Andrew Karl Larson collection
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of drafts for two of Andrew Karl Larson’s books and two Dixie Yearbooks signed by students and staff for Larson. The Education of a Second Generation Swede was published in 1979, while the index draft and correspondence, donated by Reuben Joseph Snow, was written in 1978. The letters between Larson and Snow, document their efforts to get the index finished on time for publication. The other book, Lines for Judith, has a typescript draft and handwritten drafts of the book of poetry, which was named for his daughter, Judith.
Dates
- Creation: 1978 - 1981
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical / Historical
Andrew Karl Larson, was born in 1899 in Washington, Utah. His father and grandfather were called to the Dixie Mission by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1861. On his mother’s side, a great-grandfather was sent to colonize Washington in 1857. Larson attended Dixie Junior College [Utah Tech University] in St. George, Utah and graduated in 1922. He continued his education at Brigham Young University (BYU) where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Larson taught at Washington School, Hurricane High School, and Dixie Junior College where he was the Director of the Division of Social Sciences. Larson retired in 1965 and passed away eighteen years later in 1983. During his life, Larson wrote seven books with topics covering history, poetry, and an autobiography.
Full Extent
3 Files (5 folders in 1 gray legal document case.)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
This collection contains three folders of drafts and correspondence for The Education of a Second Generation Swede, and Lines for Judith.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by book title.
Bibliography
Larson, Andrew Karl. The Education of a Second Generation Swede: An Autobiography. Salt Lake City: Deseret Press, 1979.
Genre / Form
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kathleen Broeder, Head of Special Collections & Archives
- Date
- December 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Utah Tech University Special Collections and Archives Repository
330 Holland Centennial Commons
225 South 700 East
Saint George 84770 United States
(435) 634-2087
specialcollections@utahtech.edu