Gunn McKay papers, 1971-1980.

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McKay, K. Gunn (Koln Gunn), 1925-. Gunn McKay papers, 1971-1980.

Gunn McKay papers, 1971-1980.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48107428

Correspondence files, case files (included here are military liaison files and Ogden constituent files), legislative files, central files, public affairs files, personal files, and democratic party files accumulated during five sessions of the U.S. Congress. Material documents much of the government involvement in Utah during the 1970s. Topics include environmental issues, including materials concerning the Golden Spike National Historic Site upgrade, the creation of several of the national parks in southern and eastern Utah, the question of wilderness policy in the west, and the growth of the Central Utah Project; also includes defense issues, including materials which discuss the planned deployment of the MX missile system, the ongoing controversy over the army's testing of nuclear bombs in the 1950s, and copies of the radiation victims hearings held in Utah. In addition to these Utah topics, the collection contains material about the Vietnam war, the environmental movement, Watergate and other national issues of the time.

253 linear ft. (506 boxes)

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library