Nancy H. Williams Downwinder collection

Collection

Identifier: WASH-036

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 1 box comprising 9 folders primarily of printed textual materials. The folders contain material Williams collected relating to the period 1981 to 1995. This includes her attendance at the First International Nuclear Test Veterans & Atomic Bomb Survivors Conference held 26-30 June 1995 at the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Additionally there are materials from a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored Town Hall meeting in St. George, Utah, pamphlets from the nuclear energy industry from 1981-1984, notes and pamphlets relating to Downwinders activism groups and Folder 9 contains the U.S. Department of Justice regulation on the 1992 Radiation Exposure Compensation Program.

Dates

Creation: 1981 - 1995

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open and freely available to researchers during Special Collections hours or by appointment. Researchers must complete an Application for Use and show a photo ID prior to accessing materials.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives.

Biographical / Historical

The Nancy H. Williams Downwinder Collection is comprised of papers compiled by Nancy H. Williams, a resident of St. George and Leeds, Utah related to her interest and activism involving atomic bomb testing in Nevada in the 1950s and 1960s and the subsequent radiation exposure of residents of southern Utah (referred to as "Downwinders") and other victims of radiation exposure.

Full Extent

.4 Linear Feet (1 gray letter document case)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Abstract

Nancy H. Williams Downwinders Collection contains materials related to her activism in the 1990s to call attention to the need for compensation for nuclear test veterans and atomic bomb testing downwinders. The collection consists primarily of research papers, handouts, pamphlets and news articles she obtained from her attendance at the First International Nuclear Test Veterans & Atomic Bomb Survivors Conference held 26-30 Jun 1995 at the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into 9 folders in 1 box. The first 5 folders relate to material Williams collected from her attendance at the First International Nuclear Test Veterans & Atomic Bomb Survivors Conference held 26-30 Jun 1995 at the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Folder 6 contains information from a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored Town Hall meeting at St. George, Utah and related pamphlets and handouts. Folder 7 contains pamphlets from the nuclear energy industry from 1981-1984. Folder 8 contains notes and pamphlets relating to Downwinders activism groups. Folder 9 contains the U.S. Department of Justice regulation on the 1992 Radiation Exposure Compensation Program.

Related Materials

The Irma Thomas Downwinder Collection (WASH 035) contains papers from Irma Thomas related to her activism in the 1950s to 1980s to call attention to the hazards of radiation exposure from above-ground atomic bomb testing at the Nevada Test Site on citizens in Southern Utah called "Downwinders." The collection consists primarily of Thomas' notes, correspondence, writings, activist group meetings, research, legal documents, and a large collection of newspaper and magazine articles.