Stephen G. Biddulph collection on Lowell and Ruth Biddulph
Stephen G. Biddulph collection on Lowell and Ruth Biddulph
Dates: 1930-2006
Contains Lowell Biddulph papers relating to Biddulph's tenure as a National Park Service ranger in Yellowstone National Park from 1928-1968 as well as the papers of Ruth Biddulph, an English and American Literature teacher. Also contains materials used by Stephen G. Biddulph in the writing of the historical nonfiction/biography novel "Five Old Men of Yellowstone," which detailed the careers of Lowell Biddulph and four other National Park rangers. Also included are Lowell Biddulph's papers include personal notes on nature, religion (LDS church) and Yellowstone, articles he authored and collected, family history materials, his Park Ranger uniform, Park Ranger Hat, and photographs and slides depicting Yellowstone. Materials dated 1930-2006.
- Extent: 3 cartons (3 linear ft.). -- 1 ledger box (0.5 linear ft.). -- 2 oversize boxes (2.81 linear ft.)
- Creator: Biddulph, Stephen G., 1945
- Call Number: MSS 8441
- Repository: L. Tom Perry Special Collections; 20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; 1130 Harold B. Lee Library; Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah 84602; http://sc.lib.byu.edu/
- Access Restrictions: Open for public research.
- Languages and Scripts
English - Conditions of Use
- It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Stephen G. Biddulph collection on Lowell and Ruth Biddulph must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
- Preferred Citation
- Initial citation: MSS 8441; Stephen G. Biddulph collection of Lowell and Ruth Biddulph papers; 20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS 8441, LTPSC.
- Custodial History
- Donated by Stephen G. Biddulph in 2014 and 2016.
- Acquisition Information
- Donated; Stephen G. Biddulph; 2014. Donated; Stephen G. Biddulph; 2016.
- Subject Terms
- Environment and Conservation; Environmental Conditions; National parks and reserves--Wyoming--Pictorial works; Families--Poetry; Biddulph, Lowell, 1906-1985; Biddulph, Ruth Hobson, 1911-2010
- Genre / Form
- Wildlife photography
- Processing Information
- Processed; Clarissa McIntire, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2015. Processed; Hayley Gorham, student manuscript processor; 2018.
- Appraisal Information
- Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
- Finding Aid ID Number
- UPB_MSS8441
- Finding Aid Title
- Biddulph (Stephen G.) collection on Lowell and Ruth Biddulph
- Finding Aid Author
- Clarissa McIntire
- Finding Aid Creator
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-08-06 14:08:17 -0600.
- Finding Aid Language
- English
- Biographical Info:
Biographical History
Stephen G. Biddulph (1945-) is a retired Marine Corps officer, a Vietnam veteran, a mental health therapist and drug addiction counselor, and an author.
Stephen George Biddulph was born November 21, 1945, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Lowell and Ruth Biddulph. He spent his first eighteen summers in Yellowstone Park and has been a life-long student of Yellowstone just like his father. After serving a mission for the LDS church in Berlin, Germany from 1964-1967, Biddulph married his high school sweetheart, Elaine Robinson, on June 28, 1968, in the Idaho Falls temple. They later had six children: Blake, Jeffrey, Melanie, Gregory, Kenneth, and Ryan. After graduating from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in Social Anthropology in 1971, Biddulph was commissioned an Officer of Marines, after which he continued to serve his country as a marine until 1990. He then worked as a mental health therapist and later as Dean of Students at Southern Virginia University. After serving a mission as a mental health counselor at BYU-Hawaii from 2007-2009, Biddulph published "Five Old Men of Yellowstone," a historical novel detailing the National Park ranger careers of his father, Lowell, and four others.
Biddulph and his wife currently reside in Provo, Utah.
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