Photocopies of handwritten and typed letters, histories, interviews, diaries, pamphlets, and newspapers. The materials relate to a large range of topics in the early history of the Mormon Church; Joseph Smith, second president of the Mormon Church; and his family. Interviewees include Smith family members and those who knew them. The items were copied by Donald Q. Cannon as part of the continuing Mormon Church History Sources Project.

Photocopies of typewritten book drafts and supplementary materials for the "Life and History of Emma Hale Smith, 1804-1879" and "A Journal History of the Relief Society Building."

Holographs, typescripts, and photocopies. The collection includes writings by Larson concerning the move her family made from Utah to Arizona, a history of Snowflake Latter-day Saint Stake Academy, biographies of Addison Pratt and Emma Hale Smith, and a birthdate record of members of the Snowflake Latter-day Saint Stake, Arizona. Also includes a biography of Larson by her daughter, Louise L. Comish and Larson's funeral program.