Vontella Hess Buchholz Kimball photograph collection, circa 1900-1970
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kimball, Vontella Hess, 1906-1971
- Title
- Vontella Hess Buchholz Kimball photograph collection
- Dates
- circa 1900-1970 (inclusive)19001970
- Quantity
- 0.5 linear feet, (1 archives box)
- Collection Number
- P0093
- Summary
- The Vontella Hess Buchholz Kimball photograph collection contains portraits of Vontella B. Kimball and her family and photographs of Kimball's travels in the Middle East.
- Repository
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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
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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
Historical Note
Vontella Hess Buchholz Kimball (1906-1971) was born 1906 January 31 in Farmington, Utah to Lois Katherine Kimball and David Cornelius Hess. She was the granddaughter of Heber Chase Kimball, an early leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kimball graduated from Davis County High School and attended the University of Utah as a freshman, before marrying Septimus Herman Buchholz in 1926. That same year the couple had one son together, Stanley Buchholz Kimball. In 1927 Buchholz and Kimball divorced. In 1937, Kimball married Richard Heber Kimball in Boulder Colorado. The two moved to Denver together, and were married for four years, until Richard Kimball's death in 1941.
In the early 1930s, Kimball worked as a traveling representative for a large cosmetics firm, and taught cosmetic classes across the country. By 1932, Kimball was working as the Personal Representative for Helena Rubinstein, a cosmetics entrepreneur based in New York City. Kimball continued to travel and teach cosmetic classes across the United States as a representative of both Helena Rubinstein and Tussy Cosmetics Company. While at Tussy Cosmetics, she held the title of National Education Director. In 1943, Kimball was promoted to Head National Representative of Lehn and Fink, a New York drug and cosmetics company.
Between 1935 and 1966, Kimball took multiple trips to Europe and Asia to learn more about cosmetic techniques. Kimball documented her experiences teaching classes, traveling, and visiting religious sites, particularly in the Levant region of West Asia. In the latter half of her career, Kimball gave lectures on cosmetics, etiquette, and Middle Eastern culture at various universities and women's organizations across the country. She was also a featured lecturer on radio and television. In her travels, Kimball collected artifacts dating back to 3000 B.C.E. Before her death, she donated these artifacts to the Middle East Studies Center at the University of Utah. Kimball died 1971 September 26 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Source: Regional Fireside Services Held for Vontella Kimball [Newspaper clipping]. (1971, October 1). Davis County Clipper, p. 15. Retrieved from https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65q5qct/852314
Content Description
Return to TopUse 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.
Administrative Information
Processing Note
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Separated Materials
Manuscript materials were transferred to the Vontella Hess Bucholz Kimball papers (MS 0264).
Related Materials
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: 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
Container: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: Portraits
- 1-2: Portrait of Vontella Hess Kimball
Container: Box 1, Folder 1a -
Description: 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
Container: Box 1, Folder 2 -
Description: 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
Container: Box 1, Folder 3 -
Description: 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
Container: Box 1, Folder 4 -
Description: 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
Container: Box 1, Folder 5 -
Description: 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.
Container: Box 1 Addendum, Folder 1 -
Description: Vontella portraits, 1920-1950
- 1-12: Vontella formal portratis 1920-1950. EDIT: Number 6 might not be Vontella.
Container: Box 1 Addendum, Folder 2 -
Description: Vontella portraits, 1950-1965
- 1-11: Vontella formal portratis 1950-1965
Container: Box 1 Addendum, Folder 3 -
Description: Portraits
- 1: unidentified man
- 2-3: Eva Kimball Paxton
Container: Box 1 Addendum, Folder 4 -
Description: 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
Container: Box 1 Addendum, Folder 5 -
Description: Western States Mission Board, 1956
- 1-2: Group photos of the Western States Mission Board, 1956
Container: Box 1 AdDendum, Folder 6 -
Description: Denver Stake, circa 1950
- 1-1: Vontella with a group of women. circa 1950
Container: Box 1a Addendum, Folder 7
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- West Bank--Antiquities--Photographs
- Arabs--Middle East--Social life and customs--20th century--Photographs
- Beauty operators--Utah--Photographs
- Bedouins--Middle East--Photographs
- Cosmetics industry--Employees--Archives
- Dead Sea scrolls--Photographs
- Israelis--Clothing--Photographs
- Israelis--Jewelry--Israelis
- Samaritans--Palestine--Photographs
- Selling--Cosmetics--Photographs
- Women, Bedouin--Middle East--Photographs
Personal Names
- Kimball, Vontella Hess, 1906-1971--Family--Photographs
- Kimball, Vontella Hess, 1906-1971--Photographs
Corporate Names
- Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem)--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Israel--Antiquities--Photographs
- Israel--Photographs
- Jerusalem--Antiquities--Photographs
- Jerusalem--Photographs
- Jordan--Antiquities--Photographs
- Jordan--Photographs
- Palestine--Antiquities--Photographs
- Palestine--Photographs
- Qumran Site (West Bank) --Photographs
- Temple Mount (Jerusalem)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Group portraits
- Studio portraits
- black-and-white photographs
