Robert Temple photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1804
Scope and Contents
Folder 2 contains black pages from a photograph album. The pages were removed from the album but kept in the same order. Many of the photographs in the album have captions, identifying individuals and providing dates. The images date from 1942 to 1945. The album was likely compiled by Virginia Lee Clark "Ginny" Temple. Folders 1 and 3 contain loose photographs of the Temples from the same time period. Subjects include: fishing, picnics, and other outdoor activities; Bovill School in Bovill, Idaho; Santa Monica and Inglewood, California; United States Army basic training at Camp Barkeley, Texas; babies; dogs; New Yok City (including Brooklyn, Washington Square, and Greenwich Village). The album also includes a page of photographs of General Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower in a parade in New York City in 1945.
Dates
- 1940s
Creator
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.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Haylor "Bob" Temple was born on December 13, 1920 in Marysville, Kansas to Eva May Haylor and William Bennett Temple. Virginia Lee "Ginny" Clark was born on March 6, 1921 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin to Charolett Clara Miner and Elmer Daven Clark. The Clark family moved to Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Temple and Clark met while they were both attending the University of Idaho; they married in 1942 and both graduated in 1943. Bob Temple entered military service in 1944, serving in the United States Army Medical Corps during World War II. While Bob Temple served in the Army, Ginny Temple moved to California, where she worked in a factory building planes. After World War II, the Temples settled in Spokane, Washington. In 1965, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where Bob Temple worked at KUTV as General Manager and Vice President. Robert Haylor Temple died on October 23, 2003. Virginia Lee Clark Temple died on July 1, 2008.
Extent
1.2 Linear Feet (1 oversize box) : 324 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Robert Haylor Temple (1920-2003) served in the United States Army Medical Corps during World War II while his wife Virginia Lee Clark Temple (1921-2008) worked in a factory in California. The Robert Temple photograph collection consists of a photograph album and loose albums depicting the Temples during the 1940s, with most photographs depicting Virginia Temple's experiences on the World War II American homefront.
Arrangement
Folder 1 organized by Subject. Original order preserved for folders 2-3.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Dale Temple Snyder in 2012
Separated Materials
See also the Robert Temple papers (ACCN 2678)> in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
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Creator
- Title
- Robert Temple photograph collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid written by Special Collections staff.
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The finding aid was written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu