Nina Dougherty papers
Scope and Contents
The Nina Dougherty papers consist of correspondence, research, and organization documents relating to the Utah projects Dougherty was heavily involved in during her lifetime.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-2010
Creator
- Dougherty, Nina A., 1933-2016 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical Note
Nina Dougherty (1933-2016) was a prominent environmental activist who predominantly lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dougherty had an extensive background as a medical librarian and received her degree in anthropology from Ohio State University and her Master's Degree in Library Sciences. She was heavily involved with the Sierra Club holding various leadership positions and participating in different projects across Utah related to improving environmental quality.
Extent
72.75 Linear Feet (154 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Nina Dougherty papers (1949-2010) consist of correspondence, research, and organization documents relating to the Utah projects Dougherty was heavily involved in during her lifetime. Dougherty was a prominent environmental activist.
Arrangement
This collection (boxes 1-42) is arranged in alphabetical order according to research topics. The addendum to the collection (boxes 43-154) begins with personal documents and is followed by documents organized by subject. Folders within boxes are organized alphabetically. Final documents in the collection are oversized and can include subjects previously listed but separated due to size.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Nina Dougherty in 2003 and 2012.
Processing Information
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff in 2003.
Processed by Esabelle Khaosanga in 2017.
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Subject
- Dougherty, Nina A., 1933-2016 -- Archives (Person)
- Wasatch Front Regional Council -- Records and correspondence (Organization)
- Sierra Club -- Records and correspondence (Organization)
- Transportation Improvement Program (Utah) -- Archives (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Administrative decisions
- Administrative reports
- Annual reports
- Business correspondence
- Case studies
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Commercial correspondence
- Court decisions and opinions
- Data sets
- Environmental impact statements
- Environmental monitoring
- Financial records
- Health surveys
- Hearings
- Instructional and educational works
- Legislative materials
- Maps
- Personnel records
- Press releases
- Public health surveillance reports
- Records (Documents)
- Technical reports
Geographic
Topical
- Air -- Pollution -- Measurement
- Air -- Pollution -- Research -- Utah
- Air -- Pollution -- Utah
- Air quality -- Utah
- Air quality -- West (U.S.)
- Air quality management -- West (U.S.)
- Coal-fired power plants -- Utah -- Archives
- Electric railroads -- Utah -- Planning
- Environmental Activism
- Environmental impact statements -- Utah -- Specimens
- Environmental law -- United States
- Hazardous wastes -- Utah
- Highway planning -- Utah
- Indian reservations -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.)
- Indians of North America -- West (U.S.)
- Land Use -- Utah -- Planning
- Nuclear Weapons and Testing
- Nuclear weapons -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- Testing
- Power resources -- Environmental aspects -- Utah
- Radiation -- Safety measures
- Radiation -- Toxicology -- West (U.S.)
- Radioactive decay
- Radioactive waste disposal -- West (U.S.)
- Transportation
- Transportation -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon National Park
- Women environmentalists -- Utah -- Archives
- Title
- Inventory of the Nina Dougherty papers
- Author
- Finding aid created by Esabelle Khaosanga.
- Date
- 2017 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu