| 4 | Author: | People's Committee Against Gambling | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Papers of the People's Committee Against Gambling,
1950 ead | | | Date(s): | 1950 | | | Abstract: | The People's Committee Against Gambling was a group formed to defeat Initiative Measure 302-303,
aimed at legalizing gambling in Arizona. David Brinegar was its director. Collection includes a journal
of activities, news releases, financial statements, and related papers; chiefly typescript material, with
holograph notations, pertaining to a statewide campaign to defeat proposed legislation aimed at legalizing
gambling in Arizona. Also included is a 1981 interview with David Brinegar about the campaign. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Gambling -- Arizona. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
5 | Author: | Bankston, J. | Add to Favorites | | Title: | J. Bankston Papers
1950-1985
(bulk 1980-1985) ead | | | Date(s): | 1950-1985 | | | Abstract: | Documents from Court Case No. C79-0515 “Irene Allen, et. al. plaintiffs vs. United States of America” related to nuclear testing by the United States government in the 1950s in Nevada that affected people in Arizona, Nevada and Utah. The bulk of the material consists of the court case, personal digests, technical reports and articles used by Jay Bankston to aid him in his application to the Veterans Administration for compensation for cancer he believed was the result of exposure to radiation during his military service in the Marshall Islands. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Atmospheric radiation -- Marshall Islands. | Atomic bomb -- Marshall Islands -- Testing. | Downwinders | Liability for nuclear damages -- Arizona. | Nuclear explosions -- Marshall Islands. | Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Island. | Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Arizona. | Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946. | Radiation carcinogenesis. | Radiation -- Health aspects. | Radiation -- Testing. | Radiation victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Arizona. | Radioactive fallout -- Arizona. | Radioactive fallout -- Nevada. | Radioactive fallout -- Utah. | Veterans -- Health aspects -- Arizona. | Veterans -- Diseases -- Government policy -- United States. | Veterans -- Medical care. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
7 | Author: | Holmes, Edward | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Edward Holmes Jr. Papers
1950-1984 ead | | | Date(s): | 1950-1984 | | | Abstract: | The Edward Holmes, Jr. Papers consist of materials documenting Holmes’ research into how retired Arizona public school superintendents perceived national, state, and local social, political, cultural, and education issues and situations in their roles as superintendents and how those issues influenced their handling of problems and situations in Arizona public schools from 1946 through 1976. | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. University Archives | | | Subjects: | Public schools -- Arizona -- Administration. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
10 | Author: | Larson, Joyce Foster (Joyce Mae Foster) | Add to Favorites | | Title: | Preliminary Inventory of the Joyce Foster Papers
1950-2007
1963-2007 ead | | | Date(s): | 1950-2007 | | | Abstract: | This collection houses administrative files, subject files, printed materials, correspondence, and other materials documenting Joyce Foster's tenure as Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at Arizona State University and her work with the ASU Development Office, the ASU Foundation, United Campus Christian Ministry, the American Association of University Women, the Kerr Cultural Center, ASU's College of Fine Arts, the ASU Libraries, and the Tempe Y.M.C.A. Also included are minutes, correspondence, financial records, and other materials showing her work with the Valley of the Sun Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information. | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. University Archives | | | Subjects: | College students -- Religious life. | Education, Higher -- Administration. | Universities and colleges -- Arizona -- Tempe. | Women college administrators -- Arizona -- Tempe. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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