Clara Bauer Papers, 1971-1988

Contents List

Container Title
Box   1
Folder   1
1973
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous letters to Clara Bauer regarding nuclear energy, reimbursements of expenses, letters responding to Bauer from the assistant attorney general.
Box   1
Folder   2
1978 and 1974
Scope and Content Note: Clara Bauer's statement to the PSC hearing regarding The Citizens for Tomorrow claim that there is no need for a nuclear plant, 1978. 1974: The plant reschedules construction for three years later.
Box   1
Folder   3
1975
Scope and Content Note: A law to prohibit construction of electric generating facilities, temporarily prevents the Northern States Power Co. (NSP) from proceeding with construction of the plant.
Box   1
Folder   4
1975 and 1977
Scope and Content Note: 1975: Documents from a hearing of the Bauers and the NSP. The Bauers lose their land to NSP. 1977: An order is given to dismiss petitions of Citizens Against Unsafe Sources of Energy and Citizens for Tomorrow. A notice for the NSP that a continuation of the hearings will take place.
Box   1
Folder   5
1975
Scope and Content Note: Citizens for Tomorrow prints a pamphlet entitled “Why We Oppose Nuclear Power.”
Box   1
Folder   6
1975
Scope and Content Note: The PSC orders the Tyrone plant builders to amend their application because it was filed too early. Miscellaneous articles about the farmers and the land that the Tyrone plant has acquired. A list of names of supporters of the NSP's project to build the plant.
Box   1
Folder   7
1971
Scope and Content Note: Descriptions of a similar incident with a nuclear power plant in Tulare County, Cal.
Box   1
Folder   8
1973
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous letters to environmental groups about stopping nuclear power. Information regarding a fundraising auction. Survey on evacuation procedures in various communities.
Box   1
Folder   9
1978
Scope and Content Note: Letters from Clamshell Alliance about their efforts to prevent the construction of a nuclear plant in New Hampshire.
Box   1
Folder   10
1974
Scope and Content Note: Friends of the Earth letters about the safety risks of nuclear power and nuclear waste.
Box   1
Folder   11
1977
Scope and Content Note: Independent Nuclear Opinion newsletter articles about atomic waste, and anti-nuclear opinions.
Box   1
Folder   12
1974 and 1976
Scope and Content Note: 1974: League Against Nuclear Dangers (LAND) newsletter. 1976: Educational Associates Foundation Inc. newsletters on the dangers of nuclear power.
Box   1
Folder   13
1973 and 1981
Scope and Content Note: 1973, LAND announces that Lee Botts, Executive Secretary of the Lake Michigan Federation will present a program on nuclear power in the community. 1981: A public hearing on the formation of the Wisconsin Radioactive Waste Review Board is held. Lecturers will talk in central Wisconsin about the dangers of nuclear power.
Box   1
Folder   14
1975
Scope and Content Note: League Against Nuclear Dangers newsletters and articles on radiation and negative effects of exposure.
Box   1
Folder   15
1974 and 1973
Scope and Content Note: 1974: Articles and information on local and national intervenors. 1973: Information on intervenors and hearings and meetings that will be held.
Box   1
Folder   16
1976
Scope and Content Note: Public Citizen Platform seeks reform and support. Joint Committee seeks continuation of hearings about the safety of nuclear reactors.
Box   1
Folder   17
Undated
Scope and Content Note: Rocky Flats National Action asks for support to disarm Rocky Flats of nuclear power.
Box   1
Folder   18
1975
Scope and Content Note: Rowland Bennet encloses some cards to be printed and distributed in letters to citizens.
Box   1
Folder   19
1973
Scope and Content Note: Reports of coupons, lists of names and addresses.
Box   1
Folder   20
1974
Scope and Content Note: Task Force Against Nuclear Pollution newsletters including state petition scores.
Box   1
Folder   21
1978 and 1977
Scope and Content Note: 1978: Letter from the Union of Concerned Scientists asking for help in stopping nuclear power and arsenals. 1977: news release regarding scientists against nuclear weapons and power.
Box   1
Folder   22
1975
Scope and Content Note: United Nuclear Opponents meeting declared that UNO members would picket Hill Farm State Office Building in Madison. A meeting was planned for the UW-Stevens Point location for backing of bills in the state legislature.
Box   1
Folder   23
1976 and 1974
Scope and Content Note: 1976: Committee for Nuclear Responsibility newsletter about nuclear power, pamphlets about radiation. 1974: The Southern messenger reports the subject of nuclear power and problems with nuclear plants.
Box   1
Folder   24
1972
Scope and Content Note: The Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission meetings, a report of a quarterly meetings.
Box   1
Folder   25
Undated and 1974
Scope and Content Note: No date given: The Farmers Union News publication has a report. 1974: A response to the Bauers' question of wanting to hand out information on nuclear plants.
Box   1
Folder   26
Undated
Scope and Content Note: Strikers at Packerland meat industry.
Box   2
Folder   1
1973
Scope and Content Note: Early draft of Clara Bauer story, history of Tyrone, notice of March 29, 1973 meeting, Government correspondence regarding meeting, clippings over proposed nuclear power plant.
Box   2
Folder   2
1973
Scope and Content Note: Minutes of Citizens for Tomorrow first meeting, clippings concerning nuclear energy information, court cases between Northern States Power Company and land owners.
Box   2
Folder   3
1973
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence between State Government and Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Bauer over condemnation of land by Northern States Power, Assembly Bills 814 and 882 and Senate Bill 230.
Box   2
Folder   4
1973
Scope and Content Note: League Against Nuclear Dangers newsletter, correspondence and clippings about construction of the plant, and land condemnation.
Box   2
Folder   5
1973
Scope and Content Note: Sept. 18, 1973 hearings, witness abstracts in Northern States Power hearings, miscellaneous clippings and correspondence.
Box   2
Folder   6
1973
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence between various elected State and U.S Government officials and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bauer, miscellaneous articles about nuclear energy.
Box   2
Folder   7
1973
Scope and Content Note: Proposal of Tyrone power plant, miscellaneous correspondence and articles over power plant.
Box   2
Folder   8
1973
Scope and Content Note: Articles regarding anti-nuclear demonstrations which included a symbolic balloon release.
Box   2
Folder   9
1973
Scope and Content Note: Newspaper articles concerning nuclear energy.
Box   2
Folder   10
1974
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous articles and correspondence concerning nuclear energy.
Box   2
Folder   11
1974
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous newsletters, correspondence, and editorials concerning nuclear energy.
Box   2
Folder   12
1974
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous articles on nuclear power and Tyrone power plant, miscellaneous correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bauer and elected officials.
Box   2
Folder   13
1974
Scope and Content Note: Citizens for Tomorrow and United Nuclear Opponent speech on nuclear power, miscellaneous articles and correspondence on nuclear power, information on radioactivity.
Box   2
Folder   14
1974
Scope and Content Note: Speech by Senator Bruce Peloquin, articles concerning nuclear dumping, nuclear power, energy alternatives, Koshkonong protest.
Box   2
Folder   15
1974
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence between Bauers and government on Tyrone power plant, press release from League Against Nuclear Dangers, articles on Eau Galle.
Box   2
Folder   16
1974
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence between Mrs. Paul C. Bauer and various officials in the state government concerning safety and nuclear power facilities.
Box   2
Folder   17
1975
Scope and Content Note: Reports, articles, and correspondence regarding nuclear power.
Box   2
Folder   18
1975
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous correspondence with Dairyland Power Cooperative, articles on Genoa power plant in La Crosse.
Box   2
Folder   19
1975
Scope and Content Note: Hearing transcript between Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Dairyland Power Cooperative, articles on Northern States Power Company and nuclear power.
Box   2
Folder   20
1975
Scope and Content Note: Articles on Tyrone hearing, Nuclear Regulatory Commission statements, miscellaneous correspondence and articles on Tyrone hearing.
Box   3
Folder   1
1975
Scope and Content Note: Information on Assembly Bills 378 and 463, miscellaneous articles and correspondence concerning issues.
Box   3
Folder   2
1975
Scope and Content Note: Summary of May 20, 1975 meeting concerning Tyrone, draft copy of power plant siting in Wisconsin, correspondence over siting issues.
Box   3
Folder   3
1975
Scope and Content Note: Report on radiation effects, miscellaneous correspondence and articles concerning nuclear power.
Box   3
Folder   4
1975
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence between Mrs. Paul C. Bauer and government officials re: nuclear power.
Box   3
Folder   5
1975
Scope and Content Note: Information referring to farming concerns, miscellaneous articles on Wisconsin power plants.
Box   3
Folder   6
1975
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous newsletters and articles on nuclear power, tax distribution report.
Box   3
Folder   7
1976
Scope and Content Note: Articles dealing with various land condemnations, nuclear power issues.
Box   3
Folder   8
1976
Scope and Content Note: Articles on Northern States Power and Tyrone hearing.
Box   3
Folder   9
1976
Scope and Content Note: Letters opposing Tyrone power plant, miscellaneous articles on Tyrone power plant.
Box   3
Folder   10
1976
Scope and Content Note: Testimonies before the Atomic Safety & Licensing Board on proposed Tyrone power plant.
Box   3
Folder   11
1988
Scope and Content Note: Information about The Bauer Story, correspondence with President Clinton, utilities report by Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
Box   3
Folder   12
1976
Scope and Content Note: Articles from Wisconsin Farmers Union News, correspondence dealing with nuclear power concerns and opposition, Tyrone power plant proposal and comments.
Box   3
Folder   13
1976
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous correspondence addressing the building of Tyrone power plant and other concerns; miscellaneous articles on nuclear power.
Box   4
Folder   1
1977
Scope and Content Note: Information on Eminent Domain; miscellaneous articles on proposed Tyrone power plant siting.
Box   4
Folder   2
1977
Scope and Content Note: Articles on Tyrone power plant construction, and nuclear power.
Box   4
Folder   3
1976
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
Box   4
Folder   4
1977
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence about Tyrone siting decisions, articles on opposition of Tyrone and other issues.
Box   4
Folder   5
1977
Scope and Content Note: Petitions for declaratory ruling, relocation laws, miscellaneous articles on nuclear power.
Box   4
Folder   6
1977
Scope and Content Note: Transcripts from declaratory ruling hearings.
Box   4
Folder   7
1978
Scope and Content Note: Conclusions of declaratory ruling hearings, miscellaneous correspondence and articles on hearing conclusions.
Box   4
Folder   8
1977
Scope and Content Note: Transcripts from declaratory ruling hearings.
Box   5
Folder   1
1976
Scope and Content Note: Articles on nuclear power and protests to Tyrone power plant, announcements and photos of annual 4th of July picnic, miscellaneous correspondence.
Box   5
Folder   2
1976
Scope and Content Note: Articles on shared tax proposal to fund Tyrone power plant.
Box   5
Folder   3
1975
Scope and Content Note: Hearings from condemnation appeals, miscellaneous correspondence.
Box   5
Folder   4
1977
Scope and Content Note: Transcripts from hearings before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on NSP's application for a permit to construct the Tyrone Energy Park.
Box   5
Folder   5
1977
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous correspondence on Tyrone power plant issues.
Box   5
Folder   6
1978 and 1976
Scope and Content Note: 1978: Application for Northern States Policy Co. to construct a nuclear electric plant. Cost assumptions for the Tyrone power plant are also listed. 1976: Public Services Commission of Wisconsin policy on energy. Uranium supply and state regulations.
Box   5
Folder   7
1977
Scope and Content Note: Community newsletters to protest nuclear power in Dane county. Information on nuclear power and its effects.
Box   5
Folder   8
1977
Scope and Content Note: Wisconsin articles on the possibility of a nuclear plant in Madison. Response from the University and community about the Tyrone plant. Articles on the alternative of solar energy in Wisconsin.
Box   5
Folder   9
1978 and 1977
Scope and Content Note: 1978: Safety measures of nuclear plants, and the governments reaction to inspections. 1977: the Task Force Against Nuclear Pollution collects petition signatures in order to stop the construction of nuclear power plants.
Box   5
Folder   10
1978
Scope and Content Note: PSC denies a request by the Northern States Power Co. to delay correcting a violation. Nuclear plant dangers discussed in Eau Claire.
Box   5
Folder   11
1977-1978
Scope and Content Note: 1977-1978: Correspondence and itemized bills from Robert H. Owen, attorney for the Bauers. Letters from Clara Bauer to the PSC. 1978: The Task Force Against Nuclear Pollution puts out a bulletin about the nuclear industry's campaign and plans.
Box   5
Folder   12
1978
Scope and Content Note: NSP letter regarding Eau Claire. Letters to Citizens for Tomorrow from several Wisconsin government representatives.
Box   5
Folder   13
1978
Scope and Content Note: The public service commission allows the NSP to submit a report on the Tyrone power plant. The Public Service Commission then informs the NSP that they will have written notice when their application is accepted.
Box   5
Folder   14
1979
Scope and Content Note: Articles on nuclear power plants, protests, and cancer risks associated with the plants. Articles about the dangers of nuclear power.
Box   5
Folder   15
1978 and 1979
Scope and Content Note: 1978: Citizens for Tomorrow newsletter on Radioactive waste. Nuclear bulletin for Wisconsin residents. 1979: Articles on the effects of radioactivity on the land and animals.
Box   6
Folder   1
1978
Scope and Content Note: The Tyrone Natural Guard stages a sit-in at the proposed site, where NSP had begun to dig a test well. Clara keeps diary of the sit-in.
Box   6
Folder   2
1978
Scope and Content Note: PSC rules that the test well is legal. Alternative Power Alliance pickets the PSC offices in Madison.
Box   6
Folder   3
1978
Scope and Content Note: Citizens Actively United for Safe Energy (CAUSE) and Northern Thunder sponsor “Tyrone Awareness Day.” Pepin County Board of Supervisors approves more strict laws regulating power lines.
Box   6
Folder   4
1978
Scope and Content Note: Secretary of State Doug La Follette sends encouraging letters to Clara Bauer. Citizens for Tomorrow and other local groups sponsor the Upper Midwest Energy Fair. Pepin County voters reject the proposed construction.
Box   6
Folder   5
1978
Scope and Content Note: PSC rules that NSP-Minnesota cannot construct the Tyrone plant, and shares are transferred to NSP-Wisconsin.
Box   6
Folder   6
1978
Scope and Content Note: PSC holds formal hearings in Seymour, Wis. on the need for the Tyrone plant. Both supporters and opponents of the plant demonstrate outside the Town Hall.
Box   6
Folder   7
1979
Scope and Content Note: Following the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, Governor Dreyfus tours a Two Rivers nuclear power plant, Clara collects clippings on tornado activity in the area.
Box   6
Folder   8
1979
Scope and Content Note: NSP purchases 21 miles of railroad in Durand, Catholic bishops release a document on land use which is critical of overdevelopment of rural land.
Box   6
Folder   9
1979
Scope and Content Note: Articles exploring solar energy and gasohol, including the Small Farm Energy Project Newsletter.
Box   6
Folder   10
1974 and 1979
Scope and Content Note: 1974: PSC conducts an Energy Inquiry into alternatives to fossil fuel. 1979: Additional clippings on gasohol.
Box   6
Folder   11
1979
Scope and Content Note: Newsletters from Northern Thunder (Hard Rain) and the Coulee Region Energy Coalition.
Box   6
Folder   12
1979
Scope and Content Note: Members of the Coulee Region Energy Coalition are arrested and tried in connection with protests against a Genoa, Wis. nuclear plant.
Box   6
Folder   13
1973-1979
Scope and Content Note: Clippings on the dangers of nuclear power, Wisconsin's proposed moratorium on nuclear plants, and an Anvil Press publication entitled A Primer on Nuclear Power.
Box   6
Folder   14
1979
Scope and Content Note: Clippings on nuclear waste, untitled newsletter announcing the 4th annual Tyrone Picnic, newsletter of “LAND LEAF,” the Land Educational Associates Foundation, Inc.
Box   6
Folder   15
1978
Scope and Content Note: LAND LEAF newsletter, materials from the Progressive Foundation, Inc., People Uniting to Stop Nuclear Power, Badger Safe Energy Alliance (Durand) and the Alternative Power Alliance (Madison).
Box   6
Folder   16
1977 and 1978
Scope and Content Note: 1977: NSP wants to operate a dam on the Chippewa Flowage. 1978: NSP increases gas and electric rates.
Box   6
Folder   17
1973-1979
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence of Mrs. Bernadine Radle (Citizens For the Future, Arkansaw, Wis.) with Neil Diboll of United Nuclear Opponents, Frank Myers of the Cleveland, OH based Citizens for Safe Nuclear Power, and the National Citizens' Coalition on Nuclear Safety and the Environment. There are also several response letters from various elected officials which refer to specific anti-nuclear legislation.
Box   6
Folder   18
Undated
Scope and Content Note: Sheet entitled “How to Help Stop Tyrone,” copies of Wisconsin State Assembly bills, press release of the Solar Rollers.
Box   7
Folder   1
1979
Scope and Content Note: The Badger Safe Energy Alliance asks the public service commission to reject the plan to build the plant. BSEA also writes to government officials to persuade them. BSEA also publishes a plan of Wisconsin utilities.
Box   7
Folder   2
1978
Scope and Content Note: The Tyrone Natural Guard occupies the area where the plant is supposed to be built. They put a stop to any work that is to be done by the NSP Co. A hearing will decide if the plant is needed.
Box   7
Folder   3
1980, 1978, 1983
Scope and Content Note: 1980: BSEA articles on tax exemptions and bylaws. 1978: Northern Thunder sponsors an evaluation of the Upper Midwestern Energy Fair. 1983: The Wisconsin Public Service Commission approves the BSEA to pay legal fees, and to hire someone to do economic analysis of the cost to replace a generator at the Point Beach plant.
Box   7
Folder   4
1977, 1979, and 1981
Scope and Content Note: 1977: Prairie Island questionnaire. 1979: The commission accepts the application to construct power lines from Prairie Island to Eau Claire. 1981: The PSC rejects the NSP Co. plan to build lines in western Wisconsin.
Box   7
Folder   5
1978
Scope and Content Note: The NSP newsletter addresses the need for this plant and its importance in the proposed location.
Box   7
Folder   6
1976
Scope and Content Note: NSP describes financial goals.
Box   7
Folder   7
1977 and 1980
Scope and Content Note: 1977: The NSP/PCA proposal to agree about an operating license and a waste sight. 1980: The NSP describes its procedures with waste.
Box   7
Folder   8
1980
Scope and Content Note: Articles describing the plant and its waste procedures.
Box   7
Folder   9
1979
Scope and Content Note: BSEA report on how electric use has increased only 2.6 percent in 1978.
Box   7
Folder   10
1979
Scope and Content Note: A Senator writes about the opposition of the plant. PSC denies the application for the NSP Co. power plant.
Box   7
Folder   11
1979
Scope and Content Note: NSP picks sites to construct the plant. The alternative of a coal plant is discussed.
Box   8
Folder   1
1976 and 1979
Scope and Content Note: 1976: Nuclear power, and nuclear waste are discussed in The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. 1979: Monica Bainter becomes the new member of the PSC. Many in the community are outraged because of Bainter's pro-nuclear energy stance.
Box   8
Folder   2
1978 and 1979
Scope and Content Note: 1978: Report of the Special Committee on Solid Waste Management. 1979: The Committee on Energy enacts an act in attempt to limit construction and operation of nuclear electric generating plants and rule making authority.
Box   8
Folder   3
1973 and 1981
Scope and Content Note: 1973: Letters in response to the question of nuclear power. 1981: The PSC announces that the NSP will propose the plant be constructed in 1991.
Box   8
Folder   4
1973
Scope and Content Note: Hearing to determine whether or not NSP can build and operate its proposed Tyrone nuclear power plant.
Box   8
Folder   5
Undated
Scope and Content Note: Many witnesses are subject to examination regarding the power plant.
Box   8
Folder   6
1979
Scope and Content Note: Article in the Eau Claire Leader states that NSP has filed an appeal and is determined to construct the Tyrone nuclear plant.
Box   8
Folder   7
1975 and 1979
Scope and Content Note: 1975: Letters from government officials and The League Against Nuclear Dangers supporting protest of nuclear power. 1979: The PSC tells eastern Wisconsin utilities to drop proposals on three new nuclear plants.
Box   8
Folder   8
1973
Scope and Content Note: The NSP applies to the PSC for permission to construct a plant in Peru, Wisconsin.
Box   8
Folder   9
1978
Scope and Content Note: An order for prefiling of proposed testimony and exhibits and notice of hearing on issues of need and reserve margins issued in the above entitled matter is sent out in the matter of the application by the NSP to construct plants.
Box   8
Folder   10
1978
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous articles about the cost of a nuclear plant. Coal plants are investigated as an alternative to nuclear power.
Box   9
Folder   1
1977
Scope and Content Note: A proposed study of the Tyrone Plant is set up, and a report on safety evaluation of the plants is released.
Box   9
Folder   2
1977
Scope and Content Note: Testimony is given regarding plant safety and testing of the facilities.
Box   9
Folder   3
1977
Scope and Content Note: Northern Thunder asks for a motion to reschedule a meeting regarding the construction of the Tyrone plant.
Box   9
Folder   4
1980, 1981, and 1979
Scope and Content Note: 1980: It was ruled that North Dakota will not have to pay for financial losses on the Tyrone plant in Durand, Wis. 1981: NSP appeals the court's decision on the plant. NSP has asked the court to bill Minnesotans for most of what the company spent on the plant. 1979: Dairyland Power Cooperative still must decide how to make up the bill from the loss of the Tyrone plant.
Box   9
Folder   5
1982
Scope and Content Note: Mary Norman campaigns for the State Administrative Committee Representative. Other politicians are profiled in miscellaneous articles.
Box   9
Folder   6
1982
Scope and Content Note: Land owners near the Tyrone site still seek a return of their land. When a bill is passed they will regain rights to their land.
Box   9
Folder   7
1981
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous letters from government officials to residents regarding a loss of land and their ability to regain the rights to their land.
Box   9
Folder   8
1982
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous articles about families that have lost farm land for over ten years due to the NSP withholding the land after they were restricted from building nuclear plants on the sites.
Box   9
Folder   9
1980
Scope and Content Note: The PSC investigates and holds a hearing to assess the cost of the proposed plant. The NSP submits their plans for construction of the site.
Box   9
Folder   10
1975 and 1978
Scope and Content Note: 1975: A hearing is held regarding the Bauer's property. 1978: A lawsuit was filed and was scheduled to take place in September of 1978.
Box   9
Folder   11
1979
Scope and Content Note: NSP was denied the right to construct a plant in Dunn County.
Box   9
Folder   12
1976
Scope and Content Note: The Supreme Court restrains the NSP from taking any property from the Bauers. Miscellaneous articles about landowners that are fighting to retain their land.
Box   9
Folder   13
1980 and 1983
Scope and Content Note: 1980: The decision is made that landowners would not regain their land, and the NSP would be given the rights to this land even though the company can not build a plant on the land. 1983: The Bauers get the rights back for their land.