Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action visual materials collection, 1977-2010

Scope and Content: Seventeen color prints of protest activities related to the arrival of trident missile motors shipped to the naval submarine base in Bangor, Washington via train taken on August 8, 1986 by Friedrich Gronau.

Scope and Content: Twelve color prints of workers setting a derailed train back on the tracks.

Scope and Content: Twenty-two color prints and twenty-one negatives of road side protesters around 1991.

Scope and Content: Twenty b/w prints of aerial views of trains delivering trident missile motors and the loading of the nuclear missiles onto submarines at the naval base in Bangor, Washington.

Scope and Content: Six color prints and eighteen negatives of workers setting a derailed train back on the tracks.

Scope and Content: Sixteen b/w prints of various members of Ground Zero community taken by Petrina Walker.

Scope and Content: Thirteen b/w prints of trucks delivering payloads to the Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station in Keyport, Washington.

Scope and Content: Fourteen color prints and four negatives of a residential home and copies of the Ground Zero Community newsletter.

Scope and Content: Ten color and nine b/w prints of protest activities related to the White train arrival and arrests on July 27, 1984.

Scope and Content: Sixteen negative images of protest activities related to the shipment of trident missile motors via trains to nearby naval bases.

Scope and Content: Three b/w prints and twenty negatives of protest activities taken on November 7, 1983 by Larry Swingle.

Scope and Content: Two negatives of trains carrying nuclear missile motors going through West Plains, Missouri on October 13, 1983.

Scope and Content: Three b/w prints of Ground Zero community members.

Scope and Content: Nine b/w prints, one color print, and thirty-six negatives of protest activities taken on May 21, 1986.

Scope and Content: Five b/w prints and twenty-five negatives of train protests taken on December 27, 1987.

Scope and Content: Nine b/w prints of train protests taken by Petrina Walker and two color prints of a court case taken by Rebecca Johnson.

Scope and Content: Three color prints of train protest near Bangor taken by Mary Lee Becker and one b/w print of Ground Zero members protesting outside Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Scope and Content: Twenty-one color prints of train protest in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Scope and Content: Fifteen b/w prints of protests against nuclear submarines at Bangor, Washington.

Scope and Content: Twenty-six color prints and thirty-seven negatives of the Peace Pentecost action taken by Mary Lee Becker.

Scope and Content: Three b/w and nine color prints of the protest actions and arrests on the train tracks near Bangor in April 1986.

Scope and Content: Three b/w and three color prints of the monument taken by Linda Greenwald and Petrina Walker.

Scope and Content: Eleven color prints and nine negatives of a send-off party on September 15th, 1989.

Scope and Content: Forty-two color prints and sixty-one negatives of protest actions near Bangor in 1983.

Scope and Content: Two color prints and one b/w print of individuals at an unidentified building.

Scope and Content: Three color prints and two negatives of the action at Elma, Washington on June 6, 1983 taken by Becky and Mike Johnson.

Scope and Content: Six color prints of actions in Elma and Centralia, Washington on March 22, 1983 taken by Mike Poindexter.

Scope and Content: Six color prints of the action held in Castle Rock, Washington.

Scope and Content: Seven b/w prints and twelve negatives of the action held near Bangor, Washington taken by Gordon Oliver.

Scope and Content: Ten b/w prints and twenty-two negatives of the action at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1983.

Scope and Content: Six b/w prints and four negatives of trains at Nampa, Idaho taken on November 8, 1983 by Michael Stamich.

Scope and Content: One b/w print of a surfacing submarine taken by Peter Fromm.

Scope and Content: Three b/w prints of aerial views of the Naval Submarine Base in Bangor, Washington and three color prints of trains enroute to Bangor.

Scope and Content: Four color prints of the action on January 20, 2003 at the Bangor facility gates.

Scope and Content: Two b/w prints of the Pantex facility in Texas taken by James Nachtwey.

Scope and Content: Thirteen b/w prints of the Douglass family.

Scope and Content: Ten b/w prints of the vigil held on February 22, 1984 and one color print of the vigil line held at Bangor on February 24, 1984.

Scope and Content: Six b/w prints of train protests taken on February 22, 1985 by Dick Doughty.

Scope and Content: Three color prints and five negatives of an action in August 1998 that closed one of the gates to a military base.

Scope and Content: Sixteen color prints and twenty-four negatives of the From Swords Into Plowshares artwork at Magnuson Park in Seattle, Washington taken by Alisa Milner.

Scope and Content: Eight color prints of Ground Zero marchers at the Armed Forces Day Parade.

Scope and Content: Forty-one color prints of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day action outside a military base gate on January 17, 2000.

Scope and Content: Twenty-six color prints and twenty-seven negatives of a Ground Zero action outside a military base gate.

Scope and Content: One hundred and three color prints and thirty-five negatives of Ground Zero members gathering to prepare banners for an upcoming actions in August 1999.

Scope and Content: Sixteen color prints and twenty-six negatives of an action outside the Bangor base in August 1999.

Scope and Content: Forty-nine color prints and eighty-one negatives of Ground Zero members celebrating the twenty-first year of the organization's existence in August 1998.

Scope and Content: Thirty color prints and twenty-two negatives of the Water Ceremony held in the Hood Canal on August 8, 1999 and increased security at the Bangor main gates on September 2, 2002.

Scope and Content: One color print of a vigil held at the main gate of the Bangor base as the 18th trident missile arrives at Kings Bay, Georgia in May 1998.

Scope and Content: Three color prints of an action held at the main gate of the Bangor base in July 1999

Scope and Content: Two color prints of an Earth Day action at the Ferry Terminal on April 22, 1998

Scope and Content: Four color prints and twenty-six negatives of trucks carry ammunitions and the Naval Ordnance Center, Port Hadlock Detachment in the spring of 1998.

Scope and Content: Eight b/w and two color prints of spent nuclear fuel rods leaving the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard by train and Norm Buske measuring radiation at the shipyard in the fall of 1996.

Scope and Content: Five color prints and eighteen negatives of an action outside the main gate at Bangor in August 1999.

Scope and Content: Twenty-seven color prints and forty-five negatives of a visit by weapons inspectors in February 1998 to the Bangor Naval Submarine Base, including aerial views of the facilities.

Scope and Content: Nineteen color prints of performances and members preparing banners for an action in August 1995.

Scope and Content: Seven color prints of an action outside the main gates of the Bangor facility in October 1997.

Scope and Content: Nine color prints and twenty-five negatives of trains traveling from California with ammunitions in March 1998.

Scope and Content: Fifteen color prints and one b/w print of various actions and social events held between 1996 and 2002.

Scope and Content: Four sheets with thirteen color prints attached depicting Ground Zero members planning for an upcoming action in August 1998

Scope and Content: Two b/w prints of the White Train in the Strategic Weapons Storage Facility Pacific Trident Base taken by Bruce Hoeft.

Scope and Content: Two hundred fifty-three negative images taken by a number of photographers. Few are identified; however many of the prints are present in the collection.

Scope and Content: Seven b/w prints and nine color prints of submarines and several actions in 1996. Also includes eleven sheets with images of the Seafair protest and Action at Bangor on Hirosima Day in August 2000.

Scope and Content: Three b/w and two color prints of various protests and vigils.

Scope and Content: Three b/w prints of protest activities at unidentifed train depots and an aerial view of the nuclear weapons storage bunkers at the Sierra Weapons Depot in Herlong, California.

Scope and Content: Forty-eight b/w prints, twenty-five color prints, one b/w contact sheet (36 images) and thirty-six negatives of vigils and action directed towards trains carrying nuclear missile motors through various towns across the country between 1983 and 1985.

Scope and Content: One color print and letter from the Kindergarten class at St. John's School in Seattle, Washington.

Scope and Content: Fifteen b/w prints of an unidentified military base gate and the Ground Zero property.

Scope and Content: Two b/w and two color prints of members of On The Line in Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina

Scope and Content: Five b/w prints of the U.S. Department of Energy's Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas.

Scope and Content: Twenty-six b/w prints of the Half Mile stop sign and old main gate (Bangor base) used for Jim Douglass's leaflet trial.

Scope and Content: Twenty b/w prints of the main gate of the Naval Submarine Base in Bangor, Washington. Also includes a diagram of the main gate, fences, and suggested vigil area and flyer describing the Ground Zero organization.

Scope and Content: Thirteen b/w prints of protesters on the train tracks in Portland, Oregon on February 23, 1983 taken by Edward L. Bishop.

Scope and Content: Fourteen b/w prints and three b/w contact sheets (48 images) of train tracks, vigils, and supporters.

Scope and Content: Eight b/w prints and one b/w contact sheet (23 images) of aerial views of bunkers at the Sierra Weapons Depot.

Scope and Content: One b/w print of an protest at an unidentified building.

Scope and Content: Eleven b/w prints of actions held in Memphis, Tennessee (undated) and Vancouver, Washington (July 1984) and the Hughes family leading a procession from the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church to the railroad site. Also includes several clippings and correspondence related to civil disobedience directed at the White Train route to Bangor, Washington.

Scope and Content: Thirty-seven b/w prints and one color print of various Ground Zero protest activities, many of which were taken by photographers during newspaper assignments. Many of the prints are oversize.

Scope and Content: Five color 35mm slides of unidentified protest actions.

Scope and Content: Seven color 35mm slides of railroad tracks.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette featuring a Canadian delegation led by MP Libby Davies in Bangor, Washington on February 26th, 1998.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette featuring Joe and Jean Gump and Brian Wilson on the Phil Donohue Show.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette featuring Ruth and John Nelson and raw footage of the arrival of the USS Ohio in 1982, as well as Paul Newman narrating "A Step Away from War" in 1988.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette featuring Ground Zero actions in August 2002 and a party for 65ers in September 2002.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette featuring footage from Martin Luther King Day in January 2001 and 2002, Mother's Day in May 2001 and 2002, an event on August 9, 2001, Bangor by boat with French TV in 2002, and a vigil at the main gate on August 9th, 2002.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette featuring lecture, concert, and protest footage from the Water Ceremony held between August 3rd and 6th, 2000.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette featuring the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard action held on May 16th and 17th, 2000.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette featuring footage of the arrival and cleanup of the Alaska.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette featuring a declassified U.S. nuclear test film, the Mother's Day Bangor Action, the U.S. Nukes/Bangor MLK Action, and Subs at Seafair.

Scope and Content: One VSH cassette featuring footage of training and actions led by Ground Zero bewteen 1977 and 1979.

Scope and Content: One VHS cassette documenting lectures by Susan George, Mark Ritchie, Alice Slater, and Steven Staples given in Seattle, Washington on November 28, 1999.