The Robert Anderson photograph collection contains photos from this cultural anthropologist include Sun Dance and Bear Dance ceremonies, Ute Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Nootka Indians, Gulf Eskimos, African and Bedouin tribes, Sumerian Period architecture and sculpture. Many photos were used in Anderson's The Cultural Context.

Photos made at the DeVed-Thorne Studio in Vernal, Utah. The bulk of the negatives are portraits of people taken at the studio; included are images of the town, scenery, and Ute Indians.

The John McNamara photograph collection constists of imgaes of Southern Ute Indians.

The Myton family photo collection consists of images of Major H.P. Myton's family. The collection is a revealing look into the United States government action into the lives of the Native American populace during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Native American photograph collection contains portraits of Native Americans and scenes from everyday life; principal tribes are the Ute, Navajo, and Paiute. Most are copies of photographs in the Smithsonian Institution.

The Edward Sapir photograph collection contains photographs taken by Edward Sapir on a visit to the Northern Utes on the Uintah Reservation and at White Rocks. The visit was for the University of Pennsylvania Museum in August and September of 1909.

The Ute Indian sun and bear dances photograph collection contains photographs, originally in an album, of Sun and Bear dances performed by Ute Indians at Whiterocks, Utah.