Grover, Roscoe A. (Roscoe Abner), 1901-1984

American artist, educator, and radio broadcaster.

From the description of Roscoe A. Grover papers, 1931-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486974

From the guide to the Roscoe A. Grover papers, 1931-1976, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

American artist and radio broadcaster.

From the description of Roscoe A. Grover papers, 1932-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599044

From the guide to the Roscoe A. Grover papers, 1932-1975, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Executive director of radio broadcasting for the Eastern States Mission.

From the guide to the MS 6479 Roscoe A. Grover papers 1935-1938 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library)

Roscoe Grover (1901--1984), an older Salt Lake City artist, was a friend of John Held Jr. and Mahonri Young. Like Held, Grover was a media personality, especially on television, and became known as [beta]Uncle Roscoe[beta] to area children on his own show. A cartoonist and portraitist, the artist also taught at the Pioneer Craft House.

From the description of Roscoe A. Grover collection, 1932-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368017686

Roscoe Grover (1901-1986) taught classes in radio and speech. He was also the KSL program director and announcer for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Roscoe Grover was born in Nephi in 1901. He was educated at the University of Utah, New York University, and Columbia, where he later attended graduate school and taught. As an LDS missionary in New York, Grover assisted with producing the first Hill Cumorah Pageant, and with the dedication of the Angel Moroni monument at that location. In the early 30s, Grover taught classes in radio and speech in New York, and appeared in some of the early television shows produced there. Grover and his wife, Arlene Harris, daughter of former BYU president, Franklin Harris, remained there until 1945. At that time KSL offered him a position managing KSUB in Cedar City, where he remained until he was transferred to Salt Lake in 1950 to become "Uncle Roscoe." Later, Grover would become KSL program director and announcer for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Grover's hobby was creating portraits, especially from photographs, for private commissions and also producing likenesses of LDS Church leaders, as well as famous Americans and Utahns. He also taught at the Pioneer Craft House. He passed away in 1986.

From the guide to the Roscoe A. Grover posters of cartoons from Coffee Shop Hotel Utah, circa 1950-1984, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)