Chemical Demilitarization Media Project Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0205 HC 30

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Chemical Demilitarization Media Project Collection documents Joseph T. Gray’s six years of research on the subject of chemical weapons demilitarization. Its primary focus is the debate over disposal alternatives to incineration of nerve gas and other weapons stored at the Bluegrass Army Depot in Madison County, Kentucky. Materials include reports, news clippings, publications, and videotapes. The video material consists mainly of interviews with various involved persons, the proceedings of public meetings in Madison County, and related congressional hearings in Washington, DC, all during the early 1990s.

Dates

created: 1970-1993
Other: Majority of material found in 1985-1991
Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1993

Creator

Gray, Joseph T. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish based upon research use of the videos must be obtained from Joseph T. Gray. For any duplication whatsoever of the video material, the permission of Mr. Gray must be secured. Upon the death of Mr. Gray such permission must be secured from Berea College. Researchers are allowed to make single photocopies for their private use.

Extent

30.00 boxes_(general)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Joseph T. Gray worked with Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky, making documentaries, until he decided to work independently. While living in Somerset, Kentucky, he sought funding to produce a documentary on the question of how to dispose of deteriorating chemical weapons stored at the Army's Bluegrass Depot in Madison County, Kentucky. Although he followed the hearings and shot raw footage of interviews, etc., he never received the funding he needed to edit and produce a documentary on the subject.

Arrangement Note

Arrangement is by series: Alternative Technologies, Demilitarization/ Detoxification, Environmental Impact Studies, Newspaper Clippings, Public Hearings, Reports and Committees, Subject Files, Tapes, and Recordings.

Source of Acquisition

Joseph T. Gray entrusted his clippings, research materials, and videotapes to Berea College in 1993.

Appraisal Information

Joseph T. Gray entrusted his clippings, research materials, and videotapes to Berea College in 1993, while retaining the right to refuse permission for publication or multiple photocopies