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Seville Flowers papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0607

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

  • 1931-1989

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Conditions Governing 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.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Extent

6.5 Linear Feet

Abstract

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).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Francis Flowers (boxes 3-8) in 2011.

Donated by Ann Kelsey of the Utah Museum of Natural History (box 9) in 2012

Processing Information

Processed by Janet Everts Smoak in 1991.

Addendum processed by Esabelle Khaosanga in 2015.
Title
Inventory of the Seville Flowers papers, 1931-1989
Author
Finding aid prepared by Janet Everts Smoak
Date
© 1991 (last modified: 2015 and 2019)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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