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Author
Larson
,
May
Louise
Hunt
Birth and Death Dates
1860-1943
Call Number
MSS
SC
540
Material Type
ten
folders
containing
May'â„¢s
diary
and
biography
, a
book
of
birthdays
in
Snowflake
Stake
, a
history
of
Snowflake
Stake
Academy
, and a
biography
of
Emma
Hale
Smith
.
Biography
May
Louise
Hunt
Larson
was
born
5
May
1860
in
San
Bernardino
,
California
to
Louise
Pratt
and
John
Hunt
. She was the
second
of
eight
children
.
Three
years
after
her
birth
, her
parents
moved
to
Beaver
,
Utah
.
May
excelled
in
school
and
attended
a
private
school
for
three
years
.
Although
her
formal
schooling
ended
when
she was
sixteen
,
May
never
stopped
learning
. In
1875
,
May's
family
moved
to a
small
farm
near
Joseph
City
,
Utah
.
One
year
later
, they
sold
their
land
,
bought
teams
and
wagons
, and
journeyed
to
Sevoia
Valley
,
Arizona
. On
2
March
1877
, as they
traveled
through
St
.
George
,
May
and her
older
sister
,
Ida
,
went
through
the
St
.
George
Temple
to
receive
their
endowments
.
When
they
arrived
in
Sevoia
Valley
, they
lived
in a
home
made
of
pine
poles
with a
wagon
cover
roof
and
wagon
box
bedrooms
.
May's
family
raised
corn
,
beans
,
squash
, and
other
vegetables
while
her
father
hauled
freight
and
wool
from
Fort
Wingate
to
Keams
Canyon
and
Albuquerque
.
When
May's
father
was
called
to be a
Bishop
, they
decided
to
move
to
James
Stinson
Ranch
to be
closer
to
other
members
of the
church
. As their
new
home
was
being
built
,
May
and her
siblings
returned
to
Utah
and
stayed
with their
Grandmother
Pratt
. They
returned
on
2
December
1878
to a
small
log
cabin
that
seemed
like
a
palace
compared
to their
previous
home
. On
26
October
1881
,
May
married
Olof
Larson
in the
Saint
George
Temple
. They
returned
from
St
.
George
on
5
December
and
lived
in a
tent
in
Sevoia
Valley
until
they
could
build
a
small
log
home
. In
1882
,
May's
father
married
a
second
wife
,
Sarah
Jane
Crosby
, with
whom
he had
nine
children
.
May's
mother
died
in
1885
.
May
and
Olof
lived
in the
same
home
for the
remainder
of their
lives
,
building
on to the
home
as they had
more
children
.
May
was the
mother
of
thirteen
children
,
four
of
whom
died
in
infancy
and
two
of
whom
died
in
adolescence
. She
served
in
many
capacities
within
every
organization
of The
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
.
When
her
husband
died
in
1939
, she
found
solace
in
serving
for
four
years
in the
temple
until
she
suffered
a
stroke
and
died
4
May
1943
.
Abstract
<p>
This
collection
consists
of
ten
folders
containing
May's
diary
and
biography
, a
book
of
birthdays
in
Snowflake
Stake
, a
history
of
Snowflake
Stake
Academy
, a
biography
of
Emma
Hale
Smith
, and
two
restricted
folders
.
<p>
The
first
folder
contains
an
original
copy
of
May's
forty-page
,
handwritten
diary
, in
which
she
reminisces
about
her
experiences
moving
from
Utah
to
Arizona
in
1876
. In this
diary
,
May
includes
many
journal
entries
written
by her
older
sister
,
Ida
, to
supplement
her
record
.
When
Ida's
journal
ends
, she
continues
the
account
from
memory
and with the
help
of her
brothers
and
sisters
. Her
correct
use
of
grammar
and
neat
penmanship
reveal
her
educational
training
. With an
awareness
of
details
,
May
writes
about
the
people
that
accompanied
them, the
horses
they
brought
,
supplies
they
carried
,
miles
they
traveled
, and the
conditions
of the
roads
they
encountered
. She also
records
the
times
they
suffered
from a
lack
of
water
and had to
leave
animals
behind
that were
too
dehydrated
to
continue
.
May
often
writes
about
events
that
seem
most
important
to her,
giving
the
reader
an
intimate
look
at her
perspectives
and
feelings
. For
instance
, on her
birthday
she
writes
,
where
,
I
wonder
, will
my
next
birthday
be
spent
? Also,
when
she
encounters
two
Indians
in
Tahsah
Springs
she
writes
that she was
glad
to
know
that
some
living
being
besides
us were in this
barren
desert
country
.
Although
the
journey
was
difficult
,
May
writes
about
when
they
made
time
for
leisure
.
One
night
, they
took
a
guitar
and
went
for a
sail
by
moonlight
across
the
Colorado
River
. They
developed
strong
relationships
with those that
accompanied
them that
led
to
difficult
separations
when
they
settled
in
different
areas
of
Arizona
.
<p>
The
second
folder
contains
an
original
copy
of a
three-page
,
handwritten
biography
of
Emma
Hale
Smith
,
written
by
May
. She
writes
about
her
marriage
to
Joseph
Smith
, the
children
they had
together
, and the
role
Emma
played
in
organizing
the
Relief
Society
.
<p>
The
third
folder
contains
a
thirty-seven-page
,
handwritten
copy
of the
history
of the
Snowflake
Stake
Academy
and
sixteen
pages
of
class
notes
written
by
May
. She
writes
that on
8
June
1888
Wilford
Woodruff
wrote
the
President
of
Snowflake
Stake
and
asked
him to
help
establish
an
Academy
. On
21
January
1889
the
school
opened
with
51
pupils
with a
budget
of
$500.00
for the
school
year
. The
first
principal
was
E.M
.
Webb
. The
school
was
forced
to
close
for
five
years
because
of a
lack
of
funds
, but
it
was
opened
again
in
1898
with the
help
of
district
funds
. In
1902
, the
school
had its
first
graduating
class
. They
added
an
addition
to the
building
on
20
August
1910
, but
three
months
later
, the
new
addition
caught
on
fire
. The
damage
was
extensive
and the
entire
building
had to be
rebuilt
.
It
took
three
years
to
rebuild
this
portion
of the
school
, but
May
writes
that
it
was a
great
contribution
to
Northern
Arizona
. She
gives
the
full
names
of the
teachers
,
graduating
students
, and
principles
that
went
to
Snowflake
Academy
. The
last
sixteen
pages
appear
to be
notes
from
classes
May
attended
. They are
very
difficult
to
read
. These
pages
include
:
two
poems
,
information
about
a
play
, a
history
of
Arbor
Day
,
musical
scales
in
different
keys
, and a
rough
draft
biography
of
John
Hunt
.
<p>
The
fourth
folder
contains
twenty-one
,
handwritten
pages
of a
birthday
book
May
kept
which
contains
all
the
birth
dates
and
names
of
people
in the
Snowflake
Stake
in
Arizona
.
<p>
The
fifth
folder
contains
a
one
page
biography
of
May's
grandfather
,
Addison
Pratt
written
by
May
.
<p>
The
sixth
folder
contains
a
nine
typewritten
page
biography
of
May
that
is
written
by her
daughter
,
Louise
Larson
Comish
in
1965
.
Besides
providing
a
lot
of
biographical
information
,
Louise
writes
of her
mother's
pioneer
attitudes
, her
desire
to
learn
, and her
great
service
within
the
church
. She
writes
that
most
people
came
to
know
her
mother
as
Aunt
May
.
<p>
The
seventh
folder
contains
one
typewritten
page
about
May's
funeral
.
May
requested
many
songs
including
,
I
Will
Extol
Thee
,
Oh
,
My
Mother
,
Silver
Bells
of
Memory
, and
Crossing
the
Bar
. The
opening
prayer
was
offered
by
President
David
A.
Butler
,
followed
by a
talk
by
Silas
L
.
Fish
and
Joe
West
.
Ida
Willis
read
some
sentiments
, and
James
M
.
Flake
offered
the
closing
prayer
.
<p>
The
eighth
and
ninth
folders
are
restricted
.
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1827-1911
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