Chip Ward papers, 1968-2004
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Ward, Chip
- Title
- Chip Ward papers
- Dates
- 1968-2004 (inclusive)19682004
- Quantity
- 11.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2303
- Summary
- The Chip Ward papers (1968-2004) consists of correspondence and other materials relating to the incineration of chemical weapons and the militaries involvement. This collection also includes drafts of Ward's books, including Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West and Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land. Chip Ward was a former teacher, reporter, resort manager, and guest ranch operator. He is currently the Assistant Director for the Salt Lake City Public Library System. Ward is the co-founder of West Desert HEAL, co-founder of Families Against Incinerator Risk (FAIR), co-founder of Citizens Against Chlorine Contamination, and co-founder of HEAL Utah and is currently on the advisory board.
- 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
Biographical Note
Chip Ward recieved his B.A. from Tufts University in 1971. We went on to recieve his M.L.I.S. form Brigham Young University in 1993. He was a former teacher, reporter, resort manager, and guest ranch operator. He is currently the Assistant Director for the Salt Lake City Public Library System. Ward is the co-founder of West Desert HEAL, co-founder of Families Against Incinerator Risk (FAIR), co-founder of Citizens Against Chlorine Contamination, and co-founder of HEAL Utah and is currently on the advisory board. Ward has also written two books entitled Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West (1999) and Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land (2004).
Content Description
The Chip Ward papers (1968-2004) consists of correspondence and other materials relating to the incineration of chemical weapons and the militaries involvement. This collection also includes drafts of Ward's books, including Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West and Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land.
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
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Book Files
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Description: Militarization of the WestDates: 1988-1999Container: Box 1, Folder 1-2
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Description: ArticlesDates: 1994-1998Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: West Desert IssuesDates: 1994-1996Container: Box 1, Folder 4-5
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Description: Addicted Traumatized Amnesiacs...Find Their Way HomeDates: 1994-1998Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Kissing the Army's AssDates: 19994-1999Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Boiling Frogs filesDates: 1995-1999Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: How To Be an Air Hugging Lunatic for GaiaDates: 1996-1997Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: Myth of Doing Nothing and What To Do About ItDates: 1996-1998Container: Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: The Cow That Got Stuck in the ChimneyDates: 1997-1998Container: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: Breakfast Cereal for Two-Headed BabiesDates: 1997-1998Container: Box 2, Folder 4-5
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Description: Grasshopper NotesDates: 1997Container: Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: Agents/PublishersDates: 1998Container: Box 2, Folder 7
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Description: Book Writings and NotesDates: 1998Container: Box 2, Folder 8
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Description: I Used to Stomp on Grasshoppers But Oysters Made Me Stop, CopyDates: 1998Container: Box 2, Folder 9
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Description: Landing on the Rim of the Great BasinDates: 1998Container: Box 3, Folder 1
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Description: Landing Under a Sleeping RainbowDates: 1998Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: MX Marks the SpotDates: 1998Container: Box 3, Folder 3
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Description: Betting the Ranch at the Nuclear CasinoDates: 1999Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: Storming the Castle of the Invisible Ego-ThugDates: 1999Container: Box 3, Folder 5
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Description: Cowboys in Gas Masks Find a Damn Good Place to Dump Used Razor BladesContainer: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: Humble Visions: Making Habitats WholeContainer: Box 3, Folder 7
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Description: Fluid CreaturesContainer: Box 3, Folder 8
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1996Container: Box 3, Folder 9
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Description: Presentation Notes, Book TalksDates: 1999-2001Container: Box 3, Folder 10
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Description: Reconnection: Keeping Track of Deer Guts n' Cat ScatDates: 2002Container: Box 3, Folder 11
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Description: Flash Floods: Driven by Unquenchable Thirst Into the Path of DangerContainer: Box 3, Folder 12
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Description: Canaries on the Rim: Living Downward in the West, Book FilesDates: 1999Container: Box 4
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Description: Canaries on the Rim: Living Downward in the West, Book FilesDates: 2000-2002Container: Box 5
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Description: Book TalkDates: 2000-2002Container: Box 5, Folder 1
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Chemical Weapons Working Group (CWWG)
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Description: ArmyDates: 1988-1999Container: Box 6, Folder 1
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Description: Chemical Demilitarization ProgramDates: 1992Container: Box 6, Folder 2
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Description: IncineratorsDates: 1992-1997Container: Box 6, Folder 3-4
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Description: Hazardous Waste NewsDates: 1993Container: Box 6, Folder 5
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Description: DisposalDates: 1993-1994Container: Box 6, Folder 6
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Description: GeneralContainer: Box 6, Folder 7
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Description: Chemical Weapons DisposalDates: 1993-1996Container: Box 7, Folder 1
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Description: Term ProjectDates: 1994Container: Box 7, Folder 2
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Description: Incineration of Chemical WeaponsDates: 1994-1995Container: Box 7, Folder 3
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1994-1996Container: Box 7, Folder 4-5
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Description: Incinerator filesDates: 1994-1996Container: Box 7, Folder 6
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Description: Supercritical Water Oxication ReportsDates: 1994-1996Container: Box 7, Folder 7
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Description: Press ReleasesDates: 1994-1997Container: Box 7, Folder 8
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1995-1997Container: Box 7, Folder 9
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Description: Chemical Weapons DisposalDates: 1995-1997Container: Box 8, Folder 1
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Description: Chemical Demilitarization ProgramDates: 1996-1999Container: Box 8, Folder 2
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Description: TooeleDates: 1997Container: Box 8, Folder 3
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Description: Chemical Weapons DisposalDates: 1998Container: Box 8, Folder 4
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Description: Action for Environmental Protection, National StudyDates: 1998Container: Box 8, Folder 5
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Description: Conference MaterialsDates: 1998Container: Box 8, Folder 6
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Description: HEAL filesDates: 1996-1997Container: Box 8, Folder 7
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Description: Incineration Myths vs Alternative Tech. RealitiesDates: 1998Container: Box 8, Folder 8
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Description: Disposal of Chemical WeaponsDates: 1999-2001Container: Box 8, Folder 9
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Description: Whistleblower, Chemical IncinerationDates: 2000Container: Box 8, Folder 10
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Description: Chemical Disposal ProjectDates: 2001Container: Box 8, Folder 11
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Citizens Against Chlorine Contamination (CACC), 1994-1997
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Description: Communication NotesContainer: Box 9, Folder 1
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Description: Incinerator LawsuitContainer: Box 9, Folder 2
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Description: Davis County IncineratorContainer: Box 9, Folder 3
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Description: GeneralDates: 1994-1997Container: Box 9, Folder 4
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1996Container: Box 9, Folder 5
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Description: Technical and Government DocumentsContainer: Box 9, Folder 6
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Description: Ira RennertContainer: Box 10, Folder 1
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Description: GeneralContainer: Box 10, Folder 2
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Description: Magcorp/CACCContainer: Box 10, Folder 3-7
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Conservation
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Description: Wilderness ConservationDates: 1996-2002Container: Box 11, Folder 1
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Description: Environment and Ecology ArticlesContainer: Box 11, Folder 2
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Description: Book IdeasDates: 1997-2001Container: Box 11, Folder 3
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Description: Rachel's Environment and Health WeeklyDates: 1998-1999Container: Box 11, Folder 4
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Description: Conservation and EcologyDates: 1998-2002Container: Box 11, Folder 5
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Description: Conservation of Great Salt Lake AreaDates: 1999-2002Container: Box 11, Folder 6
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Description: Flash Forward: Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don't, Draining Lake PowellContainer: Box 11, Folder 7
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Description: Sky Islands Wildlands NetworkContainer: Box 11, Folder 8
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Description: Tracking, Sue Morse, KingletContainer: Box 11, Folder 9
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Description: Articles on WolvesDates: 2000-2002Container: Box 12, Folder 1
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Description: Forest Fires and LoggingDates: 2000-2002Container: Box 12, Folder 2
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Description: Forest RelatedDates: 2000-2002Container: Box 12, Folder 3
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Description: Buffalo CommonDates: 2001Container: Box 12, Folder 4
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Description: Wildlands Projects BrochuresDates: 2001-2002Container: Box 12, Folder 5
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Description: Conservation Brochures and NewlettersDates: 2001-2002Container: Box 12, Folder 6
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Description: Articles on CoyotesDates: 2001-2002Container: Box 12, Folder 7
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Description: Articles related to Salmon Farming and ConservationDates: 2001-2003Container: Box 12, Folder 8
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Description: Glen Canyon and Utah RiversDates: 2001-2003Container: Box 12, Folder 9
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Description: Keeping Track, Articles on Tracking AnimalsDates: 2002Container: Box 12, Folder 10
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Description: Written NotesContainer: Box 12, Folder 11
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Description: Wilderness Protection Related to RoadsDates: 2002-2003Container: Box 12, Folder 12
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Description: Articles about Wilderness Laws in UtahDates: 2003Container: Box 12, Folder 13
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Correspondence
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Description: Mike DavisDates: 1998-1999Container: Box 13, Folder 1
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1999-2001Container: Box 13, Folder 2-3
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Environmental Issues
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Description: Articles for the case against IncinerationContainer: Box 14, Folder 1
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Description: Dioxins, Endocrine DisruptionsContainer: Box 14, Folder 2
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Description: CancerContainer: Box 14, Folder 3
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Description: EpidemiolgyContainer: Box 14, Folder 4
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Description: Humble Visionaries, Writings and Drafts related to the Draining of Lake PowellContainer: Box 14, Folder 5
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Description: RFID, Radio FrequencyContainer: Box 14, Folder 6
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Families Against Incinerator Risk (FAIR)
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Description: GeneralContainer: Box 15, Folder 1
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Description: EarlyContainer: Box 15, Folder 2
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1992-2000Container: Box 15, Folder 3
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Description: CampaignDates: 1997-1998Container: Box 15, Folder 4
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Description: Articles and ClippingsContainer: Box 15, Folder 5
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Health Issues
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Description: Dugway and HealthDates: 1991-1998Container: Box 16, Folder 1
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Description: Community Health Survey Data SheetsDates: 1992-1996Container: Box 16, Folder 2
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Description: Health Surveys Communications, Air MonitorDates: 1992-1996Container: Box 16, Folder 3
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Description: Toxic Substances and Disease InformationDates: 1992-1993Container: Box 16, Folder 4
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Description: Breast CancerDates: 1993-1999Container: Box 16, Folder 5
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Description: TAD and OB/ODDates: 1994Container: Box 16, Folder 6-7
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Description: Health Study Information to ChipDates: 1994-1996Container: Box 16, Folder 8
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Description: Military Environmental IssuesDates: 1994-1996Container: Box 17, Folder 1
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Description: Health Survey, Handouts and DocumentsDates: 1994-1997Container: Box 17, Folder 2
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Description: Granstsville Community HealthDates: 1995-1996Container: Box 17, Folder 3-4
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Description: Chemical Weapons IncineratorDates: 1996Container: Box 17, Folder 5
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Description: Gulf War Syndrome InformationDates: 1996Container: Box 17, Folder 6
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Description: Health Study Responses #4Dates: 1996Container: Box 17, Folder 7
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Description: Health Related Survey and LettersDates: 1996Container: Box 17, Folder 8
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Description: HEAL Newsletter, SmokeoutDates: 1996Container: Box 18, Folder 1-2
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Description: Military and Gulf War IllnessDates: 1996-1997Container: Box 18, Folder 3
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Description: Articles for Press PacketsDates: 1997Container: Box 18, Folder 4
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Description: Breast Cancer, Canaries on the Rim SpeechDates: 1997-1998Container: Box 18, Folder 5
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Description: Ward's Email ActivismDates: 1998Container: Box 19, Folder 1
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Description: Smokeout IIDates: 1998Container: Box 19, Folder 2
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Description: West Desert Articles, Deseret NewsDates: 2001Container: Box 19, Folder 3
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Description: Hand-outsContainer: Box 19, Folder 4
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Books
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Description: Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land, Book filesDates: 2002-2004Container: Box 20
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Description: Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land, Book filesDates: 2004Container: Box 21
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Incinerator Research
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Description: Burning Desire: Why the Army Wants to Incinerate Nerve Gas, Research FilesDates: 1993-1996Container: Box 22, Folder 1
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Description: Incinerators, EPADates: 2000Container: Box 22, Folder 2
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Description: ClippingsContainer: Box 22, Folder 3-5
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Nuclear Waste Issues
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Description: Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attacks and Natural DisastersDates: 1968Container: Box 23, Folder 1
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Description: Nuclear Energy and ChernobylDates: 1991-2002Container: Box 23, Folder 2
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Description: PFS, Skull Valley, NuclearDates: 1996-1998Container: Box 23, Folder 3
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Description: Nuclear Power and Pwer PlantDates: 1999-2003Container: Box 23, Folder 4
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Description: Nuclear Waste StorageDates: 2000-2001Container: Box 23, Folder 5
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Description: Nuclear Waste Fact SheetsDates: 2000-2002Container: Box 23, Folder 6
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Description: Nuclear Waste TransportationDates: 2000-2002Container: Box 23, Folder 7
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Description: Nukes, Priority ReadingDates: 2000-2002Container: Box 23, Folder 8
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Description: Articles, Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage SiteDates: 2001-2002Container: Box 23, Folder 9
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 2001-2003Container: Box 23, Folder 10
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Description: Magazines Related to Alternative Evergy SourcesDates: 2002Container: Box 24, Folder 1
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Description: Nuclear NotesDates: 2002Container: Box 24, Folder 2
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Description: Nuclear Related Research ArticlesDates: 2002Container: Box 24, Folder 3
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Description: Nuclear Waste StorageDates: 2002-2003Container: Box 24, Folder 4
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Description: Initiative OneDates: 2002-2003Container: Box 24, Folder 5
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Description: Skull Valley and Nuclear Waste StorageDates: 2002-2003Container: Box 24, Folder 6
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Description: EnvirocareDates: 2002-2003Container: Box 24, Folder 7
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Description: DownwindersDates: 2003Container: Box 24, Folder 8
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Subject Files
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Description: Alliance for Nuclear AccountabilityDates: 1998-1999Container: Box 25, Folder 1
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Description: ArticlesContainer: Box 25, Folder 2
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Description: Assembled Chemical Weapon Assessment, Alternative DescriptionsDates: 1996-1998Container: Box 25, Folder 3
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Description: Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, GeneralDates: 1997-2001Container: Box 25, Folder 4-5
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Description: Assessment of Using Stockpile Disposal Facilities to Process Selected Non-Stockpile Chemical Material, ReportDates: 2000Container: Box 25, Folder 6
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Description: Book ReviewsDates: 1996-1997Container: Box 25, Folder 7
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Description: CalendarDates: 2000Container: Box 25, Folder 8
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Description: Chemical Pollutants ArticlesDates: 1994-1998Container: Box 25, Folder 9
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Description: ClippingsDates: 1999Container: Box 25, Folder 10-11
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Description: Subject Files, E-MDates: 1990-2001Container: Box 26
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Description: Subject Files, N-WDates: 1992-2001Container: Box 27
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Environmentalism--Great Basin--History--20th century
- Nature conservation--United States
- Restoration ecology--United States
Personal Names
- Ward, Chip--Archives
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