Dean R. Brimhall photograph collection

Dean R. Brimhall photograph collection, 1886-1972

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Brimhall, Dean R.
Title: Dean R. Brimhall photograph collection
Dates: 1886-1972 (inclusive)
18861972
Quantity: 3 boxes
Collection Number: P0114
Summary: The Dean R. Brimhall photograph collection contains portraits of Dean Brimhall and of members of his family, photographs of activities of Utah Pacific Airways, and of the Works Progress Administration exhibit building in Washington, D.C. (1940). The collection also contains photographs of petroglyphs and rock paintings and photographs of scenic views taken by Dean Brimhall on various camping trips.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

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Brimhall was director of research of the Civil Aeronautics administration, was active in the Work Progress Administration during the 1930s, and was once president of Utah Pacific Airways. His wife, Lila Eccles Brimhall, was active in Utah drama and was a professor of speech and drama at the University of Utah. Brimhall's photographs include family portraits and pictures of his associations with the CAA, the WPA, and Utah Pacific Airways. Also included are examples of petroglyphs and pictographs in southern Utah and Brimhall and friends on hiking and cross-country ski tours.

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Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Dean Brimhall audio-visual collection (A0473).

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Deam R. Brimhall papers (MS 0114).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Dean R. Brimhall Photographs of Work, Family, and RecreationReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Dean R. Brimhall 1-2: Dean R. Brimhall 3: Washington Press photo of Dean R. Brimhall 4: Painting of Dean R. Brimhall, 1958 5: Dean R. Brimhall 6: Dean R. Brimhall, 1964 7: Dean R. Brimhall looking at Southern Utah desert 8: Dean R. Brimhall at his home in Fruita, Utah-Capitol Reef National Monument
1	2	Dean R. Brimhall and other people 9: Dean R. Brimhall and his wife Lila Eccles Brimhall 10: Dean, Lila and son McKeen Brimhall along with two unidentified friends 11: Dean, Lila and son McKeen Brimhall with two young boys named Victor and Phillip at snowslide up Provo Canyon, February 16, 1929 12: Dean R. Brimhall, McKeen Brimhall and Coleen Keeler 13-14: Dean and Lila Brimhall with two friends 15: Dean R. Brimhall and the George H. Brimhall family 16: Dean R. Brimhall with pilots Ernie Longbrake and Vern Carler along with unidentified photographer and butcher, 1931 17-18: Dean R. Brimhall with unidentified group 19: Dean R. Brimhall and Art Mortenson on a fishing trip on the Salmon River in Idaho. Picture of airplane in background 20: Dean R. Brimhall with a group at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas 21: Dean R. Brimhall receiving Service Award of the United States Department of Commerce (Gold Medal) from Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyers, February 19, 1952 22: Dean R. Brimhall listening to address given by Utah Governor Calvin Rampton. Senator Frank E. Moss (Utah) is also seated on the stand 23: Dean R. Brimhall seated with group attending the speech given by Governor Calvin L. Rampton
1	3	Dean R. Brimhall with the Civil Aeronautics Administration 24: CAA photo-Dr. M. S. Viteles, Chairman Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots, University of Pennsylvania. Dean R. Brimhall seated upper far right 25: CAA Photo Dr. M. S. Viteles. Chairman Committee of Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots, University of Pennsylvania 26: CAA Photo Major General D. W. N. Grant, Air Surgeon, Headquarters, Army-Air Force 27: CAA Photo Dr. Dean R. Brimhall 28: CAA Photo Commadore C. Adams. Chief Division of Aviation Medical Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. United States Navy. Dean R. Brimhall seated far right 29: CAA Photo Dr. R. Y. Walker, University of Tennessee gave report on current research at the Institute of Aviation Psychology 30: CAA Photo Dr. W. R. Miles gave report of design of a study on the relationships between visual measures and flight performance 31: CAA Photo Dr. F. N. Law gave report on effect of training on Acuity of Peripheral Vision 32: CAA Photo Dr. Dean R. Brimhall and Dr. Morris S. Viteles Chairman Committee in Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots 33: CAA Photo C. I. Stanton gave address of welcome for CAA 34: CAA Photo Dr. Carmicheal, Chairman of Anthropology and Psychology, gave address of welcome for National Council 35: CAA Photo Raymond Fransen gave report on study of fatal and near fatal airplane accidents. The study was made by Dr. Brimhall and Dr. Fransen 36: CAA Photo Non-Scheduled Flying Advisory Committee meeting in the Administrator's office, Commerce Building, Washington D. C., March 24, 1949. Dean R. Brimhall seated far right
1	4	Family Photographs 37: Lila Brimhall with daughter Frances Brimhall 38: Lila Brimhall with Frances Brimhall at age four months 39-41: Lila Brimhall with France Brimhall 42: Lila Brimhall, McKeen Brimhall and unidentified person 43: Lila Brimhall with unidentified friend on a picnic 44: Lila Brimhall with friend 45: Lila Brimhall in front of 1920 automobile 46: Lila and McKeen Brimhall standing by a car in Colorado near Craig and California Park, Summer 1921 47: McKeen Brimhall on the Kanses Prairie in late summer of 1921. Old Automobile is in the background 48: McKeen Brimhall standing by an automobile, 1920s 49-56: McKeen Brimhall at age ten months 57: McKeen Brimhall about age seven, 1925 58-60: Frances Brimhall as a baby 61: George H. Brimhall (Dean's Father) holding Frances Brimhall 62: Frances Brimhall as a baby 63-64: Frances Brimhall at age two of three 65: George H. Brimhall with David Starr Jordan, September 1912 66: George H. Brimhall and Flora R. Brimhall (Dean's Mother) 67: Wells L. Brimhall (Dean's Brother) warming his hands over an unlit fire 68: Smoot Brimhall, Victor Brimhall and Billy Mangum at 217 Redondo Avenue, Long Beach, California, December 25, 1928 69: Smoot Brimhall with bull elk that he shot, 1933 70: Smoot, McKeen, Bob, Vick and Phillip Brimhall at snowslide in Provo Canyon, February 16, 1929 71: Unidentified person at snowslide, Provo Canyon, February 16, 1929
1	5	Family pictures-Trip east with Lila and McKeen Brimhall 72: Lila Brimhall 73: Lila and Mckeen Brinhall. 74: Dean, Lila and McKeen Brimhall riding horses 75-76: Lila and McKeen Brimhall posed with Dean's Ford 77: Dean, Lila and McKeen Brimhall riding horses 78: Lila Brimhall 79-80: Dean, Lila and McKeen Brimhall riding horses 81-82: Lila and McKeen Brimhall riding horses 83: Unidentified riders on horse 84: Lila and McKeen Brimhall in campground 85-86: Lila and McKeen Brimhall by an old mine 87: Lila Brimhall 88: Lila and McKeen Brimhall 89: Dinosaur quarry 90: Photograph of a cabin	1920s
1	6	Photographs of other people 91: Ned Chafen riding his horse by "the sentenals" in Southern Utah 92-93: Ned Chafen Mounted on his horse "Slow Foot" 94: Ned Chafen at Chitten Camp. Upper right of photographs is where Jack Butler, Ella Butler and other outlaws spent the winter of 1897 95: Harry L. Hopkins WPA Administrator and advisor to President Franklin D. Rooselvelt 96: Ranch Kimball Family, 1940-1941 97: Kermit McKay, 1945 98: Kermit McKay and Stan Cavill showing their duck limits 99: Rear-Admiral Peary, Vilhjalmer Stefansson and Major-General A. W. Greeley a triumvirate on polar exploration 100: Grandchildren 101: George Whitmore at Whitmore Bridge in Range Canyon 102: Bill Racy at "The Totem Pole, Latente Butte is in the background"
1	7	Utah Pacific Airways 103: Utah Pacific Airways Hanger, Ogden, Utah, 1937 104: Art Mortenson with his Airplane on skis and his coyote skins 105: View of country flown over to get to fishing places 106: View of airplane being hoisted onto railroad trussle. Photograph taken by Pilot Kermit McKay
1	8	Works Progress Administration in Utah 107: WPA women trainees doing "Machine Operation" at West High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20, 1942 108: Woman working for the WPA in Utah, 1942 109-111: WPA Defense Job Training in Utah. Tools made by Utah Vocational Training Schools, 1942	1942
1	9-15	Works Progress Administration-Exhibit Building, Washington D. C. 112-201: Works Progress Administration-Exhibit Building, Washington D. C., 1940.	1940
1	16	Photographs of Indian pictographs and petroglyphs 202-204: Pictographs, photographed by Elfriede Tingleaf, 1970 205-207: Pictographs inside of the mouth of Horse Canyon, 1966 208-211: Pictographs photographed by Al Biggs of Riverside, Washington, March 8, 1970 212-216: Pictographs photographed by Dr. John J. Crawley in Canyon de Chelly 217: Pictographs photographed by C. Grant in La Pentada Sonora, Mexico 218-219: Pictographs-Hunting scenenon the right bank of the Colorado River downstream from Moab, Utah 220: Pictographs just below the mouth of Escalante River, now buried by Lake Powell. Photographed by Stephen and Howard Hughes, 1960 221: Ancient petroglyphs, Dry Fork Canyon near Vernal, Utah. Height of main figure, about nine feet. Photographed by Howard P. Hughes 222: Petroglyphs in Nine Mile Canyon, a tributary of the Green River in Utah. Unique feature is the human figures that apparently carry baskets on their heads. Also depicted are a bowman, sheep, scorpion and man holding shield. Photographs by Steven and Howard Hughes 223: Cliff dwelling, Grand Gulch, Utah. South of Natural Bridges area. Photographs and petroglyphs are found 224: Cliffs in Capitol Reef area of Southern Utah. Red arrow points to area where pictographs and petroglyphs are found 225: Petroglyphs located in Capitol Reef Area of Southern, Utah 226: Cliff wall where pictographs are found. Photograph taken in Capitol Reef area of Southern Utah
1	17	Photographs of buildings and houses 227-229: George H. Brimhall home in Provo, Utah 230: George H. Brimhall home in Spanish Fork, Utah 231: Barn built by George H. Brimhall in Spanish Fork, Utah 232: Home of James Robertson (Dean's grandfather) in Spanish Fork, Utah 233: Old Home built in early Utah period 234-235: Orrin Porter Rockwell's house 236: Sagebrush growing in the area of Porter Rockwell's house 237: Spanish Fork Young Man's Academy Building 238: Road signs at the end of the paved road before entering the Capitol Reef and Fruita, Utah
1	18	Miscellaneous 239: Falcon
1	19	Scenic areas 240: Geyser at Yellowstone Park 241: Mount Timpanogos 242: Southern Utah desert, 1966 243-245: Doll House area in Southern Utah 246: Dean R. Brimhall in scenic area of Southern Utah 247: Southern Utah around Moab and Capitol Reef area 248: Maze area east of Peter Mesa 249: Candle Stack Tower
1	20	Photographs of hiking trips 250: Dean R. Brimhall looking northwest from the top of Mount Timpanogos, February 19, 1916 251: View from Mount Timpanogos 252: View of the "Slides" on Mount Timpanogos. 253: L. H. Hardy on top of Mount Timpanogos 254: View from summit of Mount Timpanogos 255: Looking along ridge of Mount Timpanogos 256: Ridge of Mount Timpanogos 257: Dean R. Brimhall climbing across snow basin on Mount Timpanogos 258: View from Mount Timpanogos 259: Dean R. Brimhall 260: Le Grand Hardy at Aspen Grove area, February 19, 1916 261: View of Springville Rock Canyon, Utah, 1921 262: View of Cascade Mountain and Provo Peak from the top of Little Mountain, 1921. Lynn Wakefield and Joe Nelson shown in foreground 263: The St. Elais ice cap 264: Wilderness of the St. Elias mountain range 265: Hubbard glacier and Yukutat Bay 266: Eastern cliff of Mount Logan 267: Hills east of Ice Bay 268: Mount Logan from the east showing valley of Logan glacier 269: Dean R. Brimhall and unidentified friend at Long's Peak near Parawan, Utah 270: Dean R. Brimhall looking up Long's Peak 271: Dean R. Brimhall and unidentified friend climbing Long's Peak 272: Unidentified friend of Dean R. Brimhall at the summit of Long's Peak 273-275: Long's Peak 276: Long's Peak Trail 277: Dean R. Brimhall standing by a car in Long's Peak area 278: Mount Watson in background behind Washington Lake Dam 279: Loading pit at Washington Lake, September 1911 280: Cottin Mountain beyond Trial Lake 281: View from the top of Provo Peak
1	21	Photographs of hiking trips 282: Springville Rock Canyon, Spring of 1921. Ruddy Biddolph in photograph 283: Dean R. Brimhall climbing a ridge near Buckley's Mine, Spring of 1921 284: Ruddy Biddolph at Little Rock Canyon, Utah, 1921. 285: Natural bridge in Springville Little Rock Canyon, Utah, 1921 286: Ruddy Biddolph at Spring Rock Canyon, Utah, 1921 287: Springville Rock Canyon, 1921 288: In Springville Rock Canyon near Buckler's Mine looking toward Provo Peak 289: Mount Baldy 290: The Devil's Portage 291: The Devil's Portage, "L'Islet Falls" 292: Manuau River flowing into Peribouhia 293: Chutes of the Peribouhia 294: High banks and heavy wind on the Peribouhia 295: Exploration trip for Timpanogos trip on Little Mountain, January 29, 1921. Dean R. Brimhall on the right 296-305: Mount Timpanogos 306-307: Dean R. Brimhall on Mount Timpanogos trip, 1921 308: Washington Lake Dam, September 1911 309: Bridel Veil Falls, Provo Canyon, Utah, February 16, 1929 310: Near the head of Slide Canyon, Provo Lake in the distance 311-313: Dean R. Brimhall at Maple Flat, January 15, 1920 314: "Cobra Rock" and "The Sailor." This formation is located at the south end of "Andy Miller" flats 315: Bulls fighting at Water Hole Flat 316: Part of the "Finns on Big Sand Tank Canyon"
1	22	Hunting photographs with Utah Pacific Airways 317: Ernie Longbreak, Vern Carter, Jack Wheelright, and Dean Brimhall with dead buffalo on Antelope Island, circa 1931 318: Hauling the buffalo home by airplane 319: Hunters and dead deer hanging on plane 320-321: Utah Pacific Airways-plane and hanger 322-323: Utah Pacific Airways-aerial views 324: Frank B. Smith-Scotty's father-in-law (Neg)

Dean R. Brimhall Photographs of Work, Family, and RecreationReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
2	1	Dean R. Brimhall and Family 1-5: Dean R. Brimhall and family
2	2	Mission to Germany 1-7: Dean R. Brimhall L.D.S. mission to Germany
2	3	Fawn Brodie 1-13: Fawn Brodie
2	4	Mountain Ranges and Mountaineering 1-28: Mountain Ranges and Mountaineering
2	5	Maze drawings 1-3: Canyonlands, the Maze area, drawings
2	6	Homestead and hunting 1-13: Homestead cabin and hunting in Utah County
2	7	Mountains in Utah 1-64: Twin Peaks, Provo Peak, Little Mountain
2	8	Cars 1-4: Automobiles, circa 1920s
2	9	Southern Utah 1-9: Capitol Reef, Fruita and Mañana Farm
2	10	Negatives 1-4: Negatives
2	11	Timp's first winter defeat album 1-47: Timpanogos hike, circa 1915-1916

Dean R. BrimhallReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
3	1	Oversize 1: Dean R. Brimhall, photo by Walk Treadwell 2: Dean R. Brimhall, top of Timpanogos, 1916, photo by Dr. LeGrande Hardy

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Petroglyphs--Utah--Photographs
Rock paintings--Utah--Photographs

Corporate Names

United States.Works Progress Administration--History--Photographs
Utah Pacific Airways--History--Photographs

Geographical Names

West (U.S.)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints--1912-1964
Portrait photographs--1912-1964

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