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Superconducting Super Collider Collection,
1985-1992 |
Extent and Forms of Material: 4 cubic feet, including one
videotape and 9 oversize folders (8 boxes)
Creator: Division of Science, Medicine and Society, National
Museum of American History
Abstract: Collection assembled by Museum curators documents
the efforts of persons in eight states to have the Superconducting Super Collider
(SSC), a particle accelerator, built in their state. Also documents efforts
in each state to oppose locating the SSC in their state. The collection contains
correspondence, press kits, posters, signs, bumper stickers, leaflets, handbills,
clippings, photographs, and a videotape.
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; archivescenter@si.edu;
202-633-3270; www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Collection Number: AC0538
Processing Note: Processed by Paul Lagasse (intern), August
9, 1996; supervised by Craig Orr, archivist
Acknowledgement Statement: Valuable information and suggestions
about the SSC's history and archival legacy came from several people: Adrienne
Kolb, Fermilab Archives; Steve Weiss, Virginia Tech; Joe Anderson, American
Institute for Physics/Center for History of Physics; Marjorie Ciarlante, National
Archives and Records Administration; Betsy Scroger, United States Department
of Energy Archives; and Pat Gossel, Smita Dutta, and Ann Seeger of the National
Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
 Information for users of
the collection
Conditions Governing Access: The collection
is open for research use.
Physical Access: Researchers must handle unprotected
photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies
of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the
Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an “as
needed” basis, as resources allow.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use: Copyright
held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available
for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees
concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from
Archives Center: fees for commercial use.
Preferred Citation: [Title and date of item],
Superconducting Super Collider Collection, 1985-1992, Archives
Center, National Museum of American History, box number X, folder
number XX, digital file number XXXXXXXX
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The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), if built, would have
been the world's most expensive instrument for basic science.
It would have allowed physicists to study the collisions of subatomic
particles in conditions approximating those of the Big Bang, the
beginning of the universe. The SSC design called for a 10-foot
wide tunnel to be laid out in an oval pattern similar to a racetrack,
approximately 53 miles in circumference and 14 miles in diameter.
The tunnel, buried several hundred feet underground, would have
contained nearly 10,000 superconducting magnets. Small clusters
of buildings located above the tunnel were planned to house the
SSC's offices, laboratories, and control facilities. All of these
structures would have made the SSC the largest particle accelerator
in the world and, at an estimated cost of between $4.4 and $11.8
billion, one of the largest public works projects ever undertaken
in the United States.
Physicists planned to use the SSC's superconducting magnets
to accelerate two streams of protons (particles with a positive
electrical charge that forming part of the nucleus of an atom)
to a velocity of 20 trillion electron-volts (TeV) in opposite
directions within the tunnel's parallel beam tubes. They would
then deflect the two streams into each other and study the particles
that were created in the resulting high-speed collisions. From
these events, physicists hoped to detect particles never seen
before and learn more about the composition of matter.
In January 1987, President Reagan publicly declared his support
for the proposed SSC, to be built under the authority of the Department
of Energy (DOE). States were invited to submit site proposals
for the project, and from the twenty-five states that responded,
eight finalists were selected: Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan,
New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
The huge scale of the SSC meant that it would have a significant
environmental and cultural impact on the area selected. The SSC
would, one source estimated, “require 16,000 acres of donated
land, a flow of between 500 and 2,200 gallons of water a minute
and up to 250-megawatts of power, as well as accessibility to
a major airport, so the world's scientists can fly in and out."1
In many of the finalist states, opponents of the SSC organized
and actively campaigned against the project. They raised issues
such as the threat to uproot hundreds of people from their homes
or create heavy tax and utility burdens. Opponents attended public
hearings on SSC issues, distributed leaflets by mail and by hand,
and conducted letter-writing campaigns to local politicians. In
New York, Citizens Against the Collider Here (CATCH) was able
to force the state to withdraw from the competition. Groups in
other states learned from the New York group's experiences and
used similar techniques in their own campaigns, sometimes adopting
the name CATCH. As one CATCH activist recalled, “opponents
were not against the SSC or basic sciences, however they did not
believe that they should be forced out of their homes for the
SSC.”2
Supporters of the SSC, on the other hand, addressed the concerns
of the citizens by writing editorials or distributing pamphlets
responding to particular issues or questions. Prominent city officials
and politicians traveled to the proposed sites to discuss the
economic and scientific benefits of the SSC, and cities distributed
bumper stickers supporting the project. Scientists rebuffed claims
that the SSC would produce large amounts of deadly radioactivity
and contaminate the entire area. Supporters promised that, “the
SSC project would bring federal funding, international prestige,
and jobs—starting with 4,500 construction jobs, and later
2,500 full-time research staff positions.”3
In November 1988, the Department of Energy declared the winning
site to be Ellis County, Texas, southwest of Dallas near the town
of Waxahachie. Full-scale construction began three years later
with the building of laboratory facilities for the design and
manufacture of the SSC's superconducting magnets. Contractors
began boring the main tunnel and several vertical access shafts
in January 1993.
The anticipated tremendous costs that dogged the project eventually
helped undermine it. In June 1992 and again in June 1993, the
House voted to cancel funds for the SSC; both times, the Senate
restored funding. However, in October 1993 the House rejected
the Senate's second restoration, and President Clinton echoed
Congress's decision to cancel further work on the SSC. The project
received a small budget to support termination activities through
1996. Once the remaining projects were shut down and the scientists
and staff dispersed, only several empty buildings in the rural
Texas countryside, and fourteen miles of tunnel underneath it,
remained of the once-ambitious facility.
At the National Museum of American History, planning for the
Science in American Life exhibit—which would examine how
science, technology, and American society have intersected over
a hundred-year period—began in 1990, at the same time that
preparations were being made in Texas to build the Super Collider.
Early in the planning phases, Smithsonian curators decided to
dedicate a section of the exhibit to the SSC. This section was
intended to be a "work in progress" that would change
over time as the collider was built, reflecting the current and
ongoing debates over the massive machine.
The exhibition design called for using materials donated by
both supporters and opponents of the SSC. Early in the exhibit's
development the curators began contacting organizations and individuals
who both supported and opposed the SSC, asking if they still had
materials related to their efforts. Over a two-year period, the
curators collected a wide range of items in more than twenty donations,
ranging from bumper stickers, t-shirts and hats, to newspaper
clippings, maps, and copies of state site proposals.
The design of the SSC portion of the Science in American Life
exhibit became permanent with the closing of the SSC in late 1993.
The SSC portion now focuses on the roles that special interest
groups, protest, and grass-roots political campaigns play in large-scale
scientific endeavors. Many of the donated items were included
in the exhibit.
Notes:
1 DeMott, John S. and J. Madeleine
Nash, "Super Push for a Supercollider,” Time,
April 13, 1987, p. 19, Box 2, Folder 20.
2 “Alexander Narrative,”
a brief typescript history of the New York CATCH organization,
Box 3, Folder 14.
3 Koszczuk, Jackie. “Anti-SSC
Felling CATCH-es On Fast,” Daily Star News (Fort
Worth, Texas), September 17, 1988, p. 4, Box 2, Folder 5.
The SSC Collection, 1985-1992 (bulk 1987-1989), consists of a
broad range of material, including original and photocopied news
clippings, correspondence, bound volumes, oversized maps, posters,
signs, handbills, leaflets, bumper stickers, press kits, certificates,
lists of wells, transparencies, editorial cartoons, two photographs,
and one videotape. The material dates from 1985 to 1992, with
the bulk of the material dating from 1987 to 1989.
The collection is arranged into nine series, one for each of
the eight finalist states and one for miscellaneous materials.
Within each series, materials are grouped by the name of the donor.
The SSC Collection represents the "Not In My Back Yard
Syndrome" (NIMBY) which many large public works projects
face from local citizens who face disruption in their community.
Because the collection reflects the research efforts of Museum
curators over a limited time for use in a relatively small section
of an exhibit, it is incomplete and selective in its representation
of local support and opposition of the SSC. For example, the fact
that the series for Arizona only contains materials that show
support for the SSC does not mean that there was no opposition
to siting the SSC in Arizona. Additionally, the collection does
not represent opposition to the SSC by scientists who believed
that the collider would siphon funds from other Federally-supported
science projects.
A unique strength of the collection lies in its documentation
of how different opposition groups responded to the same threat.
Some groups were highly organized, their members being engineers
and scientists who responded with sophisticated, scientifically-based
arguments; some were looser groups that appealed to emotions or
played on fears and rumors. The methods and tactics of both supporters
and opponents are well documented in newspaper clippings, as well
as in the publications and copies of public statements by group
members.
The collection is also valuable as a "pre-history"
of the now defunct SSC Project; site proposals from seven of the
eight states, the 1988 and 1990 Department of Energy (DOE) environmental
impact statements, and proposed site maps all provide background
to the SSC from a state-level perspective prior to the actual
creation of the collider.
The SSC project was canceled by Congress in 1993.
- Series 1, Arizona (Ian MacPherson), 1988,
undated
- Subseries 1, Ian McPherson, 1988, undated
- Series 2, Colorado (Uriel Nauenberg), 1987
- Subseries 1, Uriel Nauenberg, 1987-1988
- Series 3, Illinois, 1987-1991, undated
- Subseries 1, Fermi National Laboratory Library/Paula Garrett,
undated
- Subseries 2, David L. Gross, 1988, undated
- Subseries 3, Sharon Lough, 1988-1991
- Subseries 4: Stan L. Yonkauski, undated
- Series 4, Michigan, 1988-1989
- Subseries 1, Larry Jones, 1988-1989
- Series 5, New York, 1986-1990
- Subseries 1, Gail Adair, 1987
- Subseries 2, Mary Lou and Jim Alexander, 1986-1990
- Subseries 3, Bill Herbert, 1987
- Subseries 4, Doug McCuen, 1987-1988
- Subseries 5, Brian L. Petty, 1987-1988
- Series 6, North Carolina, 1987
- Subseries 1, Bill Dunn, 1987
- Series 7, Tennessee, 1987-1992
- Subseries 1, Robert and Pat Sanders, 1987-1992
- Subseries 2, J. Fred Weinhold, 1987
- Series 8, Texas, 1985-1990, undated
- Subseries 1, Representative Joe Barton, undated
- Subseries 2, Jean Caddel, 1986-1989
- Subseries 3, Coby Chase, 1985-1989
- Subseries 4, Red Oak Chamber of Commerce, 1990
- Subseries 5, Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce, undated
- Subseries 6, Mari Beth Williams, undated
- Series 9, Miscellaneous, 1987-1988
This collection was donated by individuals connected in various
ways to the SSC. The items were donated from personal collections,
official files, and the project archives of several different
institutions. The donors were Gail Adair, Mary Lou and Dr. Jim
Alexander, Representative Joe Barton, Jean Caddel, Coby Chase,
Bill Dunn, the Fermi National Laboratory Library, David L. Gross,
Bill Herbert, Larry Jones, Sharon Lough, Uriel Nauenberg, Doug
McCuen, Ian McPherson, Andrea Miller, Brian L. Petty, the Red
Oak Chamber of Commerce, Pat and Dr. Robert Sanders, the Waxahachie
Chamber of Commerce, J. Fred Weinhold, Mari Beth Williams, and
Stan L. Yonkauski. A brief statement identifying donors and their
connections to the SSC accompanies each subseries in the container
list.
Transferred from the Division of Science, Medicine, and Society
on
October 6, 1995.
When the SSC entered its termination phase in 1993, the Records
Management Department of the project began grouping the official
records of the SSC into five "disposition packages."
These packages were in various stages of being assembled, shipped,
received, and processed for research use and were dispersed to:
the Fort Worth Regional Federal Records Center; Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory ("Fermilab") Archives; Niels
Bohr Library, Center for History of Physics, American Institute
for Physics; Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; and Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory Archives.
Subject/Topical:
Citizens Against the Collider Here (CATCH)
Environmental protection—Citizen participation
Environmental impact analysis
NIMBY Syndrome
Physics
Physicists
Superconducting Super Collider
Subject/Name:
Texas-Environmental protection
Form/Genre:
Brochures
Bumper stickers
Clippings—20th century
Correspondence—1980-2000
Handbills
Posters—20th century
Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts)
Videotapes
| Box |
Folder |
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SERIES
1, ARIZONA (IAN MacPHERSON), 1988, UNDATED |
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Subseries
1, Ian McPherson, 1988, undated
An independent attorney, Mr. McPherson headed
the campaign to site the SSC in Arizona. |
| 1 |
1 |
Arizona SSC Project
Site Briefing Book, 1988 |
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2 |
Arizona and the
Super Collider (brochure), undated |
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3 |
Arizona for the
Good Life (videotape), undated |
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SERIES
2, COLORADO (URIEL NAUENBERG), 1987-1988 |
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Subseries
1, Uriel Nauenberg, 1987-1988
Dr. Nauenberg is a professor of physics
at the University of Colorado at Boulder and directed the
effort to locate the SSC in Colorado. |
| |
4 |
National Media
Coverage Report of Colorado and the SSC/DOE Deadline,
Ketchum Public Relations, part 1, 1987 October |
| |
5 |
National Media
Coverage Report of Colorado and the SSC/DOE Deadline,
Ketchum Public Relations, part 2, 1987 October |
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6 |
Colorado SSC Outlook,
November 1987, July 1988, and September 1988 |
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7 |
Colorado Site Proposal
Pictures (photo prints and photonegatives), undated |
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SERIES
3, ILLINOIS, 1987-1991, UNDATED |
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Subseries
1, Fermi National Laboratory Library/Paula Garrett, undated
The
Laboratory, also known as "Fermilab," was suggested as
the site for the SSC in Illinois due to its already-existing
Tevatron accelerator. |
| |
8 |
Siting the Superconducting
Super Collider in Illinois (book), undated |
| |
9 |
SSC for Illinois
(leaflet), undated |
| |
10 |
SSC: The Case
for Fermilab (pamphlet), undated |
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|
Subseries
2, David L. Gross, 1988, undated
Dr. Gross is Senior Geologist and
Assistant Chief of the Illinois State Geological Survey, which
was responsible for determining the geology of the Illinois
SSC site. |
| 2 |
1 |
Siting the Superconducting
Super Collider in Northeastern Illinois: Environmental Screening
Atlas, undated |
| |
O/S Folder 5 |
Illinois Site for
the Proposed Superconducting Super Collider (map), 1988 |
| |
O/S Folder 5 |
Site Proposal for
the Superconducting Super Collider inIllinois, Figure 3-1a,
East Sector/Main Campus, (map), 1987 |
| |
O/S Folder 5 |
Site Proposal for
the Superconducting Super Collider in Illinois, Figure 3-1b,
"West Sector/Far Experimental Areas, (map), 1987 |
| 2 |
2 |
SSC for Fermilab,
Vol. IV, Winter 1988 |
| |
3 |
SSC: The Case
for Fermilab (pamphlet), undated |
| |
4 |
SSC for Illinois (press
kit), undated |
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|
Subseries
3, Sharon Lough, 1988-1991
Ms. Lough directed the Citizens Against the Collider Here
(CATCH) Campaign in Illinois. |
| |
5 |
SSC: Illinois CATCH
(clippings), 1988, 1989 and undated |
| |
6 |
CATCH Illinois (letterhead),
undated |
| |
O/S Folder 1 |
SSC CATCH Illinois
(poster), undated |
| 2 |
7 |
Jones, Craig. "Superconducting
Super Collider: An Accurate Appraisal, a Heartland Policy
Study," Heartland Perspective, 1988 October
26. |
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8 |
Jones, Craig. "Saved
from the SSC, a Heartland Perspective," Heartland
Perspective, 1991 September 27 |
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Subseries
4, Stan L. Yonkauski, undated
Dr. Yonkauski is a University of Illinois
physics professor active in the campaign to site the SSC in
Illinois. |
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9 |
Support CATCH Illinois
(bumper sticker), undated |
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O/S Folder 2 |
Proclamation from
State of Illinois, undated |
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SERIES
4, MICHIGAN, 1988-1989 |
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Subseries
1, Larry Jones, 1988-1989
A physics professor at the University of
Michigan, Dr. Jones was active in supporting the SSC in Michigan. |
| 2 |
10 |
Siting the Superconducting
Super Collider in Michigan: A Report to the Governor, the
Legislature and the People of Michigan by the Michigan Superconducting
Super Collider Commission, 1989 |
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11 |
Siting the Superconducting
Super Collider in Michigan: Supplementary Data Submitted to
the Department of Energy, 1988 |
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12 |
Yes! Superconducting
Super Collider (bumper sticker), undated |
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O/S Folder 2 |
Certificate, appointing
Larry Jones to SSC Commission, 1988 |
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O/S Folder 2 |
Certificate, Michigan
Concurrent Resolution #10, 1988 |
| 2 |
13 |
Stockbridge on
Target (leaflet), undated |
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O/S Folder 4 |
Michigan Stockbridge
Site (map), undated |
| |
O/S Folder 4 |
Figure 5.1-1, Land
Use, Vegetation Cover and Wetlands (map), undated |
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O/S Folder 4 |
Figure 5.1-2, Surface
Water Resources (map), undated |
| 2 |
14 |
SSC for Fermilab
(newsletter), Vol. IV, Winter 1988 |
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15 |
The Super Collider
in the West: The Arizona Edge (pamphlet), undated |
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O/S Folder 1 |
Superconducting Super
Collider SSC (poster), undated |
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O/S Folder 1 |
We've Got What it
Takes! Michigan (poster), undated |
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SERIES
5, NEW YORK, 1987 |
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Subseries
1, Gail Adair, 1987
Ms. Adair was a member of the CATCH organization
in New York. |
| 5 |
23 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider Volume 4,
Regional Resources, 1987 |
| 6 |
1 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider Volume 5,
Environment, 1987 |
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2 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider Attachment
D, Geotechnical Data, 1987 |
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3 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider Attachment
F, Compendium of Endorsement, 1987 |
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4 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider Attachment
G, Northeast Region High Technology Buyer's Guide, 1987 |
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5 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider Attachment
H, Private Financing Strategies for the SSC, 1987 |
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Subseries
2, Mary Lou and Jim Alexander, 1986-1990
The Alexanders, whose farm
was threatened by the SSC, directed the New York CATCH organization
which was instrumental in causing the state to withdraw its
bid for the SSC. Alexander was a chemical engineer. |
| 2 |
16 |
Articles of Association
for C.A.T.C.H. in New York, undated |
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17 |
SSC Proposal for
Ontario (broadside), undated |
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18 |
No Collider (bumper
sticker), undated |
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19 |
CATCH letterhead,
address labels, and copies of handwritten donationletters,
undated |
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O/S Folder 3 |
"Supercollider
Generates Explosive Debate," Times-Union (Rochester,
New York), 1990 May 31 |
| 2 |
20 |
News clippings (photocopies),
1986-1988 and undated |
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21 |
Editorial cartoons
(photocopies), 1987 and undated |
| |
22 |
Citizens of Wayne
County (handbill), undated |
| |
23 |
How a Supercollider
Works . . . How Cuomo's Collider Works (handbill), undated |
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24 |
No SSC Please
(handbill), undated |
| |
25 |
Picture of Mario
Cuomo with Bull's-Eye (handbill), undated |
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26 |
Senator Kehoe
Is Comming [sic] to Williamson (handbill), undated |
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27 |
CATCH Wants You
to Know (leaflet), undated |
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28 |
Letter, draft, upon
removal of Rochester site from consideration, undated |
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Map of Rochester,
New York site, [1987 November?] |
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29 |
Letters from Van Voorhis
& Van Voorhis to President Reagan and James Decker, Department
of Energy, and CATCH Environmental Preliminary Report, 1987 |
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30 |
Salmon Creek Quad
Map (lists of wells), undated |
| 2 |
31 |
Salmon Creek Quad
Map, (lists of wells typescript), undated |
| 3 |
1 |
Lists of wells, "Pultneyville,"
Blue Zone, Buffer Zone and Yellow Zone, undated |
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2 |
Lists of wells, "Wells
Ontario Quad Map," Lakeside, Trimble Road, and Boston
Road, undated |
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3 |
Lists of wells, "Williamson,"
Blue Zone and Buffer Zone, undated |
| |
4 |
Map of Rochester Site
and lists of SSC supporters, addresses and telephone numbers,
undated |
| |
5 |
A New York State Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, [vol. 1], 1987 |
| |
6 |
Issues and Answers
about the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) Proposed Rochester
Site (pamphlet), undated |
| |
7 |
Petition against Wayne
County Super Collider, 1987 |
| |
8 |
Fairpoint Quad
Map Report, with notes, undated |
| |
9 |
CATCH group (photoprint),
undated |
| |
10 |
No SSC (poster), undated |
| |
11 |
Community Celebration
(sign), 1988 |
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12 |
No Collider (transparency),
undated |
| |
13 |
Save Our Quality of
Life (transparency), undated |
| |
14 |
Alexander Narrative,
[CATCH-NY history], 1992 |
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15 |
CATCH Statement on
the Inclusion of the Rochester/Wayne County Site on the NAS/NAE
Qualifying List for the SSC, 1987 |
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16 |
Notes on the Safety
of the SSC, 1987 |
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17 |
Questions and Answers
on the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), 1987 |
| 6 |
6-10 |
The SSC in New York
State (binders), 1988 |
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|
Subseries
3, Bill Herbert, 1987
Dr. Herbert, a scientist at Xerox, was a member
of the New York CATCH organization. |
| |
O/S Folder 9 |
Chart, mounted, Correlation
of the Silurian Rocks in New York State, undated (originally
printed 1959) |
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O/S Folder 5 |
Map, half of main
campus area, with terrain features, 1987 |
| |
O/S Folder 7 |
Map, mounted, with
colored mylar overlays, photograph map of Rochester site,
main campus/abort area, undated |
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O/S Folder 8 |
Map, mounted, with
colored mylar overlays, photographic map of Rochester site,
far campus area, undated |
| |
O/S Folder 4 |
Map, New York State,
Rochester SSC Site, Topographic Base Map with SSC Alignment,
Plate 3-1, undated |
| |
O/S Folder 4 |
Map, New York State,
Rochester SSC Site, Water Features and Water Quality Classifications,
Plate 5-2, undated |
| |
O/S Folder 5 |
Map, Rochester Site,
main campus area, with roads, 3 copies, 1987 |
| |
O/S Folder 5 |
Map, Rochester Site,
main campus area, with open water, creek, and wetlands legend,
3 copies, 1987 |
| |
O/S Folder 5 |
Map, Rochester Site,
main campus area, with roads, colored dots and flags with
numbers, 1987. |
| |
O/S Folder 4 |
Map, "Real Property
Map," undated |
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Subseries
4, Doug McCuen, 1987-1988
Mr. McCuen served as counsel to New York
Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine, who was an active supporter
of the New York bid for the SSC. |
| 3 |
18 |
News clippings (photocopies),
1987-1988 |
| |
19 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider, the St. Regis
Valley Site, 1987 |
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20 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider, the St. Regis
Valley Site, Vol. 3, Geology and Tunneling, 1987 |
| |
21 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider, the St. Regis
Valley Site, 1987 |
| |
22 |
A New York State
Proposal for the Superconducting Super Collider, the Wallkill
Valley Site, Vol. 1, Executive Summary, 1987 |
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23 |
Press releases, 1987
and undated |
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Subseries
5, Brian L. Petty, 1987-1988
Mr. Petty was a college student who
drew editorial cartoons about the SSC which were published
in local anti-SSC newsletters. |
| |
24 |
Editorial cartoons,
original ink drawings, 6, 1987 |
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O/S Folder 4 |
Now I Know How David
Felt! (cartoon), 1988 |
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SERIES
6, NORTH CAROLINA, 1987 |
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Subseries
1, Bill Dunn, 1987
Dr. Dunn, an independent scientist, was Project
Director for the North Carolina SSC Project. |
| 3 |
25 |
North Carolina
and the Superconducting Super Collider, undated |
| 6 |
11 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 2, Offer, Financial
and Other Incentives, and Other Documents, 1987 |
| |
12 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 3, Geology and
Tunneling, 1987 |
| |
13 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 4, Regional Resources,
1987 |
| |
14 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 5, Environment,
1987 |
| |
15 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 6, Setting,
1987 |
| |
16 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 7, Regional Conditions,
1987 |
| |
17 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 8, Utilities,
1987 |
| |
O/S Folder 4 |
North Carolina Regional
Map, Superconducting Super Collider, map A-1, 1987 |
| |
O/S Folder 4 |
North Carolina Regional
Map, Superconducting Super Collider, map B-3, 1987 |
| |
O/S Folder 4 |
North Carolina Regional
Map, Superconducting Super Collider, map H-14, 1987 |
| 3 |
26 |
"Look at Your New
Neighbor," (poster), undated |
| |
|
SERIES
7, TENNESSEE, 1987-1992 |
| |
|
Subseries
1, Robert and Pat Sanders, 1987-1992
The Sanderses' home was threatened by the SSC, and they led
an anti-SSC campaign. Dr. Sanders was head of the local Health
Department, and focused on the potential environmental impact
of the SSC. |
| 5 |
1 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
I, 1988 |
| |
2 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II, 1988 |
| |
3 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 1, 1988, pp. 1-500 |
| 8 |
1 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 1, 1988, pp. 501-1,005 |
| 5 |
4 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 1, 1988, pp. 1,006-1,503 |
| |
5 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 1, 1988, pp. 1,504-2,006 |
| 8 |
2 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 1, 1988, pp. 2,007-2,508 |
| 5 |
6 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 1, 1988, pp. 2,509-3,007 |
| 8 |
3 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 1, 1988, pp. 3,008-3,512 |
| 5 |
7 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 1, 1988, pp. 3,513-3,986 |
| |
8 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 1, 1988, pp. 3,987-4,377 |
| |
9 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 2, 1988, pp. 1-320 |
| |
10 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 2, 1988, pp. 321-688 |
| |
11 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II A 3, 1988 |
| |
12 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II B, 1988, 1 of 3 |
| |
13 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II B, 1988, 2 of 3 |
| |
14 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
II B, 1988, 3 of 3 |
| |
15 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
III, 1988 |
| |
16 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
IV, Appendix 7, 1988 |
| |
17 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
IV, Appendix 8, 1988 |
| |
18 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
IV, Appendix 11, 1988 |
| |
19 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
IV, Appendices 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12-16, Errata and Revisions,
1988 |
| |
20 |
Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Superconducting Super Collider, Vol.
IV, Appendix 5, Errata, 1988 |
| |
21 |
Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for the Superconducting Super
Collider, Vol. 1, Main Report, 1990. |
| |
22 |
Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for the Superconducting Super
Collider, Vol. 2, Public Comments, 1990. |
| 3 |
27 |
No Collider in Tennessee
(bumper sticker), undated |
| |
O/S Folder 3 |
"Call It Super
Clyde," Dallas Morning News, (Dallas, TX), 1988
November 29 |
| 3 |
28 |
News clippings (photocopies),
1987-1992 and undated |
| |
29 |
Correspondence (photocopies),
1988 |
| |
30 |
Editorial cartoons
(photocopies), 1987-1989 |
| |
31 |
Last Chance to
Oppose the Super Collider (handbill), 1988 |
| |
32 |
Maps, miscellaneous,
SSC site and local areas, undated |
| |
33 |
Miscellaneous documents
related to SSC opposition, 1988-1992 and undated |
| |
34 |
The Supercollider
Affects You! (pamphlet), 1988 |
| |
35 |
Petition, against
SSC in Tennessee, undated |
| |
36 |
"Sanders' Fashion
'American Gothic'," 1988; from left: Robert Sanders,
Jr., Bob Sanders, Pat Sanders (photoprint) |
| |
37 |
No SSC Please
(sign), undated |
| |
38 |
Statements, photocopies,
in opposition to the SSC in Tennessee, 1988 and undated |
| |
|
Subseries
2, J. Fred Weinhold, 1987
Mr. Weinhold was the Tennessee Valley Authority's
Special Projects Manager and was involved in the state's effort
to host the SSC. |
| 6 |
11 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 2, Offer,
Financial and Other Incentives, and Other Documents, 1987 |
| |
12 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 3, Geology
and Tunneling, 1987 |
| |
13 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 4, Regional
Resources, 1987 |
| |
14 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 5, Environment,
1987 |
| |
15 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 6, Setting,
1987 |
| |
16 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 7, Regional
Conditions, 1987 |
| |
17 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider, Vol. 8, Utilities,
1987 |
| |
O/S Folder 6 |
[Vol. 9], 1:24,000-Scale
Base Mapping for Proposed Location of SSC Facilities and Regional
Geography |
| 3 |
39 |
Book, Tennessee
White Paper: Condensed Version: Hydrogeology of the Snail
Shell Cave, Overall Creek Drainage Basin and Ecology of the
Snail Shell Cave System, undated |
| |
40 |
SSC for Tennessee,
undated |
| |
41 |
Correspondence, regarding
donation of materials, 1992 |
| |
O/S Folder 6 |
Map, "Prime Farmland
of the 4-County Project Site Area," Figure 9.1.3-1, undated |
| |
O/S Folder 6 |
SSC Region map, undated |
| |
O/S Folder 6 |
Noise Receptors and
Terrain Features Impacting Noise map,Figures 9.5-1 to 9.5-26,
[Tennessee SSC site], 26 sheets, undated |
| 3 |
42 |
Photoprints, aerial,
3, of SSC site, undated |
| |
43 |
Photoprints, SSC main
campus scale model, 2 sets of 2 prints, undated |
| |
44 |
SSC for Tennessee
(press kit), undated |
| |
|
SERIES
8, TEXAS, 1986-1989, UNDATED |
| |
|
Subseries
1: Representative Joe Barton, undated
Representative Barton was an active
supporter of and lobbyist for locating the SSC in Texas. |
| |
45 |
Ennis, Texas, Super
Collider Country bumper sticker, undated |
| |
|
Subseries
2, Jean Caddel, 1986-1989
Ms. Caddel was an organizer of the Texas
opposition group. |
| 4 |
1 |
Final Site Selection
Process for DOE's Super Collider, U.S. Government Accountability
Office (GAO), Federal Research, 1989 |
| |
2 |
Imported Fire
Ants: Life History and Impact, Texas Department of Agriculture,
1986 |
| |
3 |
Environmental
Survey, Preliminary Report Fermi Accelerator Laboratory,
Batavia, Illinois, (book excerpt), 1988 |
| |
4 |
No Radioactive Groundwater,
No Supercollider (bumper sticker), undated |
| |
5 |
Warning SSC Lies Below
(bumper sticker), undated |
| |
O/S Folder 3 |
Supercollider Will
Be Expensive Disaster, Dallas Peace Times (Dallas,
Texas), undated |
| |
O/S Folder 3 |
"$8.3 Billion
Question," Houston Post, (Houston, Texas),
1991 October 27-30 |
| |
O/S Folder 1 |
Build High Speed Rail
Not a Proton Superhighway (poster), undated |
| |
|
SSC Is a Big Lie (poster),
undated |
| |
|
Stop the SSC, Low
Level Radiation Kills (poster), undated |
| 4 |
6 |
Newspaper clippings
(photocopies), 1988-1990 and undated |
| |
7 |
Correspondence, Texas
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority and the Sierra
Club, 1987-1988 |
| |
8 |
Miscellaneous documents
related to SSC opposition in Texas, 1990 and undated |
| |
9 |
SCAN, Super Collider
Accountability Network, Reports No. 3-15, 1990-1991 |
| |
10 |
No Radioactive Groundwater
No Supercollider (sign), undated |
| |
11 |
Warning SSC Lies Below
(sign), undated |
| |
|
Subseries
3, Coby Chase, 1985-1989
Mr. Chase was a senior official at the
SSC Laboratory in Texas. |
| |
12-13 |
Site Proposal
for the Superconducting Super Collider in Illinois, Vol. 1,
Executive Summary, 1987 |
| |
14 |
Newspaper clippings
(photocopies), 1985-1989 and undated |
| |
15 |
Correspondence (photocopies),
1987-1989 |
| |
16 |
Republican Tom
Luce (handbill), undated |
| |
17 |
"USA/SSC"
on obverse, "TexaSSC" on reverse (handbill),
undated |
| |
18 |
Arizona and the
Super Collider (leaflet), undated |
| |
19 |
Republican Tom
Luce for Governor (leaflet), undated |
| |
20 |
Press releases (photocopies
and originals), 1988-1989 |
| |
|
Subseries
4, Red Oak Chamber of Commerce, 1990
Red Oak was one of the small Texas
towns located near the SSC. |
| |
21 |
Red Oak . . .
Founders Day (pamphlet), 1990 |
| |
|
Subseries
5, Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce, undated
Waxahachie was the city located
closest to the SSC main campus and was therefore considered
to be the "home" of the facility. |
| |
22 |
I [love] Waxahachie,
the Super Collider Capital (bumper sticker), undated |
| |
23 |
Waxahachie, The Right
Choice, The Super Collider Capitol (bumper sticker), undated |
| |
24 |
Waxahachie, Texas,
the Center of Attention, Home of the Super Collider (bumper
sticker), undated |
| |
25 |
A Member of Waxahachie's
Winning Team (memo pad), undated |
| |
O/S Folder 2 |
Waxahachie, Texas
Welcomes the SSC (stickers), undated |
| |
|
Subseries
6, Mari Beth Williams, undated
Ms. Williams was a local businesswoman
and supporter of the SSC. |
| 4 |
26 |
Palmer, Home of the
Supercollider East Campus (bumper sticker), undated |
| |
|
SERIES
9, MISCELLANEOUS, 1987-1988 |
| |
27 |
Invitation for
Site Proposals for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC),
1987 |
| |
28 |
SSC Site Evaluations,
1988 |
| |
29 |
Siting the Superconducting
Super Collider, NRC, undated |
| |
O/S Folder 3 |
News-Tribune
(Brush-Morgan County, Colorado), Vol. 93, No. 34, 1987 August
26 |
| |
O/S Folder 3 |
Daily News
(Ennis, Texas), 198? Nov. 10 |
| |
O/S Folder 3 |
"Collider: America's
Project?" Daily News Journal, (Rutherford County,
Tennessee), 1988 March 27 |
| |
O/S Folder 3 |
Daily Light
(Waxahachie, Texas), 1988 November 10 |
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