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Frank B. Salisbury papers, 1943-2011

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Salisbury, Frank B.
Title
Frank B. Salisbury papers
Dates
1943-2011 (inclusive)
Quantity
234.5 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1778
Summary
The Frank B. Salisbury papers (1943-1997) deal with the work of Salisbury (b. 1926), a professor of plant physiology. This collection contains correspondence, personal papers, and projects Salisbury was involved with. It also contains books Salisbury authored and the work he did in editing the Journal of Plant Physiology. Also prevalent in the collection is Salisbury's work on UFOs.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Frank Boyer Salisbury was born in Utah in 1926. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1945, and was a representative for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in German-speaking Switzerland from 1946 to 1949. From 1949-1950 he was a photographer for Boyart Studio and till present has remained s part-time portrait-commercial photographer. He graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. (1951) and M.A. (1952). He received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology (1955). He was an assistant professor of botany at Pomona College from 1954 to 1955, then assistant professor and professor of plant physiology at Colorado State University from 1955 to 1966. He served as the NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Tubingen, Germany, and Innsbruck, Austria from 1962 to 1963. He served as a professor and head of the Department of Plant Science at Utah State University from 1966 to 1970. Between 1970 until his retirement in 1997, Salisbury worked in a number of distinguished positions including: Professor of Plant Physiology (1966 to present), Botany (1968 to present), and Distinguished Professor of Agriculture (1987, honor) at Utah State University. He was on the Board of Trustees at the Colorado State University Research Foundation from 1960-1962 and was a technical representative in Plant Physiology for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the Department of Energy) from 1973-1974. He was also guess professor at the University of Innsbruck, and Lady Davis Fellow, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1983. He served as Financial Secretary for the Ohio Columbus Mission (LDS Church) from 1997-1999.

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Content Description

The Frank B. Salisbury papers (1943-1997) consist mainly of research materials and drafts for Salisbury's writings, as well as information on UFOs. Administrative and teaching materials, correspondence, and other papers are also included.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Frank Salisbury in 1999 and from 2006-2007.

Separated Materials

Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0823 and A0589).

Processing Note

Processed by Brad Bennion and Lisa DeMille from 2000-2007.

Addendum processed by Maggie Anderson in 2014.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Finding aid created by Brad Bennion
2000 (last modified: 2018)

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