Nukewatch Records, 1979-2004

Contents List

Container Title
Mss 1071
Part 1 (Mss 1071, PH 6633, Audio 1503A, VHA 977, VHB 283): Original Collection, 1979-2004
Physical Description: 5.6 c.f. (5 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, and 1 oversize folder), 312 photographs and 155 transparencies in 2 archives boxes, 197 negatives on 54 strips (1 negative box), 9 tape recordings, and 2 videorecordings 
Scope and Content Note

The NUKEWATCH records are an alphabetical subject file including correspondence; clippings; flyers and press material; logs; notes; court records of John LaForge, Tom Hastings and Donna Howard Hastings, and Donna Urfer and Michael Sprong; and photographs and films. The correspondence of Sam Day Jr., John LaForge, and other Nukewatch leaders consists of exchanges with individual activists such as Nathaniel Batchelder of Oklahoma Nuke-Watch and national organizations such as Benedictine Peace House, Ground Zero, and Mobilization for Survivial. Some records of the Progressive Foundation; Stop Project ELF, a Wisconsin organization headed by John Stauber; Nuclear Free Madison; and the Nuclear Weapons Facility Project are also included.

The VISUAL MATERIALS are divided by format. The photographs and transparencies document the Truck Watch project and actions at the Project ELF site in Clam Lake. The videorecordings include People at the Fence, a documentary made in 1986 by Nukewatch about ICBM installations, the arms race, nuclear weapons, and nuclear weapons protests which includes testimony by Sam Day and Proposition 18: A Resolution of Hope, excerpts of testimony and comments before the Wisconsin Legislators' Health and Services Committee about Assembly Resolution 18 calling for a mutual moratorium on nuclear weapons. Prints or laser prints for all negatives are available.

The AUDIO RECORDINGS include lectures and audio for filmstrips.

Box   1
Folder   1-3
Series: Progressive Foundation, 1979-1984
Series: Nukewatch
Box   1
Folder   4
Anniversary
Box   6
Folder   21
Bemidji peace clippings, 1982
Box   1
Folder   5
Campus militarism conference, 1981
Cassini
Box   6
Folder   22
Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice
Box   6
Folder   23
Florida Coalition email to Nukewatch
Box   1
Folder   6
Christofferson, Bill, correspondence
Box   1
Folder   7
Crisis relocation planning, 1982
Box   1
Folder   8
Dutch history of United States nuclear weapons program
Box   6
Folder   24
Government agreements, 1986, 1992
Grants
Box   1
Folder   9
1987-1988
Box   1
Folder   10
Applications, 1990
Box   1
Folder   11
Budget information
Box   1
Folder   12
Great Britain, Peace connections
Box   6
Folder   25
Green Scissors campaign, 1998-1999,
Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN)
Box   1
Folder   13
Correspondence, 1985-1986
Box   1
Folder   14
Contacts
Box   1
Folder   15-17
General information
Box   1
Folder   18
Impact statements
Invest in Peace
Box   1
Folder   19
Correspondence, 1983-1986
Box   1
Folder   20
Working file
Box   1
Folder   21
Legislation
Box   6
Folder   26
LaForge, Margaret, Scholarship, 1991-1992
Box   1
Folder   22
Luciano premiere, 1991
Box   1
Folder   23
Literature
Box   1
Folder   24
Missile Silo Peace Museum project, 1991
Box   1
Folder   25
Missile silos
Box   1
Folder   26-28
Missouri Missile Silo Peace School, 1987-1990
Box   6
Folder   27
Missouri missile silo trip, 1985
Box   1
Folder   29
Missouri Peace Planters, 1988, 1991
Box   1
Folder   30
Non-violent training at Truax, 1987
Box   1
Folder   31
Nuclear Free America, 1984
Box   1
Folder   32
Nuclear Free Madison, 1983
Box   1
Folder   33
Nuclear Free Zones
Box   1
Folder   34
Nuclear Heartland book promotion, 1988
Box   1
Folder   35
Nuclear power in Wisconsin
Box   1
Folder   36
Nuclear war information packet
Box   1
Folder   37
Peace Caper
Box   1
Folder   38
Peacekeeper (missile) Rail Garrison Program, Research, 1988-1991
Project ELF
Actions
Box   1
Folder   39
Pre-1992
1992
Box   1
Folder   40-44
General
Box   1
Folder   45
Organizing materials
Box   1
Folder   46
Clippings
1993
Box   2
Folder   1-2
General
Box   2
Folder   3
Organizing materials
Box   2
Folder   4
Clippings
1994
Box   2
Folder   5-8
General
Box   2
Folder   9
Organizing materials
Box   2
Folder   10
Clippings
1995
Box   2
Folder   11-15
General
Box   2
Folder   16
Organizing materials
Box   2
Folder   17
Clippings
1996
Box   2
Folder   18-20
General
Box   2
Folder   21
Clippings
1997
Box   2
Folder   22
General
Box   2
Folder   23
Clippings
1998
Box   2
Folder   24-27
General
Box   2
Folder   28
Clippings
1999
Box   2
Folder   29-33
General correspondence
Box   2
Folder   34
Clippings
Box   2
Folder   35-37
2000
2001
Box   2
Folder   38-41
General
Box   2
Folder   42
Clippings
Box   2
Folder   43-45
2002
Box   2
Folder   46-48
2003
Box   2
Folder   50-52
2004
Box   2
Folder   49
, Undated clippings
Box   2
Folder   53
Aldridge, Bob
Box   2
Folder   54
Ashland County investigation request, 2001
Box   2
Folder   55
Baldwin, Tammy
Box   2
Folder   58
Bibliography
Box   2
Folder   56
Brodeur, Paul, New Yorker article, 1994
Box   2
Folder   59
Cartoons
Oversize Folder  
Original Project ELF cartoon, unsigned
Box   2
Folder   60
Citizens against Trident ELF
Box   2
Folder   61
Closure, 2004
Box   2
Folder   62-63
Clippings, 1979-2004
Box   2
Folder   64
Correspondence, 1989-2002
Box   2
Folder   65
Contractor for ELF site, 1989-2000
Box   2
Folder   57
Doyle, James
Box   2
Folder   66
Electromagnetics Research Foundation
Box   2
Folder   67
“Improvements”
Box   2
Folder   68
Information sheets
Box   2
Folder   69
Klug, Scott
Box   2
Folder   70
Lac Courte Oreilles opposition to ELF
Box   2
Folder   71
Legal consequences
Legal cases
Box   2
Folder   72
Crane & Kelly v. United States
Box   2
Folder   73
Cruise missile case
Hastings and Howard-Hastings case
Box   2
Folder   74
Appeal
Box   2
Folder   75
Bush, James T. (expert witness)
Box   6
Folder   28
Unidentified transcript
Box   2
Folder   76
Voir Dire paper by Tom Hastings
Box   2
Folder   77-78
Expert witness
Box   2
Folder   79
Love, Kary (attorney)
Box   2
Folder   80
Miscellaneous files
Box   6
Folder   29
Press materials
Box   6
Folder   30-31
Press clippings
Box   2
Folder   81
Prosecution witnesses
Box   2
Folder   82
Correspondence
LaForge, John, cases
Box   2
Folder   83
1992
Box   2
Folder   84
Appeal I, 1993
Box   2
Folder   85-86
Appeal II
Box   2
Folder   87
Appeal III
Box   3
Folder   1
Sentencing, 2002
Box   3
Folder   2
Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibilities, 1993
Box   3
Folder   3
Oral history, 2003
Box   3
Folder   4-6
Writings and drafts
Box   3
Folder   7
Lawyers
Box   3
Folder   8
Legal miscellaneous files
Box   3
Folder   9
Legislative Action Alert, 1994-1997
Box   3
Folder   10
Lists
Box   3
Folder   11
Michigan
Box   3
Folder   12
Naar-Obed & Sieber (Jubilee Plowshares)
Box   3
Folder   13
Notes
Box   3
Folder   14
Nukewatch literature
Box   3
Folder   15
Obey, Dave
Box   3
Folder   16-17
Ostensen, George
Box   3
Folder   18
Posters
Box   3
Folder   19
Press releases
Box   3
Folder   20
Sentences
Stop Project ELF records
Box   3
Folder   21
Articles of incorporation, et cetera
Box   3
Folder   22
Annual reports
Box   6
Folder   32
Berger, David, 1982
Box   3
Folder   23
Bibliography
Box   3
Folder   24
Other groups
Correspondence
Box   3
Folder   25-26
General, 1981-1985
Box   3
Folder   27
Dayton, Alida, 1981-1984
Box   3
Folder   28
Ferry, Carol, 1981
Fundraising
Box   3
Folder   29
General
Box   3
Folder   30
Ideas
Box   3
Folder   31
Large donors
Box   3
Folder   32
Muste Institute grant, 1982
Box   3
Folder   33
Needmor Fund
Box   3
Folder   34
Pacific Alliance, 1981-1982
Box   3
Folder   35
Social Action Training group
Box   3
Folder   36
Wisconsin Community Fund, 1984
Box   3
Folder   37
History, post 1977
Box   3
Folder   38
Kronstedt, Craig
Box   3
Folder   39-40
Literature
Box   3
Folder   41
Miscellaneous files
Technical research
Box   3
Folder   42
Correspondence
Box   3
Folder   43
General information
Box   3
Folder   44
Airplane crashes, 1982
Box   3
Folder   45
Becker, Robert, Compilation
Box   3
Folder   46
Chapman, Larry, Reports
Box   3
Folder   47
Conductivity tests at ELF sites, 1971
IIT Research Institute
Box   3
Folder   48
General
Box   3
Folder   49
Symposium, 1982
Box   3
Folder   50
Navy report to Congress, 1994-1995
Box   3
Folder   51
“Invisible force”
Box   3
Folder   52
“Impacts of Project ELF”
Charles Polk lecture
Box   3
Folder   53
Paper file, 1989
1503A/1-2
Taped lecture
Mss 1071
Box   3
Folder   54
Wertheimer, Nancy
Box   3
Folder   55
Wisconsin Committee for Environmental Research, 1971
Box   3
Folder   56
Wisconsin Radiation Protection Council
Trident
Box   3
Folder   57
Bangor Naval Submarine Station case
Box   3
Folder   58
Trident Information Network
Box   3
Folder   59
Weather and ELF
Box   3
Folder   60
Safe Water around Badger (SWAB)
Box   3
Folder   61
Slideshow text
Box   3
Folder   62
Sperry, Tim, Nukewatch symposium correspondence, 1979
Box   3
Folder   63
Starkweather missile silos
Box   3
Folder   64
Stop Testing
Box   3
Folder   65
Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) at Badger Army Munitions Plant, 1990
Box   4
Folder   1
Three Mile Island conference, 1994
Trainwatch
Box   6
Folder   33
Nukewatch participation
Box   6
Folder   34-36
Clippings, circa 1992-1995
Box   6
Folder   37
FOIA railroad bills of lading, 1993
Box   6
Folder   38
Maps
Box   6
Folder   39
Notes
Box   7
Folder   1
Organizing material
Box   7
Folder   2
Press releases
Box   7
Folder   3
Train schedules
Box   7
Folder   4
Train tracking information
Box   4
Folder   2
Truck information
Truckwatch
Box   4
Folder   3
American Friends Service Committee releases
Box   7
Folder   5
“H Bombs on Our Highways” by LaForge & Urfer, 1998
Box   4
Folder   4
Chaser kits
Box   4
Folder   5-14
Clippings, 1980-1990, undated
Box   4
Folder   15-16
Contacts
Box   4
Folder   17-30
Correspondence, 1984-1992, undated
Box   4
Folder   31-32
Day, Sam, writings
FOIA files of American Friends Service Committee
Box   4
Folder   33
General correspondence, 1979-1981
Box   4
Folder   34
Accident, Fort Collins
Box   4
Folder   35
Portsmouth / Savannah River shipments, 1979
Box   4
Folder   36
“Strip charts” for transport of nuclear materials, 1979-1980
Box   4
Folder   37
Fuel shipment, 1980-1981
Box   4
Folder   38
FOIA files of Glen Milner about Trident shipments, 1987-1988
Box   4
Folder   39
Government publications
Box   4
Folder   40
Government surveillance
Box   7
Folder   6
Grant funding, 1985-1986
Box   4
Folder   41
Miscellaneous literature
Box   4
Folder   42-43
Logs of truck watchers
Box   4
Folder   44
Notes
Box   4
Folder   45
Oklahoma
Box   4
Folder   46
Organizing materials
Box   5
Folder   1-2
Pantex plant, Amarillo, Texas
Oversize Folder  
Poster
Box   5
Folder   3
Scrapbook, 1986
Box   5
Folder   4-5
Working conditions of Transportation Safeguards Division employees and Baca v. United States, 1985
Urfer, Bonnie
Box   5
Folder   6-7
Personal correspondence, 1988, 2002
Attorneys
Box   5
Folder   8
Dwyer, Anabel
Box   5
Folder   9
Love, Kary
Box   5
Folder   10
Clippings
Box   5
Folder   11
Legal correspondence, 2001
Box   6
Folder   1-2
Legal miscellaneous files
Legal records
Box   6
Folder   2
District Court
Box   6
Folder   3
Appeal
Box   6
Folder   4
Pre-trial conferences
Box   6
Folder   5
Briefs
Box   6
Folder   6-8
Transcripts
Box   6
Folder   9
Transcript of sentencing
Box   6
Folder   10
Court of Appeals brief
Box   6
Folder   11
Nukewatch participation
Box   6
Folder   12
Press material
Box   6
Folder   13
Trident Resistance Network
Witnesses
Box   6
Folder   14
Aldridge, Robert
Box   6
Folder   15
Boyle, Francis
Box   6
Folder   16
Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Box   6
Folder   17
Lippman, Matthew
Box   6
Folder   18
War toys, 1991
Box   6
Folder   19
White Train, 1983-1984
Box   6
Folder   20
Yucca Mountain plan listening session, 2002
PH 6633
Series: Visual Materials
Photographs and transparencies
Box   1
Folder   1
Day, Sam
Box   1
Folder   2
Desert Storm parade, 1991
Box   1
Folder   3
Great Lakes Life Community meeting, 1991 July
Box   1
Folder   4
Imagemakers slides, Madison demonstration, 1983?
Box   1
Folder   5
Iraq War protest, Washington, D.C., 2003 January 18
Box   1
Folder   6
Madison
Box   1
Folder   7
Miscellaneous photographs
Box   1
Folder   8
Missouri Missile Silo School
Box   1
Folder   9
Nebraska
Box   1
Folder   10
North Dakota border protest, 1990
Box   1
Folder   11-23
Project ELF actions, 1992-2003
Slide shows
Box   1
Folder   24
“People at the Fence”
Box   1
Folder   25
“Are You Ready for Spent Fuel?”
Box   2
Folder   1
“Nuclear War: What's in it for You?”
Truckwatch
Box   2
Folder   2
Aiken, South Carolina, 1985
Box   2
Folder   3
Albuquerque facility by Camy Condon
Box   2
Folder   4
1988
Box   2
Folder   5
Miscellaneous photographs
Box   2
Folder   6
Pantex plant
Box   2
Folder   7
Trainwatch
Box   2
Folder   8
Yrfur, Bonnie
Negatives
Box   3
Folder   1-7
Project ELF actions
Box   3
Folder   8-9
Truckwatch
Box   3
Folder   10-11
Yrfur, Bonnie
Videorecordings
VHA 977
People at the Fence
VHB 283
Proposition 18: A Resolution of Hope
Series: Audio Recordings
1503A/1-2
Charles Polk lecture, 1983
1503A/3
“People at the Fence” slide show audio, Sharon Grady narrator, 1986 December 23
Note: “Inaudible” and “No Dolby” on label.
1503A/4
“People at the Fence” slide show audio
Note: “Copy 2”
1503A/5
“Are You Ready for Spent Fuel?”, 1981
Physical Description: 20 minutes 
Use Restrictions: This recording is protected by copyright. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
1503A/6
“Nuclear War: What's in it for You?”, by Ground Zero, undated
1503A/7
“Acceptable Risk,” American Friends Service Committee, audio for filmstrip, 1980
1503A/8
Helen Caldicott speech, WORT-FM Madison, 1981 November 6
Physical Description: 50 minutes 
Use Restrictions: This recording is protected by copyright. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
1503A/9
“Peace and the Web of Life” by Amber K. and Catelaine of Our Lady of the Woods
Physical Description: 75 minutes 
M2010-157
Part 2 (M2010-157): Additions, 1993-2004
Physical Description: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1993-2004, consisting of press releases, posters and news flyers, correspondence, notes, an organizational history, legal documents, and financial records that detail the organization's actions toward Project Elf, a Navy communications system located in Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. The posters document the group's two annual protests held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Mother's Day at the Project Elf site. Also included are court and arrest records documenting legal actions taken against group members for trespassing on federal property.