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Collection includes materials related to the debate on the placement of MX missile construction sites in Delta, Utah. Included in collection: survey done by Congressman Dan Marriott and the conclusion of the survey, newspaper surveys, magazine articles, maps, flyers, information packets, newspaper articles, and opinions of Utah citizens. Topics covered include: nuclear war with Russia, MX effects on agriculture and desert ecosystems, and MX effects on local ways of life.

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Collection includes aviation-related materials collected and created by Lowell E. Call. Materials include educational and promotional publications, flight rating and log books, articles, guides, correspondence, photographs, and additional materials related to Utah and United States aviation from WWII through the early 1980s.

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The Harry Bolam Saltair Photographs collection consists of nine photographs taken of the old Saltair resort on the shores of the Great Salt Lake by Harry Bolam. The photographs were taken in approximately 1965, when the resort was abandoned and delapidated, but before it finally burned to the ground in an arson fire in 1970.

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Collection contains loose photographs, a photograph album, drawings, and a patent created by Charles Ellis Johnson, F. Day, and others. The items, collected by Lyndon W. Cook, Jr., were created in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nauvoo, Illinois, and Jerusalem between the dates of 1850 and 1936.

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This photograph collection of Charles Ellis Johnson is the work of the well-known, premier nineteenth century Utah photographers. It contains photographs in and around the Salt Lake City area, including the Salt Lake City Temple, Mormon Tabernacle, downtown areas, and Brigham Young Monument. Its cultural, historic, and artistic value cannot be over-estimated.

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Collection includes receipts, checks, membership lists, lodge and national proceedings, correspondence letters and financial information for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Payson Lodge No. 19.

Abstract Born in Montana, Eggett spent most of her life in Spring Lake, Utah. As an amateur historian, she was involved in many local history projects. Her research interests include the Black Hawk War, the local history of Utah Valley, and the LDS church. Eggett was insturmental in the archelogical dig of B.F. Johnson's home in Spring Lake as well as the reinternment of Chief Black Hawk's body from the LDS Church History Museum to Spring Lake, Utah. Eggett was involved in then UVSC's Elderhostel...

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Collection includes materials related to Russell Minas. Other materials included relate to various anti-nuclear movements and organizations in the United States and the former USSR.

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This collection consists of materials collected by Bruce Plenk. It includes personal papers; materials related to his involvement in peace activism; Vietnam demonstration at the University of Utah, litigation against the MX nuclear missiles being stored in Utah, and his work with March for the Americas demonstrations; writings and other sources; newspaper clippings; photographs court documents; letters; brochures; and posters.

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J. Clayton Tullis began collecting postcards of the Utah State Capitol Building when he volunteered as a tour guide at the Utah State Capitol building. Tullis has been interested in the Utah State Capitol building for many years and began collecting anything relating to the capitol building -- its history, construction, and people who played a role in its development and construction.

Abstract Collection consists of materials relating to anti-nuclear weapons peace activist groups in Utah during the late 20th through early 21st century. Notable items in the collection include trial tapes from the Hercules trespassing case, newsletters from Interfaith Peacemaking Resource Center of Utah, and correspondence with the Soviet Union. Material types comprise newspaper clippings, newsletters, correspondence, flyers, pamphlets, brochures, programs, handbooks, audio cassette tapes, and cd-r...

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Collection contains materials collected by and about the John Varah Long family, his descendants, and their families. The majority the collection is from the Hance and Watson families. Material types include: photographs, negatives, scrapbooks, personal papers, correspondence, paintings, legal documents, deeds, mining documents, blueprints, genealogical records, stock certificates, bills, receipts, checks, report cards, certificates, and other miscellaneous items.