderson allotment in Bulger Canyon; Manti National Forest, 1919 (1:4:14 Missing).
1:04:17. Fairview Reservoir, upper Gooseberry; Manti National Forest, 1919.
1:04:18. Larsen sawmill, Huntington Reservoir; Manit National Forest, 1919.
1:04:19. Huntington Reservoir Dam; Manti National Forest, 1919.
1:04:20. Huntington Reservoir Dam; Manti National Forest, 1919
Folder 5.
1:05:01. Missing.
1:05:02-03. Missing.
1:05:04. Missing.
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.
1:05:06. Missing.
1:05:07. Missing.
1:05:08-10. Great Basin Experiment Station in Ephraim Canyon, 1919 (1:5:09 Missing).
1:05:11. Forest range and fenced pasture, result of six year protection; Wanrhodes Canyon,
Uintah National Forest, 1919.
1:05:12. Missing.
1:05:13. Missing.
1:05:14-15. Cattle in yellow pine flat; Sevier Forest, 1919 (1:5:14 Missing).
1:05:16-18. Sheep on Sevier Forest (1:5:16 and 1:5:17 Missing).
1:05:19. Missing.
1:05:20. Missing.
Folder 6.
1:06:01. Sage and juniper types in Clear Creek Canyon; Fillmore Forest, 1919.
1:06:02. Mud Spring, ridge between Fish and Mill Canyons, south of Clear Creek Canyon;
Fillmore Forest, 1919.
1:06:03-06. View at Sargent Lakes, Sargent Mountains, Clear Creek Canyon; Fillmore Forest,
1919 (1:6:05 Missing).
1:06:07. Eroded area at Sargent lakes, Clear Creek Canyon; Sevier Forest, 1919.
1:06:08. Group at the Great Basin Experiment Station in Ephraim Canyon; Manti National
Forest, 1919.
1:06:09. Missing.
1:06:10. Apline Station in Ephraim Canyon, 1919.
1:06:11-13. Ewes at John H. Seely ranch, Mt. Pleasant, 1919.
1:06:14-15. Shorthorn cows on the John H. Seely ranch, Mt. Pleasant, 1919.
1:06:16-17. Purebred horses on the J.M. Ritchie ranch, Charleston, 1919 (1:6:16 Missing).
1:06:18. Pure-bred Hereford cow, Winterton Ranch; Charleston, 1919.
1:06:19. Steer at the Winterton Bros. ranch; Charleston, 1919.
1:06:20. "Beau Utah," bull at the Winterton Bros. ranch; Charleston, 1919
Folder 7.
1:07:01. "Debonaire," bull at the Western Bros. ranch; Strawberry, 1919.
1:07:02. "Beau martin," bull at Winterton Bros. ranch; Strawberry, 1919.
1:07:03-10. Registered Herefords grazing on Winterton Bros. ranch; Strawberry, 1919.
1:07:11-13. Registered Herefords grazing Whiting ranch, Strawberry, 1919.
1:07:14. Group at Winterton/Whiting pasture, Strawberry, 1919.
1:07:15-20. Photos of stock at the San Rafael Ranching Co., Nagales, AZ, 1919.
1:07:21-22. Views and stock at the San Rafael Ranching Co., Nagales, AZ, Photos by Quayle
Peterson, 1919
Folder 8.
1:08:01-04. Close-ups of frost on pine limbs, USU campus, ca. 1938.
1:08:05-06. Home Economics Department cottage, USU campus, ca. 1938.
1:08:07-08. A USU Homecoming parade, looking northwest on Main St. across from
Tabernacle.
1:08:09-10. The mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon, ca. 1938.
1:08:11. Overgrazed ranch in Blacksmith Fork Canyon, ca. 1938.
1:08:12. Partial enclosure, Beaver Mt., ca. 1938.
1:08:13. Reproduction of growth in enclosure, Beaver Mr., ca. 1938.
1:08:14-15. Sheep grazing in spruce and fir environment, Cache National Forest, ca. 1938.
1:08:16. Delphinium in Logan Canyon, ca. 1938.
1:08:17. View near Wellsville from U.S. Highway 89, approaching Sardine Canyon, ca.
1938.
1:08:18-19. Views of Dry Lake in Sardine Canyon, ca. 1938.
1:08:20. Views in South Cache Valley near Paradise, ca. 1938.
1:08:21. Sampling vegetation in the Card Canyon study area, 1950.
1:08:21a. Sagebrush and forest.
1:08:22-29. 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.
1:08:30. View in Green Canyon, ca. 1950.
1:08:31-32. Views in the Card Canyon study area, 1950.
1:08:33. View looking west from foothills east of Millville showing study enclosure, ca.
1950
Folder 9.
1:09:01. Floating island beached by subsiding water, Tony Grove Lake, 1941.
1:09:02-03. Views showing weeds in a North Logan pasture, 1939.
1:09:04. View showing state land on hillside in North Logan, ca. 1939.
1:09:05. View of fence line showing contrast between National Forest and private lands,
Ashley national Forest, ca. 1939.
1:09:06. Deer high line at Fish Lake in Uintah Mountains, 1939.
1:09:07-09. Views showing steep terrain and heavy use on state land at Lake Fork, near
Thistle, Utah Co., ca. 1939.
1:09:10. Private range of J.A. Scorup on east slope of Manti-LaSal Mountains, 1950.
1:09:11. View northeast from Scorup ranch; USAC grant land in background, 1950.
1:09:12. East slope of Manti-LaSal National Forest showing yellow pine and oak above
pine flat, 1950.
1:09:13. Amelanchia, woodenshoe and pinion (invading sagebrush) on Deer Flat near
Manti-LaSal National Forest, 1950.
1:09:14. State land on Carson Peak, Dagget Co., ca. 1950.
1:09:15-16. Fence line and view on salt desert near Woodside, Emery Co., ca. 1950.
1:09:17-18. Missing.
1:09:19. Pinion juniper near Kanarraville, Iron Co., ca. 1950.
1:09:20-24. Geyser near Woodside, Utah, Emery Co.
1:09:25-26. Distant view of sheep on winter range, Shadscale Range in the background; north
of Panguitch, 1938.
1:09:27. View of dunes on the Navajo Indian Reservation, San Juan County, 1938.
1:09:28-34. Views of Utah State University North Logan property
Folder 10.
1:10:01-02. Sheep grazing near Moab, Utah.
1:10:03-04. Cliff dwellings near Blanding, Utah.
1:10:05-08. Views showing ephedra ajare and grama in Monument Valley, 1938.
1:10:09. Pinion juniper along White Rim (?), Kane Co.
1:10:10-11. Blaine Betenson and Morgan Parke at break in dam of Fish Lake Reservoir Co, at
Cliff Lake, head of branch of Weber River; 1933.
1:10:12. Betenson and Parke at flood gorge ½ mile below Cliff Lake, near head of Weber
River; 1933.
1:10:13. View toward Loafer Mountain on state land, Utah Co.
1:10:14. State land in Gordon Creek area, Morgan Co.
1:10:15. Pinion juniper in White Canyon, San Juan Co.
1:10:16-17. State lands in Carbon Co., ca. 1940.
1:10:18. State land south of Thistle, Utah.
1:10:19. View in foothills near Fillmore.
1:10:20. Fresh-water spring plants on Antelope Island, 1938.
1:10:21. Defoliated site of California Gull colony on Antelope Island, 1938.
1:10:22-23. Distant view, Carrington and Badger Islands from Stansbury Island; lower bench
and sand dune habitat in foreground, 1938.
1:10:24. Site of prairie falcon colony, upper levels of Stansbury Island, 1938.
1:10:25. Antelope Island viewed from Stansbury Island, 1938.
1:10:26. Highest point of Stansbury Island, viewed from lake shore, 1938.
1:10:27-28. Views of salt desert shrub north of Moab, ca. 1940
Folder 11.
1:11:01-02. Mud Springs in the Curlew Valley, Oneida Co., ca. 1939.
1:11:03-04. Hillside above Pocatello, terraced by strata, May 1939.
1:11:05-06. Eleocharis growing on old lake bed, Pocatello Valley, Summer 1939.
1:11:07. Various types of sagebrush (artemisia), and atriplex near Dickey, 1937.
1:11:08-09. Heavily grazed land showing sagebrush and artemesia nona, a. frigida, and a.
spinescens near Dickey, 1939.
1:11:10. Fence line showing fall-grazed paddock on left, and spring-grazed on right, near
Dubois, 1938.
1:11:11. Fence lines showing grazed and ungrazed land at Willow Creek Summit, 20 miles
north of MacKay, 1937.
1:11:12. Salsola pestifer in winter range, Wah Wah Valley, 1937.
1:11:13-14b. Burned area at one and two years, near Dubois, Spring 1938.
1:11:15b. Land sown to crested wheat, Dubois, 1938.
1:11:16. View at the Desert Range Experiment Station near Dubois, 1937.
1:11:17. Students with Paul Dunn at Desert Range Experiment Station near Dubois, 1937.
1:11:18-19. Views showing fence line comparison of enclosures at the Desert Range
Experiment Station, Dubois, 1937.
1:11:20-21. Views of the Desert Range Experiment station, Dubois, 1939
Folder 12.
1:12:01-02. Pinion juniper in the Kaibab National Forest, 1938.
1:12:03. Sand dunes east of Fallon, Nevada, 1939.
1:12:04. Badlands, North Dakota, 1941.
1:12:05. Chio Valley north of Prescott, AZ, 1948.
1:12:06. Moenkopi Village, AZ, ca. 1938
Folder 12a.
1:12a:01-04. Desert near Las Vegas and Nevada/California border.
1:12a:05. Lake Tahoe.
1:12a:06-09. Views in northern redwood forests.
1:12a:10-12. Yellow pine at Echo Summit.
1:12a:13. Berkeley at night.
1:12a:14-24. Views of range and cattle near Monterey; also one seashore view.
1:12a:25-26. Chapparal east of Los Angeles.
1:12a:27. Lupine near San Dimas.
1:12a:28-30. Range, cattle and range plants in the San Juoquin Valley.
1:12a:31-32. Annual grass range near Salinas: one photo showing sheep grazing
Folder 13.
1:13:01-24. Views of range types in California and Nevada in the Sierra Nevada mountains
including Mountain Park, 1941
Folder 13a.
1:13a:01-08. Views include geysers, and Yellowstone River
Folder 14.
1:14:01. Gully erosion in Echo Canyon, Utah, 1937.
1:14:02. Erosion along 10-foot bank at edge of a six-acre depression, near Grantsville,
Utah, 1935.
1:14:03-04. Mud flow on highway through Red Canyon near Panguitch, Utah, 1937.
1:14:05-06. Erosion remnants in valley fill between Bluff and Mexican Hat, Utah, 1938.
1:14:07-09a. Bank erosion and trees marking edge of Wahlers River near Bluff, UT, 1938.
1:14:10. Eroded hillside south of Challis, Idaho, 1937.
1:14:11. Eroded banks on Johnson River, south of Fredonia, AZ, 1939.
1:14:12-27. Wind-blown desert showing erosion in Tooele Co. near Grantsville, UT, 1935
(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)
Folder 15.
1:15:01-04. Stock trail along fence line near Wood River, Idaho, 1938.
1:15:05-07. Brown's herd on the Santa Rita range, New Mexico (?); also water trough, ca.
1948.
1:15:08-13. Cattle grazing on barren lands at Sand Hills, NE, 1941.
1:15:14-15. Cattle in South Warner Valley, Oregon; sparganium in background, May 1939.
1:15:16-17. West Hodges pasture corrals, 1930's.
1:15:18-19. Cattle grazing on Big Flat, Beaver Mountain, ca. 1938.
1:15:20. Cattle grazing in Franklin Basin, 1930's
Folder 16.
1:16:01. Students collecting snowberry, Tony Grove in Logan Canyon.
1:16:02-03. Windmill at the Miles City Experiment Station (Wyoming), 1941.
1:16:04. Watering hole at Big Springs, Kaibab National Forest, AZ 1939.
1:16:05. Bed rock plots, Sierra Ancha, ca. 1940.
1:16:06. Oneida water project, Haw's well, 1939
Folder 17.
1:17:01. Oregon grape in Fort Douglas watershed, Red Butte Canyon, 1937.
1:17:02. Delphium and "n----r head" in Logan Canyon, 1939.
1:17:03. "Mormon mahogany" (A. Tridentata) in the Salmon River bottoms, South Bay
Horse, 1937.
1:17:04. Hedged sage at a deer flat, 1950.
1:17:05. Purshie Tridentata near Doyle, California, 1939.
1:17:06. Grama.
1:17:07. Berberia Fremontii near LaVerkin, UT, 1938.
1:17:08. Black birch between Bluff and Mexican Hat, UT, ca. 1938.
1:17:09-11. Cowania, in Kaibab National Forest, ca. 1938.
1:17:12. Emplectocladus Tasciclotus at Anderson Junction, 1938.
1:17:13-14. Cholla near Virgin River, UT, 1938.
1:17:15. Wheat grass, Price River Canyon, 1938.
1:17:16-17. Agropyron near Soldier Summit, ca. 1938.
1:17:18. Thistle, ca. 1938.
1:17:19. Juniper on west slope above feeding grounds south of Green Canyon.
1:17:20. Tall sagebrush (Artemisia Tridentata) near Bay Horse, Salmon River, Idaho.
1:17:21. Scrub oak
1:17:22-23. Yellow pine
Folder 18.
1:18:01-02. Reseeding test plots on San Juaquin experiment range, 1937.
1:18:03. Reseeding at College forest, 1939.
1:18:04. Reseeded Hologetor area, Sublette, Idaho.
1:18:05-06. Reseeding on stripped deer flat, 1950.
1:18:07-08. A reseeded College plot, 1941
Folder 19.
1:19:01-06a. Sheep grazing in Franklin Basin, Logan Canyon, 1939.
1:19:07-08. Open grazing on Desert Range Experiment Station near Dubois, Idaho, 1938.
1:19:09-10. Sheep in paddock at Desert Range Experiment Station near Dubois, 1938.
1:19:11-14. Sheep on overgrazed public domain land south of Dubois, Idaho, 1938.
1:19:15. Desert grazing near Parawon, UT 1938.
1:19:16-18. Sheep on trail near Goshute Reservation, Juab Co., UT 1938.
1:19:19. Sheep on winter range black brush near Moab, UT, 1938.
1:19:20. Sheep shearing shed near Blanding, UT, 1938
Folder 20.
1:20:01. Sheep at water hole at Delle, UT 1939.
1:20:02. Tent-lambing at Dubois, ID, 1939.
1:20:03-05. Sheep at water troughs, UAC section at head of Bear River Canyon, 1941.
1:20:06-10. Sheep at salt trough at Little Bear Spring, 1941.
1:20:11-12. Portable shearing in the F. Clark range, 1941.
1:20:13-14. Sheep grazing west of Lusk, WY, 1941.
1:20:15-16. Students demonstrating sheep sprayer at the Desert Range Experiment Station,
1948
Folder 21.
1:21:01-09. Photographs of sheep on the range in Clark Co., Idaho infected with "big head,"
1939
Box 2.
Folder 1.
2:01:01-02. Terraced hillside near Pocatello, ID, 1938.
2:01:03-04. Grasses on Pocatello, ID project, 1938.
2:01:05. SCS staff in Dubois, ID, ca. 1938.
2:01:06. Cattle trail through SCS project, Tooele, UT 1938.
2:01:07. Mudcrack with growth of salsola, Tooele, UT 1939.
2:01:08. View across desert, Tooele, Utah project, 1939
Folder 2.
2:02:01. Students in the field taking notes at Dubois, ID, 1939.
2:02:02. Students in the field at Trow Bridge experiment ranch, Oracle Junction, AZ, 1948.
2:02:03. Students posed at Hoover Dam enroute to Santa Rita, 1948.
2:02:04. Students pose before Lewis Stage bus enroute to Santa Rita, 1948.
2:02:05. Students in field discussing mosquito control and lonegrass seeding, Santa Rita,
1948.
2:02:06-08. Students at California (including Yosemite), 1952.
2:02:09-10. Students posed before the Little Colorado River canyon, 1954.
2:02:11. Students in northeast Idaho on National Wildlife Federation trip, 1960
Folder 3.
2:03:01-27. Photographs of a grazing study area showing dear, sheep, and cattle paddocks
before and after grazing, 1966, Webster Flat (Negatives available).
Folder 4.
2:04:01-02. Aspen Study (Negative available for 2:4:02).
2:04:03-04. Clean Cut, Twin Creek, 1966. George Scotter (Negatives available).
2:04:05-06. Buffalo Vaccination Program, Spring, 1963 (Negatives available).
2:04:07. Buffalo Vaccination Program, Spring, 1964 (Negative available).
2:04:08. Drugged Buffalo Calf, tagging operation of 1963 (Negative available).
2:04:09. Ralph Blotter with Buffalo, shot spring 1964 (Negative available).
2:04:10-18. Buffalo Innoculation, 1963 (Negatives available for all images except 2:4:18.
2:04:19-20. General view at the Desert Range Experiment Station, 1965 (Negative available).