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Beverly Porter photograph collection, 1941-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Porter, Beverly Jane
Title
Beverly Porter photograph collection
Dates
1941-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.25 linear feet, (1 archives box)  :  4 items
Collection Number
P2301
Summary
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.
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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Historical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

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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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Christopher Porter in 2021.

Processing Note

Processed by Special Collections staff.

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Separated Materials

See also the Beverly Jane Porter papers (ACCN 3212) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Related Materials

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

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Baby and dog

    Photographs removed from October 2, 1941 letter from Beverly Porter to her father.

    Dates: 1941 October
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Child's birthday party
    Dates: circa 1984-1988
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2

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Subject Terms

  • Children--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • black-and-white photographs
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