Vontella Hess Bucholz Kimball photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0093

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Vontella Bulcholz Kimball was born in Farmington, Utah in 1906. She was the great-granddaughter of Heber C. Kimball, daughter of Corneilius Hess, and mother of Stanley Bucholz Kimball. Although there are a few references to her personal life, Vontella mentions she married a distant cousin by the name of Kimball.

When Vontella was seventeen years of age she enrolled at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and was employed in the cosmetics department of Auerbachs, a local department store. Newspaper clippings indicate that she was a handsome woman. She more or less created the job she later held being Helena Rubenstein in 1935. She lectured on charm and beauty at Brigham Young University in 1959. Her subject was titled "Beauty Through the Ages."

In the course of her work, she visited the Middle East six times, starting in 1935. Her admiration for the Arab world kept her in contact with the friends and customs she encountered on her many trips. Later, she gave lectures in the United States in Arab costumes and jewelry. She lectured for 20 years and then went to radio and television.

Vontella Kimball died in 1976.

Dates

1930-1939

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Conditions Governing 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.