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Seville Flowers papers, 1931-1989
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Flowers, Seville, 1900-1968
- Title
- Seville Flowers papers
- Dates
- 1931-1989 (inclusive)19311989
- Quantity
- 6.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MS 0607
- Summary
- The Seville Flowers papers (1931-1989) contains correspondence, mementoes, article reprints, memorial donations, newspaper clippings, information on Native Americans, particularly Navajo myths and pteridophytes morphology, field notes of Bruce N. Smith and A. O. Garrett, papers, and note cards in journal form. Flowers (1900-1968) was a researcher, a writer, and a professor of botany at the University of Utah (1936-1968). He specialized in bryology and phycology, and was Vice President (1964-1965) and President (1966-1967) of the American Bryological Society. He was also State Chairman of the National Educational Association's Science Department (1934-1936) and President of the Utah Education Association (1935-1937).
- Repository
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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
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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
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Seville Flowers (1900-1968) was a Professor of Botany at the University of Utah from 1936 until his death in 1968. He received undergraduate degrees from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1925-1926 and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1931. Before joining the staff at the University of Utah he was a Fellow at the University of Chicago in 1931-1932 and taught biology at Carbon County High School between 1926-1930 and 1932-1936.
Flowers specialized in bryology and phycology and was Vice President (1964-1965) and President (1966-1967) of the American Bryological Society. After joining the University of Utah, Flowers served on a number of academic committees, including the Scholastic Standards Committee, the National Educational Association, Science Department, of which he was State Chairman (1934-1936), and the Utah Education Association, Biological Science Section, of which he was President from 1935-1937. Other professional societies to which Flowers belonged include the American Fern Society, the Phycological Society of America, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Sigma Xi, and the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Seville Flower papers (1931-1989) contains materials highlighting Flowers career. It includes resume information, a short paper of personal life reminisces, tributes written at the time of his death, a bibliography of published works, a paper entitled "Fossil Plants," and a reprint from Salinity and Aridity: New Approaches to Old Problems titled "The Flora and Fauna of the Great Salt Lake Region, Utah." There are also field notes of Bruce N. Smith from the University of Utah Ecological Survey Expedition to Glen Canyon Reservoir Area; Flowers led this expedition in 1958. There is also a University Pen article, titled "The Yellow Flower," newspaper clippings, and materials relating to Navajo Indian legends and myths. Also included in the collection are various plates of moss and fern sketches. Original ink and watercolor sketches regarding Flower's work are also present.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
General materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Memorials and obituaries |
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| 1 | 2 | Correspondence for memorial |
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| 1 | 3 | Donor list for memorial |
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| 1 | 4 | Newspaper clippings |
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| 1 | 5 | Emily Flowers correspondence |
1971-1989 |
| 1 | 6 | "Outline of Genetics" |
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| 1 | 7 | "Morphology of the Pteridophytes" |
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| 1 | 8 | "Legendary Myths of the Navajo Indians" |
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| 1 | 9 | "The Yellow Flower" |
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| 1 | 10 | "Key to the Agaricaceae" |
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| 1 | 11 | "Fossil Plants," and "Flora and Fauna of the Great Salt Lake Region" |
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| 1 | 12 | Bruce N. Smith Glen Canyon field notes |
1958 |
| 1 | 13 | A. O. Garrett correspondence and notes |
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| 1 | 14 | A. O. Garrett field notes on Algae |
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| 1 | 15 | A. O. Garrett field notebook |
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| 1 | 16-18 | A. O. Garrett, Spring Flora and Fauna of the Wasatch Region
Folder 16 contains a photocopy of the article. Folder 17 contains various pages of the article. Folder 18 contains the original article with notes.
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| 2 | Charles Henry Wilcken post-facto diary
This box contains an account of the life of Charles Henry Wilcken as taken from associates and contemporaries. It is organized chronologically on 3x5 cards and covers the years from 1853-1915.
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AddendaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Correspondence with Carnegie-Mellon University |
1992 |
| 3 | 2 | Plate and figure captions |
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| 3 | 3 | Moss structure and classifications |
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| 3 | 4-21 | Plant research |
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| 4 | 1-10 | The Mosses of Utah and Borders of Neighboring States |
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| 5 | 1-11 | Writings |
1936-1959 |
| 5 | 1-11 | Writings, A-M |
1936-1959 |
| 6 | 1-2 | Writings, O |
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| 6 | 3 | Robert K. Vickery, Jr. and Janet Mills, Manual of the Common, Native Plants of the Salt Lake Region |
1958 |
| 7 | Original plates by Seville Flowers for ferns and mosses of Utah |
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| Folder | |||
| 8 | 1-4 | Original ink and watercolor sketches and prints |
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| 9 | 1-7 | Additional Writings, A-W |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Botanists--Utah
- Bryology--Utah
Form or Genre Terms
- Articles
- Correspondence
- Notes
- Obituaries
Finding aid prepared by Janet Everts Smoak
1991 (last modified: 2015 and 2019)
