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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)19372010
- Quantity
- 2 albums, 3 boxes of digitized files
- 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
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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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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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Album | item | ||
| 1 | 1 | Kern Bulloch autobiography |
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| 1 | 2 | Testimony of Kern Bulloch before the House Judiciary Committee |
1989 |
| 1 | 4 | Photographs of Kern Bulloch and family on ranch |
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| 1 | 5 | Photograph of Kern Bulloch |
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| 1 | 6 | "Raising Sheep and Children Downwind from the Nevada Nuclear Test Site," by Vera Bulloch |
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| 1 | 7 | "Sheep Ranchers and Fallout: The Background" |
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| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Album | item | ||
| 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 | item | ||
| 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 |
| item | |||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 4 | 12 | Kern Bulloch's testimony before the United States House Judiciary Committee |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | item | ||
| 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 |
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| 5 | 5 | "Cancer Incidence in an Area with Radioactive Fallout Downwind from the Nevada Test Site," by Carl J. Johnson, M.D. |
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| 5 | 6 | Memoranda by Harold A. Knapp |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Nuclear weapons testing victims
- Nuclear weapons testing victims--West (U.S.)
- Nuclear weapons--Testing -- Health aspects
- Nuclear weapons--West (U.S.)--Testing--History
- Radiation--Health aspects--West (U.S.)
- Radioactive Fallout--history
- Radioactive fallout--Health aspects--West (U.S.)
Personal Names
- Bulloch, Kern N., 1925-1999--Archives
Finding aid created by Braxton Utley
2017 (last modified: 2020)
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