Vivian Snow autobiography
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1655
Scope and Contents
The Vivian Snow autobiography (1980) contain a typescript of the autobiography of Vivian Snow (1889-1980), a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The typescript also includes family background information, an account of Snow's funeral service, a short biography of pioneer Emma Adelaide Gates Snow (wife of Erastus Snow), Snow's "President's Address to the Graduating Class of 1905," and information concerning the various houses he lived in.
Dates
- 1980
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 Note
Vivian Snow was born on November 13, 1889, in St. George, Utah. He was baptized a member of the LDS Church on November 27, 1897. He later attended LDS Business College and became an accomplished cornet player. He had a strong interest in music, and participated in several bands and orchestras in the Salt Lake City area. He went on an LDS mission to New York and when he returned he accepted employment with the George Nielson Wholesale heating and supply company for three years. Soon after the beginning of World War I, he enlisted in the Army National Guard band. While at an Army fundraiser in Richfield, Snow met his future wife, Loree Forsyth. He was discharged in 1918, after touring in Europe, and married June 25, 1919 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was employed with the Portland Cement Company, where he remained for 41 years until his retirement in 1961. He had three children: Emma Elizabeth Montague, Marilyn Bray, and Doug Snow, who later became a well-known Utah artist. The "saddest day of his life" was in 1956 when his wife discovered she had leukemia. She died in May of that year. Snow remarried on April 24, 1959, to Vera Robinson Schettler, with whom he remained until his death in 1980.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 Folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Vivian Snow autobiography (1980) consists of a typescript Snow compiled by his daughters. Included are family biographical information, an account of Snow's funeral service, and information on various houses in which he lived. Vivian Snow was a descendent of Erastus Snow and the father of Utah artist Vivian Douglas Snow.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elizabeth Montague in 1996.
Processing Information
Processed by Xan Morris in 1998.
- Title
- Inventory of the Vivian Snow autobiography
- Author
- Finding aid created by Xan Morris.
- Date
- 1998 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu