The Ranch Family Documentation Project consists of 61 interviews with 78 ranchers from four Intermountain West counties: Elko County, Nevada; Box Elder County, Utah; Cache County, Utah; and Rich County, Utah. The interviews were conducted summer 2009-spring 2012.
The collection consists of 61 interviews with 78 ranchers from four Intermountain West counties: Elko County, Nevada; Box Elder County, Utah; Cache County Utah; and Rich County, Utah. The collection is divided into five series: Series I: Administrative; Series II: Box Elder County [Utah]; Series III: Cache County [Utah]; Series IV: Elko County [Nevada]; Series V: Rich County [Utah]. Each interview includes a vetted transcript, CD of the interview audio, and for some associated materials, like newspaper clippings. There is also a digital collection of the collection which includes images
Arranged by alphabetical order. The Collection has five series: Series I: Administrative; Series II: Box Elder County [Utah]; Series III: Cache County [Utah]; Series IV: Elko County [Nevada]; Series V: Rich County [Utah]
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances
Permission to publish material from the Ranch Family Documentation Project must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head
During 2009-2012, Utah State University Library's Special Collections and Archives Division conducted oral histories with people involved in ranching and ranch support industries in four Intermountain west counties: Elko County, Nevada; Box Elder County, Utah; Cache County, Utah; and Rich County, Utah. The project was directed by Randy Williams, USU Fife Folklore Archives Curator and Oral History Specialist. Kevin Fuller-Martini, official photographer for the National Cowboy Poetry Collection in Elko, Nevada, suggested the project to Williams. As well, on a visit to USU Special Collections in the spring 2009, Elko Rancher Cliff Gardner discussed with Dan Davis, USU photo curator, his desire to collect the histories of Elko County ranchers. The interviews were conducted primarily by Randy Williams, with help from Cliff Gardner; Brad Cole and Dan Davis, USU Special Collections; Utah folklorists Elaine Thatcher and Lisa Duskin-Goede; and USU Folklore Graduate Student and SCA intern Rosa Thornley. The interviews were conducted from Summer 2009 to Spring 2012
Collection processed by Nicole Cornwall, May 2013. Finding aid prepared by Randy Williams, September 2013