Arendje Aerie Visser photograph collection

Arendje Aerie Visser photograph collection, 1970s-1990s

Overview of the Collection

Title: Arendje Aerie Visser photograph collection
Dates: 1970s-1990s (inclusive)
19701990
Quantity: .209 linear feet, (1 archives box)
Collection Number: P0578
Summary: The Arendje Aerie Visser photograph collection contains images related to the Kennedy family, an autographed photographs from Vladimir Pozner, Bill Johnson (Utah Symphony Conductor), a symphony violinist and color snapshots related to hunting, fishing, outdoor recreation as well as a protest against the MX Missiles.
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

The Arendje Aerie Visser photograph collection contains images related to the Kennedy family, an autographed photographs from Vladimir Pozner, Bill Johnson (Utah Symphony Conductor), a symphony violinist and color snapshots related to hunting, fishing, outdoor recreation as well as a protest against the MX Missiles. Folder 1, containing the snapshot from 1992 was transferred before the other materials in folder 2.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Visser (b. 1912) was born in the Netherlands. Her mother raised her and one brother alone. Her father was a government officer in the East and West Indies and was absent during her childhood. She had a difficult relationship with her mother, suffering emotional and physical abuse. She left home at age fourteen. She was involved with many political and social causes, and stood for peace and human rights. During World War II, Visser was involved with the resistence movement against the German invasion of Holland. She was also a volunteer worker for the Red Cross. In 1983 she was awarded a Resistance Movement Cross by the Dutch government, the same award that was posthumously awarded to the Netherlands' Queen Wilhelmina. At age forty-four, Visser immigrated to North America, living in Ontario, Canada. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her only son was drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Eventually she left the LDS Church. Visser occupied her time during her elderly years clipping items of life from local newspapers in Utah.

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.

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Processing Note

Processed by Ashley Arave in 2004.

Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Arendje Aerie Visser audio-visual collection (A0259).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Mulaik social gathering 1: gathering of people on a patio. The back reads: "For Stanley Mulaik, biologist 1992. Darrel, Dorothy, Arendie. What a joy you gave all. the plant now goes in full garden soil. Thank you!"	1992
1	2	Kennedy family, outdoor recreation, and MX 1-2: John F. and Roberty Kennedy 3-5: musician portraits, signed 6: Arendje Visser, with two medals she received from the Netherlands government for her work in the Dutch Resistance during World War II 7: MX missile protest 8-12: outdoor recreation: bear sighting, fishing, etc.	1960s-1990s

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