Chip Ward photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1298
Scope and Contents
The Chip Ward photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 2 color aerial snapshots of water and islands, labeled “Magcorp” and dating from 1997-1999. Magcorp owned a factory and industrial site on the edget of the Great Salt Lake used for producing magnesium metal that was the subject of a federal lawsuit in the late 1990s for environmental infractions; the site is now onwed by U.S. Magnesium.
Dates
- 1997-1999
Creator
- Ward, Chip (Person)
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
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Chip Ward photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Permission to publish material from the Chip Ward photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Biographical Note
Chip Ward was raised in New Jersey and attained his BA from Tufts University in 1971. From 1974 to 1978, Chip and his wife Linda moved to Utah to operate the Sleeping Rainbow Guest Ranch in Capitol Reef National Park. In 1978, when the owners of the ranch transferred it to the National Park Service, the Wards moved to Grantsville, Utah, where Chip began organizing politically against environmental polluters. A career librarian, Ward operated bookmobiles in rural Utah before serving as Deputy Director of the Salt Lake Public Library from 2000 to 2007, when Ward retired. Ward is the co-founder of West Desert HEAL, co-founder of Families Against Incinerator Risk (FAIR), co-founder of Citizens Against Chlorine Contamination, and co-founder of HEAL Utah and is currently on the advisory board. Ward is known for his nonfiction writing about the environment, particularly the impact of nuclear weapon testing and power on Utah’s ecology. His works include Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West (1999), Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land (2004), and Dance, Don’t Drive: Resilient Thinking for Turbulent Times, (2012).
Extent
2 Items (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Chip Ward is a Utah author and environmentalist known for his nonfiction writing about the impact of nuclear weapons and power on Utah’s ecology. This collection contains images collected by Ward in relation to his work as an environmentalist.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Chip Ward in 2006.
Separated Materials
See also the Chip Ward papers (ACCN 2303) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Creator
- Ward, Chip (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Chip Ward photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa.
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu