Vontella Hess Bucholz Kimball photograph collection

Vontella Hess Bucholz Kimball photograph collection, 1930-1939

Overview of the Collection

Title: Vontella Hess Bucholz Kimball photograph collection
Dates: 1930-1939 (inclusive)
19301939
Quantity: 1 Box
Collection Number: P0093
Summary: The Vontella Hess Bucholz Kimball photograph collection contains portraits of Vontella B. Kimball.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: 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.
Languages: English

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Vontella Bulcholz Kimball was born in Farmington, Utah in 1906. She was the great-granddaughter of Heber C. Kimball, daughter of Corneilius Hess, and mother of Stanley Bucholz Kimball. Although there are a few references to her personal life, Vontella mentions she married a distant cousin by the name of Kimball.

When Vontella was seventeen years of age she enrolled at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and was employed in the cosmetics department of Auerbachs, a local department store. Newspaper clippings indicate that she was a handsome woman. She more or less created the job she later held being Helena Rubenstein in 1935. She lectured on charm and beauty at Brigham Young University in 1959. Her subject was titled "Beauty Through the Ages."

In the course of her work, she visited the Middle East six times, starting in 1935. Her admiration for the Arab world kept her in contact with the friends and customs she encountered on her many trips. Later, she gave lectures in the United States in Arab costumes and jewelry. She lectured for 20 years and then went to radio and television.

Vontella Kimball died in 1976.

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Restrictions on 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.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Vontella Hess Bucholz Kimball papers (MS 0264).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Family Portraits 1: Portrait of "Aunt Eva Kimball Paxton" 2: "Lucka (7 6/12) and Shoushaw (4 10/12). Christmas 1962" 3-10: Vontella Hess Kimball in traditional Israeli clothing 11-12: Vontella Hess Kimball in Western/cowgirl attire 13-16: Vontella Hess Kimball applying makeup (smae image, all duplicates) 17: Vontella with another woman. "This picture was taken in the 29 of May just few days before the war. Imagine what a change. I used to smile at that time. Spring 1967. Madirid, Spain" 18: Portrait of Vontella Hess Kimball
1	1a	Portraits 1-2: Portrait of Vontella Hess Kimball
1	2	Candids and Group photos, travel. black and white. 1: Woman outside. Jerusalem. May 1957 2-3: Vontella by the Red Sea. August, 1965 4: Vontella by the Dolorosa, 1966 5-6: Vontella by the Red Sea. August, 1965 7: Group at a table. May 1966 8-10: Group photos, Jerusalem 11: Unidentified person in traditional Israeli attire. Jerusalem, 1957 12-13: Group of people at overlook. 14-15: Vontella by the Red Sea. August, 1965 16-17: Group of people at overlook. April 1965 18: Group of ladies, Spring 1956 19-21: Groups including Hind al-Husseini and the Governor of Jerusalem December 1964 22: Tokyo. March 1958 23-25: Vontela and family in Israel, 1965 26: Palm Sunday in St. Anne's. Jerusalem, 1965 27-34: Rural Israel 35: Symphony concert, "welcome to Bethlehem." Jordan, Christmas Eve" 36: Two little girls. Ramallah, Palenstine 37:Armenian National Folklore Dance. Jordan. 38: Dome of the Rock. Jerusalem, 1965 39:Group photo, possibly at a school. Jerusalem. 40: Group riding in the desert. Jordan. 41: Western States Mission in Denver, COlorado. July 11-13, 1956 42-28: negatives of rural Israel and biblical art
1	3	Candids and Group photos, travel. color 1: Vontella with two others. Farewell party. Jerusalem, 1960 2-4: Vontella by the Red Sea with others 5-7: Vontella at a camp 8: Vontella outside a mud brick building 9-13: Vontella and family, travel. 14:Jerusalem Times office, 1966 15: " A rare privilage to take pictures of Moslem Desert women. Jack and Bedouin Women. November, 1964 " 16: Mount Gerizim. Easter. 1966 17: Vontella with Bedouin camp, 1965
1	4	Dead Sea scrolls and artifacts, info taken from labels on the backs. copyright Palenstine Archaeological Museum 1: An order to Yoshua Ben Gilgolah from Barkokheba, the Chief of the Jewish Second Revolt, with his signature (from Wadi Murabba'at-Date: 134 A.D. 2: Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Rule of the Congregation and small biblical fragments 3: Tyrian Silver coins of the first century; a broze pot; an oil lamp and other objects found in the ruins 4: Basalt Mill for grinding corn 5: two reconstructed scroll jars with covering lids 6: Top part of the Potter's kiln 7: Another kiln 8: The pit where the potter turned his wheel. 9: Main aquaduct conducting water into the Settlement 10: overview 11: view of the ruins showing an oven in the foreground 12: the domestic quarter, showing the mill for grinding corn 13: Southwest view of the ruins from the tower 14-15: overview of ruins 16: The largest room at the settlement, used by the Essenes for thier ceremonial meals and services 17:looking South, across the ruins
1	5	Buildings in Jordan 1: Dead Sea Hotel 2: Street view, Jordan 3: Garden of Gethsemane 4: "The first station of the cross on the via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem, Jordan, where Hesus was questioned by Pontius Pilate before being condemned and crucified. Then a part of the Roman governmental headquarters called the Antonia Fortress which Herod the Great built and named for Mark Anthony, today it is the courtyard of a government school" 5: Chapel of the innocents in a grotto beneath the church of the Nativity in Bethlehem 6: Interior of a cafe 7: the Laura of St Sabas 8: Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu 9: Street view, Jerusalem 10: Church of the Nativity 11-12: al haram esh sharif area 13: Street view, Jerusalem 14-18: photos of art and artifacts
1 Addendum	1	Bethlehem Costume 1-11: Vontella in dress, "Made of silk and linen. which was woven in Greece. Hand embroidered and made in Bethlehem. Headdress typical of ancient period. authentic. Jewelry the original hand-hammered Biblical style. Ancient glass cosmetic and unguent containters, shown with applicator. Glass antiquities found in graves and tombs in Palestine. Authentic Museum collection". see also box 1 folder 1 portraits.
1 Addendum	2	Vontella portraits, 1920-1950 1-12: Vontella formal portratis 1920-1950. EDIT: Number 6 might not be Vontella.
1 Addendum	3	Vontella portraits, 1950-1965 1-11: Vontella formal portratis 1950-1965
1 Addendum	4	Portraits 1: unidentified man 2-3: Eva Kimball Paxton
1 Addendum	5	National Education Director Tussy Cosmetiques 1-3: Vontella with other women and Tussy products 4: Vontella with two executive men, 1947 5: "Bidding goodbye to Vontella Kimball, National Educational Director of Tussy Cosmetiques, are Marie Copleston, Supervisor of Demonstators for Tussy, and Paul Carey, General Sales Manager of Tussy. Mrs. Kimball flew via Pan Americal Airways for London, England, Friday, December 1, 1950, for an extended European tour." 6-12: Dinners and demonstration group photos
1 AdDendum	6	Western States Mission Board, 1956 1-2: Group photos of the Western States Mission Board, 1956
1a Addendum	7	Denver Stake, circa 1950 1-1: Vontella with a group of women. circa 1950

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