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National Cold Fusion Institute records, 1988-1991

Overview of the Collection

Creator
National Cold Fusion Institute
Title
National Cold Fusion Institute records
Dates
1988-1991 (inclusive)
Quantity
7 linear feet
Collection Number
Acc0529
Summary
The National Cold Fusion Institute was established on August 14, 1989 as a non-profit corporation to seek external funding for cold-fusion research and to pursue scientific patents. The Institute closed on June 30, 1991. This collection contains budgets, correspondence, legal contracts, memoranda, minutes, news articles, reports, and patent applications from the Office of Director of the National Cold Fusion Institute.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Shortly after Professors B. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announced that they had discovered "cold fusion" (a process by which energy can be generated through electrochemical inducement of nuclear fusion at room temperature), the Utah State Legislature met in a special session and appropriated $5,000,000 to establish the National Cold Fusion Institute (NCFI) at the University of Utah as a non-profit corporation to seek external funding for additional research and to pursue scientific patents. During its brief existence, the NCFI was under the direction of Hugo Rossi (August to November 1989), James Brophy (November 1989 to January 1990), and Fritz G. Will (December 1990 to June 1991). Interest in cold fusion research quickly declined when further work brought no conclusive results, and the NCFI closed its doors on June 30, 1991 because state funds had run out and investments from private sources were insufficient for the continuation of operations.

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Content Description

This collection contains budgets, correspondence, legal contracts, memoranda, minutes, news articles, reports, and patent applications from the Office of Director of the National Cold Fusion Institute. Approximately 1.5 linear feet of the collection comes from the University of Utah Technology Transfer Office.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: National Cold Fusion Institute records, Acc. 529, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 529.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The material in this collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder.

Acquisition Information

This material came from records center accessions 91-331 and 92-469.

Processing Note

Processed by David Buhler in 2008.

Related Materials

Acc0483

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Finding aid created by David Buhler
2008

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