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MX Information Center records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0527

Scope and Contents

The MX Information Center records (1976-1986) consist of subject files, alphabetical files, petitions, correspondence, financial records, writings, publications, and other materials. Addenda to the collection consist of materials similar to the original donation.

Dates

  • 1976-1986

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Organizational History

The MX Information Center was a clearinghouse for opponents of the Department of Defense's MX Missle Program and for nuclear freeze advocates. It was begun in the 1980s when the U.S. government was looking for sites to house the politically sensitive MX missile.

Extent

87 Linear Feet (174 boxes)

Abstract

The MX Information Center records (1976-1986) consist of subject files, alphabetical files, petitions, correspondence, financial records, writings, publications, and other materials. The MX Information Center was an anti-MX and anti-nuclear weapons group in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Boxes 1-156 were donated in 1987 (78 linear feet). Boxes 157-172 were donated in 1989 (8 linear feet). Boxes 173-174 were donated in 1994 (1 linear feet).

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0505).

Processing Information

Processed by Roy Webb in 1988-1990.

Addenda processed by Mark Jensen in 1994.

Creator

Title
Inventory of the MX Information Center records, 1976-1986
Author
Finding aid created by Roy Webb.
Date
1988 (last modified: 1994 and 2019)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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