No. 766 Stan Larson, 2011

File — Box: 73, Folder: 9

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

In June and July 2011, Stan Larson, former curator of the Manuscripts Division at the Marriott Library, sat down with Karen Carver and Liz Rogers to complete Interview 251, which he had done in 1989. Dr. Larson spends these interviews reminiscing on memorable collections he was part of acquiring or worked with over his long tenure at the Marriott.
In the first interview he briefly discusses the papers of vanished outdoorsman Everett Ruess and other smaller collections but spends the bulk of the interviews discussing collections related to the LDS Church. Dr. Larson was instrumental in publishing B. H. Roberts’ The Truth, The Way, The Life. He also relates an adventure involving Roberts’ 1830 Book of Mormon, the Marriott Library, and Sam Weller. The second interview continues in a similar vein, encompassing work with author Thomas Stuart Ferguson, acquisition of the Rudger Clawson papers, and several others including Utah historian Richard D. Poll and geologist Sterling B. Talmage, son of noted Mormon James E. Talmage. He spends some time relating the acquisition of LDS Church president David O. McKay’s papers including a humorous numbering incident. Dr. Larson was also closely involved with acquiring the William B. McLellin papers and a photograph album that once belonged to LDS Church president Joseph F. Smith.
Project: University of Utah oral history project.
Interviewer: Karen Carver and Elizabeth Rogers

Dates

2011

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.