Cold Fusion audio-visual collection
Collection
Identifier: A0336
Scope and Contents
The Cold Fusion audio-visual collection consists of 20 VHS tapes and 5 audiocassette tapes of conferences, meetings, and newscasts related to cold fusion. Footage includes the press conference, held at the University of Utah, in which the discovery was announced, and other press conferences at meetings of the Electrochemical Society of America and the American Physical Society, in which Pons' and Fleischman's experiment is both disputed and confirmed. The remaining items are recordings of radio and television news coverage of the cold fusion controversy. The University of Utah's radio station (KUER) and television station (KUED) are represented, as well as the three commercial stations (KSL, KTVX and KUTV) in Salt Lake City. Network news stories by CBS and ABC are also included in the collection. Items 9-19 are video-cassettes prepared by Utah News Clips of Salt Lake City.
Dates
- 1989-1994
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.
Historical Note
Dr. Stanley Pons, of the University of Utah, and Dr. Martin Fleischman, of the University of Southampton, England, announced their discovery of cold fusion on March 23, 1991. Local and national news immediately focused on the revelation, and continued to report on it over the next two years as the controversy surrounding the experiment developed.
Extent
20 VHS
5 Audiocassette
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Cold Fusion audio-visual collection consists of audio and video tapes with press conferences, meetings, and newscasts related to cold fusion. This collection is partially digitized.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Dr. Malcolm Sillars in 1991.
Separated Materials
See also the Cold Fusion collection in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff in 1991.
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- Title
- Cold Fusion audio-visual collection
- Status
- In Progress
- 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
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu