Wiman, Sven-Arthur, 1898-1979
Person
Biography
Sven-Arthur Wiman (1898-1979) was a Swedish-American collector and newspaper columnist in Utah.
Citation:
Deseret News, July 8, 1993 (Gunborg Amalia Wiman obituary; married to Sven-Arthur Wiman on April 5, 1928, in Stockholm, Sweden; they immigrated to the United States in November, 1952; Sven-Arthur passed away July 10, 1979)PostMuseum [website], viewed 25 April 2019 (Sven-Arthur Wiman; donated 180 American Christmas cards to the museum in January 1957) http://www.postmuseum.se/en/blogg/19-12-16-konstverk-och-banaliteter/
FamilySearch, viewed 26 April 2019 (Sven Arthur Wiman; born 4 July 1898 in Norrokoping, Sweden; died 14 July 1979 in Salt Lake City, Utah)
UPB files (Sven-Arthur Wiman; extensive collector of bookplates, living in Salt Lake City, Utah; weekly columnist for Swedish-American newspaper Svenska Posten (Seattle) during the mid-1960s)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sven-Arthur Wiman bookplates collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 9342
Scope and Contents
Consists of Wiman's extensive collection of bookplates from dozens of countries around the world and correspondence related to his collecting activities. Also includes a binder with Wiman's register for the collection and a scrapbook album containing clippings of a column written by Wiman for the Swedish-American newspaper Svenska Posten (Seattle). Materials dated approximately 1948 to 1977.
Dates:
approximately 1948-1977