Mayfield, Steven L.
Biographical History
Steven L. Mayfield (born 1952) is a law enforcement officer and document collector in Utah.
Mayfield was born in 1952 and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served as a Latter-day Saint missionary in Colorado and Nebraska. He worked as a file clerk for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Francisco between 1973 and 1977. He then attended college at Weber State College in Ogden, Utah, graduating with a bachelor's degree in police science in 1980. Mayfield worked as a deputy sheriff in Jefferson County, Colorado for nearly ten years before taking a position as a crime scene investigator with the Salt Lake City Police Department, as well as a crime scene photographer, crime lab technician, and self-described "documentation collector." While there, he worked under George Throckmorton, and assisted with a number of cases involving historical documents. He has also been involved with the Mormon History Association, Sunstone, and the Utah State Historical Society.
Citation:
Steven Mayfield collection of anti-Mormon media, 1974-2004Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, Mar. 7, 2007 (Steven L. Mayfield; collector of anti-Mormon literature)
Deseret News, via WWW, Feb. 8, 2017 (work as crime scene photographer, crime scene investigator, crime lab techinician, self-described "documentation collector")
fairlatterdaysaints.org, February 19, 2022 (Steve Mayfield; born in the San Francisco carea; served Latter-day Saint mission in Colorado and Nebraska; worked as an FBI file clerk (1973-1977); Deputy Jefferson County Colorado (1981-1990) and crime scene investigator for Salt Lake City Police Department(1994- ); worked with George Throckmorton in historical/questioned document cases; involved with Mormon History Association, Sunstone, Utah Historical Society; producer of radio program on KTKK; self-described "documentation collector")
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Steven L. Mayfield papers
Steven L. Mayfield correspondence, 1970-2013
Contains letters and checks, including letters concerning Mark Hoffman's forgery of the Solomon Spaulding letter. Materials dated 1970 to 2013.
Steven L. Mayfield ephemera, approximately 1970
Contains miscellaneous materials including a handkerchief, printed cut-outs, high-school letters, pins, etc.
Steven L. Mayfield papers, 1970-2012
Steven L. Mayfield published materials, 1950-2007
Contains pamphlets and books published by notable anti-Mormon authors such as Walter R. Martin, Ed Decker, and Sandra and Jerald Tanner about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, cults, etc.
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