Beverly Bithell photograph collection, 1925-1983

Overview of the Collection

Title
Beverly Bithell photograph collection
Dates
1925-1983 (inclusive)
Quantity
173 photographic prints
Collection Number
P0260
Summary
The Beverly Bithell photograph collection contains photos in this collection are family snapshots of various activities and some of Beverly in her dancing roles.
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

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Bithell was a dancer who trained in Utah and performed here and in New York. The photos in this collection are family snapshots of various activities and some of Beverly in her dancing roles.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Beverly Bithell papers (ACCN 0817).

Related Materials

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Beverly Bithell, Family, Individuals, MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
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Beverly Bithell and Family
  • Photograph number 1: Aunt Lizzee, Mollie Stames, Aunt Mattie Miller, 1935
  • Photograph number 2: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 3: "Our car hasn't it's licence plates yet."
  • Photograph number 4: Mollie Stames
  • Photograph number 5: Lowell Farr and Beverly
  • Photograph number 6: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 7-11: Unidentified Family Snapshots
  • Photograph number 12: "Our roses this year (1963 June) Mother is 88 and Afton is nearly 62"
  • Photograph number 13: Eliza Koelling age 81 September 12, 1977
  • Photograph number 14: unidentified
  • Photograph number 15: "This I sent to my brother. He is so proud, tells everyone his sister did it." Picture painted by A. Bilthell, August 1976
  • Photograph number 16-19: Unidentified Family snapshots
  • Photograph number 20: "Just before your lights went out!"
  • Photograph number 21-23: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 24: Jackie and Carl 1981-1982
  • Photograph number 25: Beverly
  • Photograph number 26: "This is the suit and west-coat I made me on the machine. This picture was taken for Jersey to see the Furtnetts and Reynolds."
  • Photograph number 27: "This Pictures was named 'The Builder', it's a piano box I got to put the lawn mower and tools in. Before he finished it, it has $6.42 worth of nails completely lined, linoleum on the floor. Oh, he's so proud of his work, even if the neighbors complained at the continuous hammering, It's nearly a master piece. I'll head for it when the A bomb hits."
  • Photograph number 28-29: Beverly
  • Photograph number 30-36: Pictures of Beverly and friends at college
  • Photograph number 37: (miscounted, there is no 37)
  • Photograph number 38: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 39: "The Club, bag, orchid and vodka August 1, 1955, Birthday Club"
  • Photograph number 40: Morning glow row
  • Photograph number 41: Unidentified family members
  • Photograph number 42: Beverly and unidentified
  • Photograph number 43: March 1983
  • Photograph number 44: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 45: "You and Gruen"
  • Photograph number 46-48: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 49-50: Beverly
  • Photograph number 51-52: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 53: "Mollie first leaving for Utah in early September 1952.
1 2
Beverly Bithell, Individuals, Miscellaneous
  • Photograph number 1: Beverly and Unidentified
  • Photograph number 2-3: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 4-5: Beverly and two officers
  • Photograph number 6: DeAnn Empy
  • Photograph number 7-9: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 10: "Me, Jean, one of the stars, Charlotte"
  • Photograph number 11: "Tom especially wanted you to notice his book title "Solid Geometry" and no curls! But not for long, his buddy LaMar Jackson, Helper
  • Photograph number 12: Merrill, Beverly and Unidentified in Guys and Dolls
  • Photograph number 13: Merrill and Beverly in Guys and Dolls, "did this dance 900 times"
  • Photograph number 14-15: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 16: "Mother was her usual grim and her prize granddaughter Good of mom, eh?"
  • Photograph number 17: Beverly with a bell
  • Photograph number 18: Mollie Stames
  • Photograph number 19: "Home in Stony Brook, December 12, 1964.
  • Photograph number 20: "You look as if you'd just swallowed a gold fish, I look as if I'm about to!"
  • Photograph number 21-22: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 23: Beverly at home in 1981
  • Photograph number 24: Afton, Eddy, Wilhemmena, Buddy at Eddy's
  • Photograph number 25: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 26: Afton's Petunia Garden
  • Photograph number 27: April 15, 1978
  • Photograph number 28: Beverly and Unidentified in the 1970s
  • Photograph number 29: Beverly
  • Photograph number 30: A cat
  • Photograph number 31: March 1976
  • Photograph number 32-33: Beverly
  • Photograph number 34: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 35: Price Trading piece good's department
  • Photograph number 36: Beverly, Portrait for Alpha Phi 1947
  • Photograph number 37: Beverly, High school portrait 1943
  • Photograph number 38: Jerry Madsen's Apt. March 1978
  • Photograph number 39: Board with Beverly's picture on it "Not a good picture, but for the record"
  • Photograph number 40-41: Beverly, 1940s, in a swimsuit
  • Photograph number 42: Beverly and unidentified
  • Photograph number 43: "Ranger Tom, his office is by the window to the left"
  • Photograph number 44: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 45: Beverly and two unidentified with U in background
  • Photograph number 46: Beverly at Yellowstone
  • Photograph number 47: Beverly and Unidentified at Yellowstone
  • Photograph number 48: "Beverly at Fred's Pool
  • Photograph number 49: Beverly and ranger at Yellowstone
  • Photograph number 50: Beverly with two unidentified
  • Photograph number 51: Beverly
  • Photograph number 52: Anna White, the girl who made my stoles, Merrill Thompson, life long friend, Beverly 1950s
  • Photograph number 53a: Momie, 86 years, August 1, 1961
  • Photograph number 53b: Unidentified portrait of a woman
  • Photograph number 54a: "Bushel and a Peck costumes slightly naked but a wonderful number. The camera was moved while taking this. Looks like I have a big tummy.
  • Photograph number 54b: "Annie, November 29, 19??," Beverly and another cast member on stage
  • Photograph number 55: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 56: Beverly with her feet in a waterfall
  • Photograph number 57: Jerry' Madsen' Apt. March 1978
  • Photograph number 58: Just taking Minnies 2 babies to their new homes, thus the sad look on my face
  • Photograph number 59: Beverly in Wester costume "Cow girl number, notice my false bust line, nice or what? Annie Get Your Gun"
  • Photograph number 60: "Bad Man" all three of us, Doris, Me, Deloris
  • Photograph number 61: "My Gorgeous waltz costume, Annie Get Your Gun"
  • Photograph number 62: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 63-64: Beverly with her feet in a waterfall
  • Photograph number 65: Sam Leone, Beverly, outside stage door, a stage hand wanted his picture taken too.
  • Photograph number 66: Beverly
  • Photograph number 67: "Guys and Dolls" Board with pictures of the stars
  • Photograph number 68: Barbra Thurman
  • Photograph number 69: Beverly
  • Photograph number 70: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 71: Beverly next to a car
  • Photograph number 72: Beverly
  • Photograph number 73: "Pomlers and Tom"
  • Photograph number 74: Beverly Tassoni, LaMar Johnson, 1951
  • Photograph number 75: 2nd grade picture, unidentified
  • Photograph number 76: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 77-78: Beverly in a wedding gown?
  • Photograph number 79: Beverly, 8 years
  • Photograph number 80: Graduation, University of Utah, Senior
  • Photograph number 81-83: Beverly in Dance costume
1 3
Beverly Bithell, miscellaneous
  • Photograph number 1:
  • Photograph number 2: A winter scene
  • Photograph number 3: Unidentified man at the beach
  • Photograph number 4-10: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 11: Beverly and Unidentified man
  • Photograph number 12-16: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 17: "Up to Frank and Ida's in their back yard. Where breakfast went on for hours. We had fun. This was taken September holiday.
  • Photograph number 18-24: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 25: "This is how your grandma acts, when she goes to a party, do you recognize the dress and hat?"
  • Photograph number 26-28:Unidentified
  • Photograph number 29: Beverly
  • Photograph number 30: Farm, April 1978
  • Photograph number 31: October 2, 1958
  • Photograph number 32: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 33:
  • Photograph number 34: Shirley Mills Galls Farguar
  • Photograph number 35-36: Beverly
  • Photograph number 37: Elementary school class, unidentified

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Dance--Production and direction
  • Musicals--Performances--Photographs
  • Women dancers--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Shakeshaft, Beverly Bithell (Beverly Jean Bithell Tassoni)--Family--Photographs
  • Shakeshaft, Beverly Bithell (Beverly Jean Bithell Tassoni)--Performances--Photographs
  • Shakeshaft, Beverly Bithell (Beverly Jean Bithell Tassoni)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs
  • Portraits
  • color photographs