John Stockert photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1100

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collections consists of 594 color 35mm transparencies, dated from 1958 to 1974. All slides are of areas in Utah, mostly southern Utah.

Dates

1958-1974

Creator

Stockert, John (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Conditions Governing 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.

Biographical Sketch

John Stockert was born October 6, 1933 in Canal Fulton, Ohio. His early years were spent on an dairy, chicken, and pig farms. He attended Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated in 1955 with a BA. He worked for the National Park Service for 33 years. Mr. Stockert is the author of several publications, including the "Trail Guide -- Lincoln National Forest; Smokey Bear, Sacramento, and Guadalupe Ranger Districts" (1999); "Badlands, Its Life and Landscape" (1969); "Wildflowers of the Northern Plains" (1971); and others. He has served as editor and Exceutive Secretary of the Badlands Natural History Association. Mr. Stockert began to take photographs of southern Utah while working as a seasonal Park Ranger in Arches National Monument (later National Park) in 1960, and later visited and photographed other parts of Utah in subsequent years.

Extent

1 Box

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The John Stockert photograph collection consists of 594 color 35mm transparencies, dated from 1958 to 1974. All slides are of areas in Utah, mostly southern Utah. Mr. Stockert began to take photographs of southern Utah while working as a seasonal Park Ranger in Arches National Monument (later National Park) in 1960, and later visited and photographed other parts of Utah in subsequent years.

Arrangement

Original order has been maintained. The donor arranged the slides alphabetically by subjects. This means that in some cases, slides bearing different dates are arranged together in order to form a slide show, or slides in certain sequences will be found in other subject headings. Almost without exception, the slides are annotated with dates, information about the subject, and one or more of several different classification systems devised by Mr. Stockert. Each slide has been given an alpha-numerical designation. For example, P1100n1_01_01 is noted as "45A1" under the system. It is not clear what the "45" means. Other information is sometimes, but not always, included, such as camera settings, dates, and other markings, the meanings of which are not always understood. Information in brackets [__] means that it was taken directly from the date stamped on the slide, not written by the donor. As per the donor agreement with Mr. Stockert, all of this information will be included in the Detailed Description for each slide, as it appears on the slide. This includes punctuation, spelling in some cases, methods of writing dates, etc.