L. Kirk Tolman photographs of Kirtland Temple
Scope and Contents
Collection includes color photographs and negatives with images of the Kirtland Temple during its exterior remodeling in June 1955. All the original plaster had been removed from the temple. One picture includes L. Kirk Tolman with his parents. Some pictures show the original plaster applied to the temple walls by the early Saints in piles on the ground. Plaster fragments show three layers, including the outermost layer containing the original pulverized China-plaster made by the Saints. Much of this had oxidized, but the broken fragments still sparkled in sunlight.
Dates
- 1955
Creator
- Tolman, L. Kirk (Lawrence Kirk), 1934- (photographer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from L. Kirk Tolman photographs of Kirtland Temple must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Lawrence Kirk Tolman (b. 1934) is a former Mormon missionary and is currently a professor of mathematics at Brigham Young University. Tolman is the son of Lawrence and Zina Tolman, and served in the Great Lakes Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between October 1954 and October 1956. He received a BS and MS in mathematics from Brigham Young University, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of New Mexico in 1972.
Extent
1 folder
10 items
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
Custodial History
Kirk Tolman donated these photographs to Stephen D. Ricks, former president of the Foundation for Ancient Religion and Mormon Studies (FARMS). They were then transferred to Special Collections by FARMS successor institution, the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (ISPART).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; ISPART; 2006.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
- Title
- Register of L. Kirk Tolman photographs of Kirtland Temple
- Author
- Abe Austin
- Date
- 2012 March 30
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States