Don C. Foote Papers, 1850-1969.

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Don C. Foote Papers, 1850-1969.

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The Don C. Foote Papers consist of correspondence, field and research notes, diaries, bibliographies, publications and photographic materials. The materials relate to the life and work of Foote, especially in his role as a researcher and scholar of arctic human geography and anthropology.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Geist, Otto William

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Foote, Don Charles, 1931-

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Don Charles Foote was born in 1931. He received an M.A. and a Ph. D. in Human Geography from McGill University in 1958 and 1965 respectively. Foote moved to Alaska in 1959 and spent two years in Point Hope employed as a researcher for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and a third year researching the history of the Point Hope area, particularly as it related to whaling. His research for the AEC convinced him of the dangers of a proposal to use nuclear weapons to blast a harbor near Point Hope. ...

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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This collection of transparencies was used by representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) during a presentation before the Alaska House State Affairs Committee, April 4, 1970, in Juneau. At the time of the presentation, the A.E.C. was planning a second underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in 1971, code-named CANNIKIN. Testimony was heard from several groups against a second test as well as adverse testimony about the first test which took place in October, 1969 and was code n...