| 1 | Author: | Reader, Mark, Ph.D. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Preliminary Inventory of the Mark Reader Papers
1935-2005
1953-2002 ead | | | Date(s): | 1935-2005 | | | Abstract: | This collection houses drafts of publications, lecture notes, correspondence, and other materials documenting Reader's work against nuclear proliferation, his class action lawsuit against Arizona mining companies, the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, the controversy between Reader and Accuracy in Academia (AIA), and Reader's career at Arizona State University. 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: | Academic freedom -- Arizona. | Antinuclear movement -- United States. | Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chernobyl', Ukraine, 1986 -- Health aspects. | College student newspapers and periodicals -- Arizona -- Tempe. | Liberalism -- United States. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. | Progressivism (United States politics). | Nuclear reactor accidents. | Radiation -- Health aspects. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
2 | Author: | Bankston, J. | Requires cookie* | | 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 |
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