Kern N. Bulloch papers [digitized copies]

Kern N. Bulloch papers [digitized copies], 1937-2010

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Bulloch, Kern N., 1925-1999

Title

Kern N. Bulloch papers [digitized copies]

Dates

1937-2010 (inclusive)

Quantity

3 linear feet

Collection Number

ACCN 3029

Summary

The Kern N. Bulloch papers (1937-2010) consist of digital copies of autobiographical materials, correspondence and information related to US nuclear testing and its effects on local populations. Included are news clippings, reports and legal documents related to Bulloch v. United States and relevant lawsuits. The library does not contain the original materials for this collection. The digital files are not accessible online. Researchers must view the files on-site in Special Collections.

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

The digital files are not accessible online. Researchers must view the files on-site in Special Collections.

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 NoteReturn to Top

Kern N. Bulloch was born on June 7, 1925 and was raised in Cedar City, Utah. From a young age, raising and herding sheep was his occupation, as was his father's before him. It had been his lifelong occupation, interrupted only by service in the Air Force in WWII. In 1951, Kern married Vera Bulloch, and they raised a family. Bulloch herded his sheep between Utah and southern Nevada at the time the US was conducting nuclear testing. The impacts of that testing on their livestock prompted the sheepherders to file suit in Bulloch v. USA. While legal victory was often out of grasp, Mr. Bulloch testified before the House Judiciary Committee and played a key role in drawing attention to the Downwinders. He died in 1999.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains autobiographical and biographical materials relating to Kern Bulloch and his life of sheepherding and downwinders activism. Photographs, letters, legal documents, news clippings, congressional materials and scientific reports relating to the death of the sheepherders' stock are included.

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

Arranged by topic, then chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Lesa Nelson allowed the library to obtain digital copies of the collection in 2017. The originals remain in her custody.

Processing Note

Processed by Braxton Utley in 2017.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Downwinders of Utah Archives.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Biographical materials and correspondence, 1937-1984Return to Top

Contains the autobiography of Kern Bulloch, as well as biographies of other family members; photos, correspondence, and documents, both personal and related to Downwinders.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Volume	object
1	1	Kern Bulloch autobiography
1	2	Testimony of Kern Bulloch before the House Judiciary Committee	1989
1	4	Photographs of Kern Bulloch and family on ranch
1	5	Photograph of Kern Bulloch
1	6	"Raising Sheep and Children Downwind from the Nevada Nuclear Test Site," by Vera Bulloch
1	7	"Sheep Ranchers and Fallout: The Background"
1	8	United States Department of the Interior Grazing Permit	1937
1	9	Letter describing personal account of nuclear test	1941
1	10	Letter from United States Atomic Energy Commission Acting Field Manager Joe B. Sanders to McRea Bulloch	1953 July 17
1	11	Letter from Stephen L. Brower, County Agriculture Agent, to McRea Bulloch	1984 January 5
1	12	Letter from Senator Pat McCarran to J. Price Ronnow, a Nevada life insurance agent	1954 February 2
1	13	Letter from Senator Pat McCarran to J. Price Ronnow with an attached copy of Senate Bill 3348, to establish a Board of Claims within the Atomic Energy Commission	1954 April 27
1	14	Letter from Stephen L. Brower, County Agriculture Agent, to McRea Bulloch	1954 August 12
1	15	Letter to David C. Bulloch from Cline, Wilson & Cline, Attorneys at Law, with attached contract proposal	1954 September 10
1	16	Letter to David C. Bulloch from Cline, Wilson & Cline, Attorneys at Law, with attached contract proposals	1954 September 30
1	17	Letter to McRae Bulloch from D.D. Bushnell	1954 December 9
1	18	Letter to David C. Bulloch from Richards, Bird & Bushnell, Attorneys and Counselors at Law	1954 December 10
1	19	Letter to McRae Bulloch from Richards, Bird & Bushnell, Attorneys and Counselors at Law	1955 January 6
1	20	Letter to David C. Bulloch from Romney, Boyer and Ronnow, Attorneys at Law	1955 January 7
1	21	Letter to McRae Bulloch from Richards, Bird & Bushnell	1955 January 11
1	22	Letter to McRae Bulloch from Romney, Boyer and Ronnow	1955 January 18
1	23	Letter to McRae Bulloch from Richards, Bird & Bushnell	1955 February 7
1	24	Letter to the United States Atomic Energy Commission from Dan S. Bushnell	1955 February 14
1	25	Letter to McRae Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1955 April 29
1	26	Letter to McRae Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1955 June 25
1	27	Letter to David C. Bulloch from Romney, Boyer and Ronnow	1955 July 20
1	28	Letter to McRae Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1956 August 8
1	29	Letter to McRae Bulloch from D. Carl Richards	1957 May 14
1	30	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Claud W. Thomson	1960 October 13
1	31	Letter to McRae Bulloch from Kirton & McConkie	1979 October 2
1	32	Holiday card from the Knapp family to the Bulloch family	1979
1	33	Letter to Dan S. Bushnell from Harold A. Knapp	1980 January 18
1	34	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Harold A. Knapp	1980 January 25
1	35	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Harold A. Knapp	1980 January 25
1	36	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Harold A. Knapp	1980 January 25
1	37	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1980 February 7
1	38	Letter from Senator Edward M. Kennedy to Dr. Harold A. Knapp	1980 June 5
1	39	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Harold A. Knapp	1980 June 6
1	40	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Harold A. Knapp	1980 June 11
1	41	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Harold A. Knapp	1980 November 14
1	42	Letter to Harold A. Knapp from Bruce Findlay, forwarded to Kern Bulloch	1981 January 22
1	43	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1981 September 17
1	44	Letter to Judge A. Sherman Christensen from Dan S. Bushnell	1981 September 21
1	45	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Linda Lindsey	1982 March 3
1	46	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell, including a curriculum vitae of Dr. Carl J. Johnson	1982 October 13
1	47	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell including a draft of "The Sheep and the Gentlemen Songsters," by John G. Fuller	1982 December 20
1	48	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1983 January 17
1	49	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1983 February 11
1	50	Letter to Dan S. Bushnell from John G. Fuller	1983 March 3
1	51	Letter to Senator Orrin Hatch from Ken Clark	1983 March 25
1	52	Letter to Ken Clark from Senator Orrin Hatch	1983 April 4
1	53	Letter to Marshall Page, Jr. from Dan S. Bushnell	1983 May 3
1	54	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Kirton, McConkie & Bushnell	1983 June 21
1	55	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1983 July 11
1	56	Letter to Dan S. Bushnell from John G. Fuller	1983 July 18
1	57	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1983 August 3
1	58	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Kirton, McConkie & Bushnell	1983 October 7
1	59	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Kathy Pickett, Secretary to Dan S. Bushnell	1983 November 25
1	60	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1983 December 22
1	61	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1984 February 9

Correspondence, 1984-1989Return to Top

Contains correspondence and relevant news clippings.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Volume	object
2	1	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1984 March 28
2	2	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1984 April 2
2	3	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1984 May 23
2	4	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1984 July 10
2	5	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Jan E. Abrams of Embassy Television	1984 June 13
2	6	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1984 October 1
2	7	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Kirton, McConkie & Bushnell	1984 November 12
2	8	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1984 November 27
2	9	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1984 December 27
2	10	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1985 February 12
2	11	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1985 May 3
2	12	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1985 May 20
2	13	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1985 June 4
2	14	Letter to Dan S. Bushnell from Jan E. Abrams of Embassy Television	1985 August 13
2	15	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1985 July 31
2	16	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1985 August 23
2	17	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1985 October 11
2	18	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1985 December 5
2	19	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Dan S. Bushnell	1985 December 13
2	20	Letter to Senator Orrin Hatch from McRae N. Bulloch and Kern N. Bulloch	1989 April 19
2	21	Letter to Congressman Wayne Owens from McRae N. Bulloch and Kern N. Bulloch	1989 April 19
2	22	Letter to Kern N. Bulloch from Senator Orrin Hatch	1989 May 22
2	23	Letter to Kern Bulloch from Congressman Jack Brooks of Texas, the Chairman of the United States House Judiciary Committee	1989 October 20
2	24	Information from Congressman Wayne Owens regarding testimony before the House Judiciary Committee	1989 November 8
2	25-63	News clippings in the form of scrapbook pages	1984 March 28

News clippings, miscellaneous, 1953-1989Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	object
3	1-37	News clippings in the form of scrapbook pages	1953-1989
3	38	Photo of "Nancy," a nuclear test witnessed by Kern Bulloch	1953 March 24
object
39		Planning Calendar	1989 November

Legal documents and reportsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
4	1	Bulloch v. United States, AKA Bulloch II	1982
4	2	Bulloch v. United States (Bulloch II) Decision and Stipulation	1982
4	3	Bulloch v. Pearson et al.	1983
4	4	Bulloch v. United States (Bulloch II) Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion	1982
4	5	Bulloch v. United States (Bulloch II) Petition for Rehearing in Banc to the Tenth Circuit Court Appeals
4	6	Bulloch v. General Electric, Bustad, Kornberg, State of Utah, Utah Department of Health, Spendlove	1984
4	7	Bulloch v. Pearson et al. Appellant's Brief	1984
4	8	Bulloch v. Pearson et al. Appellant's Reply Brief	1984
4	9	Bulloch v. United States (Bulloch II) Appellee's Supplemental Brief in Banc	1984
4	10	United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Slip Opinion	1985
4	11	Bulloch v. United States Supreme Court Filings
4	12	Kern Bulloch's testimony before the United States House Judiciary Committee
4	13	"Report on Sheep Losses Adjacent to Nevada Proving Grounds," prepared by the United States Atomic Energy Commission	1954 January 6
4	14	"The Sheep Deaths and the AEC Cover-up," report by Dan S. Bushnell
4	15	"Sheep Deaths in Utah and Nevada Following the 1953 Nuclear Tests," Summary and Conclusions prepared by Harold A. Knapp	1979 October 1
4	16	"Sheep Deaths in Utah and Nevada Following the 1953 Nuclear Tests," Chapter I- VII	1980 January 23
4	17	"Sheep Deaths in Utah and Nevada Following the 1953 Nuclear Tests," Chapter VIII-References	1980 January 23

ReportsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	object
5	1	"Sheep Deaths in Utah and Nevada Following the 1953 Nuclear Tests," Appendix A-D	1980 January 23
5	2	"Sheep Deaths in Utah and Nevada Following the 1953 Nuclear Tests," Appendix E	1980 January 23
5	3	"Sheep Deaths in Utah and Nevada Following the 1953 Nuclear Tests," Appendices	1980 January 23
5	4	Atmospheric Nuclear Compensation Act
5	5	"Cancer Incidence in an Area with Radioactive Fallout Downwind from the Nevada Test Site," by Carl J. Johnson, M.D.
5	6	Memoranda by Harold A. Knapp

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Nuclear weapons testing victims--Nevada
Nuclear weapons testing victims--Utah
Nuclear weapons--Testing--Health aspects
Nuclear weapons--Testing--History
Radiation--Health aspects--Nevada
Radiation--Health aspects--Utah
Radioactive fallout--Health aspects--Nevada
Radioactive fallout--Health aspects--Utah
Radioactive fallout--West (U.S.)--History--Sources

Personal Names

Bulloch, Kern N., 1925-1999--Archives
Bulloch, Kern N., 1925-1999--Biography

Form or Genre Terms

Autobiographies
Biographies
Digital file formats
Legal correspondence
Legal documents
Newspaper clippings
Records (Documents)

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents