AR 950Bec Jane Beckwith collection of MX Missile Materials
Title
AR 950Bec Jane Beckwith collection of MX Missile Materials
Date
1960 - 2020
Description
Extent: 11 Boxes
Biographical/Historical note: Jane Beckwith joined with other people from the community of Delta, UT to protest the possible MX Missile Project that was to be placed in a large section of the Nevada and Utah desert. Her sister Sue Beckwith Dutson, editor and publisher of the Millard County Chronicle, was very active in spreading information and protesting the government’s nuclear project. Jane was an English teacher at Delta High School Teacher.
Delta had been experiencing social and economic changes because of the Intermountain Power Project that was gearing up at about the same time as MX. Community leaders opposed to MX consisted of doctors, teachers, and farmers who all believed the racetrack deployment was mis-guided and should be stopped.
In 1982 Jane began a project with her journalism classes studying the history of the World War II Topaz Japanese Internment Camp, located 16 miles northwest of Delta. That project led to the construction of the Topaz Museum located in Delta.
Arrangement note: Imposed order by type and then chronologically.
Scope and Contents note: Collection includes materials related to the debate on the placement of MX missile construction sites in Delta, Utah. Included in collection: survey done by Congressman Dan Marriott and the conclusion of the survey, newspaper surveys, magazine articles, maps, flyers, information packets, newspaper articles, and opinions of Utah citizens. Topics covered include: nuclear war with Russia, MX effects on agriculture and desert ecosystems, and MX effects on local ways of life.
Source
Jane Beckwith
Creator
Beckwith, Jane
Publisher
George Sutherland Archives at Utah Valley University; Rebekah Westrup, Archives Specialist
11 November 2019, revised 26 January 2021
Rights
Access to the collection is open with assistance from the archivist or staff.
Open for Research. Copyright for offical University records is held by Utah Valley University, all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier
AR 950Bec
Subject
Beckwith, Jane; Dutson, Sue
Dutson, Sue; Brochures; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence.; Delta (Utah); Letters to the editor; Maps.; Pacifists.; Surveys.; Utah History 20th century; Women pacifists; Beckwith, Jane, 1947-; Dutson, Sue (Susan Beckwith), 1943-2014; Hercules Incorporated; Marriot, Dan (David Daniel), 1939-; MX Information Center.; Utah Peace Test
Citation
Beckwith, Jane, “AR 950Bec Jane Beckwith collection of MX Missile Materials,” George Sutherland Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, https://uvufindingaid.omeka.net/items/show/59.