The Frederick William Larson papers. 1906-2004.

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The Frederick William Larson papers. 1906-2004.

Includes Larson's LDS missionary diaries in the Colorado Mission from 1906 to 1908, as well as letters, drawings, the 1955 memoirs of Alice Larson, his wife, and two documents by a granddaughter, dolores Varela Allred, entitled "Larson and Tolman life stories" and "Making wishes in Peaceful Valley."

0.5 linear ft.

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University of Utah. Libraries. Manuscripts Division

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Latter-day Saints' College (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formed in 1830 in New York by Joseph Smith, Jr. Its members later migrated to the American West, specifically the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Shortly after the founding, missionaries were sent out to teach their message. From the guide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints flannel board missionary discussions, Circa 1950-1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The documents in this collection span the early year...

Larson, Frederick William, 1880-1929

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Larson was born in Grantsville, Utah in 1880 and moved to Oakley, Idaho as a baby. He married Mary Alice Tolman in 1903 and they had two children before he went on his mission to Colorado in 1906. Both children died while he was gone and his wife joined him on his mission. Later they had twelve more children before his death in 1928. From the description of The Frederick William Larson papers. 1906-2004. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 62149631 ...