Beverly Porter photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P2301
Scope and Contents
The Beverly Porter photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 3 black-and-white photograph prints removed from a 1941 letter and one loose color print of a child's birthday party from the 1980s.
Dates
- 1941-1988
Creator
- Porter, Beverly Jane (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 / Historical
Beverly Jane Slabaugh Porter was born on January 8, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Edwin P. Slabaugh and Susan Hampton. While at the University of Utah in the mid-1930s, Porter was a member of the French Club, Women's Glee Club, and Kappa Kappa Gamma. In the late 1930s, she moved to New York City to study voice. She married Robert Rampton Porter in 1938. The couple moved and lived in Africa for nearly two decades while Robert worked as a consulting metallurgist. The couple had four children. Porter died on July 21, 2010.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 archives box) : 4 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Beverly Porter (1917-2010) was a graduate of the University of Utah who moved to Africa with her husband, metallurgist Robert Rampton Porter. This collection consists of 4 photograph prints removed from correspondence.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Christopher Porter in 2021.
Separated Materials
See also the Beverly Jane Porter papers (ACCN 3212) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
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Creator
- Porter, Beverly Jane (Person)
- Title
- Beverly Porter photograph collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid written by Special Collections staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The finding aid was written 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