Rosa Vida Bischoff Black papers
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, greeting cards, personal narratives, and scrapbooks collected by Rosa Vida Bischoff Black. Included among these personal papers are papers about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many of the materials are also genealogy records documenting the family history of the Black, Murphy, and Bischoff families, as well as Myrna Jean Murphy Black. Materials dated approximately 1710-2011, with the bulk dated approximately 1900-2005.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1710-2005
- Creation: Majority of material found within approximately 1900-2011
Creator
- Black, Rosa Vida, 1903-2004 (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. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Rosa Vida Bischoff was born on September 18, 1903 in Lovell, Wyoming, to Robert John Bischoff and Rose Ann Jensen. She attended the University of Wyoming and taught school for several years. On June 4, 1925 she married Clinton M. Black in the Salt Lake Temple; they had eight children. She was a writer and thespian, authoring three local histories and nine other books.
She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and served in various positions, including as an instructor, as president of the Relief Society, Primary, and Young Women's programs, and as stake Relief Society counselor. She and her husband also served two missions together: 1971-1973, Australia East; and 1975-1977, Nauvoo Restoration with a special assignment to the Carthage Jail.
Outside of the Church, she also served as an instructor and officer in Daughters of Utah Pioneers for many years. She was honored in 1969 as an Alternate Mother of the Year for Utah, as Mrs. Kearns by the Kearns Town Council in 1993, and in 2001 with the Utah Democratic Party's Eleanor Roosevelt award for a lifetime of service.
She passed away on December 22, 2004.
Extent
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
17 cartons (17 linear ft.)
1 oversize box (1.3 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Clinton Black, son of Rosa Vida Bischoff Black, in 2011, 2016. Donated by John Black, son of Rosa Vida Bischoff Black, in 2015.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Clinton Black; November 2016.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated;: Clinton Black; 2015.
Appraisal
LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy 5.V, August 2007.)
Processing Information
Processed; Caitlyn Towne, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2017.
Processing Information
Processed; Anne Ashton; 2020.
Subject
- Black, Rosa Vida, 1903-2004 -- Archives (Person)
- Black, Myrna Jean Murphy, 1927-1998 (Person)
- Title
- Register of Rosa Vida Bischoff Black papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Caitlyn Towne
- Date
- 2017 January 23
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Box: 1 (Text)
- Box: 2 (Text)
- Box: 3 (Text)
- Carton: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 13 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 14 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 15 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 16 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 17 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 18 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 19 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 20 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 21 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States