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Frank B. Salisbury audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0589

Scope and Contents

The Frank B. Salisbury audio-visual collection consists of 2 VHS tapes and 10 audiocassette tapes related to his research on UFOs and plant physiology.

Dates

  • 1970-1997

Creator

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

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. 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, Botany, 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 a guest 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. Frank Salisbury died in 2015, in Logan, Utah.

Extent

2 VHS

8 Audiocassette

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Frank B. Salisbury collection consists of video and audiotapes related to his research on UFOs and plant physiology.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by format.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Frank B. Salisbury in 1999 and 2000.

Separated Materials

See also the Frank B. Salisbury papers in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Information

Title
Frank B. Salisbury audio-visual collection
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid written by Special Collections staff.
Date
2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The finding aid was written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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