Bonnie Hart's daughter, Holly Thornton, donated her papers to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection on January 15, 2002.
Bonnie Hart pursued a private campaign to protest and oppose nuclear power. She wrote legislators and newspapers, made numerous calls to radio programs and collected a large newsclipping file about the hazards of nuclear energy. She became known as the Atomic Lady.
Hart was a major source of information for other anti-nuclear activists. Her newspaper collection included reports on radioactive waste buried near St. Louis International Airport that helped anti-nuclear activist Kay Drey lead a campaign to have it removed.
Hart died on January 28, 2001.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection primarily contains Hart's large news clipping file and her book and magazine collection. In addition to nuclear power, topics include Vietnam, the space program and various political campaigns. The papers include several folders of the correspondence she received from legislators in response to her letters expressing her anti-nuclear stance. The collection also contains an oral history with Hart's daughter, Holly Thornton, and several photographs on a CD.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1 - Correspondence, undated, 1958-1974, folders 1-5
Series 2 - Books and Pamphlets, 1955-1979, folders 6-12
Series 3 - Magazines, 1948-1994, folders 13-69
Series 4 - Newsclippings, 1956-1997, folders 70-223
Series 5 - Oral History with Holly Thornton with Kenn Thomas, July 16, 2002,
folder 224
Series 6 - Photographs, on CD, folder 225
FOLDER LIST
BOX 1(122873)
Series 1 - Correspondence, undated, 1958-1974, folders 1-5
1. Correspondence, undated
2. Notes, undated
3. Correspondence, 1958-1987.
4. Notes, 1958-1965
5. Nuclear Information, including fallout shelter manuals, 1967-1974
Series 2 - Books and Pamphlets, 1955-1979, folders 6-12
6.
The B1 Bomber Can Be Grounded
The Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation: An Overview
Dead Reckoning, A Critical Review of the Department of Energy's
Epidemiologic Research
Defense Department Sponsored Foreign Affairs Research, May 28, 1968
Disarmament The Intensified Effort, 1955-1958
Energy Bibliography Annotated, 1978
Facts About Fallout Protection
Family Food Stockpile for Survival, 1969
Foreign Reactor List, 1979
7.
Foundations of Peace, US State Department, August 18, 1958
Great Decisions, 1968
Houghton Line, "How Safe Is Nuclear Power", Spring 1976
In Defense of Creation, The Nuclear Crisis and a Just Peace
In Time of Emergency, Defense Department, March 1968
The Mark of A Man! Army, 1964
Memorial Site Concentration Camp Dachau
The Mutual Security Program, State Department, 1958
National Energy Plan, 1977
Nike, the US Army's Guided Missile System
8.
Nuclear Accident Contamination Control, Army Field Manual, June 1966
Nuclear Handbook for Medical Service Personnel, Army Manual, April 1969
Nuclear Reactors Built, Being Built, of Planned in the US as of June 30, 1965
Peace With Justice, State Department, October 6, 1956
Peaceful Change, September 17, 1959
Principles and Policies in a Changing World, November 18, 1958
St. Louis County Water Company, January 1971
Statement By Stuart Hughes, 1962
Survival in a Nuclear Attack, Report to Nelson Rockefeller, 1960
Unclassified, US Atomic Energy Commission, Worldwide Effects of Atomic
Weapons, Project Sunshine, August 6, 1953
The United Nations and the Use of Force, March 1961
9. Fuller, John G., The Poison That Fell From The Sky, 1977 (hardcover) and 1979 (paperback)
10. Fuller, John G., The Day We Bombed Utah: America's Most Lethal Secret, 1984
11. Gofman, John W. and Tamplin, Arthur R., Poisoned Power: The Case Against Nuclear Power Plants, 1977
12. Munves, James, We Were There At The Opening of the Atomic Era, 1960
BOX 2 (122874)
Series 3 - Magazines, 1948-1994, folders 13-69
13. ADA World, February 1969; April 1969; January 1970; May-June 1970; April 1971
14. American Report, October 30, 1970; November 7, 1970; December 4, 1970
15. Atlas, August 1967; September 1967; October 1967; November 1967; December 1967; January 1968
16. Aviation Week & Space Technology, October 6, 1980
17. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists June 1974; September 1974; October 1974; November 1974; December 1974; January 1975; February 1975; March 1975; April 1975; June 1975; September 1975; December 1975; May 1978; February 1979; March 1979; April 1979; September 1979; November 1979; December 1979; January 1980; April 1980; May 1980; June/July 1980; October 1986
18. Bulletin, Pentagon Education Center, Summer 1981
19. Cambridge 38, June 1961
20. Catalyst, 2/85
21. Christian Science Monitor, September 24, 1985; October 30, 1984; November 26, 1985; May 22, 1984; July 3, 1987; July 3, 1989; February 6, 1990; February 9, 1990; April 3, 1990; April 26, 1990; May 1, 1990; May 30, 1990; June 21, 1990; September 5, 1990; September 7, 1990; September 25, 1990; September 26, 1990; October 3, 1990; October 4, 1990; October 23, 1990; October 24, 1990; November 1, 1990; February 8, 1991; April 10, 1991; April 29, 1991; May 6, 1991; May 7, 1991; May 20, 1991; May 23, 1991; June 6, 1991; July 23, 1991; July 24, 1991; August 19, 1991; August 20, 1991; August 26, 1992
22. Critical Mass, April 1975; June 1975; October 1975; November 1975; December 1975; January 1976
23. Current, March/April 1990
24. Current Events, October 11, 1967; November 1, 1967; November 9, 1967; January 3, 1968; January 17, 1968; May 8, 1968; July 7, 1982; July 8, 1982; July 9, 1982; July 12, 1982; July 13, 1982; July 14, 1982; July 15, 1982; July 16, 1982; July 16 and July 18, 1982; July 19, 1982; July 20, 1982; July 21, 1982; July 22, 1982; July 23, 1982; July 23 thru July 25, 1982; July 26, 1982; July 27, 1982; July 28, 1982; July 30, 1982
25. The Defense Monitor, Vol. XVI, No. 5, 1987; Vol. XVI, No. 6, 1987; Vol. XVI, No. 7, 1987; Vol. XVI, No. 1, 1987; Vol. XVI, No. 2; Vol. XVII, No. 3, 1988; Vol. XVII, No. 1, 1988; Vol. XVII, No. 2, 1988
26. Engineering News-Record, August 18, 1966
BOX 3 (122875)
27. Environment, March 1969-May 1980
28. Environmental Action, May 8, 1976
29. EPA Journal Reprint, October 1978
30. Federal Register, Volume 30, Number 74, April 17, 1965
31. Focus Midwest, 1966
32. Four Lights, July 1967; October 1967; December 1967; January 1968; February 1968; April 1968; May 1968; June 1968; November 1968; December 1968; March 1969; April 1969; May 1969; June 1969; July 1969; January 1970
33. I.F. Stone's Weekly, January 11, 1960-December 12, 1968
34. I.F. Stone's Bi-Weekly, February 9, 1970-December 1971
35. The Idler, May 1966, June 1966, Summer 1966, November 1966, February 1967, March 1967, May 1967, June 1967, Summer 1967, September 1967
36. International Defense Review, Vol. 14, No. 4, 1981
37. Iron Age, Vol. No. 15, October 13, 1966
38. Life Magazine, May 24, 1948
39. Military Issues, "A Look at the Fort Leonard Wood Stockade", 8/7/69
40. Mother Jones, Sept./Oct. 1982
41. Nation, September 13, 1986
42. Northern Neighbors, March 1978
43. Not Man Apart, January 1977
44. Nuclear Times August 1983; November/December 1985
45. Nucleus Summer 1982; Fall 1984; Spring 1985; Fall 1985; Fall 1986; Winter 1985; Spring 1986;Spring 1987; Summer 1987; Winter 1987; Nuclear power literature
46. Our Legacy, April 21, 1970
47. Pax Et Libertas, Volume 32, October-December 1967; April-June 1968; October-December 1969; January-March 1970; April-June 1970; October-December 1970
Peace & Freedom, May 1970; April 1980; May 1980; August-September 1980; January-February 1981; March 1981; August-September 1981; November 1980, December 1980
BOX 4 (122876)
48. Piper Pilot, March 1958
49. Popular Science, September 1988
50. Ramparts, January 1967; July 27, 1968; August 10, 1968; Rights, 4/5/6/66
51. Riverfront Times, April 22-28, 1992
52. St. Louis Arms Freeze Forecast, October 1986; November 1986
53. St. Louis Free Press, September 1968
54. Sane Tidings, November 1, 1963
55. Sane World, Sept. 15, 1962; Oct. 15, 1962; February 1972; August 1, 1962; November 1, 1962; November 15, 1962; December 1, 1962; December 15, 1962; December 15, 1963; January 15, 1964; March 1, 1964; April 1, 1964; May 15, 1964; July 1, 1964; August 1, 1964; April 1965; July 1965; September 1965; November 1965; June 1966; May 1969; June 1969; November 1969; December 1969; March 1970; May 1970; July 1970; August 1970; July 1971; September 1971; November 1971; December 1971; April 1972; February 1983
56. Savannah River News, December 19, 1985
57. Science, August 26, 1983
58. Scientist and Citizen, April 1967; May 1967
59. Soviet Life, January-December 1965-1981
BOX 5 (122877)
59. (cont'd) Soviet Life 1982-1986
BOX 6 (122878)
60. Soviet Life 1987-1994 (includes five issues of Russian Life, 1993-1994)
61. Statistical Bulletin, April 1967; May 1967; October 1967; 1969-1983
62. Technocracy Digest, August-September-October 1977
63. The Technocrat, December 1974; December 1977, January-February 1978; June, July and August 1978
64. US News and World Report, February 6, 1967; Vietnam literature, including posters
65. War Cry, November 12, 1966
66. War/Peace, October 1967; November 1967; January 1968
67. War Resisters League, March-April 1966; November-December 1966; January-February 1967; July/August 1967; September-October 1967
68. Washington Spectator, April 30, 1976-June 15, 1982
69. Witness For Peace Newsletter, May/June/July 1989; World Week, 1965-1966
BOX 7 (122879)
Series 4 - Newsclippings, 1956-1997, folders 70-223
70. Undated
71. 1956
72. 1957
73. 1958
74. 1958
75. 1958
76. 1958
77. 1958
78. 1958
79. 1958
80. 1959
81. 1959
BOX 8 (122880)
82. 1959
83. 1959
84. 1959
85. 1959
86. 1959
BOX 9 (122881)
87. 1959
88. 1959
89. 1959
90. 1959
91. 1959
92. 1959
93. 1959
94. 1959
95. 1959
96. 1959
BOX 10 (122882)
97. 1959
98. 1959
99. 1959
100. 1959
101. 1959
102. 1959
103. 1959
104. 1959
105. 1959
106. 1959
BOX 11 (122912)
107. 1960
108. 1960
109. 1960
110. 1960
111. 1960
112. 1960
113. 1960
114. 1960
115. 1961
BOX 12 (122913)
116. 1961
117. 1961
118. 1962
119. 1962
120. 1962
121. 1963
122. 1963
123. 1963
124. 1963
125. 1964
126. 1965
BOX 13 (122914)
127. 1966
128. 1966
129. 1966
130. 1966
131. 1967
132. 1967
133. 1967
134. 1967
135. 1967
136. 1967
137. 1967
138. 1967
139. 1967
140. 1967
141. 1967
142. 1967
BOX 14 (122915)
143. 1968
144. 1968
145. 1968
146. 1968
147. 1968
148. 1968
149. 1968
150. 1968
151. 1968
152. 1968
153. 1968
BOX 15 (122916)
154. 1968
155. 1969
156. 1969
157. 1969
158. 1969
159. 1969
160. 1969
161. 1969
162. 1970
163. 1970
164. 1971
165. 1972
BOX 16 (122917)
166. 1973
167. 1974
168. 1975
169. 1975
170. 1976
BOX 17 (122918)
171. 1976
172. 1977
173. 1977
174. 1977
175. 1978
176. 1978
177. 1978
178. 1978
179. 1978
180. 1979
181. 1980
182. 1980
183. 1980
184. 1981
BOX 18 (122919)
185. 1981
186. 1982
187. 1982
188. 1982
189. 1982
190. 1983
191. 1983
192. 1983
193. 1983
194. 1983
195. 1983
196. 1984
197. 1984
198. 1984
BOX 19 (122920)
199. 1985
200. 1986
201. 1986
202. 1986
203. 1986
204. 1986
205. 1986
206. 1986
207. 1986
208. 1986
209. 1987
BOX 20 (122921)
210. 1988
211. 1989
212. 1990
213. 1991
214. 1991
215. 1991
216. 1991
217. 1992
218. 1992
219. 1993
220. 1994
221. 1995
222. 1996
223. 1997
Series 5 - Oral History with Holly Thornton with Kenn Thomas, July 16, 2002,
folder 224
Series 6 - Photographs 657.1-657.12, on CD, folder 225
INDEX
Drey, Kay
Hart, Bonnie
Nuclear Power
Thornton, Holly
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