Conditions Governing Access
Accruals
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
System of Arrangement
Processing Information
Scope and Contents
Separated Materials
Conditions Governing Use
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Mark Evanoff papers, 1947-1988
Creator:
Evanoff, Mark
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 99/295
Physical Description:
18.65 linear feet
(13 cartons, 2 boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1947-1988
Date (bulk): 1977-1988
Abstract: This collection documents Mark Evanoff's interest and involvement in opposing the proliferation of nuclear reactors, primarily
in California during the 1970s and 1980s. Materials include correspondence, notes, photographs, legislation, testimony, newsletters,
group organizing resources, pamphlets, and other printed ephemera by numerous anti-nuclear activist individuals and organizations,
energy companies, and local and federal agencies.
Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Accruals
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Mark Evanoff's papers were gifted to The Bancroft Library by Mark Evanoff in 1999.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series. Series I includes materials related to the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, with
a sub-series on general Diablo Canyon files and a sub-series on the Abalone Alliance, the anti-nuclear activist group which
formed in opposition to the Diablo Canyon power plant. All files in Series I are arranged chronologically. Series 2 includes
documentation on the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, including opposition by the Redwood Alliance, arranged chronologically. Series
3 includes a sub-series on Nuclear Power Subject Files arranged alphabetically by geographic location of power plant or nuclear
power topic and a sub-series on Anti-Nuclear Power, arranged alphabetically by opposition group, publication name or topic.
Biographical / Historical
Mark Evanoff is an anti-nuclear environmental activist who advocated for opposition to nuclear proliferation, nuclear reactors
and the global nuclear arms race, primarily in California during the 1970s and 1980s. Evanoff and other grassroots anti-nuclear
activists sought to continue the battle to prevent nuclear power plants from being built in California and elsewhere following
the successful citizen lead action movement which lobbied against a planned nuclear power plant in Bodega Bay, California
from 1958-1964. Working with numerous local and global anti-nuclear groups, mostly with the Abalone Alliance and the Friends
of the Earth in opposing the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Evanoff participated in protest actions, mobilized activists and prepared
groups for non-violent civil disobedience training and legal defense, wrote, collected and disseminated educational literature
and resources about nuclear power and disarmament, and wrote articles for Friends of the Earth's "Not Man Apart" publication.
Evanoff was arrested twice for participating in blockades at Diablo Canyon and later served as consultant to the California
Public Utilities Commission, weighing in on seismic factors and their potential to affect the sustainability of the plant.
Evanoff received a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies at Sonoma State University in 1976 and a Master’s in Public Administration
from California State University at Hayward in 1977. He continued to work on environmental advocacy throughout his life.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mark Evanoff papers, BANC MSS 99/295c,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa M. Monhoff in 2017.
Scope and Contents
The Mark Evanoff papers consist of materials Evanoff collected during the 1970s and 1980s primarily while he was actively
opposing and organizing others against nuclear power in California. The bulk of the collection pertains to information about
the nuclear industry, the proliferation of nuclear arms, the regional and global environmental impact of nuclear reactors
and the grassroots opposition groups who fought against the development and operation of nuclear power plants, mainly in Diablo
Canyon and Humboldt Bay.
Evanoff compiled a range of nuclear power materials from various civic and federal government agencies, local and global news
agencies, academics, engineers and scientists, energy companies, power plant workers, and citizen and community organizing
groups regarding the effects of radiation, nuclear waste management, issues with defects in design, construction and operation
of nuclear power plants, plant worker negligence and safety concerns, utility company rate-basing, and potential hazards of
existing earthquake faults located near nuclear power plants. Types of material in the collection include: correspondence,
meeting minutes, interviews, legal documentation and testimony, public policy, maps, diagrams, reports, news clippings and
articles, newsletters, artifacts and ephemera. Notable anti-nuclear protest ephemera includes: flyers, pamphlets, song sheets,
event tickets, bulletins and zines related to nuclear power, militarism and environmental education, organizing actions, non-violence
civil disobedience trainings and legal defense. Other notable cultural material includes: a pro-nuclear proliferation comic
book published by Walt Disney Educational Media Company, a comic book created by Keiji Nakazawa, a survivor of the Hiroshima
atomic bomb, and a phonograph record featuring a reggae song "Devil in the Canyon" in opposition to nuclear power. Significant
documentation is also included in response to the Three Mile Island Nuclear plant accident which occurred on March 28, 1979.
Separated Materials
Artifacts, including 33 pinback buttons, two t-shirts, one banner, one arm band, and one leather key chain transferred to
the Pictorial Collection of the Bancroft Library.
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Evanoff, Mark
Bennett, William Morgan
Dellums, Ronald V.
Ellsberg, Daniel
Gofman, John D.
Gyorgy, Anna
Hedgpeth, Joel W. (Joel Walker)
Jackson, Jesse
Kent, Earl E.
Kortum, Karl
Koupal, Ed
Koupal, Joyce
Nash, Graham William
Pesonen, David E., 1934-
Udall, Morris K.
Abalone Alliance
Alliance for Survival
American Friends Service Committee
California Energy Commission
California Public Utilities Commission
Clamshell Alliance
Critical Mass Energy Project (U.S.)
Environmental Policy Center
Friends of the Earth
Government Accountability Project
Musicians United for Safe Energy
Northern California Association to Preserve Bodega Head and Harbor
Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
People Against Nuclear Power
People's Lobby
Redwood Alliance
Survival Network
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Antinuclear movement.
Environmentalists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Nuclear energy -- Environmental aspects -- California.
Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects -- California.
Political activists--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
Social movements--California