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Peter Huntoon papers, 1832-2011
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Huntoon, Peter W.--author
- Title
- Peter Huntoon papers
- Dates
- 1832-2011 (inclusive)18322011
- Quantity
- 11 boxes, (5.25 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2656
- Summary
- The Peter Huntoon papers (1832-2011) consist of materials about nuclear technology, ranging from nuclear explosions, to power plants, to the side effects of radiation, and the effects of nuclear technologies on prominent areas which have experienced significant exposure to nuclear energy. Huntoon was a professor of Geology at University of Wyoming.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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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.
- Languages
- English, Norwegian
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Peter Huntoon was a professor of Geology at University of Wyoming. Huntoon created a class at the University called Fission, Fusion and Psychosis, which referenced much of the material found in the collection.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Peter Huntoon papers consist of materials about nuclear technology, ranging from nuclear explosions, to power plants, to the side effects of radiation, and the effects of nuclear technologies on prominent areas which have experienced significant exposure to nuclear energy. The collection contains news articles, academic studies, and pamphlets about nuclear technologies as well as information for a class which Professor Huntoon designed and taught at the University of Wyoming. The collections has materials both supporting nuclear technologies and against nuclear technologies, and contains material from the inception of nuclear power to modern reactors and explosives
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on 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.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Peter Huntoon in 2012.
Processing Note
Processed by Taylor Ouimette in 2014.
Separated Materials
Photographs were moved to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Please see the Manuscripts Curator for access to radioactive sand from first nuclear explosion.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Subject FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
A-B |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Alliance for Survival Wish List |
1997-1999 |
| 1 | 2 | Argonne / Doe Sources |
1984-1986 |
| 1 | 3 | Argonne National Laboratory |
1983-1984 |
| 1 | 4 | Arms Policy |
1982 |
| 1 | 5 | Arms Race |
1991-1999 |
| 1 | 6 | Atomic Veterans |
1991-1992 |
| 1 | 7 | B29 Presentation |
1994 |
| 1 | 8 | Banberry Shot |
1977-1979 |
| 1 | 9 | Barnwell |
1971-1979 |
| 1 | 10 | Beatty, Nevada |
|
| 1 | 11 | Bighole Drilling |
1980-1986 |
| 1 | 12 | Bikini |
1996-1997 |
| 1 | 13 | Bombs |
1950-1995 |
| 1 | 14 | Bombs - Underground Tests |
1983-1997 |
| 1 | 15 | Borgman Proposal |
1986-1987 |
| 1 | 16 | Byproducts |
|
C-F |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Caputi and Art |
1991 |
| 2 | 2 | Chernobyl |
1986-1996 |
| 2 | 3 | Congressional Research Services |
1982-1987 |
| 2 | 4 | The Conversion of Commander Rodgers |
1997 |
| 2 | 5 | Courses |
1986-1998 |
| 2 | 6 | Cuba |
1992 |
| 2 | 7 | Devries Nuclear Course |
1993-1995 |
| 2 | 8 | Depleted U Shells |
1968-1993 |
| 2 | 9 | Doe - Nevada Operations |
1981-1984 |
| 2 | 10 | Doe Proposal Procedures |
1983-1986 |
| 2 | 11 | Doomsday Plan |
1992 |
| 2 | 12 | Elements and Particles |
1979-1990 |
| 2 | 13 | Enola Gay / Smithsonian |
1995 |
| 2 | 14 | Ethics |
|
| 2 | 15 | Exotic Wastes |
1986 |
| 2 | 16 | Fallout |
1979 |
| 2 | 17 | Feedback |
1997-2000 |
| 2 | 18 | FFP Course Packet |
|
| 2 | 19 | Fission, Fusion, Psychosis |
|
| 2 | 20 | Food Irradiation |
1968-1998 |
| 2 | 21 | Fuels |
1990 |
| 2 | 22 | Fusion |
1989 |
G |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Geol 3450 |
1990-1995 |
| 3 | 2 | Geol 3450 |
1979-2004 |
| 3 | 3 | Geol 3450 - Course Packet |
|
| 3 | 4 | Geol 3450 - Homework |
|
| 3 | 5 | Geol 3450 - Off - Campus Course Packet |
|
| 3 | 6 | Geol 3450 - Supporting Materials |
1948-1990 |
| 3 | 7 | Geol 3450 - Teleconference |
1993 |
| 3 | 8 | Geol 4200 - Rock Springs 1996 |
|
| 3 | 9 | Greenpeace |
1992-1993 |
| 3 | 10 | Guam Military Strategies |
1994 |
| 3 | 11 | Guinea Pigs |
1986-1998 |
H |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Hanford |
1996-1997 |
| 4 | 2 | Hanford |
1986-1991 |
| 4 | 3 | Hanford's River Protection Project |
2009 |
| 4 | 4 | Hawaii's Nearest Neighbor |
1984 |
| 4 | 5 | Health Effects and Referrences |
1995-2000 |
| 4 | 6 | Heart Mountain Camp |
1992-1997 |
| 4 | 7 | Hiroshima Bombing |
1981-1999 |
| 4 | 8 | HLW - Climax Test
All folders with HLW in the Title refer to High Level Nuclear Waste.
|
1983-1986 |
| 4 | 9 | HLW - Concept |
1977-1986 |
| 4 | 10 | HLW - Concept |
1978-1991 |
| 4 | 11 | HLW - Granite |
|
| 4 | 12 | HLW - Hanford |
1978-1997 |
| 4 | 13 | HLW - Management Concepts |
1984 |
| 4 | 14 | HLW - Seabed Disposal |
1998 |
| 4 | 15 | HLW - Waste Forms and Packages |
1984-1986 |
| 4 | 16 | HLW - Yucca Mountain |
1981-2009 |
| 4 | 17 | Home Page |
1995 |
| 4 | 18 | Honors - Nuclear Course |
1987-1988 |
| 4 | 19 | Humor |
1997 |
I-M |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Idaho National Engineering Laboratory |
1992-1993 |
| 5 | 2 | Idaho National Engineering Laboratory |
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| 5 | 3 | Idaho National Engineering Laboratory |
|
| 5 | 4 | Idaho National Reactor Test Station |
1977 |
| 5 | 5 | Khruschev's Secret Tapes |
1990 |
| 5 | 6 | Kryshthm |
1976-1982 |
| 5 | 7 | LLW - Commercial Sites
All folders with LLW in the title refer to Low Level Nuclear Waste.
|
1976-1993 |
| 5 | 8 | LLW - Compacts |
1980-1987 |
| 5 | 9 | LLW - Nevada Test Sight |
1982-1985 |
| 5 | 10 | LLW - Waste - Overview |
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| 5 | 11 | Lookout Mountain Studio |
1995 |
| 5 | 12 | Los Alamos |
1973-1995 |
| 5 | 13 | Manhattan Wastes |
1986-1995 |
| 5 | 14 | Markling Sites |
1992 |
| 5 | 15 | Medical |
1986-1987 |
| 5 | 16 | Medicine |
1991-1992 |
M |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | Military Waste |
1985-1993 |
| 6 | 2 | Mill Tailings |
1978-1986 |
| 6 | 3 | Morris Illinois |
1983 |
| 6 | 4 | Movies - Culture |
1969 |
| 6 | 5 | MRS Wyoming |
1989-1996 |
| 6 | 6 | MRS Wyoming |
1985-1998 |
| 6 | 7 | MRS Wyoming Legislation |
1995 |
| 6 | 8 | My Story |
|
N |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | NASA |
1997 |
| 7 | 2 | National Archives Tapes |
|
| 7 | 3 | National Atomic Museum |
1984-1993 |
| 7 | 4 | Natural Resources Defence Council |
1989 |
| 7 | 5 | Nevada Nuclear Waste News |
1985-1997 |
| 7 | 6 | Nevada Nuclear Waste News |
|
| 7 | 7 | Nevada State Test Site |
2000 |
| 7 | 8 | Nevada Test Site
Abbreviated as NTS in later folders.
|
1953-1999 |
| 7 | 9 | Newspaper Clippings |
1984-2002 |
| 7 | 10 | NPS A-Bomb Proposal |
1987-1988 |
| 7 | 11 | Nuclear Fabrication Plants |
1986-1995 |
| 7 | 12 | Nuclear Physics Diagrams and Notes |
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| 7 | 13 | Nuclear Power - Risks |
1975-2011 |
| 7 | 14 | Nuclear Rocket |
1998 |
| 7 | 15 | Nuclear Technology |
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| 7 | 16 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and Promulgated Regulations |
1982-1984 |
| 7 | 17 | Nuclear Winter |
1986 |
N-P |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | NW - Act of 1982 |
1954-1987 |
| 8 | 2 | NW - Act of 1982 |
1980-1982 |
| 8 | 3 | Oak Ridge |
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| 8 | 4 | Ocean Disposal |
1984-1986 |
| 8 | 5 | Pacific Testing |
1994 |
| 8 | 6 | Palo Verde Generating Stattion |
1987-1993 |
| 8 | 7 | Pearl Harbor |
1943 |
| 8 | 8 | Physicians for Social Responsibility |
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| 8 | 9 | Plowshare and Bio Blanco Co. |
1995 |
| 8 | 10 | Pluto Rocket |
1990 |
| 8 | 11 | Proliferation / Disarmament |
1992-2011 |
| 8 | 12 | Proliferation / Disarmament |
1982-1995 |
P-S |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | Protest Groups Etc |
1997-1999 |
| 9 | 2 | The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb |
2001 |
| 9 | 3 | Raddon |
1985-1986 |
| 9 | 4 | Radiation - Effects |
1974-1986 |
| 9 | 5 | Radiation - Natural / Low Level |
1981 |
| 9 | 6 | Radiation - NTS |
1981-1985 |
| 9 | 7 | Reactor Wastes and Operation and Preferences |
1986 |
| 9 | 8 | Reactors and Nuclear Energy |
1981-1986 |
| 9 | 9 | Reactors and Nuclear Energy |
1976-1994 |
| 9 | 10 | Retrievable Storage |
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| 9 | 11 | Rocky Flats |
1986-1987 |
| 9 | 12 | Savannah River |
1979 |
| 9 | 13 | Sierra Club Legal Defence Fund |
1984-1986 |
| 9 | 14 | Sierra Club Legal Defence Fund |
1983-1987 |
S-U |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | Source Materials |
1983-1994 |
| 10 | 2 | Source Materials |
1983-1997 |
| 10 | 3 | Sweetwater Mills |
1995-1997 |
| 10 | 4 | Teller |
1979-1990 |
| 10 | 5 | Texts and Tours |
1985-1988 |
| 10 | 6 | Thermopolis Hot Springs |
1982 |
| 10 | 7 | Three Mile Island |
1979-1992 |
| 10 | 8 | Time Magazine |
1990 |
| 10 | 9 | Tokyo Rose |
1995 |
| 10 | 10 | Transortation |
1998 |
| 10 | 11 | Trinity - Donna Sutton |
1945 |
| 10 | 12 | Trinity Sites |
1965-1998 |
| 10 | 13 | Union of Concerned Scientists |
1987-1992 |
| 10 | 14 | University of Wyoming Radioactive Wastes |
1987-1995 |
U-Y |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | US Council for Energy Awareness |
1991-1993 |
| 11 | 2 | USS Indianapolis |
1998 |
| 11 | 3 | Utah Nuclear Waste News |
1984-1986 |
| 11 | 4 | Video |
|
| 11 | 5 | Wanek |
1994 |
| 11 | 6 | War in the Pacific |
1984-1991 |
| 11 | 7 | War- Philosophy |
1832-1838 |
| 11 | 8 | Warren Base Tours |
1985-1993 |
| 11 | 9 | Washington State |
1984-1988 |
| 11 | 10 | Waste - Overview |
1979-1999 |
| 11 | 11 | Waste Volumes |
1983-1984 |
| 11 | 12 | Wayne, John |
1996 |
| 11 | 13 | West Valley Reprocessing |
1985-1986 |
| 11 | 14 | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
1982-1991 |
| 11 | 15 | WWII - Miscellaneous |
1996-1997 |
| 11 | 16 | WWII - Propoganda and Releases |
1943-1945 |
| 11 | 17 | Wyoming Mines and Mills |
1991 |
| 11 | 18 | Yuca Mountain |
1999 |
| 1 | Radioactive Sand from First Nuclear Explosion |
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Nuclear energy
- Nuclear industry
- Nuclear power plants
Personal Names
- Huntoon, Peter W.--Archives
Finding aid created by Taylor Ouimette
2014 (last modified: 2019)
