Wesley Pratt Larsen papers, 1802-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Larsen, Wesley P.
Title
Wesley Pratt Larsen papers
Dates
1802-2005 (inclusive)
Quantity
13.75 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1432
Summary
The Wesley Pratt Larsen papers (1802-2005) contain materials from Larsen's career as a biologist, as well as research on Utah history. Publications by Wesley P. Larsen include works on Indian and pioneer medicine in Utah Territory, 1847-1900, Southern Utah tales, and James Dalley family history, v.3. Larsen earned a Ph. D. from the University of Utah in 1960. He was the associate program directory for the National Science Foundation. He was probably best known for his research on insect stem cells.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

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.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Wesley Pratt Larsen (1916-2004) was born on the 29th of July 2004, 1916 in Kimberly Idaho to Charsles E. Larsen and Belinda Pratt. Larsen earned a Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1960 in the subject area of biology. He completed some graduate studies at Stanford University of California/Berkeley. Larsen was the associate program direstor for the National Science Foundation. His research projects also were conducted for the Atomic Energy Commission for radiation biology and for Columbia University, where Larsen worked as a field observer for a rural education project. He passed away on the 29th of April 2004.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Wesley Pratt Larsen papers (1802-2005) contain articles and research projects by Larsen. His research is mainly with Utah history, with a focus on Toquerville and the people who lived and migrated there. His papers also deal with the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints and Indian history.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on 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.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1142).

Acquisition Information

Donated by Wesley P. Larsen (boxes 1-24) in 1993.

Donated by Lois Larsen (boxes 25-28) in 2004 and 2006.

Processing Note

Processed by Andrew J. Lengyel in 2004.

Processed by Jennifer Sessions in 2006.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Articles and Research MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
"Southern Utah Tales"
1 2
"Indian and Pioneer Medicine in Utah Territory"
1847-1900
1 3
Articles
"Isaac and Mary Fielding Duffin, Southern Utah's Builder"; "Folk Tales of John D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows Massacre-Lee Survives His Execution"
1 4
"James Dalley Family History Volume 3"
1 5
"John D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows Massacre: A Reader"
2000
1 6
Stem Cell Research, Diary Notes, and Color Copies of Slides
2001
1 7
Wesley P. Larsen, ed., "Martin Slack's Account Book for the Hurricane Canal 1893"
2001

Personal MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 1-3
Correspondence
1960-2004
2 4
Personal Information
1952-1970
2 5
Wesley Larsen, "Field Folio of Indian and Pioneer Medicinal Plants"
1996
2 6
Wesley Larsen, "A History of Toquerville," Volume 2
2 7
Wesley Larsen, Indian and Pioneer Medicinal Food Plants,"
2004
2 8
"Southern Utah Tales"
1850s-1990s
2 9
Writings by Larsen
1970s

Subject Files A-ZReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 1
Age
1977
3 2
Agricultural Council Minutes
1937-1944
3 3
George Russell Aiken
1990
3 4
Anasazi
3 5
Anderson Ranch
1984
3 6
James Andrus
1975
3 7
Anthropology
1971-1988
3 8
"Antioch Notes"
1967-1972
3 9
Archives in Utah
3 10
Arizona
1992
3 11
Christopher J. Arthur
3 12
Arizona Strip
1965
3 13
Jim Ashcroft
3 14
Carl Badger
3 15
Bate 10th Ward
1990
3 16
Kerry Bate
1959-1993
4 1
Beale's Camel Corps
1979
4 2
E.O. Beaman, "The Canyon of the Colorado and the Moquis Pueblo"
1847
4 3
Walter Beatty
1931
4 4
Beaver County, Utah
4 5
Rebecca Berry
1942
4 6
Mark Bickley
1940-1999
4 7
Big Springs
4 8-10
Biograhical Sketches
4 11
Biology 101
1976
4 12
Biology 307
1960s-1970s
5 1
James G. Bleak
5 2
Brigham Tree
1947,1968
5 3
Lenny W. Brinkerhuff, Virginia City Ward History
2004
5 4
John Brown
1993
5 5
Buffalo Gourd
1992-1999
5 6
Bundy Families
1994
5 7
William Burgess
5 8
By-products and Radiation
1960s
5 9
Cedar City, Utah
5 10
Chinese
1902-1990s
5 11
Chronologies
5 12
Moses Clawson Family
1996
5 13
College of Eastern Utah
1993
5 14
Colorado River
1870s-2002
5 15
Isaiah Combs and Francis Burke
5 16
Co-Ops
5 17
Core Modules
5 18
Corn
1963-1997
5 19
J. L. Crawford
2002
5 20
H. L. A. Culmer
1992
5 21
Ruth L. Cunningham, "Pioneer on the Arizona Strip"
1996
5 22
Hannah Smith Dalton
5 23
John William Davies
1999
5 24
Joel and Anna Eager
5 25
Effects of Radiation on Inverabrate Animals
1960s
6 1
Elderhostel Classes
1970s-1990s
6 2-3
Embryo Research
6 4-5
Embryonic Developement
1950s-1960s
7 1
Endangered Species
1970s
7 2-3
Entemology Notebook
1950s
7 4
Ethno-Botany
1991
7 5-6
Experiment Project Notebook
1960s
8 1
Exploration
1860s-1900s
8 2
Exploration
1860s-1990s
8 3
Fire use by American Indians
2001
8 4
Joseph Fish
8 5
Lucile Fish
1989
8 6
Lucy Hannah White Flake
8 7
Will Flanigan
8 8
Fort Harmony
1989
8 9
Forts
8 10
Founders Movement
1985
8 11
Richard and Theresa Fryer
8 12
Wyllys D. Fuller
1874
8 13
Furniture
1997-1998
8 14
Bessie Gardner
1998
8 15
Geneology
1986
8 16
Geography and Geology
1949-1953
8 17
Ghost Towns and Monuments
1980s
8 18
Glen Canyon
1993
9 1
Grafton Gulch
1895-1999
9 2
Grand Canyon
1970s-1990s
9 3
Grazing and Browsing
1929-1940s
9 4
Hall Family
9 5
Hannah Hall
9 6
Victor Hall, "Honeymoon and Temple Trails"
2001
9 7
Jacob Hamblin
9 8
William Hamblin
9 9
Ebenezer Joseph Hanks
1979
9 10
Harris Family
1992
9 11
Llewellyn Harris
9 12
Harrisburg
9 13
Health
1960s-1990s
9 14
Herpetology 324
9 15
Edwin Richard Higbee
1998
9 16
"The History Blazer"
1996
10 1
History Notebook
10 2
History of Biology and Microtechnique
1970s
10 3
History Timeline
10 4
History Typescript
10 5
Hole in the Rock
1944
10 6
Homeymoon Trail
10 7
Hopi Indians
10 8
Horticulture
10 9-10
House Rock Valley
1922-1999
10 11
Hurricane Canal and Mesa
1993-2001
11 1
Indian and Pioneer Medicine
1800s-2003
11 2
Indian War
1880s
11 3
Infant Mortality
1999
11 4
Inscriptions
1990-1992
11 5
Insect Stem-cell Research
1960s, 2001
11 6-7
Inverabrate Animal Project Notebook
1960s
11 8
Iron and Washington Counties, Utah
1980s
11 9
Irrigation
1903
11 10
Jackson Family
11 11
Jennings Family
1985
11 12
Johns Valley
1971
11 13
Johnson Family
1982
11 14
Johnson's Fort
1990s
12 1
Joseph Ellis Johnson
1961
12 2
William Derby Johnson Jr.
12 3
Kumen Jones
12 4
Journal History
1850s-1860s
12 5
Juvenile Instructor
1870s-1890s
12 6
Kaibab
1993
12 7
LaVerkin, Utah
1986
12 8
Laney Family
12 9
Law and Order
1860s-1964
12 10
Leany Family
1937
12 11-12
John D. Lee
1870s-1990s
13 1
Lee's Ferry
1800s, 1996
13 2
Legends and Fokelore
1950s-1909s
13 3
James Lewis
13 4
Lichens
1952
13 5
G. W. Lloyd
1850s-1880s, 1990s
13 6
George A. Lowe Sr.
13 7
Will Manning
1948-1985
13 8
Maps
13 9
Lawrence Christian Mariger
13 10
Marrige
1970
13 11
E. Blair Maxfield, "Maxfield, Covert, Schureman, Tanner Histories
13 12
Maxwell Ranch
1974-1990
13 13
William Maxwell
1960-1994
14 1
Medicine Notebook
ca. 1970s
14 2
Lenora Meeks
1861, 1984
14 3
Priddy Meeks
14 4
Dove Menkes
1989-2004
14 5
Mesquite
1998-1999
14 6
Midwives
14 7
Mining
1879, 1998
14 8
Missionary Diary Excerpt
14 9
"Moccasin and her People"
1985
14 10
Mormon Bashing
1877
14 11
Mormon Battalion
1846-1847
14 12
Mormon History Asociation
1980s-1990s
14 13
Mormonism and the Indians
1870s, 1999
14 14
Mormons
1856-1970s
14 15
Mountain Meadows Massacre
1980s-2000
15 1
Muddy River
1967
15 2
Mycology
15 3
John Conrad Naegie
15 4
National Endoment for the Humanities
1987
15 5
National Science Foundation Research Proposal
15 6
National Wildlife Federation
1993
15 7
Native American Research Notebook
ca. 1980s
15 8
Native Americans
1850s-2001
15 9
Nature Notebook
1950s-1960s
16 1-2
News Articles
1970s-2001
16 3
Oak Wilt
1973
16 4
Origin of Man
1957-1980
16 5
Jimmy Owens
1951-1983
16 6
Murland R. Packer, "Life of Family of William Reese Davies"
1990
16 7-8
Paiute Indians
1999-2002
16 9
William R. Palmer Writings
ca. 1920s-1940s
16 10
Paria
16 11
John Parker
17 1
Richard Parker
17 2
Thomas Claude Parkinson, Ancestors
1981
17 3
Parowan, Utah
1869-1990s
17 4
Parunuweap Canyon
1950
17 5
Peokon
1994
17 6
Peter's Leap
17 7
Petroglyphs
1930s-1990s
17 8
Phragmites
1999
17 9
Pictures
17 10
Pine Valley, Utah
1986
17 11
Pioche, Nevada
17 12
Pioneer-Indian Relations
17 13
Pioneer Stories
1860s-1990s
17 14
Pioneer Work Ethic
1970s
17 15
Piute County, Utah
1987
17 16
Place Names
1942-1990
18 1-3
Plant Samples
18 4
Plants and Animals
1970s-2002
19 1
Rulon Berry Platt
1986, 1993
19 2
Joseph H. Pollock
19 3
Polygamy
1800s-1990s
19 4
Powell Plateau
1973-1996
19 5
Belinda Pratt
1999
19 6
Parley S. Pratt
19 7
Prickly Pear Cactus
1999
19 8
Primates
1976, 1981
19 9
Quail Lake Petroglyph Sites
1999
19 10
Quilts
19 11
Recipes
19 12
Red Cliff Desert Reserve
19 13
Lynn and Ella Batty Reeves
1987
19 14
Bill Reid
1995-2000
19 15
Reptiles and Amphibians
1920s-1970s
20 1-2
Research Notebook
20 3
Pat Rippw, "Water and the Gila Monster"
1968
20 4
Rivers
20 5
Roads
1978
20 6
Rock Church
1987, 1989
20 7
Rotary Clubs
1970s
20 8
Roundy Family
20 9
Salt Lake Daily Herald
1875
20 10-11
Levi Savage
21 1
"Selected Topics Relating to Hurricane Utah"
21 2
Service Berry
21 3
Sheep Bridge
2000
21 4
Silver Reef
1930-1980s
21 5
Smith and Fremont
21 6
John Calvin Lazeil Smith
21 7
Silas Smith
1963
21 8
Southern Utah
1800-1990s
21 9
Sothern Utah
1940s-1980s
21 10
Sothern Utah Agriculture
1940
21 11
Speakers Bureau
1986-1987
21 12
Spilsburg Family
1995
21 13
Springdale Utah
21 14
Squabush
1999
21 15-16
John Steele
1820s-1890s, 1980s
22 1
Mahonri M. Steele
22 2
John Sumner
22 3
Sylvester Family
1980s
22 4
Tell It All
1875
22 5
Tenth Ward Historical Record
1990
22 6
Theobold Family
22 7
Scott Thybony
1993-2004
22 8
Tobacco
22 9
Tobats
22 10
Toquerville, Utah
1889-1950s
22 11
"Toquerville Ward News"
1993
22 12
Torrey, Utah
22 13
Two Rivers
1990s
22 14
Utah
1932
22 15
Utah Agricultural Expirement Station
1940s
22 16
Utah Directory Gazetteer Excerpt
1879-1980
22 17
Utah Historical Society
1990s
23 1
Utah History Extractsd
ca. 1950s-1990s
23 2
Utah Settlement History
23 3
Utah War
23 4
Veterans Day Letter
1918
23 5
Virign City, Utah
1987
23 6
Wadsworth Family
1980s
23 7
George Wadsworth
2002-2003
23 8
Wallace Family
23 9
Washington County News , Extracts
1920s-1964
23 10
Water Quality Palnning Projcet
1975
23 11
Wheels to Adventure , Review
1985
23 12
White Mountain Expedition
23 13
Willow Springs
1966-1992
23 14
Wine Making
1972
24 1
Women
1993
24 2
Josephine Wood
24 3
Lu Wayne Wood
1990
24 4
Brigham Young
1840s-1990s
24 5
John R. Young
1920
24 6
Yucca
1961, 1999
24 7
Zion National Paek
1970s-1990s
24 8
Miscellaneous

Family and Individual HistoriesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
25 1
Batty Family Papers
1861-1934
25 2
Orley DeWright Bliss Papers
1839-1946
25 3
Bringhurst Family Papers
1888-1994
25 4
Frances Burke Paper and Photograph
25 5
Dodge Family Papers
1822-1970
25 6
Isaac Duffin Papers
1826-1985
25 7
Joseph Fish Letters
1862-1892
25 8
Ben and Christina Forsyth Papers
1823-2004
25 9
Richard Fryer Papers
1875-1984
25 10
Elisha Hurd Groves Papers
1867
25 11
Eliza Ann Price and Isaac Chauncey Haight
1861-1985
25 12
Job P. Hall Papers
1860-1901
25 13
William Wallace Hammond
1802-1937
25 14
Appleton Harmon Papers
1820-1946
25 15
Transcript of Thales H. Haskell Diary
1859-1860
25 16
Higbee Family Papers
1804-1965
25 17
Huntington Correspondence
1987
25 18
Orson Welcome Huntsman
1868-1892
25 19
"Life and Work of James Jackson Jr."
1826-1897
25 20
Toqerville Mayor A. N. Jones Papers
1984-1987
25 21
Canrad Kleinman Papers
1847
25 22
John D. Lee Papers
1848-1876
25 23
Autobiography of Elizabeth Graham MacDonald
1831-1875
25 24
"Wife of Dr. Priddy Meeks"
1840-1933
25 25
Nebeker Family Papers
1813-1902
26 1
Naegle Family Papers
1840-1974
26 2
Olds Family Papers
1854-1987
26 3
Maria Jackson Normington Parker
1957
26 4
Polock Family Papers
1824-1891
26 5
Theobald, Burgess, Isaacs, and Pratt Hisotires
1826-1850
26 6
Laura Anderson Pulsipher
1865-1931
26 7
Smoky and Edith Richards Lot Abstract
1872-1962
26 8
William Sears Riggs Papers
1830-1961
26 9
Levi Savage Jr. Papers
1820-1984
26 10
George W. Sevey Papers
26 11
Slack Family Papers
1856-1988
26 12
Stapley Family Papers
1935-1987
26 13
John Steele Papers and Journals
1887-1967

Toquerville, Family and Individual HistoriesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
27 1
John Steele Papers
1816-1989
27 2-3
Steele Family Papers
1816-1933
27 4
George Spilsbury Papers
1854-1955
27 5
Swasey Family Papers
1832-1985
27 6
Joseph Sylvester Papers
27 7
Hamilton Monroe Wallace Jr. Papers
1872-1896
27 8
Pioneer Ancestors of Caddie Watson
1825-1935
27 9
Willis Family Papers
1858-1876
27 10
Toquerville Obituaries and News Clippings
1892-2004
27 11
Bate Correspondence
1989-1990
27 12
Dupaix Spicer Mill
1875-1876
27 13
"Guide to Papers"
1991
27 14
Kanarraville
1964-1984
27 15
"Las Vegas Fort"

Toquerville HistoryReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
28 1
Toquerville Beautification
1965
28 2
Toquerville Business History
1866-2005
28 3
Toquerville Cemetery List
28 4
Toquerville Cotton Gin
1994
28 5
Toquerville Fourth of July
1914
28 6
Toquerville Indian Farm and History
1870-1997
28 7
Judicial Toquerville
1860-1894
28 8
Toquerville Land Certificate Records
1865-1869
28 9
Toquerville Mid-Wives and Treatments
28 10
Toquerville Photographs
1900-1990
28 11
Toquerville School
1990-1984
28 12
Toquerville Ward and Relief Society History
1864-1936
28 13
Toquerville Papers, Histories, and Centennial
1858-1961
28 14
Toquerville Historic Preservation
1845-1933
28 15
Toquerville Miscellaneous History
1939-1995
28 16
Toquerville Utah Miscellaneous Papers
1933-1991

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Folklore--Utah
  • Indians of North America--Medicine
  • Latter Day Saint pioneers--Emigration
  • Latter Day Saints--Folklore
  • Medicinal plants
  • Stem cells--Research
  • Traditional medicine--Utah

Family Names

  • Dally family

Geographical Names

  • Enoch (Utah)--History
  • Iron County (Utah)--History
  • Summit (Utah)--History
  • Utah--History

Form or Genre Terms

  • Essays
  • Histories (literary works)