BYU-MSS1626Philip J. Hart (1912 - ) Papers, 1932-1999Dennis Rowley Manuscripts Curator and Susan Corrigan Student AssistantRegister of the Philip J. Hart (1912 - ) Papers, 1932-1999MSS 1626L. Tom Perry Special CollectionsBrigham Young University2000Contact InformationL. Tom Perry Special CollectionsHarold B. Lee LibraryBrigham Young UniversityProvo, UT 84602USAPhone: 801/422-3175Fax: 801/422-0461Email: Specialcollections@byu.eduProcessed by:Dennis Rowley Manuscripts Curator and Susan Corrigan Student AssistantDate completed:2000Encoded by:Joel Mathews

Descriptive SummaryMSS 1626Philip J. Hart (1912 - ) Papers, 1932-1999Hart, Philip J.L. Tom Perry Special Collections20 BoxesBorn 1912. Married Olive Ellen Winterton, 1941. Career: taught physics and chemistry at Carbon College (Price, Utah), 1940-41; employed at Westinghouse Electronic Co. (Bloomfield, New Jersey), 1941-42; assistant and associate professor, Utah State University (Logan, Utah), 1942-56; Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944-45; Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. (Palo Alto, California), 1956-77. Retired, 1977Diaries, 1932-1999; autobiography; correspondence; notes; drafts of writings; and scrapbooks. The collection relates to Hart's teaching career in Utah, especially at Utah State University; to his work at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation; and to his personal lifeProvenance

These materials were accessioned by the Brigham Young University Library between August 1991 and March 1992. Philip J. Hart formally deeded them to the library in October 1992. In early 2000, Mr. Hart donated more of his papers.

Access

Regarding all items formerly published, the copyright resides with Mr. Hart and his heirs. The non-published materials are physically and intellectually owned by L. Tom Perry Special Collections at Brigham Young University. In accordance with U.S. Copyright Law, it is the responsibility of the user to determine copyright prior to publishing any item in the collection in its entirety.

Restrictions on research use include the following, as per a 1992 instrument of gift: monthly circular family letters dated 1978-1989 (box 5, fd. 6 through box 6, fd. 7) may be used only with the advance permission of the donor or his wife during their lifetimes; the restricted version of the autobiography (box 1, fd. 1) and the brown binder of source material related thereto (box 1, fd. 3) may not be used until 2018. The remainder of the collection is open for research use.

Conditions of Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from Philip J. Hart (1912 - ) must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation:MSS 1626; Philip J. Hart (1912 - ); 20th-21st Century Western and Mormon Americana ; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.

Following Citations:MSS 1626, LTPSC.

Biographical History

The following information was excerpted from Philip Hart's autobiography and his professional resume. Additional biographical details about both Philip and Olive Hart and their family are available in the autobiography entitled,My Ribbon of Life,which is filed in the collection in box 1, folder 2, and, of course, added details are available in the collection itself. A complete copy of the resume is available in the autobiography beginning on p. 210. Philip Hart was born September 7, 1912. He married Olive Ellen Winterton in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 18, 1941. They are the parents of seven children. Philip's brother, Edward L. Hart, was a BYU professor of English, Emeritus, and his son, Grant W. Hart, was a BYU professor of Physics.

Education

1935 B.S., Physics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.

1939 Ph.D., Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Dissertation on the determination of elastic constants by piezoelectric methods; studied under Dr. John V. Atanasoff.

Employment

1939-1940 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Post doc. and instructor, teaching and continuation of research. Determined the adiabatic elastic contents and their temperature coefficients for quartz by measurement of high-order harmonics of precision-made quartz plates vibrating piezoelectrically, through the use of elastic theory.Phy. Rev.59, 85-96 (1941).

1940-1941 Carbon College (College of Eastern Utah), Price, Utah. Instructor, teaching physics and chemistry.

1941-1942 Westinghouse Electric Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Development of a method for the electrostatic coating of phosphors on the inside of fluorescent lamp bulbs.

1942-1956 Utah State University, Logan, Utah. Assistant and associate professor, teaching engineering and science physics, optics, thermodynamics, modern and nuclear physics, analytical mechanics, theoretical physics, electricity and magnetism, and biophysics.

1944-1945 Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, , Massachusetts. Worked on modular circuit, gas tube oscillator, and power supply for portable x-band beacon.

1956-1977 Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Palo Alto, California. Research Scientist, working with Optics of elliptical and parabolic mirrors, environmental chamber, plasma dynamics, electromagnetic shock tubes and plasma guns, high intensity arcs, particle radiation, induced electric fields, magnetic field calculations assembled into tables, X-ray fluorescence, space-charge limited currents, electromagnetic pulse (EMP), and extremely low frequency radiation (ELF).

1977 Retired.

For a list of professional societies of which Hart was a member and list of his publications, see his complete resume.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of Philip J. Hart's autobiography entitled,My Ribbon of Life,along with related correspondence; his personal journals, 1932-1999, fourteen volumes of originals plus typescripts; correspondence, consisting mostly of monthly family circular letters, letters from various family members such as Philip's father and mother, his and Olive's four LDS missionary sons, and others; materials relating to Philip's career as a research physicist and university professor, including correspondence, notes, calculations, drafts of writings, and reprints of publications; and scrapbook materials relating to Hart's schooling, LDS missionary service, and family history.

The materials are arranged in the following order: autobiography, journals, correspondence, career materials, and scrapbook materials. Arrangement within individual series reflects categories established by the donor. In 2000 a final installment was added to the collection by Mr. Hart. This material was added between the career materials and the scrapbook materials.

The collection is a mixture of original holographs and typescripts, and photocopies thereof. In several instances, original manuscripts were returned to the donor and photocopies were preserved in the collection for research use. For example, the correspondence is a mixture of both originals and photocopies; and the scrapbook materials are entirely photocopies of items selected from among an extensive collection in the donor's personal possession. All original scrapbook materials were returned to the donor. (In 2000, many of the originals were donated to Special Collections.)

The research value of the collection lies in the following areas: Hart family history and genealogy; LDS Church and missionary history; LDS family history; and the history of physics and collegiate teaching as reflected in Hart's career.

There is limited information on the institutions where he was employed, including Carbon College, Westinghouse Electric Company, Utah State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. Documentation on LDS Church history includes information on the following missions: Northern States, 1937; France, 1962-64; Southern Far East, 1965-67; New England and Eastern States, 1966-69; Indonesia, 1973-75; and Texas Dallas, 1981-82. Hart began keeping a journal while he was a student at Utah State University and continued faithfully for nearly 70 years, with sixty-seven years of journals (1932-1999) preserved in this collection (volumes dated 1980 to 1999 were donated in 2000). He chronicled his university education through the years of doctoral study, his summer employment and activities, including work on his uncle's Idaho farm during the Great Depression, his LDS Church activities, his various career opportunities, and his activities with, as well as news of, his family.

Subject TracingsInstitutionsUtah State University--Faculty--History--SourcesLockheed Aircraft Corporation--History--SourcesGenre/FormDiariesAutobiographiesLettersScrapbooksSubjectEducators--Utah--History--SourcesPhysicists--United States--History--SourcesContainer ListPersonal Narratives SeriesPersonal Narratives 1932-1980

Autobiography

BoxFolderContent11My Ribbon of Life.

The original complete version is closed to research use until 2017 Jan. 1.

12My Ribbon of Life.

Edited version which deletes information on p. 177-179.

13Bound correspondence, 1980 Sept. 9-1990 Oct. 25.

Relating to p. 177-179 ofMy Ribbon of Life.This material is closed to research until 2017 Jan. 1.

Journals, 1932-1980

21Volume 1, 1932.22Volume 2, 1933-1935.23Volume 3, 1935-1936.24Volume 4, 1937-1938.25Volume 5, 1938-1940.31Volume 6, 1941-1948.32Volume 7, 1949-1961.33Volume 8, 1962-1969.34Volume 9, 1970-1972.35Volume 10, 1973-1974.41Volume 11, 1974-1976.42Volume 12, 1976-1978.43Volume 13, 1978-1979.44Volume 14, 1979-1980.5a1Journal transcripts, 1932-1938.

Photocopy of typescript.

Part I.

5a2Journal transcripts, 1939-1969.

Photocopy of typescript.

Part II.

5b3Journal transcripts, 1970-1976.

Photocopy of typescript.

Part III.

5b4Journal transcripts, 1977-1980.

Photocopy of typescript.

Part IV.

5b5My Ribbon of Life.

Photocopy.

Notes, constituting a combination table of contents and index to the journals; includes notes on the journals by topic, lists of possible photographs to include in the autobiography, and notes on his family medical history.

Family Correspondence SeriesFamily Correspondence 1948-1989BoxFolderContent5b6Grant and Debbie, 1978 Nov.-1989 Dec.

Photocopies.