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[Objects from the Mark Evanoff papers]Creator/Contributor:
Evanoff, Mark, creator, creator.Abstract:
Chiefly pin-back buttons advocating various efforts of the antinuclear movement, primarily in California. Also includes 2
t-shirts ("Stop Diablo Canyon before it stops us", "SAFE nuclear energy ... Safer than sex!"); a key ring with a leather key
fob ("No Nukes"/Gensuikin), an arm band (Abalone Alliance) and a small banner ("Energy from Garbage")
Date:
1970 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAntinuclear movement -- Pictorial works
Nuclear energy -- Environmental aspects -- California
Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects -- California
Mouvement antinucléaire -- Ouvrages illustrés
Énergie nucléaire -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Californie
Centrales nucléaires -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Californie
Antinuclear movement
Nuclear energy -- Environmental aspects
Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects
California
Evanoff, Mark -- Archives
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Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Mark Evanoff.
Approximately 35 buttons, 2 t-shirts, 1 banner, 1 arm band and 1 key ring.
Forms part of the Historical Objects Miscellany of The Bancroft Library.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
RESTRICTED: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Transferred from the Mark Evanoff papers (BANC MSS 99/295 c).
Gift ; Of Mark Evanoff ; 1999.
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. 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.
Most items are in English; other languages include Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, etc.
Objects from the Mark Evanoff papers, BANC PIC 1999.101, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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realiaArchives.
Pictorial works.
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photoprint
approximately 40 items in 1 box : chiefly buttons ; items various sizes
Language:
mul
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
RESTRICTED: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.