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Roscoe E. Grover mission photograph

 Item — oversize-folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7993

Scope and Contents

Contains one photograph of the missionaries attending a conference in Bradford, England in the British Mission. The photograph features twenty-four missionaries, and is labeled with their names.

Dates

  • approximately 1901-1902

Creator

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 publish material from the Roscoe E. Grover mission photograph must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

Roscoe E. Grover (1877-1912) was a farmer in Nephi, Utah. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Britain between 1901 and 1903.

Roscoe Everett Grover was born August 17, 1877, to Joel and Mary Grover in Nephi, Utah. On October 10, 1900, he married Amy Elizabeth Bigler, and they had five children. Grover was called to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Britain around 1901 or 1902. He returned to the United States in 1903. Grover died September 2, 1912, in Provo, Utah, of appendicitis.

Biographical History

William H. Parkinson (born 1863) was a painter and photographer in England.

William Henry Parkinson was born on October 1, 1863 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England to William Robert and Elizabeth Richardson Parkinson. As early as 1881 he began working as a photographic artist, and later took up painting as well. In 1884 he married Annie Cowman. He flourished as a painter during the 1890s, while living in Bradford.

Extent

1 oversize folder (0.1 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Materials were left in original order.

Custodial History

Donated by Kathleen J. Damron in 2012.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Kathleen J. Damron; 2012.

Appraisal

Photograph (Photograph Archives).

Contains one photograph of missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. The man who the photograph belonged to was from Nephi, Utah.

General

Dimensions: 36 x 43 cm.

General

Annotation on front: John S. Perkins, Francis Starkey Jr., Fredrick C. Evans, Caleb W. Haws, Wm. M. Howell, Henry A. Cleveland, John H. Hill, Roscoe E. Grover, Joseph W. Belleridge, Thomas J. Howells, Franklin C. Moyle, Geo. M. Stark, H. Wallace Boden, Cyrus N. Stillman, David L. Reese, Margaret Thurman, Henry H. Blood, Wm. A. Cornaby, Joseph Eckersley, Diana Bean, Ernest Bramwell, Walter J. Wild, A. Fenley Merrill, Arthur D. Fowler.

Processing Information

Processed; Elizabeth Ballif, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2012.

Title
Register of the Roscoe E. Grover mission photograph
Status
Completed
Author
Elizabeth Ballif, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator
Date
2012 January
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.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States