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Stephen Gary Erickson photograph collection, 1970-2006

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Erickson, Stephen Gary
Title
Stephen Gary Erickson photograph collection
Dates
1970-2006 (inclusive)
Quantity
.25 linear feet, (1 archives box)
Collection Number
P1050
Summary
The Stephen Gary Erickson photograph collection contain materials documenting Erickson's activities in opposition to the manufacture, testing, and storage of weapons of mass destruction in Utah and the Intermountain West.
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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Biographical Note

Stephen Gary Erickson (1953-) is a community activist for peace and justice. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1977 with a B.A. in English and Anthropology. Upon graduation, Erickson was extensively involved in the anti-nuclear movement during the height of the Cold War and Arms Race in the 1980s.

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Content Description

The Stephen Gary Erickson photograph collection contain materials documenting Erickson's activities in opposition to the manufacture, testing, and storage of weapons of mass destruction in Utah and the Intermountain West.

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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

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number.   Special Collections, J.   Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

By folder and subject.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Stephen Gary Erickson in 2002 and 2016.

Processing Note

Processed by Photo Archives staff.

Separated Materials

See also the Manuscripts Division in Special Collections (ACCN 1961).

Related Materials

Forms part of the Downwinders of Utah Archives

Forms part of the Utah Science, Engineering, and Medical Archives.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Bear River Project

    • 1: Overlook
    • 2-4: Pelicans
    • 5: Reeds at the water's edge

    Dates: 2006-May
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: MX Protest

    • 1: "Don't tread on me" flag at a rally.
    • 2: Rally, photo by Tom Smart of the Deseret News

    Dates: 1979-1982
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Nevada Nuclear Test and animals on an island

    • 1-4: negatives only, animals probably on the Galapagos Islands, circa 1990s
    • 5: Man at a microphone with various texts surrounding him, circa 1970s.
    • 6: Baneberry, underground nuclear test in Nevada, December 18, 1970

    Dates: 1970-1990s
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Tekoi Test Range

    1-24: The Tekoi Test Site, or Tekoi Test Range, is a former Cold War-era facility located on the Skull Valley Indian Reservation in Utah, operated by Hercules Aerospace (later Alliant Techsystems) starting in 1976. It was used to test and calibrate solid-fuel rocket motors for nuclear warheads.

    Dates: 1976
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Boeing-Goodyear-Paccar

    • 1-2: Boeing-Goodyear-Paccar hard mobile launcher

    Dates: circa 1980s
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5

Names and Subjects

Subject Terms

  • Nuclear weapons testing victims
  • Nuclear weapons--West (U.S.)--Testing
  • Radioactive fallout--Health aspects--West (U.S.)
  • Weapons of mass destruction--Utah--History--Sources
  • Weapons of mass destruction--West (U.S.)--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Erickson, Stephen Gary--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs
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