Stephen and Betsy Myers collection of citizens' resistance to the placement of a low level radioactive dump site, 1989-1993.

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Stephen and Betsy Myers collection of citizens' resistance to the placement of a low level radioactive dump site, 1989-1993.

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Correspondence, legal documents, and other records relating to the protests in Allegany County; photocopies of newspaper articles from local newspapers and The New York Times and whole-page newspaper ads; subject files; audio cassettes of radio broadcasts, meetings, debates, and performances; buttons, postcards, stickers, bumper stickers, posters, flyers, and other ephemera; and papers written for Cornell University courses by Matthew L. Myers. Also, "Beyond Control," a photographic art show by Steve Myers.

8.5 cubic ft.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7907378

Cornell University Library

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Allegany Nonviolent Action Group.

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New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission

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The State Legislature created the New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission in 1986 (Chapter 673) under the management of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to provide for the safe disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within the state. The five-member commission, appointed by the Governor, consists of a geologist, medical doctor, health physicist, professional engineer, and a private citizen designated chairperson. ...

Concerned Citizens of Allegany County.

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Myers, Matthew L.

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Myers, Stephen W., 1952-

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In 1989, the New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission, under federal mandate to find a home for low-level nuclear waste, notified Allegany County in western New York that it was one of ten counties under consideration. Citizens of Allegany County successfully defeated the facility through a grassroots movement and organization, the Concerned Citizens of Allegany County (CCAC), co-founded by Stephen Myers; a separate organization for civil disobedience, Allegany N...

Myers, Betsy A.

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