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Environmental disasters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

Love Canal Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LOVE-000-000-015
Scope and Contents

4 boxes of newspaper clippings, environmental reports, notes of a citizen activist group (LCARA, Louise Lewis Papers), Love Canal 2000 Proposals, etc.



Dates: 1978-2003
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / Love Canal Collection

Reports and Meeting Notes, 1978-1993

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Subseries 1
Scope and Contents

Reports and meeting notes from agencies such as: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The New York State Department of Health, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), the Ecumenical Task Force, and others. These were all part of Louise Lewis' papers.

Dates: 1978-1993
Found in: Niagara Falls Public Library Local History / LOVE-000-000-015, Love Canal Collection / Citizen Activism, Louise Lewis Papers

Niagara Falls Public Library
Local History Department | Niagara Falls, NY 14035
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