Royce S. Bringhurst Papers

Royce S. Bringhurst Papers, 1918-2016

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bringhurst, Royce S., 1918-2005.
Title: Royce S. Bringhurst Papers
Dates: 1918-2016 (inclusive)
19182016
Quantity: 59 boxes, (30.25 linear feet)
Collection Number: UUS_COLL MSS 515
Summary: This collection documents the life of Royce S. Bringhurst, a Bennion, Utah native who went on to become a strawberry pomologist at the University of California at Davis. It includes material from his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, military service in WWII, pomology career, and retirement prior to his death in November of 2005.
Repository: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions: Not available through interlibrary loan. Also, boxes 23 through 29 are restricted until 2046.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Royce S. Bringhurst was born on December 27, 1918 in Bennion, Utah. There he lived and worked on the family farm while attending high school at Granite High. After graduating high school in 1937, he enrolled in Utah State Agricultural College for two years before serving a two and a half year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Spanish-American Mission beginning in 1939.

Royce was released from his mission in 1942 and soon after joined the United States Army Air Corps for combat service in World War II. Before Royce deployed for active duty, he married his high school sweetheart, Pearl Davidson, on May 14, 1942. Royce served in Corsica, Italy where he flew 65 combat missions in a B-25 bomber. Upon his return from the war, Royce completed his bachelor’s degree in agronomy at Utah State Agricultural College. Then he pursued a Master’s degree and PhD in agronomy and genetics from the University of Wisconsin.

Royce’s most significant position after graduate school was on the faculty of the University of California-Davis. There he worked to develop several new species of strawberries and played an active and leading role in the world’s community of strawberry growers and producers. Royce officially retired in 1990 and he and his wife Pearl later served an LDS mission in Chile from 1992 to 1994. After developing Parkinson’s disease later in life, Royce passed away in his California home on November 26, 2005.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of a variety of different materials spanning the personal and professional life of Royce S. Bringhurst, including diaries, correspondence, audio recordings, publications, notes, reports, field data, awards, and other items. The personal papers include materials from Bringhurst’s childhood in the 1920s, high school and college days in the 1930s, mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1940s, and military service during World War II, as well as papers from his retirement in the 1990s and 2000s. The professional papers relate to his extensive career as a pomologist at University of California Davis from the 1950s to the 1990s.

The Royce S. Bringhurst papers cover a large span of time and would be of use to researchers pursuing a variety of topics. They contain firsthand accounts of Latter-day Saint (LDS) mission work in the American Southwest in the years preceding the Second World War as well as the experiences of a LDS soldier serving in the United States Air Corps during WWII. Additionally, these materials provide information about the development of strawberry pomology, a field in which Bringhurst garnered international attention throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Royce S. Bringhurst Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Royce S. Bringhurst USU_COLL MSS 515, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 515, USUSCA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The organization of documents in this collection has largely been kept in the same order the material was donated. The items have been organized into the two broad categories: personal papers and professional papers. Each category has been further sperated into several subcategories based on material type.

Processing Note

Processed in April 2016

Acquisition Information

These materials were donated to Special Collections and Archives in 2016 by John R. Bringhurst, Royce and Pearl Bringhurst’s son.

Related Materials

Royce S. Bringhurst photograph collection

Separated Materials

The books and photographs in the collection were transferred to the respective currators and inventoried in their collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Personal DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Childhood and High School Papers
Box	Folder
1	1	Papers from childhood	1918
1	2	High School papers	1937
1	3	Royce Bringhurst’s Granite High Yearbook	1935
1	4	Royce Bringhurst’s Granite High Yearbook	1936
1	5	Pearl Davidson’s Granite High Yearbook	1936
1	6	Royce Bringhurst’s Granite High Yearbook	1937
2	1	Pearl Davidson’s Granite High Yearbook	1937
		Undergraduate at Utah State Agricultural College
Box	Folder
2	2	Papers related to undergraduate work at Utah State Agricultural College	1937-1939
2	3	School binder for Utah State Agricultural College botany class	1939
2	4	Utah State Agricultural College transcripts, reports and papers	1946-1947
2	5	Diploma from Utah State Agricultural College	1947
		Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mission Papers
Box	Folder
2	6	Green mission binder with poems, clippings and songs	1939
2	7	Green mission binder papers, loose leaf	1939
2	8	Mission Farewell and printed missionary card	1939 November 10
3	1	Pamphlet of General Conference talk by Heber J. Grant	1939 November 14
3	2	Notes from mission work in Fabens, Texas	1939-1940
3	3	Papers from mission work in Tucson and Nogales, Arizona	1941
3	4	Papers from mission work in San Diego, California	1941
3	5	Papers from mission work in Los Angeles, California	1942
3	6	General papers from LDS mission	1939-41
3	7	Six-hole mission notebook	1939-41
3	8	Mission scrapbook papers (See box 35, Fd: 3 for oversized)	1939-41
		Marriage
Box	Folder
3	9	Marriage Certificate and papers relating to married life pre military service	1942
		Personal Interests and Religous Talks, Lessons and Notes
Box	Folder
3	10	Articles and news clippings relating to Church and faith	1986-2001
3	11	“Academics and Faith” LDS Institute lecture notes	1979-1991
4	1	Article cutouts from The Scientific American	1956-1958
4	2	Assorted documents regarding interests in science, and United State and world politics	1947-1977
4	3	Notebook containing Defenders of the Faith: A Sociological Study of the Creation Science Movement by Venon Bates	1974
4	4	Letter from Pearl Bringhurst to Richard L. Evans regarding evolution	1969
4	5	Folder labeled “Evolution Controversy” containing Bringhurst’s collection of notes and documents on evolution for both his academic and religious careers	1956-1978
4	6	Notes for talks on genetics	1992
5	1	Notes for speaking at Smith Bringhurst’s funeral	1975
5	2	Notes on Independence Day talks for LDS audiences	1975-1988
5	3	Notes on “Love Thy Wife” church talks	1984-1985
5	4	Notes for numerous talks and lessons written on 3x5 cards	1955-1980
5	5	Ordination certificate and other letters regarding Royce Bringhurt’s appointment as Bishop of University Ward	1965-1998
5	6	Notes on 5x8 cards for lessons present to Young Adult Class in Davis Ward	1975
5	7	Notes for classes on green 4x6 cards	1975-1976
5	8	Notes for classes or talks, written on 8.5x11 yellow pad half sheets	1970-1979
5	9	Notes for talks and lessons written on yellow lined notepad	1974-1977
5	10	Fragmentary notes for talks and lessons on yellow lined notepaper	1984
5	11	Notes for multiple talks and lessons	1970-1979
5	12	Notes for multiple lessons on 4x6 cards	1973-1983
5	13	Notes for multiple lessons or talks on yellow notepaper	1981-1987
6	1	Sacrament Meeting Talks	1983-1984
6	2	Loose paper notes for miscellaneous presentations	undated
6	3	Notes for funeral talks, written in Pearl Bringhurst’s hand	1974-1994
6	4	Papers, letters, photos and a book by friend Art Wallace, former high school classmate at Granite High, and professor at University of California Los Angeles	1957-2000
6	5	Letters, photos, and book by Reid Ellsworth, friend and mission companion	1997-2000
6	6	Papers and funeral program for college Ledyard Stebbins	1997-2000
		Correspondence: Logan, Mission, Early Training
Box	Folder
6	7	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson ,writing from Utah State Agricultural College	1937-1938
6	8	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson, letters written from mission in Fabens, Texas	1939-1940
6	9	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson, letters written from mission in Tucson, Arizona	1940
6	10	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson, letters written from mission inNogales, Arizona	1940-1941
7	1	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson, letters written from mission in San Diego, California	1941
7	2	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson, letters written from mission in Los Angeles, Californian	1941-1942
7	3	Letters written from mission to family	1941-1942
7	4	Letters from Florence Smith Bringhurst to Royce Bringhurst	1939
7	5	Letters from Florence Smith Bringhurst to Royce Bringhurst	1940 January - June
7	6	Letters from Florence Smith Bringhurst to Royce Bringhurst	1940 July - December
7	7	Letters from Family to Royce Bringhurst	1941
7	8	Pearl Davidson to Royce Bringhurst while on mission	1939
7	9	Pearl Davidson to Royce Bringhurst while on mission	1940 January - June
7	10	Pearl Davidson to Royce Bringhurst while on mission	1940 July - December
8	1	Pearl Davidson to Royce Bringhurst while on mission	1941
8	2	Letters to Royce Bringhurst from Military friends, William Frost and Norman Johnson (Both died in WWII)	1936-1942
8	3	Letters from various fellow missionaries, and others	1940-1941
8	4	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst, while attending preflight training in Santa Ana, California	1942-1943
8	5	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst, while attending flight training in Santa Maria, California	1943
8	6	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst, while in reassignment center, Fresno, California	1943 April
		Pearl Davidson Bringhurst Correspondence
Box	Folder
8	7	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson during WWII	1937-1945
8	8	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson from USAC	1945-1947
8	9	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson from Wisconsin	1947-1950
9	1	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson, UCLA period	1950-1953
9	2	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson from Davis	1953-1957
9	3	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson after move to Mulberry Lane	1957-1961
9	4	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson from Davis	1962
10	1	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson from Davis	1963
10	2	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson from Davis	1964
10	3	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson from Davis	1965
10	4	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson from Davis	1966
10	5	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson from Davis prior to Chile trip	1967
10	6	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson during Chile trip	1967-1968
10	7	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Jane Davidson	1968-1972
11	1	Letters from Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst duringGuanajuato, Mexico Trip	1963 January - March
11	2	Letters from Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst during Sabbatical trip to South America	1965 March - May
11	3	Letters from Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst during trip to Italy and Egypt	1970
11	4	Letters from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst to Royce Bringhurst during Egypt Trip	1970
11	5	Letters between Royce Bringhurst and Pearl Davidson Bringhurst during Chile Trip	1973
11	6	Letters between Royce Bringhurst and Pearl Davidson Bringhurst relating to miscellaneous trips	1970-1990
11	7	Variety of post cards from friends	1968-1974
		Correspondence with Extended Family Members and Friends
Box	Folder
11	8	Correspondence with Pearl’s brother Roland and family	1936-1993
11	9	Correspondence with Pearl’s brother Willard and family	1971-1991
11	10	Correspondence with Pearl’s sister Jenette and family	1971-2003
12	1	Correspondence with Pearl’s sister Helen and family	1970-2004
12	2	Correspondence with Pearl’s sister Laura and family	1970-1996
12	3	Early correspondence from Pearl’s brother Daniel and family	1942-1955
12	4	Later correspondence with Pearl’s brother Daniel and family	1971-1993
12	5	Correspondence with Pearl’s brother Jesse and family	1973-2008
12	6	Correspondence from James Davidson and other relatives from Hopeman, Scotland	1971-1991
12	7	Correspondence from Pearl’s other relatives	1975-2003
12	8	Correspondence from Florence Smith Bringhurst, Royce’s mother	1969-1977
13	1	Correspondence from Royce’s sister Naida and family	1961-1991
13	2	Correspondence from Royce’s sister Dean	1970-1996
13	3	Correspondence from Royce’s sister Rhea and family	1970-1997
13	4	Correspondence from Royce’s brother George and family	1971-2005
13	5	Correspondence from Royce’s sister June	1974-1978
13	6	Correspondence from members of the David Ward	1992-2000
13	7	Correspondence with miscellaneous friends	1997-2002
13	8	Cards exchange by Royce and Pearl	1975-1987
14	1	Yearly family newsletters from John Bringhurst and family	1988-2001
14	2	Letters from Newell Bringhurst, George Bringhurst’s son	1980-2005
14	3	Newspaper magazine clippings from Newell Bringhurst	1969
14	4	Newspaper magazine clippings from Newell Bringhurst	1969
14	5	Letter copy and articles by Newell Bringhurst	1990 February 5
14	6	Letter copy and copied newspaper articles concerning the outlaw relative William Bringhurst	1990 April 23
14	7	Letter copy and research paper by Newell Bringhurst about William Bringhurst	1991 July 11
14	8	Letter copy and articles by Newell Bringhurst	1995
14	9	Letter copy and articles by Newell Bringhurst about Eldridge Cleaver and a copy of Cleaver’s book, Soul on Ice	1996 July 14
14	10	Letter and articles from Newell	1999 March 1
14	11	Letter and articles from Newell written to George and LaVerne Bringhurst	1999 March 1
14	12	Articles by Newell Bringhurst	2000
14	13	Papers by Newell Bringhurst about Fawn Brodie	undated
		Personal Journals
Box	Folder
15	1	Journal containing song lyrics and newspaper clippings	1930-1939
15	2	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary	1937- 1939
15	3	Royce Bringhurst’s mission diary	1939-1940
15	4	Royce Bringhurst’s first mission journal	1939-1941
15	5	Royce Bringhurst’s second mission journal	1941-1942
15	6	Weekly mission record book	1940-1941
16	1	Weekly mission record book	1941-1942
16	2	Missionary’s Expense book	1939-1942
16	3	Mission address book	1939-1942
16	4	Journal of Agency for International Development trip to Guanajuato, Mexico	1963
16	5	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 1	1976
16	6	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 2	1977
16	7	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 3	1977-1979
17	1	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 4	1979-1980
17	2	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 5	1980-1981
17	3	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 6	1981-1982
17	4	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 7	1983-1984
17	5	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 8	1984-1985
18	1	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 9	1985-1987
18	2	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 10	1987-1993
18	3	Royce Bringhurst’s personal diary, Vol. 11	1993-1994
		Datebooks, small notebooks, and address books
Box	Folder
18	4	Small notebook with to-do lists	1958
18	5	Small notebook with mileage and gas purchase record	1965
18	6	Small notebook with miscellaneous personal notes. Undated	undated
18	7	Date book	1955
19	1	Date book	1956
19	2	Date book	1957
19	3	Date book	1959
19	4	Date book	1960
19	5	Date book	1961
19	6	Date book	1962
19	7	Date book	1963
19	8	Date book	1964
19	9	Date book	1965
19	10	Date book	1966
20	1	Date book	1967
20	2	Date book	1968
20	3	Date book	1969
20	4	Date book	1970
20	5	Date book	1971
20	6	Date book	1972
20	7	Date book	1973
20	8	Date book	1974
20	9	Date book	1975
20	10	Date book	1976
20	11	Date book	1976-1977
20	12	Date book	1977-1978
20	13	Date book	1978-1979
20	14	Date book	1980
20	15	Date book	1981
21	1	Date book	1982
21	2	Date book	1983
21	3	Date book	1984
21	4	Date book	1985
21	5	Date book	1986
21	6	Date book	1992
21	7	Date book	1995
21	8	Date book	1996
21	9	Red address book	1958-1960
21	10	Grey address book	1962-1964
21	11	Address book from Chile	1973
22	1	Black address book	1970-1989
22	2	Black address book	undated
22	3	Brown address book	undated
22	4	Sacramento California Stake Directory	undated
22	5	Journal containing addresses from mission in Chile	1992-1994
22	6	Journal containing accounts from mission in Chile	1992-1994
		Military Service: World War II Records
Box	Folder
30	1	Military cadet training papers in Santa Ana, Santa Maria and Fresno, California	1941
30	2	Military radio training papers and books. Chicago, Illinois	1943
30	3	Military radio training documents. Sioux Falls, South Dakota	1943
30	4	Military gunnery training documents. Harlingen, Texas	1943
30	5	Documents relating to B-25 crew training. Columbia, South Carolina	1944
30	6	Documents and currency related to flight overseas via Africa	1944-1945
30	7	Papers and booklets related to combat assignment on Corsica, Italy	1944-1945
30	8	Military documents relating to transport home and initial furlough	1945
30	9	Documents relating to reassignment post in Santa Monica, California	1945
30	10	Gunnery Instruction training documents. San Laredo, Texas	1945
30	11	Documents related to final assignment and discharge. Florence, South Carolina	1945
30	12	Date book, Church directory, clippings and artifacts from friends killed during the war	1943-1944
31	1	War account, BYU Archives, copies from Saints at War Project	2003
31	2	Royce’s History of WWII, typescript prepared from his war diary with a handwritten introduction by Pear Bringhurst	2001 July 30
31	3	Letter and papers related to Ben Angland, a fellow aerial gunner	2010 July
31	4	Documents relating to disability pension due to partial hearing loss	1947
31	5	DVeterans query in response to destruction of military records by fire	2012 June 14
31	5	Veterans query in response to destruction of military records by fire	2012 June 14
		Wartime Correspondence
Box	Folder
31	6	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst while in radio training, Chicago, Illinois	1943 April to June
31	7	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst while in radio training, Sioux Falls, South Dakota	1943 June to October
31	8	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst while in gunnery training, Harlingen, Texas	1943 October to November
32	1	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst while in B-25 crew training, Columbia, South Carolina	1943-1944
32	2	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst while in final crew training, Hunter Field Georgia to embarkation	1944 April
32	3	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst during air travel to front	1944 April to May
32	4	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst during combat assignment, Corsica	1944 May to June
32	5	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst during combat assignment, Corsica	1944 July to August
33	1	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst during combat assignment,Corsica	1944 September to October
33	2	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst during combat assignment, Corsica	1944 November to December
33	3	Royce Bringhurst to Bringhurst family during military training	1942-1944
33	4	Royce Bringhurst to Bringhurst family during combat assignment in Corsica	1944
34	1	Royce Bringhurst to Pearl Davidson Bringhurst and Family following return from overseas assignment	1945 January to August
34	2	Letters to Royce Bringhurst from Pearl Davidson Bringhurst and Florence Smith Bringhurst while in military service	1943-1945
		Wartime Ephemera
Box	Folder
34	3	B-25 Mitchell in Action, book	1978
34	4	489th Bomb Squadron Yearbook	1947
34	5	457th Bomb Wing Newsletter	1973-2001
		Oversized World War II Items
Box	Folder
35	1	Official service papers, flight record and citations	1943-1944
35	2	War certificates: Military Police Law Enforcement certificate and“Certificate of Valor” award	1945-1951
35	3	Mission scrapbook papers(See Box 3, Fd: 8)	1939-1941
		Royce Bringhurst's War Diaries
Box	Folder
36	1	Royce Bringhurst’s first war diary	1943
36	2	Royce Bringhurst’s second war diary	1944
36	3	Transcribed version of Royce Bringhurst’s war diary	undated
		Documents regarding life at, and move to, University of California, Davis
Box	Folder
36	4	Papers related to home purchase on Mulberry Lane in Davis, California.	1957
36	5	Royce Bringhurst’s notes on Davis Ward history.	1953-1985
36	6	Family Newsletters	1960-1966
36	7	Programs, clippings and other documents from the Bringhurst family’s involvement in musical events	1963-1995
		Retirement Records
Box	Folder
37	1	Papers, documents and photos leading up to and relating to retirement in 1989	1988-2000
37	2	Documents celebrating Royce Bringhurst’s retirement, including a book given to him by the Pomology Department upon retiring	1989
37	3	Documents relating to Royce and Pearl Bringhurst’s 50th wedding anniversary	1992
37	4	Documents related to Mission, calling to serve for the Benson Institute in Chile	1992-1994
37	5	Calendar and documents related to research work done for the Benson Institute in San Felipe, Chile	1992-1994
38	1	Miscellaneous receipts and vouchers from mission	1992-1994
38	2	Correspondence of Royce and Pearl Bringhurst with John and Betty Bringhurst, during their mission in San Felipe	1992-1994
38	3	Photos and postcards from various trips	1997
38	4	Documents relating to calling as Oakland Temple ordinance worker	1980-1998
38	5	Documents and photos related to last professional talk in Guanajuato, Mexico	2002
38	6	Funeral programs for miscellaneous professional colleagues	1982-2007
38	7	Funeral programs for various friends	1988-2006
39	1	Documents related to financial contributions	1987-1997
39	2	Documents relating to Bringhurst Research Assistanceship Fund at University California, Davis	1999-2015
39	3	Documents relating to the Royce Bringhurst Scholarship Fund at University of Wisconsin	2009-2016
39	4	Documents related to the Bringhurst Endowment at Utah State University	2011-2013
39	5	Legal documents regarding Durable Power of Attorney for health care	1992
39	6	Papers related to Royce Bringhurst’s death and Funeral	2005 November
39	7	Binder with guest signatures from Royce Bringhurst’s funeral	2005 November
		Royce S. Bringhurst Biography notes compiled by John R. Bringhurst
Box	Folder
39	8	Notes on pre-war letters	2012
40	1	Notes on Royce Bringhurst’s first war diary	2013
40	2	Notes on Royce Bringhurst’s second war diary	2014
40	3	Notes on post-war letters	2015
40	4	Notes and photo copies on Guanajuato 1963 Journal	undated
40	5	Notes on Chile and Egypt trips	undated
40	6	Notes on Pearl Davidson Bringhurst’s and Jane Davidson’s correspondence	2002
40	7	Notes on Royce Bringhurst’s professional letters	2002
40	8	Notes on Royce Bringhurst’s personal diaries, vol. 1-11	2015
40	9	Notes on Pearl Davidson Bringhurst’s personal diaries	undated
40	10	Notes on Royce Bringhurst’s field journals	undated
40	11	Notes and transcripts on recordings of or about Royce Bringhurst	1997
40	12	Emails containing recollections of Royce Bringhurst’s children	2012
40	13	Photocopies of John Bringhurst’s journal regarding Royce Bringhurst’s replacement on the California Strawberry Advisory Board	1983
40	14	Notes from John Bringhurst’s interview with Douglas V. Shaw	2016
40	15	Records of photos and other documents sent for scanning	2013-2014
40	16	“A Small Treasury” a compilation containing copies of Royce Bringhurst’s documents that John Bringhurst prepared for family members	undated
		Audio Recordings
Box	Folder
40	17	Recordings of the Davis Comic Opera Co performance of RuddigoreRuddigore	1974
41	1	Cassettes with recordings of news releases regarding Royce Bringhurst’s research	1976
41	2	Cassettes with recordings of Pearl Davidson Bringhurst describing early family life	1982
41	3	Cassette with a recording of Royce Bringhurst on the CBS program, Science Editor	1980
41	4	Cassette with a recording of University of Californa, Davis graduation	1989
41	5	Various mini cassettes from Royce Bringhurst’s later life, including his funeral	1997-2005
41	6	CD Copies of the mini cassettes of Royce Bringhurst’s later life	1997-2005
41	7	CD Copies of the cassettes	1974-1985
41	8	CD titled “Royce S. Bringhurst in his Own Words”	2010 February 2
41	9	Gramophone disc with singing by Royce Bringhurst and his mission companion Don Jone	1942
41	10	CD with digitized version of the Gramophone disc recording	undated

Professional papersReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Graduate Papers and Documents
Box	Folder
42	1	Notes, papers, transcripts and booklets relating to graduate work at the University of Wisconsin	1947-1950
42	2	Notes, letters and transcripts for faculty application at U. of Wisconsin	1948-1956
42	3	Doctoral Thesis, Genetic Analysis of Chlorophyll Deficiency in Melilotus alba x M. dentate Hybrids, with Some Observations on Meiotic Irregularities	1950
42	4	Letter from California Senator ,Thomas H. Kuchel	1954 December 3
42	5	Master's and doctorate diplomas from University of Wisconsin	1948-1950
		Correspondence
Box	Folder
42	6	Correspondence to and from Henry A. Wallace, former Secretary of Agriculture (Originals of the copied letters come from University Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.)	1960-1965
42	7	Correspondence between Henry A. Wallace and various individuals who mention Royce Bringhurst (Originals of the copied letters come from University Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.)	1959-2015
42	8	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “A”	1960-1962
42	9	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “B”	1960-1962
42	10	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “C”	1959-1962
42	11	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “D”	1960-1962
42	12	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “E”	1960-1962
42	13	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “F”	1960-1962
42	14	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “G”	1960-1962
43	1	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “H”	1960-1962
43	2	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “I”	1960-1962
43	3	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “J”	1960-1962
43	4	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “K”	1960-1962
43	5	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “L”	1960-1962
43	6	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “M”	1960-1962
43	7	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “N”	1960-1962
43	8	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “O”	1960-1962
43	9	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “P”	1960-1962
43	10	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “R”	1960-1962
43	11	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “S”	1960-1962
43	12	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “T”	1960-1962
43	13	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “V”	1960-1962
43	14	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “W”	1960-1962
43	15	Correspondence filed alphabetically by last name: “X,Y,Z”	1960-1962
44	1	Collection of professional business cards	undated
44	2	Letters and requests for reprints	1968-1969
44	3	Letters and requests for reprints	1970-1973
44	4	International correspondence	1975-1976
44	5	International correspondence	1977-1978
44	6	Professional correspondence	1979-1980
44	7	Professional correspondence	1981
44	8	Professional correspondence	1982
44	9	Professional correspondence	1983
45	1	Professional correspondence	1984
45	2	Professional correspondence	1985
45	3	Professional correspondence regarding awards to be received	1986-1989
45	4	Professional correspondence	1990-1997
		Books
Box	Folder
45	5	Summary of Research Projects: Pomology Department, UCD	1962 August
45		Book 1: The Department of Pomology, University of California, Davis: The Early Years, 1913-1945, by Dillon S. Brown	1984
45		Book 2: The Department of Pomology, University of California, Davis: The Contemporary Years, 1945-1981, By Dillon S. Brown	1990
		Legal Sized Professional Papers
Box	Folder
46	1	Papers and Photos from various international trips	1974-1981
46	2	Papers related to later events in the UC Strawberry program	1981-2015
		Field Data
Box	Folder
47	1	Yellow field journal titled: Seed Germination	1953-1959
47	2	Yellow field journal titled: Flowering, Strawberry	1953-1961
47	3	Yellow field journal titled: Species Hybrids Strawberry	1953-1954
47	4	Yellow field journal titled: Colchicine	1953-1969
47	5	Yellow field journal titled: Insect Control	1953-1965
47	6	Yellow field journal titled: Virus, Heat Inactivation	1954-1955
47	7	Yellow field journal titled: Pollen Germination	1955-1956
47	8	Yellow field journal titled: Propagation	1954-1961
47	9	Yellow field journal titled: Plant Storage	1954
47	10	Yellow field journal titled: Virus Indexing	1956-1957
47	11	Yellow field journal titled: Berry Investigations	1940
48	1	Yellow field journal titled: Growth Regulators	1957
48	2	Yellow field journal titled: Plant Distribution	1957-1963
48	3	Yellow field journal, Daud Ahmad Khan’s notebook for genetic studies	1960-1964
48	4	Yellow field journal titled: Virus Indexing	1960-1965
48	5	Yellow field journal titled: Tip Culture Virus Inactivation	1964
48	6	Yellow field journal with notes on various berry treatments	undated
48	7	Notecards with data for a presentation	1962
48	8	Handwritten data sheets regarding soil temperature	1964
48	9	Steno notebook containing tables of plant data	1969 April
48	10	Steno notebook containing plant data on polyploids	1969 April-June
48	11	Miscellaneous notes to Royce Bringhurst from a summer employee	undated
48	12	Handwritten and computer printout data for the Verticillium Wilt Field Experiment	1982
48	13	Typeset charts for winter planting	1983-1984
48	14	Triple isozyme profiles of numerous cultivars	1985-1991
48	15	Variance Analysis Printouts	undated
48	16	Data labeled Watsonville Summary	undated
49	1	Handwritten and printout data tables	1989-1991
		Professional Journals
Box	Folder
49	2	Journal containing notes on seedling	1957
49	3	Journal beginning in October 1961 and ending July 1962	1961-1962
49	4	Journal beginning in August 1962 and ending in 1963	1962-1963
49	5	Journal beginning in April 1963 and ending in August 1965	1963-1965
49	6	Journal beginning in March and ending April	1965
49	7	Journal beginning in April and ending August	1965
49	8	Journal beginning in September 1965 and ending January 1967	1965-1967
49	9	Journal beginning in January and ending in May	1967
49	10	Journal beginning in August 1968 and ending March 1969	1968-1969
50	1	Journal beginning in April 1969 and ending March 1970	1969-1970
50	2	Journal beginning in May 1970 and ending February 1972	1970-1972
50	3	Journal beginning in March 1972 and ending June 1974	1972-1974
50	4	Journal beginning in July 1974 and ending April 1975	1974-1975
50	5	Journal beginning in April 1975 and ending August 1975	1975
50	6	Journal beginning in August 1975 and ending March 1976	1975-1976
50	7	Journal beginning in March 1976 and ending September 1977	1976-1977
50	8	Journal beginning in October 1977 and ending November 1978	1977-1978
50	9	Journal beginning in November 1978 and ending April 1980	1978-1980
50	10	Journal beginning in February 1980 and ending February 1981	1980-1981
50	11	Journal beginning in April 1981 and ending March 1982	1981-1982
51	1	Journal beginning in January 1982 and ending December 1985	1982-1985
51	2	Journal beginning in January and ending in June	1986
51	3	Journal from 1988 to retirement	1988-1989
51	4	Journal beginning in 1990 and ending on departure for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day-saints mission in Chile	1990-1992
51	5	Journal containing notes from Royce Bringhurst’s trip to Chile	1991-1992
51	6	An unlabeled journal with miscellaneous notes	undated
51	7	Loose journal entries	1945 March-May
		Publications
Box	Folder
51	8	Publications from the 1950s	1954-1958
52	1	Publications from the 1960s	1961-1968
52	2	Publications from the 1970s	1970-1979
52	3	Publications from the early 1980s	1980-1984
52	4	Publications from the late 1980s	1985-1989
52	5	Publications from the 1990s	1990-1992
53	1	Unidentified publication fragments	undated
53	2	Annual Pomology Strawberry Research Report	1985
53	3	Annual Pomology Strawberry Research Report	1986
53	4	Annual Pomology Strawberry Research Report	1987
53	5	Annual Pomology Strawberry Research Report	1988
53	6	Annual Strawberry Board Newsletter	1975-1990
53	7	The Pink Sheet Strawberry News Bulletin	1989-1997
53	8	University Biographical sheets about Royce Bringhurst	1997
53	9	Publications from the Strawberry Industry	1967-2001
53	10	Publications by Royce Bringhurst’s colleagues and friends	1985-1997
53	11	Plant breeder directories	1981
	book
53	12	The Pink Sheet: Strawberry News Bulletin, a Review	1999
	item
54	Book 1	Royce S. Bringhurst Publications Vol. 1 1954-1989	undated
54	Book 2	Royce S. Bringhurst Publications Vol. 2 1954-1989	undated
		Office Files
Box	Folder
54	1	UCLA Avocado papers	1952-1954
54	2	Correspondence with professional peers, including funeral papers for W. K. Smith	1950-1986
54	3	Avocado Publications	1951-1956
54	4	Pomology Projects underway at UCD	1962
54	5	Papers on natural hybrid locations	1986
54	6	Varietal Notes--Pomology	1943
55	1	Brochures, books and programs from trip to Guanajuato, Mexico	1963
55	2	Ford Foundation trip papers. Bahia Blanca, Argentina	1965
55	3	Papers and documents relating to Chile trip	1967-1968
55	4	Brochure and currency from Egypt trip	1969
55	5	Papers and brochure related to Spain trip	1985
55	6	Papers and brochure related to Italy trip	1988
56	1	News magazines and clippings related to strawberries	1963-1979
56	2	Newspaper clippings and magazines, mostly related to strawberries	1980-2013
56	3	Germ Plasm Repository papers	1984
56	4	Professional Journal donation to China	1987
56	5	Legal documents relating to trials where Royce Bringhurst was a witness	1982-1989
56	6	Research in California State Parks, Oso Flaco and Ano Nuevo	1978-1982
56	7	Documents relating to strawberry varieties, including patent policy	1986-2007
56	8	Pomology Budget Printouts	1992-2001
56	9	Material relating to professional and honorary societies.	1989-1991
56	10	Documents related to McGraw- Hill’s request for Royce Bringhurst to write a segment on strawberries for Encyclopedia of Science and Technology	1989-1994
56	11	Documents relating to invitations to participate in plant conferences following retirement	1993-1995
57	1	American Society for Horticultural Science Banquet programs.	1970-1989
57	2	University of California-Davis commencement programs	1965-1993
57	3	Various resumes and curriculum vitae	1980
57	4	Documents relating to invitations to participate in plant conferences following retirement	1980
		Professional Awards and Acknowlegments
Box	Folder
57	5	Documents and photos from the Japanese-American Museum where Royce and collegue Victor Voth received awards	1989
57	6	Programs for Utah State University’s 100th Commencement	1993 June 4
57	7	Documents related to honorary doctorate at Utah State University	1993-1995
57	8	Awards and certificates from fraternities and the American Society for Horticultural Science, and letters of congratulations from various academic institutions	1946-1993
58	1	Wilder Medal presented by the American Pomological Society; Ain Shams University medallion	undated
58	2	American Society of Horticulture medallions	1989 - 2002
58	3	Photographs of awards Original plaques and awards were photographed by USU Library's Digital Initiatives unit and originals were returned to the donor.	1989 - 2002
		Photograph of plaque from Jornadas Tecnicas del Freson, Spain	1985
		Photograph of American Society for Horticultural Science Outstanding Researcher plaque	1989
		Photograph of Plaque from Third North American Strawberry Conference	1990
		Photograph of plaque from Universidad de Aconcagua, San Felipe, Chile	1994
		Photograph of plaque from BYU for service in Chile	1994
		Photograph of plaque recognizing the “Who’s Who” Award	2001
		Photograph of plaque from Productores Mexicanos de Fresa, Irapuato Mexico	2002 October 25
		Photograph of plaque from the California Strawberry Nurserymen	undated
		Photograph of plaque presented by Naturipe Berry Growers	undated
		Photograph of plaque presented by The Rotary Club of Santa Ana	undated
		Photograph of Gourley Medal	1982
		Photograph of vase award from the Japanese American National Museum	1989
		Photograph of glass award presented by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis	1990
		Photograph of medal awarded by the American Society of Horticulture	1989
		Photograph of Milo Gibson Award	1990
		Oversized Awards and Acknowledgments
Box	Folder
59	1	Large awards from various Academic Institutions	1991-2000
59	2	Large awards from various local, state and national government bodies	1989-1991

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Subject Terms

Agriculture--Study and teaching (Higher).
College teachers--California--Davis.
Fruit-culture--Study and teaching (Higher).
World War, 1939-1945.

Personal Names

Bringhurst, John R.
Bringhurst, Pearl.
Bringhurst, Royce S., 1918-2005
Bringhurst, Royce S., 1918-2005--Career in Pomology.

Corporate Names

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions.
United States.--Army Air Forces.--Bomb wing, 57th.
University of California, Davis.
University of Wisconsin.
Utah State Agricultural College.

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