Frederick William Larson papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2106

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Dates

1906-2004

Creator

Larson, Frederick William, 1880-1929 (Person)

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 Note

Frederick William Larson (1880-1929) was born on 8 June 1880 in Grantsville, Utah, and his family moved to Oakley, Idaho, when he was a baby. He married Mary Alice Tolman in October 1903 and they had two children (LeRoy and Annie Laura) before he went of his LDS mission to Colorado in October 1906. Both children died while he was gone and his wife joined him as a missionary in Colorado for the end of his mission. Afterwards they had twelve more children (Alvaretta, Amy, Cleo, Fred, Lloyd, Sidney, Ross, Myrtle, Leslie, Louise, Osborn and Zina) born from 1908 to 1928. Then Fred died in Oakley on 20 June 1929.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Frederick William Larson papers (1906-2004) contain his LDS missionary diaries in the Colorado Mission from 1906 to 1908, as well as some of his letters and drawings. It also includes the 1955 memoirs of his wife, Alice Larson, and two documents by a granddaughter, Dolores Varela Allred, titled "Larson and Tolman Life Stories" and "Making Wishes in Peaceful Valley." 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.