Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr papers, 1978-2020

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Materials include the personal history of Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr, mainly in the forms of a personal journal kept in day planners. The contents include her marriages and divorce, her familial struggles, her occupation as a Store House worker, and her many church assignments. Includes photographs and letters from her time living in different cities and mementos from her years in elementary school to high school. Dated approximately 1978 to 2020.

Dates

Creation: 1978-2020

Creator

Snarr, Virginia Ruth Geisler, 1943- (creator, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Please direct any questions to Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Ruth G. Snarr was born Virginia Ruth Geisler on July 31, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Joseph T. Geisler and Virginia Kimball. She married Wade Robinson, whom she later divorced, and then remarried in the Salt Lake City temple to Lloyd Dee Snarr. Ruth worked for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 21 years in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also served in various Relief Society presidencies. She enjoyed singing and also served on various community committees. She was raised in Salt Lake City, but she also lived in Newfoundland, Riverside, California, Hawaii and St. George, Utah.