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Roscoe A. Grover papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1452

Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings, radio broadcast programs, reproductions of paintings, correspondence, diary entries, pamphlets, and miscellaneous items. The materials deal with Grover's career as a broadcaster and as an artist. Also includes photographs of Grover, David O. McKay, Spencer W. Kimball, and Marion G. Romney. The collection also contains two scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper articles, other miscellaneous artifacts documenting... Grover and his KSL-TV show "Uncle Roscoe's Playtime Party," and twelve cartoon figures mounted on four pieces of poster board signed "Uncle Roscoe" from the Coffee Shop Hotel in Utah. There are photographs of Grover's son, Paul Grover and 22 copy photographs of paintings by Grover, originally painted in the 1960s and 1970s. Paintings feature persons and scenes from the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Finally, contains correspondence between Grover and others pertaining to his career and life. Dated 1931-1984.

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Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1931-1984

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Please direct any questions to Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Roscoe A. Grover (1901-1984) was a Latter-day Saint painter and radio personality in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Roscoe Abner Grover was born on July 21, 1901, to Roscoe E. and Amy Bigler Grover in Nephi, Utah. He served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York, where he assisted with the production of the first Hill Cumorah Pageant and the dedication of the Angel Moroni Monument. He graduated the University of Utah...
and New York University. He also attended graduate school at Columbia University, where he later taught. He married Arlene Harris on September 14, 1934 in the Salt Lake Temple. In 1945, he returned to Utah to manage KSUB in Cedar City, and in 1950 he was transferred to Salt Lake City. He was one of the pioneers of radio in Utah, an announcer of the early Tabernacle Choir broadcasts, and a popular artist and theatre performer. He died on December 12, 1984.

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Extent

1 oversize folder (0.2 linear feet)

1 folio (1.33 linear ft.)

2 cartons (2 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

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