Teno Roncalio papers, 1937-1978 (bulk 1960-1978)

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Teno Roncalio papers, 1937-1978 (bulk 1960-1978)

Legislative records and press relations/media activities records of this five-term Democratic congressman from Wyoming. Project Plowshare files contain correspondence, newsclippings, appropriations, statements of opposition to, and background information on the various projects involved and the process of nuclear stimulation of energy sources. Roncalio is noted for his role in blocking Project Wagon Wheel, which would have allowed detonation of nuclear devices in Sublette County, Wyoming, to free natural gas from underground rock formations. The series is organized into eight sub-series: Atomic Energy Commission; El Paso Natural Gas Company; Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; Miscellaneous; Non-Nuclear Stimulation and Energy Sources; Project Plowshare; Project Rio Blanco (Colorado); and Project Wagon Wheel (Wyoming). The files related to Mining are arranged into four subject based sub-series: Surface Mining (Strip Mining), containing legislative records on amendments to Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Acts (Roncalio played a key role in passage of strip-mining reform passed by Congress in 1977); Coal Slurry Pipelines, containing studies and statements on railroad versus pipeline transportation of coal and the exportation of Wyoming water; the Coal Leasing Act; and Oil Shale Development.

55 cubic ft. (109 boxes)

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Roncalio, Teno, 1916-2003

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Teno Roncalio was born March 23, 1916, in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He attended the University of Wyoming from 1937-1939 then left the state to work for Wyoming U.S. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney in Washington, D.C. During that time he began law school at Catholic University of America but interrupted his studies to enlist in the U.S. Army in 1941. After World War II, Roncalio returned to Wyoming and graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1947. He practiced l...