By Trevor Sandgathe and Anne Bahde
Collection Overview
Title: Nuclear Free America Records, 1945-2003
Predominant Dates: 1983-1995
ID: MSS NFA
Primary Creator: Nuclear Free America (Organization)
Extent: 19.0 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement:
The Nuclear Free America Records are divided into 9 series: Series 1: Administrative Records, 1981-2000; Series 2: Nuclear Free Zones Project, 1981-1995; Series 3: Weapons Maker Database, 1986-2001; Series 4: Other Initiatives and Projects, 1979-1995; Series 5: Related Organizations, 1983-2000; Series 6: Subject Files, 1988-2000; Series 7: Artifacts and Memorabilia, 1945-1996; Series 8: Video Recordings, 1979-2003; Series 9: Electronic Records, circa 1985-1995.
Series 1 is further divided into 4 subseries: Subseries 1: General; Subseries 2: Grant Funding; Subseries 3: Fundraising Initiatives; Subseries 4: Conferences.
Series 2 is further divided into 4 subseries: Subseries 1: Project Records; Subseries 2: United States Zones; Subseries 3: Native Lands (United States) Zones; and Subseries 4: International Zones. These records are arranged geographically, alphabetically by state, and localities within each state.
Date Acquired: 00/00/2016
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
Abstract
The Nuclear Free America Records document the activities of this nonprofit resource center throughout the lifetime of the organization. Nuclear Free America facilitated a worldwide antinuclear movement to create "nuclear free zones" (NFZs) or communities where nuclear production, testing, waste, and transportation activities were banned. During its 15 years of operation, more than 200 NFZ declarations were passed by 4,500 local governments in 26 nations worldwide. The collection includes administrative records, records of nuclear free zone declarations by localities around the world, and extensive files related to affiliated antinuclear organizations.
Scope and Content Notes
The Nuclear Free America Records document the activities of this nonprofit antinuclear organization during its most active years.
Series 1: Administrative Records covers all general operational functions of Nuclear Free America (NFA) including staffing, administration, finance, outreach and promotion, and organizational contacts. Series 1 is further divided into 4 subseries. Subseries 1: General includes financial records, meeting minutes, and staffing records. Subseries 2: Grant Funding and Subseries 3: Fundraising demonstrate the funding efforts by this small organization through different means, including local initiatives and private donations. Subseries 4: Conferences contains several folders of meeting minutes from the Nuclear Free Local Authorities international conferences, which shed further light on NFA's work.
Series 2: Nuclear Free Zones contains the majority of materials in the collection and documents the efforts by NFA to create "nuclear free zones" (NFZs), or communities where nuclear production, testing, waste, and transportation activities were banned. The series is arranged geographically and contains documentation of NFA's work with each locality or community organizing toward an NFZ declaration. While some efforts were ultimately unsuccessful, most declarations happened successfully due to the liaising and guidance provided by Nuclear Free America. Some communities, including those in New York, Ohio, and California used the NFZ effort to successfully protest nearby nuclear waste disposal plans. Within this series, Subseries 3: Native Lands contains important documentation of efforts by tribal leaders to eradicate nuclear presence from various native reservations. Of particular note are materials including correspondence, meeting minutes, and legal documents related to NFA's partnership with the National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans to help fight the U. S. Department of Energy's plan to site 'temporary' high-level radioactive waste dumps on native lands. The international zones represented in Subseries 4 include documentation of efforts by NFA to include nuclear issues in international discussions related to protecting the Arctic and other remote regions.
Series 3: Weapons-Maker Database shows how NFA became the sole source of information on U.S. companies that make or support nuclear weapons, in order to support socially conscious investing, boycott efforts, and divestment campaigns. The Weapons Maker Database and its various datasets were provided to buyers from 1990 to 1995 and the series contains client information sheets, compiled lists, and correspondence. Series 4: Other Initiatives and Projects demonstrates fundraising and other outreach efforts undertaken by the organization, including significant boycotting activity and documentaries. The collected materials in Series 5: Related Organizations offer a window into both national and international antinuclear and peace activism during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and show grassroots activist efforts addressing a number of nuclear concerns through publications, activities, events, and outreach. The similar materials in Series 6 were grouped by NFA according to topic rather than organization. Series 7: Artifacts and Memorabilia contains ephemera such as stickers, buttons, and placards from a wide body of antinuclear events and organizations. Series 8: Video Recordings contains over 20 VHS tapes about a variety of topics, including the Trojan Nuclear Plant in Oregon and environmental impacts on the Columbia River. Series 9: Electronic Records contains various electronic formats that are not currently processed and inaccessible to researchers.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Nuclear Free America (NFA) was an international clearinghouse and resource center founded in 1982, primarily to serve communities in the United States wishing to declare themselves nuclear free zones (NFZs) as part of a worldwide movement. NFA closed its doors in 1997. During its fifteen years of operation, more than 200 NFZ declarations passed within the territory of the United States, as part of over 4,500 declarations passed by local governments in 26 nations worldwide.
Local NFZs were established in solidarity with international treaties covering the Antarctic, Outer Space, the Sea-Bed, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Central Asia.
NFA, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, and, from 1993-1997, with a second office in Salem, Oregon, served as the US affiliate and United Nations representative of the International Secretariat of the Nuclear Free Zone Local Authorities. Primary organizers were Chuck Johnson and Albert Donnay.
The early focus of NFA was assisting mostly symbolic declarations against nuclear weapons - part of national and international efforts to protest Cold War nuclear weapons policies of the US and its allies.
After the Cold War, fears about nuclear weapons waned, but concerns about storage of nuclear waste from more than 100 commercial nuclear power plants grew as proposed nuclear waste sites proliferated throughout the country. NFA assisted communities in developing NFZ declarations that served as symbolic buffers - or real barriers in the case of laws passed by sovereign Native American Nations.
To assist several communities that wished to end investment or purchase from nuclear weapons manufacturers, NFA researchers, working with Eagle Eye Publishers, developed an annual database of US nuclear weapons contractors that eventually expanded to include several specific definitions of weapons production and was used as the definitive measure by socially responsible investment companies and others to boycott weapons makers. This service continued in an attenuated form until 2003.
Author: Chuck Johnson and Albert Donnay
Administrative Information
More Extent Information:
20 boxes, including 1 oversize box; 50 photographs and 26 VHS tapes
Statement on Access:
The collection is open for research, excepting Series 9: Electronic Records, which contains unprocessed material.
Physical Access Note:
Some materials in this collection were exposed to water damage and dusty conditions; all materials in the collection have been cleaned and some materials were photocopied and discarded.
Acquisition Note:
Chuck Johnson and Albert Donnay donated these materials to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center in 2016.
Related Materials:
The Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, Series 12: Peace, documents the Paulings' decades of antinuclear activism in detail. The History of Atomic Energy rare book collection has strengths in activist movements, as well as materials on radioactive waste disposal, nuclear energy, and nuclear weapons production. The David Marcus Letters show the effects of a smaller activist effort. The Paul J. Persiani Papers, Series 3 is comprised of a small group of materials related to Persiani's work on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which sought to place limits on the development and stockpiling of nuclear arms by the United States and the USSR. The Chih H. Wang Papers include materials on anti-nuclear campaigns in Series 6.
Preferred Citation:
Nuclear Free America Records (MSS NFA), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Processing Information:
The collection was processed in 2018-2020.
Creators
Nuclear Free America (Organization)
Donnay, Albert (1958-)
Johnson, Charles K.
People, Places, and Topics
Antinuclear movement.
History of Science
Nuclear-weapon-free zones
Nuclear disarmament.
Nuclear energy--Environmental aspects--United States.
Nuclear industry.
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Nuclear weapons--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Nuclear weapons--Social aspects.
Nuclear weapons plants--Environmental aspects--United States.
Radioactive waste disposal.
Forms of Material
Born digital.
Photographic prints.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Administrative Records, 1981-2000
- Series 1 documents the administrative activities of the organization, and includes summary reports, financial records, funding proposals, grant applications, contact lists, and outreach records. Evidence of the organization’s donor outreach activities, including mailer campaigns and donor approaches, is ample in this series. Notable in this series are records of several events sponsored jointly with other local anti-nuclear nonprofit organizations, including two dance marathon fundraisers, which show the organization’s network and community reach. Also notable is an incomplete run of The New Abolitionist, the newspaper produced by Nuclear Free America from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Content includes reports from national and international Nuclear Free Zones, progress reports from campaigns underway, and related nuclear and disarmament news.
- Sub-Series 1: General, 1983-2000
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Administrative notes, undated
- Folder 2: Board meeting minutes, 1989-1994
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 1983-2000
- Folder 4: Financial records - banking and investment accounts, 1984-1990
- Folder 5: Financial records - income and expenses, 1987-1995
- Folder 6: Financial records - operating expenses and agreements, 1990-1995
- Folder 7: Program activity reports, 1989-1995
- Folder 8: Outreach and promotion - advertising and news coverage, 1983-1990
- Folder 9: Outreach and promotion - direct mail campaigns, 1984-1987
- Folder 10: Outreach and promotion - direct mail campaigns, 1985-1989
- Folder 11: Outreach and promotion - direct mail campaigns, 1985-1994
- Folder 12: Outreach and promotion - drafts and samples, 1984-1995
- Folder 13: Outreach and promotion - literature and articles, 1987-1995
- Folder 14: Outreach and promotion - mailers and brochures, 1987-1994
- Folder 15: Outreach and promotion - non-NFA samples, 1984-1988
- Folder 16: Outreach and promotion - press releases, 1989-1993
- Folder 17: Outreach and promotion - The New Abolitionist, 1985-1994
- Folder 18: Professional contacts, 1989-2000
- Folder 19: Staffing, 1987-1993
- Folder 20: Tax and trademark records, 1983-1990
- Sub-Series 2: Grant Funding, 1981-1998
- Box 1
- Folder 21: 1983 general funding proposal, 1983
- Folder 22: 1984 general funding proposal, 1984
- Folder 23: 1985 general funding proposal, 1985
- Folder 24: 1987 general funding proposal, 1987
- Folder 25: 1989 general funding proposal, 1989
- Folder 26: 1990 general funding proposal, 1990
- Folder 27: Sample funding proposals, 1981-1990
- Folder 28: American Friends Service Committee, 1982-1983
- Folder 29: Boehm Foundation, 1985-1989
- Folder 30: C.S. Fund, 1983-1993
- Folder 31: Capp Street Foundation, 1987-1988
- Folder 32: CarEth Foundation, 1983-1993
- Folder 33: Citizen Action for Lasting Security, 1984-1986
- Folder 34: Earth Care Paper, 1986-1990
- Folder 35: Exchange Project, 1984
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Grant-making organizations: M, 1982-1993
- Folder 2: Grant-making organizations: N, 1983-1987
- Folder 3: Grant-making organizations: O, undated
- Folder 4: Grant-making organizations: P, 1983-1990
- Folder 5: Grant-making organizations: R, 1985-1991
- Folder 6: Grant-making organizations: S, 1983-1988
- Folder 7: Grant-making organizations: T, 1985-1990
- Folder 8: Grant-making organizations: U, 1984-1996
- Folder 9: Grant-making organizations: W, 1986-1991
- Folder 10: Grant-making organizations: Y, 1981-1987
- Folder 11: Grant-making organizations and private donor contact lists, undated
- Folder 12: Grant and donation income records, 1982-1998
- Sub-Series 3: Fundraising Initiatives, 1983-1995
- Box 2
- Folder 13: Affinity fund profit sharing, 1992-1995
- Folder 14: Corporate Partners for Peace campaign, 1995
- Folder 15: Fundraising ideas and non-NFA fundraising materials, 1984-1985
- Folder 16: Fundraising resources, 1984-1993
- Folder 17: Give Peace a Dance, undated
- Folder 18: Give Peace a Dance, 1985-1986
- Folder 19: Give Peace a Dance, 1985
- Folder 20: Home phonebanking project, undated
- Folder 21: Private donors, 1983-1988
- Folder 22: Rock Against the Clock, 1985
- Folder 23: Save Our Cities March, 1992
- Sub-Series 4: Conferences, 1982-1995
- Box 2
- Folder 24: 1st International Conference of Local Authority Nuclear Free Zones. Manchester, England, 1984
- Folder 25: 5th International conference of Nuclear Free Zone Local Authorities. Glasgow, Scotland, 1990
- Folder 26: 5th International conference of Nuclear Free Zone Local Authorities. Glasgow, Scotland, 1990
- Folder 27: 6th International Conference on Nuclear Free Zone Local Authorities. Kanagawa, Japan., 1992
- Box 3
- Folder 1: 6th International Conference on Nuclear Free Zone Local Authorities. Kanagawa, Japan, 1992
- Folder 2: 6th International Conference on Nuclear Free Zone Local Authorities. Kanagawa, Japan, 1992
- Folder 3: Nuclear Free Local Authorities, 1986-1988
- Folder 4: Nuclear Free Local Authorities Meeting Minutes, 1982
- Folder 5: Nuclear Free Local Authorities Meeting Minutes, 1983
- Folder 6: Nuclear Free Local Authorities Meeting Minutes, 1984
- Folder 7: Nuclear Free Local Authorities Meeting Minutes, 1985
- Folder 8: Nuclear Free Local Authorities Meeting Minutes, 1986
- Folder 9: Nuclear Free Local Authorities Meeting Minutes, 1987
- Folder 10: Nuclear Free Local Authority International Secretariat Meeting. Amadora, Portugal, 1991
- Folder 11: Nuclear Free Local Authority International Secretariat, 1987-1993
- Folder 12: Nuclear Free Local Authority International Secretariat, 1987-1992
- Folder 13: United Nations 3rd Special Session on Disarmament (SSOD-III), 1988
- Folder 14: United States Nuclear Free Zone Association Executive Committee Meeting. Washington D.C., 1990
- Folder 15: Second Global Radiation Victims Conference. Berlin, Germany, 1992
- Folder 16: 51st Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians, 1993-1994
- Folder 17: Environmental Justice Symposium. St. John's University, 1994
- Folder 18: Miscellaneous conferences, undated
- Series 2: Nuclear Free Zones Project, 1981-1995
- Series 2 documents the primary campaign of Nuclear Free America, to create Nuclear Free Zones around the world. Grouped by geographical area, the files in this series show how NFA worked with grassroots activists at each locality to advance this goal. In addition to correspondence with these activists and data sheets detailing the nature of the local campaign, these files include fundraising materials, promotional materials for the campaign such as event flyers, advertising posters, and petitions; local news and press coverage, including newspapers and clippings, letters to the editor, and editorials; text of proposed ordinances and resolutions; correspondence with local authorities; handwritten notes; literature from pronuclear organizations and individuals; city council agendas and minutes; minutes and related materials from partner organizations; speeches, and more. These document the organizing activities at the grassroots level and can be used to show how the presence of nuclear materials, waste, or energy production affected specific localities and communities.
- Sub-Series 1: Project Records, 1988-1990
- Box 3
- Folder 19: International contacts, undated
- Folder 20: News coverage and reference materials, undated
- Folder 21: NFZ campaign lists, undated
- Folder 22: NFZ Divestiture Subcommittee, undated
- Folder 23: Organization literature, undated
- Folder 24: Organizing packet, undated
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Project files, undated
- Folder 2: Project files, 1988-1990
- Sub-Series 2: United States Zones, 1982-1995
- Box 4
- Folder 3: Alabama, 1988
- Folder 4: Alaska, 1986-1987
- Folder 5: Alaska, 1989-1993
- Folder 6: Alaska - Greater Juneau, 1988
- Folder 7: Alaska - Kenai Peninsula - Homer, 1989-1992
- Folder 8: Alaska - Ketchikan Gateway, 1986-1988
- Folder 9: Arizona, 1988-1989
- Folder 10: Arkansas, 1985
- Folder 11: California, undated
- Folder 12: California (counties), 1984-1987
- Folder 13: California - Alameda County, 1985-1989
- Folder 14: California - Alameda County, undated
- Folder 15: California - Alameda County - Berkeley, undated
- Folder 16: California - Alameda County - Oakland, 1989
- Folder 17: California - Alameda County - Oakland, 1988-1991
- Folder 18: California - Alameda County - Oakland, 1989-1992
- Folder 19: California - Butte County, 1983-1986
- Box 5
- Folder 1: California - Fresno County, 1984-1987
- Folder 2: California - Humboldt County, undated
- Folder 3: California - Los Angeles County, 1984-1986
- Folder 4: California - Los Angeles County - Santa Monica, 1984-1986
- Folder 5: California - Marin County, 1987-1990
- Folder 6: California - Marin County, 1989-1993
- Folder 7: California - Marin County, 1984-1991
- Folder 8: California - Mendocino County, 1983-1984
- Folder 9: California - Napa County, undated
- Folder 10: California - San Bernardino County, 1991-1993
- Folder 11: California - San Diego County, 1984-1989
- Folder 12: California - San Francisco County, undated
- Folder 13: California - San Francisco County, 1985-1989
- Folder 14: California - San Luis Obispo County, 1985-1987
- Folder 15: California - San Mateo County, 1986-1987
- Folder 16: California - Santa Barbara County, undated
- Folder 17: California - Santa Clara County, 1983-1987
- Folder 18: California - Santa Clara County - Palo Alto, undated
- Folder 19: California - Santa Cruz County, undated
- Folder 20: California - Sonoma County, 1984-1987
- Box 6
- Folder 1: California - Ventura County, undated
- Folder 2: California - Yolo County - Davis, 1988-1990
- Folder 3: Colorado, undated
- Folder 4: Connecticut, undated
- Folder 5: Connecticut, 1986-1993
- Folder 6: Delaware, undated
- Folder 7: Florida, 1985-1987
- Folder 8: Georgia, undated
- Folder 9: Hawaii - Hawaii County, 1984-1988
- Folder 10: Hawaii - Kauai County, 1985-1990
- Folder 11: Hawaii - Maui County, 1983-1988
- Folder 12: Idaho, 1983-1984
- Folder 13: Illinois, 1985-1990
- Folder 14: Illinois - Cook County - Chicago, 1985-1988
- Folder 15: Indiana, undated
- Folder 16: Iowa, 1986-1988
- Folder 17: Kansas, 1985-1986
- Folder 18: Kentucky, 1985-1986
- Folder 19: Louisiana, undated
- Folder 20: Maine, 1985-1995
- Folder 21: Maryland (counties), 1982-1988
- Folder 22: Maryland - Calvert County, 1993
- Folder 23: Maryland - Montgomery County - Garrett Park, 1982-1983
- Folder 24: Maryland - Montgomery County - Takoma Park, 1986-1992
- Folder 25: Maryland - Montgomery County - Takoma Park, 1984-1990
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Maryland - Montgomery County - Takoma Park, 1984-1990
- Folder 2: Maryland - Baltimore, 1992-1994
- Folder 3: Maryland - Baltimore, 1992-1993
- Folder 4: Maryland - Baltimore, undated
- Folder 5: Maryland - Baltimore, 1989-1994
- Folder 6: Maryland - Baltimore, undated
- Folder 7: Maryland - Baltimore - City Council, 1991-1993
- Folder 8: Maryland - Baltimore - City League of Environmental Voters, undated
- Folder 9: Maryland - Baltimore - Ordinance, 1992
- Folder 10: Maryland - Baltimore - South African uranium, 1982-1988
- Folder 11: Massachusetts, undated
- Folder 12: Massachusetts, 1983-1984
- Folder 13: Massachusetts - Barnstable County, 1983-1987
- Folder 14: Massachusetts - Barnstable County, 1985-1987
- Folder 15: Massachusetts - Franklin County, 1983
- Folder 16: Massachusetts - Hampshire County, 1984
- Folder 17: Massachusetts - Middlesex County, 1983-1984
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Massachusetts - Middlesex County - Cambridge, 1983-1987
- Folder 2: Massachusetts - Middlesex County - Cambridge, undated
- Folder 3: Massachusetts - Middlesex County - Cambridge - Citizens Against Research Bans, 1983-1984
- Folder 4: Michigan, 1985-1994
- Folder 5: Minnesota, 1983-1992
- Folder 6: Missouri, 1984-1988
- Folder 7: Mississippi, undated
- Folder 8: Montana, undated
- Folder 9: Nebraska, 1986-1995
- Folder 10: Nevada, undated
- Folder 11: Nevada, undated
- Folder 12: New Hampshire, undated
- Folder 13: New Jersey, undated
- Folder 14: New Jersey, 1982-1988
- Folder 15: New Jersey - Sussex County, 1986-1987
- Folder 16: New Jersey - Union County, 1985-1986
- Folder 17: New Mexico, 1987-1994
- Folder 18: New York, 1991-1993
- Folder 19: New York, 1987-1988
- Folder 20: New York - Monroe County - Rochester, 1988-1989
- Folder 21: New York - New York City, 1983-1986
- Folder 22: New York - New York Harbor, 1984-1990
- Folder 23: New York - New York Harbor, 1984-1990
- Box 9
- Folder 1: North Carolina, 1985-1990
- Folder 2: North Dakota, 1984-1986
- Folder 3: Ohio, 1993
- Folder 4: Ohio, 1994-1995
- Folder 5: Ohio, 1992-1994
- Folder 6: Ohio, undated
- Folder 7: Ohio, 1993-1994
- Folder 8: Ohio - Scioto, 1981
- Folder 9: Oklahoma, 1985
- Folder 10: Oregon, undated
- Folder 11: Oregon, 1984-1989
- Folder 12: Oregon - Columbia County - Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, 1992-1995
- Folder 13: Oregon - Coos County, 1982-1984
- Folder 14: Oregon - Lane County, undated
- Folder 15: Oregon - Lane County - Eugene, 1987-1989
- Folder 16: Oregon - Marion County - Salem, 1991-1995
- Folder 17: Oregon - Multnomah County - Portland, 1991-1994
- Folder 18: Oregon - Multnomah County - Portland, 1983-1990
- Folder 19: Pennsylvania, undated
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Pennsylvania, 1985-1989
- Folder 2: Pennsylvania, 1987-1992
- Folder 3: Rhode Island, 1985-1986
- Folder 4: South Carolina, 1987
- Folder 5: South Dakota, 1983
- Folder 6: Tennessee, 1980-1988
- Folder 7: Texas, undated
- Folder 8: Utah, undated
- Folder 9: Vermont, 1983-1994
- Folder 10: Virginia, 1985-1988
- Folder 11: Washington, undated
- Folder 12: Washington, 1984-1990
- Folder 13: Washington, undated
- Folder 14: Washington - Okanogan County, 1986-1988
- Folder 15: Washington - Whatcom County, 1984-1989
- Folder 16: Washington, D.C., 1985-1992
- Folder 17: West Virginia, 1985-1988
- Folder 18: Wisconsin, 1982-1987
- Folder 19: Wyoming, undated
- Folder 20: United States Virgin Islands, 1986
- Sub-Series 3: Native Lands (United States) Zones, 1984-1995
- Box 10
- Folder 21: Nuclear Free Indian Lands Project, undated
- Folder 22: Nuclear Free Indian Lands Project, undated
- Folder 23: Nuclear Free Indian Lands Project, undated
- Folder 24: Nuclear Free Indian Lands Project, undated
- Folder 25: Nuclear Free Indian Lands Project, undated
- Box 11
- Folder 1: Native lands - Alaska, undated
- Folder 2: Native lands - Arizona, 1991-1993
- Folder 3: Native lands - California, 1994-1995
- Folder 4: Native lands - Kansas, undated
- Folder 5: Native lands - Minnesota, 1994
- Folder 6: Native lands - Montana, 1984-1993
- Folder 7: Native lands - New Mexico, undated
- Folder 8: Native lands - New Mexico, undated
- Folder 9: Native lands - Nevada, 1991-1995
- Folder 10: Native lands - New York, 1994
- Folder 11: Native lands - North Dakota, 1994
- Folder 12: Native lands - Oklahoma, 1994
- Folder 13: Native lands - Oregon, 1994-1995
- Folder 14: Native lands - South Dakota, 1994
- Folder 15: Native lands - Washington, undated
- Folder 16: Native lands - Wisconsin, 1993-1994
- Folder 17: Native lands - Wyoming, undated
- Sub-Series 4: International Zones, 1961-1994
- Box 11
- Folder 18: African Zone, 1961-1994
- Folder 19: Antarctic Zone, undated
- Folder 20: Arctic Zone, 1992-1993
- Folder 21: Arctic Zone, undated
- Folder 22: Asian Zone, 1986-1993
- Folder 23: Balkan Zone, 1985-1989
- Folder 24: Eastern European Zone, undated
- Folder 25: European Zone, 1990
- Folder 26: European Zone, undated
- Folder 27: Indian Ocean Zone, undated
- Folder 28: Latin America Zone, 1984-1994
- Folder 29: Mediterranean Zone, undated
- Folder 30: Middle East Zone, 1992
- Folder 31: Nordic Zone, 1983-1989
- Folder 32: South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, 1984-1989
- Folder 33: Algeria, undated
- Folder 34: Argentina, undated
- Folder 35: Australia, 1994
- Folder 36: Brazil, 1990
- Folder 37: Canada, 1990-1994
- Folder 38: France, 1993
- Folder 39: Germany, 1990-1991
- Folder 40: Japan, undated
- Box 12
- Folder 1: Japan, 1987-1994
- Folder 2: Korea, 1992-1994
- Folder 3: New Zealand, 1985-1994
- Folder 4: Philippines, 1990-1991
- Folder 5: Russia/USSR, 1990-1992
- Folder 6: United Kingdom, undated
- Series 3: Weapons-Maker Database, 1986-2001
- Series 3 documents an important product of Nuclear Free America which was in high demand by activist groups for many years. The weapons-maker database compiled and cross-referenced numerous federal datasets to provide reports on the sources, materials, and makers of nuclear weapons in the United States. This database included Department of Defense and Department of Energy contracts for weapons systems and weapons systems support by contractor and parent company. These data were derived from the Federal Procurement Data Center’s Individual Contract Actions and Awards master file, and were combined with parent company data provided by Eagle Eye Publishers of Arlington, Virginia. Buyers of these data and reports, including individuals, organizations, and nonprofits, used them to prepare boycotts, educate consumers, and a variety of other legal and social uses. NFA published a top 100 and a top 50 nuclear weapons systems makers list annually, ranked by total contract amount from the U.S. government. Familiar corporations such as AT&T, Boeing, General Motors, General Electric, Ford Motor, Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed, and Westinghouse appear annually on each list ranked according to total amounts received. Materials include data sheets, correspondence with clients and data providers, a list of cross-reference codes, and compiled lists.
- Box 12
- Folder 7: Contract negotiations, 1990
- Folder 8: Data clients, 1990-1994
- Folder 9: Data clients, 1992-2001
- Folder 10: Data clients, 1990-1995
- Folder 11: Eagle Eye Publishers, Inc., undated
- Folder 12: Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini, & Co., Inc., 1990-1993
- Folder 13: U.S. Trust, 1991
- Folder 14: NFA weapons codes, 1991
- Folder 15: NFA weapons codes, 1991-1992
- Folder 16: NFA weapons codes, undated
- Folder 17: Weapons contractors reports, 1986-1995
- Folder 18: Weapons contractors - reference materials, 1987-1997
- Folder 19: Weapons contractors - boycotts, 1990-1995
- Folder 20: Weapons contractor data, 1993-1994
- Folder 21: Parent companies of U.S. military contractors, fiscal year 1993, 1993
- Box 13
- Folder 1: Parent companies of U.S. military contractors, fiscal year 1994, 1994
- Series 4: Other Initiatives and Projects, 1979-1995
- Series 4 compiles files on other Nuclear Free America projects, including those intended to increase public awareness of consumer links to the nuclear arms race and to provide people with simple ways of taking action against nuclear weapons contractors. The boycott of Morton Salt (whose parent company Morton Thiokol was the producer of solid rocket boosters for all U.S. nuclear weapons) was promoted through the media, direct mailings, and the efforts of hundreds of local campaigns, and was featured in the mainstream press via Newsweek, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and several radio talk shows. The boycott lasted for several years and had a notable impact on the company. Other projects include the Nuclear Free Home Project, which marketed lightbulbs and smoke detectors made by non nuclear-affiliated companies and contained no radioactive material. Materials include project files, correspondence, promotional materials, budgets, and graphic design files.
- Box 13
- Folder 2: Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) conflict, 1989-1990
- Folder 3: Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) conflict, 1989
- Folder 4: Consumer Guide to the Nuclear Arms Race, 1985
- Folder 5: "Free Zone" video project, 1989-1996
- Folder 6: Morton Salt boycott, 1986-1987
- Folder 7: Nuclear Free America international outreach, 1982-1992
- Folder 8: Nuclear Divestment campaign, 1993-1995
- Folder 9: Nuclear Free Home Project - lightbulbs, 1989-1990
- Folder 10: Nuclear Free Home Project - smoke detectors, 1979-1992
- Folder 11: Nuclear Free Zone Network, undated
- Folder 12: Nuclear Waste Democracy Project, 1991-1992
- Folder 13: Radio documentary on Nuclear Free Zones, 1984-1985
- Folder 14: "Reach Out and Touch a Nuclear Weapons Contractor" project, undated
- Folder 15: "Waste Land" video project, 1994
- Folder 16: World Court Project, 1993-1994
- Folder 17: World Court Project, undated
- Folder 18: World Court Project, 1993-1995
- Series 5: Related Organizations, 1983-2000
- Series 5 collects materials from a number of affiliated activist and social justice organizations both small and large. These include Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Greenpeace, International Peace Bureau, the Indigenous Environmental Network, Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, NukeWatch, the Peace Boat, SANE/Freeze, and the World Information Service on Energy (WISE). Topics span a huge range of nuclear concerns, including waste disposal, power plant siting, construction, accidents, environmental protection, nonproliferation, disarmament, uranium mining, and international relations. Materials include newspapers, newsletters, white papers, flyers, brochures, conference papers, reports, and other ephemera. Many of the periodicals included are quite rare, as they were produced by small organizations with limited reach and a community focus; others are commonly available and produced by larger organizations with wider membership. Nuclear concerns are covered from many different angles, including legal, religious, and environmental directions.
- Box 14
- Folder 1: Organizations: A, 1984-1995
- Folder 2: Organizations: A, 1989-1991
- Folder 3: Organizations: B, 1990-1995
- Folder 4: Organizations: C, 1985-1995
- Folder 5: Organizations: C, 1990-1994
- Folder 6: Organizations: C, 1990-2000
- Folder 7: Organizations: D, 1988-1995
- Folder 8: Organizations: E, 1990-1995
- Folder 9: Organizations: F, 1983-2000
- Folder 10: Organizations: G, 1985-1990
- Folder 11: Organizations: I, 1990-1993
- Folder 12: Organizations: I, 1989-2001
- Folder 13: Organizations: J, 1983-1986
- Folder 14: Organizations: L, 2000
- Folder 15: Organizations: M, 1990-1994
- Folder 16: Organizations: N, undated
- Folder 17: Organizations: N, 1990-1996
- Folder 18: Organizations: O, undated
- Folder 19: Organizations: P, 1987-1995
- Folder 20: Organizations: P, 1989-1990
- Folder 21: Organizations: P, undated
- Folder 22: Organizations: R, undated
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- Folder 1: Organizations: S, 1990-1995
- Folder 2: Organizations: S, 1989-1994
- Folder 3: Organizations: T, undated
- Folder 4: Organizations: U, 1987-1994
- Folder 5: Organizations: V, 1983-1994
- Folder 6: Organizations: W, undated
- Folder 7: Organizations: W, undated
- Folder 8: Organizations: Numerical titles, undated
- Folder 9: Directories of allied organizations, undated
- Folder 10: Grassroots Peace Directory: Midatlantic, March 1988, 1988
- Folder 11: Grassroots Peace Directory: New England, March 1988, 1988
- Folder 12: Grassroots Peace Directory: New York, March 1988, 1988
- Folder 13: Grassroots Peace Directory: Upper Midwest, March 1988, 1988
- Folder 14: Grassroots Peace Directory: Addenda, March 1989, 1989
- Folder 15: Grassroots Peace Directory: Midwest, April 1989, 1989
- Folder 16: Grassroots Peace Directory: Southwestern, April 1989, 1989
- Folder 17: Grassroots Peace Directory: Western, April 1989, 1989
- Series 6: Subject Files, 1988-2000
- Series 6 contains similar materials to those found in Series 5, but are arranged by subject focus. Flyers, brochures, pamphlets, newsclippings, and articles on a number of areas of concern are in this series. Files on the Hanford Site and the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant document Pacific Northwest issues, and more general files on topics such as pro-nuclear campaigns and economic justice show the breadth and depth of Nuclear Free America's concerns.
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- Folder 18: Activism, undated
- Folder 19: Activism - petitioning of elected officials, undated
- Folder 20: Activism - Religion, undated
- Folder 21: "Blue Ribbon" Commission on Nuclear Waste, 1993-1994
- Folder 22: Cold War/Post Cold War, undated
- Folder 23: Comprehensive Test Ban, undated
- Folder 24: Economic justice, undated
- Folder 25: Economic justice, undated
- Folder 26: Environmentalism, undated
- Folder 27: Foreign arms sales, undated
- Folder 28: Hanford Site, 1989-1991
- Folder 29: High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), undated
- Folder 30: Japan, undated
- Folder 31: Legislation, undated
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- Folder 1: Legislation - Clean Water Act, 1994
- Folder 2: Legislation - Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 1995
- Folder 3: Middle East, undated
- Folder 4: Mixed oxide (MOX) fuels, undated
- Folder 5: Monitoring of nuclear sites/production, undated
- Folder 6: Non-nuclear energy sources, undated
- Folder 7: Non-nuclear weapons, undated
- Folder 8: Nuclear non-proliferation/disarmament, undated
- Folder 9: Nuclear non-proliferation/disarmament, undated
- Folder 10: Nuclear reactor designs, undated
- Folder 11: Nuclear power, undated
- Folder 12: Nuclear terrorism, undated
- Folder 13: Nuclear waste management, undated
- Folder 14: Nuclear waste management, undated
- Folder 15: Nuclear waste management, undated
- Folder 16: Nuclear waste management, undated
- Folder 17: Nuclear waste management, undated
- Folder 18: Nuclear waste management, undated
- Folder 19: Nuclear weapons testing, 1990-1995
- Folder 20: Philanthropy, undated
- Folder 21: Political cartoons, undated
- Folder 22: Pro-nuclear campaigns, undated
- Folder 23: Public polling, undated
- Folder 24: Radiation exposure, undated
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- Folder 1: Radioactive materials mining, undated
- Folder 2: Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), undated
- Folder 3: Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, undated
- Folder 4: Newspaper clippings, undated
- Folder 5: Newspaper clippings, 1988-1994
- Folder 6: Newspaper clippings, 1989-2000
- Folder 7: Newspaper clippings, undated
- Folder 8: Photographs, undated
- Series 7: Artifacts and Memorabilia, 1945-1996
- Series 7 is comprised of antinuclear ephemera, artifacts, and memorabilia collected by Nuclear Free America, including buttons, placards, posters, armbands, coffee mugs, stickers, and signs. Most are related to Nuclear Free Zones at various localities, but other national and international organizations represented include Bike for Peace and Movement de la Paix.
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- Folder 9: Antinuclear buttons gathered by Albert Donnay, circa 1969-1996
- Folder 10: Antinuclear stickers, 1980-1996
- Includes stamps and bumper stickers.
- Folder 11: Artifacts, 1945-1992
- Two coffee mugs, and a roof tile found at Nagasaki after the bomb.
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- Folder 1: Large signs and posters, circa 1985-1990
- Series 8: Video Recordings, 1979-2003
- This series contains VHS tape recordings of television productions and broadcasts related to nuclear issues. Notable items include an interview with spiritual leader Ram Dass in which he comments on nuclear free zones, as well as recordings related to tribal lands and nuclear activity.
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- Item 1: "Free Zone: Democracy Meets the Nuclear Threat", 1989
- Item 2: "Countdown to Meltdown", undated
- Item 3: "Another Trojan Horse" CBS Saturday Morning, Nov. 26th 1995
- Item 4: "Everything is Connected to Radioactive Reservations", undated
- Item 5: Giveaway Songs, undated
- Item 6: "What's the Deal with Yucca Mountain?", 1994
- Item 7: "Free Zone: Democracy Breaks the Nuclear Cycle", 1989
- Item 8: "Waste Land: The Nuclear Free Indian Lands Project", circa 1993
- Item 9: "Radiation Hazards - Hero", 1987
- Item 10: FFTF Public Testimony, 1997
- Item 11: "Columbia's Troubled Waters", 2003
- Item 12: Pluto's Fire, undated
- Item 13: Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang, 1979
- Item 14: "The Water in Our Backyard", undated
- Item 15: Ram Dass on NFZ's, undated
- Item 16: "My Name is Allegany County", undated
- Item 17: '92 Masters (Couples) Part II, 1992
- Item 18: Songs of Sovereignty, undated
- Item 19: "California's Water & Radioactive Waste", undated
- Item 20: "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes", 1990
- Item 21: "Hiroshima: A Mother's Prayer", undated
- Item 22: America's Defense Monitor, undated
- Item 23: "Nuclear Power Industry Transportation Claims Debunked" 1992
- Item 24: "Withdraw from U.S. Bases! Appeal from Okinawa", undated
- Item 25: G. Smith Press Conference, 1995
- Item 26: "How to Site a Dump with Roger Kasperson", 1989
- Series 9: Electronic Records, circa 1985-1995
- This series consists of floppy disks (both 5.5 inch and 3.5 inch), CD-ROMs, data tapes, and other electronic formats used in the administration of Nuclear Free America. These records are unprocessed and unavailable to researchers.
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