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Joseph L. Lyon papers, 1966-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Lyon, Joseph L., 1939-
Title
Joseph L. Lyon papers
Dates
1966-2007 (inclusive)
Quantity
7 boxes, (3 linear feet)
Collection Number
ACCN 2212
Summary
This collection consists of the writings and research of Joseph L. Lyon, an epidemiologist at the University of Utah. His primary area of research was the development of cancer in populations affected by nuclear weapon fallout in areas surrounding the Nevada Test Site.
Repository
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

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
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Content Description

This is a collection of Joseph L. Lyon's research, an epidemiologist at the University of Utah. His work includes articles and research on the effects of nuclear weapons testing on human health, with a focus on the effects of radiation on cancer rates in southern Utah. This collection also includes a floppy disk containing the testimony of Dr. Lyon before congress on the effects of radiation on cancer rates.

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Use of the Collection

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

Initial Citation: oseph L. Lyon Papers, ACCN 2212, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations: ACCN 2212.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection was arranged according to the following 5 series: I. Fallout Research; II. Cancer in Utah; III. Mormon-Related Articles; IV. Environmental Effects of Cancer; and V. Other Topics.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Joseph L. Lyon in 2018

Processing Note

Processed by Nicholas J. Mecham in 2019.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • I: Fallout research

    • Description: "Assesment of Leukemia and Thyroid Disease in relation to Fallout in Utah"
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Assesment of Leukemia and Thyroid Disease in relation to Fallout in Utah"
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "A Case-Control Study of Leukemia in Utah and Fallout from the Nevada Test Site"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Comment in the "American Statistician"
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Radiation Exposures from Nevada Test Site Fallout for Utah Leukemia Cases and Controls"
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Correspondence with F. Owen Hoffman
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "2004 Update of Dosimetry for the Utah Thyroid Cohort Study"
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: News coverage of the Thyroid study
      Dates: 2007
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Utah children born during atomic testing suffered 40% higher Leukemia death rates"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "A Cohort Study of Thyroid Disease in Relation to Fallout From Nuclear Weapons Testing"
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Natural History of Thyroid Abnormalities: Prevalence, Incidence, and Regression of Thyroid Diseases in Adolescents and Young Adults"
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "The utah thyroid cohort study: analysis of the dosimetry results"
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Thyroid Neoplasms and Nuclear Fallout" presentation
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 1, Folder 13
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Notes of the utah leukemia case-control study"
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Publicity on the cancer study
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "A historical dose reconstruction and epidemiologic study of leukemia in utah residents exposed to fallout"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Southern Nevada baseline health assessment
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Environmental causes of diseases" presentation
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Fallout proposal papers
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Effects of nuclear weapons testing on health"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Utah's experience with radioactive milk"
      Container: Box 2, Folder 6
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: HHS press release - Fallout grant
      Container: Box 2, Folder 7
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Leukemia and other cancers following radiation treatment of pelvic disease"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 2, Folder 8
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Breast cancer incidence in atomic bomb survivors
      Container: Box 2, Folder 9
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Low dose radiation and Leukemia"
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 2, Folder 10
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Goiters by place of examination
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 2, Folder 11
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Fallout and Leukemia - child cancer deaths data
      Container: Box 2, Folder 12
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Further Information on the Association of Childhood Leukemias with Atomic Fallout"
      Container: Box 2, Folder 13
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Thyroid Disease Associated With Exposure to the Nevada Nuclear Weapons Test Site Radiation"
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Box 2, Folder 14
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Differences in Risk Estimations from a Hospital and a Population_Based Case_Control Study"
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 2, Folder 15
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Hospital Practice
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 2, Folder 16
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: The Journal of the American Medical Association
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 2, Folder 17
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Las Vegas presentation
      Container: Box 2, Folder 18
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Hearing for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
      Dates: 1981-1990
      Container: Box 2, Folder 19
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Fallout, Radiation, and Countermeasures" hearings
      Container: Box 2, Folder 20
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Special count sites 140-149
      Container: Box 2, Folder 21
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Cancer rates for specific sites in Utah
      Dates: 1966-1971
      Container: Box 2, Folder 22
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Thyroid cohort study medical history questionnaire for men"
      Dates: 2003
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Childhood Leukemias associated with fallout from nuclear testing"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 3, Folder 2
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Childhood Leukemia case data
      Dates: 1944-1975
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "The geographic and temporal distribution of childhood cancer mortality in Utah, 1950-78"
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 3, Folder 4
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Leukemia in Utah and Radioactive Fallout From The Nevada Test Site"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 3, Folder 5
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: CDC and Utah State Government memos
      Container: Box 3, Folder 6
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Dosimetry and deposition maps for various weapons tests
      Container: Box 3, Folder 7
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Selecteed comments and articles from "Scientist and Citizen"
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 3, Folder 8
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: DOE information request
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 3, Folder 9
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: CDC Leukemia reports
      Dates: 1966-1972
      Container: Box 3, Folder 10
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Multi-agency radiation exposure inquiry
      Container: Box 3, Folder 11
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Attendees at seminar on childhood Leukemia
      Container: Box 3, Folder 12
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Correspondence with Harold Knapp
      Container: Box 3, Folder 13
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Dosimetry and exposure maps of Utah, Nevada, and Idaho
      Container: Box 3, Folder 14
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Plutonium in Soil Northeast of the Nevada Test Site"
      Container: Box 3, Folder 15
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Plutonium Fallout in Utah"
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 3, Folder 16
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Report of Public Health Service Activities in The Off-Site Monitoring Program"
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 3, Folder 17
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Articles on the Fallout-Leukemia Link
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 3, Folder 18
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Final Report for Leukemia Case-Control Study"
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 3, Folder 19
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Childhood Leukemias associated with fallout from nuclear testing"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 3, Folder 20
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Age specific leukemia mortality rates
      Dates: 1944-1980
      Container: Box 3, Folder 21
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: "Benzene and Leukemia"
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 3, Folder 22
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Testimony before congress on health effects of weapons testing
      Container: Box 3, Folder 23
      Location: I: Fallout research
    • Description: Government lawsuit literature
      Container: Box 3, Folder 24
      Location: I: Fallout research

  • II: Cancer in Utah

    • Description: "Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Utah" first submission
      Container: Box 4, Folder 1
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah
    • Description: Cancer data before SMR
      Container: Box 4, Folder 2
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah
    • Description: "Cancer in Utah 1966-1970: A comparison with national incidence" drafts, tables, and reviews
      Container: Box 4, Folder 3
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah
    • Description: "Cancer incidence and mortality in Utah" drafts. tables, and notes
      Container: Box 4, Folder 4
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah
    • Description: "Cancer incidence and mortality in Utah" reviews
      Container: Box 4, Folder 5
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah
    • Description: "Cancer in Utah - A comparison" table
      Container: Box 4, Folder 6
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah
    • Description: Computer runs for Utah cancer article
      Container: Box 4, Folder 7
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah
    • Description: "Cancer in Utah"
      Dates: 1973-1985
      Container: Box 4, Folder 8
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah
    • Description: "Cancer in Utah"
      Dates: 1966-1994
      Container: Box 4, Folder 9
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah
    • Description: "Cancer in Utah" article references
      Container: Box 4, Folder 10
      Location: II: Cancer in Utah

  • III: Mormon related articles

  • IV: Environmental factors and cancer

  • V: Other topics

    • Description: "Noncontraceptive Estrogen Use and the Occurence of Ovarian Cancer"
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 7, Folder 1
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "The Role of Family History in Risk of Childhood Brain Tumors"
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 2
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Epidemiology of the M-component immunoglobulin types of multiple myeloma"
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 7, Folder 3
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Hysterectomy and Uterine Cancer Rates"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 7, Folder 4
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Methodological Issues in Epidemiological Studies of Diet and Cancer"
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 7, Folder 5
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Efficacy of Cervical Cytologic Screening in the Control of Cervical Cancer"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 7, Folder 6
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "The incidence of iliac, femoral, and popliteal artery aneurysms in hospitalized patients"
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 7, Folder 7
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: Reviewer's listing - American Journal of Epidemiology
      Container: Box 7, Folder 8
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: Society of Epidemiologic Research correspondence and minutes
      Dates: 1988-1990
      Container: Box 7, Folder 9
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Errors and biases in the diagnosis of cancer of the lung and their influence on the risk estimates"
      Dates: 2000
      Container: Box 7, Folder 10
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Proportional Mortality Among Alcoholics"
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box 7, Folder 11
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Use of relational database on the health and radon case-control study"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 7, Folder 12
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Effect on risk estimates from using proxy respondents in a case-control study"
      Container: Box 7, Folder 13
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: Epidemiology presentation
      Dates: 1997
      Container: Box 7, Folder 14
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Antigenic stimulation and the occurence of multiple myeloma"
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 7, Folder 15
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Association of obesity and ovarian cancer in a case-control study"
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 7, Folder 16
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Childhood brain tumor: presentation at a younger age is associated with a family tumor history"
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 7, Folder 17
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Characteristics Relating to Ovarian Cancer Risk: Collaborative Analysis of 12 US Case-Control Studies"
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 7, Folder 18
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Breast Cancer and Reproductive History from Genealogical Data"
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 7, Folder 19
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Energy Intake: Its Relationship to Colon Cancer Risk"
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 7, Folder 20
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Nasopharyngeal Cancer in a Low-Risk Population: Defining Risk Factors by Histological Type"
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 7, Folder 21
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Compared to what? Finding controls for case-control studies"
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 7, Folder 22
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Studying Human Fertility and Environmental Exposures" article and correspondence
      Dates: 2004
      Container: Box 7, Folder 23
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Cellular Phone Use and Brain Tumor: A Meta-Analysis"
      Dates: 2007
      Container: Box 7, Folder 24
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Maternal Exposure to N-Nitrostable Drugs as a Risk Factor for Childhood Brain Tumors"
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 7, Folder 25
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: Letters from Grandma Hoff
      Container: Box 7, Folder 26
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: Letters from Natalee Lyon
      Container: Box 7, Folder 27
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: Colorado Cancer Data
      Dates: 1960s-1970s
      Container: Box 7, Folder 28
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: "Neonatal Mortality in Utah"
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 7, Folder 29
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: Data tree for fertility study
      Container: Box 7, Folder 30
      Location: V: Other topics
    • Description: Social Services data request
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 7, Folder 31
      Location: V: Other topics

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Subject Terms

  • Nuclear weapons testing victims--West (U.S.)
  • Nuclear weapons--Testing--Health aspects
  • Radiation--Health aspects--West (U.S.)
  • Radioactive fallout--Health aspects--West (U.S.)

Personal Names

  • Lyon, Joseph L., 1939- --Archives

Finding aid created by Nicholas J. Mecham
2019

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