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Environmental disasters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

ArtVoice - Haz. Waste Articles, 2001-2004

 Box — Box 91: Series Series 5 [Barcode: SC0463]
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains a series of articles about nuclear waste in Niagara Falls and Niagara County. Manhattan Project, Human Radiation Experiements, "Why is Niagara Burning?", etc. All about chemical, nuclear and industrial waste dumping in Niagara Falls.

Dates: 2001-2004
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / NMJ-000-000-023, Newspapers, Magazines and Journals / Artvoice

Chamber of Commerce, Niagara Falls

 Collection
Identifier: NFCC-000-000-008
Scope and Contents

Photographs, Board Minutes, events, Annual Reports, Educational Initiatives, directories, research, histories and guidebooks and operating files of the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce.

Dates: 1918 - 2003
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / Chamber of Commerce, Niagara Falls

Churches, Niagara Community, 1971 - 1989

 File — Drawer SC1326: [Barcode: SC1326]
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Niagara Community Church at 104th Street and Cayuga Drive, including photographs of NYS Department of Environmental Conservation taking soil samples of potentially toxic waste found on church grounds

Dates: 1971 - 1989
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / NFG-000-000-001, Niagara Falls Gazette Photo Collection / Churches (Havas Sholem) - Constitution

Environmental Protection Agency Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: USEPA-000-000-066
Scope and Contents

Reports from Frontier Chemical Waste and the Hazorb Site.

Dates: 1993-2000
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / Environmental Protection Agency Collection

Health Study 2001 Reason - article, 1981 - 2001

 File — Drawer SC0928: [Barcode: SC0928]
Scope and Contents

Reason Article "Love Canal The Truth Seeps Out" by Eric Zuesse (photocopy), Love Canal Follow-up Health Study (photocopy)

Dates: 1981 - 2001
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / TOUR-000-000-001, Tourism (Niagara Falls) / Documents, Bound Volumes, Photographs, Oversized

Hooker Electrochemical Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: HOOK-000-000-012
Scope and Contents

Newsletters, annual reports, and other publications from Hooker Electrochemical and Durez Plastics. Also, 2 bound volumes of the newsletter "Hooker Gas" from 1938-1945. Hazardous Waste Reports from Durez plastics, Hooker Family Biographies.

Also called: Hooker Gas, Hooker Chemical Company and later OxyChem or Occidental Chemical Corporation.

Dates: 1923-2003
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / Hooker Electrochemical Collection

Lake Ontario Ordinance Works, 1982 - 2000

 File — Drawer SC0928: [Barcode: SC0928]
Scope and Contents

Invitation to the Lake Ontario Ordinance Works Site Restoration Advisory Board Meeting (original), Department of Energy Public Meeting Flyer (original)

Dates: 1982 - 2000
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / TOUR-000-000-001, Tourism (Niagara Falls) / Documents, Bound Volumes, Photographs, Oversized

Louise Lewis Collection: Love Canal and Haz. Waste Clippings, 1978-1989

 Box — Box U-5: Series Series 1 [Barcode: SC2100]
Identifier: File 1
Scope and Contents

News clippings pertaining to the Love Canal environmental disaster from the Louise Lewis collection.

Dates: 1978-1989
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / LOVE-000-000-015, Love Canal Collection / Citizen Activism, Louise Lewis Papers / Reports and Meeting Notes / News Articles

Love Canal , 1978 - 1986

 File — Drawer SC0928: [Barcode: SC0928]
Scope and Contents "How the Press Affects Federal Policy Making: Six Case Studies" chapter "Shrinking the Policy Process: The Press and the 1980 Love Canal Relocation" (photocopy), Invitation and RSVP slip for a New York Public Intst Research Group, Inc. Love Canal Benefit Dinner featuring Ralph Nader (Original), Electric Perspectives Magazine featuring an article on Love Canal (original), Letter from Grossman, Levine and Civiletto Attorneys at Law regarding the settlement for Love Canal and the Supreme Court...
Dates: 1978 - 1986
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / TOUR-000-000-001, Tourism (Niagara Falls) / Documents, Bound Volumes, Photographs, Oversized

Love Canal, 1982-1999

 Drawer — Drawer J1: [Barcode: SC2327]
Scope and Contents

Videos related to the Love Canal environmental disaster

Dates: 1982-1999
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / AVC-000-000-001, Audio Visual Collection

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