This collection contains materials related to the various activities of Frank Kelsey throughout his life. These materials are divided into the following main categories: Personal History, Correspondence, Consulting and Professional Organizations, Historical Materials, and Business Records.

The first section contains materials related to Kelsey’s personal life including a cassette tape containing vignettes from his work in Kemp and Kelsey Airservice, a collection of his “One-Liners”, and a biography of his wife, Ida Mae Kelsey.

The Correspondence section consists of letters between Frank Kelsey and his friends, colleagues, or customers, mostly relating to aviation and gliders. Letters from the most common correspondence are grouped and those folders are alphabetized.

The Consulting and Professional Organizations section contains papers related to Kelsey’s work related to these activities. However, this category also contains magazines and articles published by aviation associations in which Kelsey may or may not have participated.

The Historical Materials category reflects Frank’s interest in aviation history and contains historical manuals, photographs, articles, and other publications related to the history of gliding and airplanes.

Finally, the Business Records section contains correspondences, manuals, articles, and other documents related to Frank Kelsey’s business ventures. Prominent among these is his air service in Salt Lake City, stressed skin trailer production, and fog dispersal service. Included here is a cassette tape containing a conversation between Kelsey and his employees with a representative of Dr. Fukuta, a scientist proposing an alternative method of fog seeding than the one that Kelsey and his company was doing.