TITLE: Wood-Gerhardt Asbestos Study Collection

Wood-Gerhardt Asbestos Study Collection – 1 of 21

Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281

Phone: 480-387-5355, Email: [email protected]

TITLE: Wood-Gerhardt Asbestos Study Collection

DATE RANGE: 1917-1997

CALL NUMBER: PP-MS 256

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 10 boxes (8.5 linear feet)

PROVENANCE: Donated by Alvin Gerhardt, 1999

COPYRIGHT: The Arizona Historical Society owns the copyright to this collection.

RESTRICTIONS: This collection is unrestricted.

CREDIT LINE: Wood-Gerhardt Asbestos Study Collection, PP-MS 256, Arizona

Historical Society-Papago Park

PROCESSED BY: Sean Darby, April 2017

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Born November 6, 1906 in Tucumcari, New Mexico, Alvin

Gerhardt graduated with a mining engineering degree from the University of Arizona in

1933. He had fifty years of experience in different phases of mining, including work as

an engineer, assayer-chemist, mill superintendent, chief engineer for St. Joseph Lead

Company. He moved to Globe, Arizona in 1952 to work as a general superintendent for

Jaquays Asbestos Corporation. After his retirement in 1974, Gerhardt continued

consulting as an engineer-draftsman for City Service Company in Globe until 1981.

Born October 25, 1907 in Lyndonville, Vermont, Hubert “Mike” Wood graduated with a

bachelor’s degree in education from Boston University in the mid-1930s. Teaching until

he became a school principal, Wood then became an insurance agent for Pacific Mutual

Life. Mike moved to Arizona in 1943 for health reasons and relocated to Globe in 1945

where he sold health insurance until his retirement in 1991.

HISTORICAL NOTE: In 1981, Alvin Gerhardt and Mike Wood became co-workers in

an eight-year campaign that attempted to shed light on the asbestos scare that started in

Globe, Arizona and eventually spread across the nation. The situation was triggered when

the Arizona Department of Health, along with then Governor Bruce Babbitt, declared an

area of Globe as “the most health hazardous place in Arizona.” In 1983, this area was

declared a SuperFund site by the Environmental Protection Agency and Federal

Emergency Management Agency. This involved a mobile home subdivision built upon

asbestos tailings from an abandoned mill adjacent to the property. Subsequently, the

residents were relocated and homes demolished.

http://legacy.azdeq.gov/environ/waste/sps/Mountain_View_Mobile_Home_Estates.html

mailto:[email protected]

http://legacy.azdeq.gov/environ/waste/sps/Mountain_View_Mobile_Home_Estates.html




Wood and Gerhardt found this proclamation shocking and unwarranted. Wood had never

had a claim involving asbestos-related health issues in his over thirty-five years of selling

insurance to asbestos workers in Gila County. With no specific evidence from the State to

back up its claim, they began an asbestos health-effect study to determine whether the

declaration was well founded. The declaration had a devastating effect on Globe’s

economy. Even tourists avoided driving through the town.

This region had mined chrysotile asbestos since 1914. Chrysotile represents 95% of the

asbestos used worldwide. By collecting and analyzing testimonies of former asbestos

workers, they hoped to prove that chrysotile was not a health hazard for Globe or Gila

County. Both men believed that any ill effects from asbestos were caused by imported

crocidolite asbestos or amosite asbestos, both proven health hazards.

They interviewed 145 former workers about the current health of themselves and family

members. They found that no one had reported ill effects from asbestos during their

employment or in their post retirement years. They also gathered a variety of scientific

reports, news articles and publications for and against chrysotile asbestos. They

demonstrated a gradual shift of acceptance by the scientific community and governing

bodies that the policy of “one fiber of asbestos can kill you” was grossly overstated.

Eventually published reports stated that unless someone was continuously breathing in

chrysotile asbestos, the effects had less impact than breathing in second-hand smoke.

Most importantly, through their eight-year campaign, Wood and Gerhardt tried to remove

the fear generated by the word asbestos so that the chrysotile industry could return to Gila

County. In the end, the fear of asbestos never lessened, and U.S. Congress eventually

banned asbestos manufacturing and products, effectively retiring the asbestos industry in

Globe and the nation for good.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: Documents the attempt by Mike Wood and Alvin

Gerhardt to save the chrysotile industry in Gila County. The collection includes taped

interviews and transcripts from miners as well as field notes, background information and

reports about the inner-workings of an active asbestos mine. It also includes

correspondence from scientists and government officials, periodicals, and news clippings

from various media outlets representing views for and against the hazardous risks of

chrysotile asbestos.

This collection is arranged in seven series, alphabetically and chronologically within.

Original titles of folders used wherever possible.

Series I: Background – purpose of study, history of mining in Arizona, overall study

findings, information on the residential area that was demolished due to the hazardous

health designation.

II: Correspondence– letters, correspondence, notes to Wood and Gerhardt from

scientists and government officials.

III: Research Files– articles, information on asbestos and the asbestos scare and other

hazardous materials; background and field notes on the mine’s functions.





IV: Publications– materials generated by companies defending or condoning chrysotile

asbestos; includes public hearings within U.S. and Canada about asbestos.

V: Interviews – 145 transcripts from interviews with chrysotile asbestos miners, millers,

and transporters from Gila County.

VI: News Clippings– original and duplicated copies of newspaper clippings on various

EPA hazards; includes background information on those topics.

VII: Taped Interviews– cassette tapes of the interviewed asbestos workers along with

various taped interviews/ recordings from the media by Wood and Gerhardt.

CONTAINER LIST:

Box Folder Title Dates

1 1 Background: Accounts (Expenditures,

Receipts, includes Resumes)

1982-1991

1 2 Background: Asbestos Mining in

Arizona

1917-1980s

1 3 Background: Mountain View Mobile

Home Estates (Maps, Factsheets,

Articles, Studies with notations) 1 of 2

1979-1980s

1 4 Background: Mountain View Mobile

Home Estates (Maps, Factsheets,

Articles, Studies with notations) 2 of 2

1979-1980s

1 5 Background: Petition given to

Governor Babbitt 1 of 2

1984

1 6 Background: Petition given to

Governor Babbitt 2 of 2

1984

1 7 Background: Purpose of Study

(includes Wood and Gerhardt

Biographical Information)

1982

1 8 Background: Speeches, Presentations,

Testimonies, and Meetings

1982-1986

1 9 Background: Study Findings 1982-1986

1 10 Correspondence: Arizona Cancer

Center

1987, 1989-

1990

1 11 Correspondence: Arizona Commission

on Arizona Environment

1986-1988

1 12 Correspondence: Arizona Department

of Health Services

1982-1984

1 13 Correspondence: Arizona Legislature

Committee Hearing

1984

1 14 Correspondence: Arizona Lung

Association

1982-1984

1 15 Correspondence: Arizona Republic &

Arizona Gazette

1980s-1990s

1 16 Correspondence: Arizona State House 1980s





1 17 Correspondence: Asbestos in Vermont 1980s-1990s

1 18 Correspondence: Barry Goldwater 1974-1987

1 19 Correspondence: Bill and Paul Long-

Junction Partners

1982

1 20 Correspondence: Bill Clinton-

President Elect

1992

1 21 Correspondence: Bruce Babbitt-

Governor

1980s, 1993

1 22 Correspondence: Calaveras Asbestos

Ltd.

1986-1987

1 23 Correspondence: Canadian Asbestos

Information Centre

1980s-1990s

1 24 Correspondence: Chrysotile Mines &

Prospects. Miscellaneous notes 1916-

1973

1973

2 1 Correspondence: City of Globe-

Chamber of Commerce

1980s-1990

2 2 Correspondence: Cornelis Klein-

Professor of Geology (University of

New Mexico)

1989-1991

2 3 Correspondence: Congressional

Record- Wood-Gerhardt Testimony,

Tucson, AZ

1984-1986

2 4 Correspondence: Consumer Alert 1980s-1990

2 5 Correspondence: Dan Adams- Payson,

AZ Resident

1980s-1990s

2 6 Correspondence: Documentary-

Chrysotile Dust in Gila County with

References

1989, 1996

2 7 Correspondence: DOW Corning Corp. 1986

2 8 Correspondence: Dr. Bruce Ames-

Department of Bio-Chemistry

1988-1992

2 9 Correspondence: Dr. John Higginson 1982

2 10 Correspondence: Dr. Malcolm Ross 1981-1986

2 11 Correspondence: Dr. Nelson Wood- on

Schools

1985-1992

2 12 Correspondence: Dr. Thomas Jarvis 1984

2 13 Correspondence: Dr. Vernon Houk-

Center for Disease Control

1983, 1991-

1992

2 14 Correspondence: D.W. Jaquays-

Information & Protest

1982-1983

2 15 Correspondence: Earl Jackson 1980s

2 16 Correspondence: Eldon Rudd-

Congressman 1 of 2

1982-1986

2 17 Correspondence: Eldon Rudd-

Congressman 2 of 2

1982-1986





2 18 Correspondence: Engineering

Consultant John Kinney

1984-1987,

1990-1991

2 19 Correspondence: Environmental

Protection Agency 1 of 2

1980s

2 20 Correspondence: Environmental

Protection Agency 2 of 2

1980s

2 21 Correspondence: Evan Mecham-

Republican Candidate

1982, 1986

2 22 Correspondence: Eugene Robertson-

US Geological Survey

1980s

2 23 Correspondence: Geoscience Corp. 1983-1987

2 24 Correspondence: Gila County- Board

of Supervisors

1982- 1984

2 25 Correspondence: Glen McClintock 1990, 1993

2 26 Correspondence: Governor

Symington’s Office

1991

2 27 Correspondence: Head Hempel Law

Firm- Mary Battafarano

1990

2 28 Correspondence: Jack Neal- Neal

Realty

1981-1986

2 29 Correspondence: James R. Dunn 1987, 1990

2 30 Correspondence: Jaquay Mill Local

Study

1973, 1975,

1980s

2 31 Correspondence: Jaquay Mill-

Employees

1970s-1980s

2 32 Correspondence: John Dingell-

Committee on Energy and Commerce

1980s

2 33 Correspondence: John McCain-

Senator

1985-1997

2 34 Correspondence: John Shiel-

Chrysotile Asbestos in Globe, AZ

1983

2 35 Correspondence: Jon Kyl-

Congressman 1 of 2

1987-1992

3 1 Correspondence: Jon Kyl-

Congressman 2 of 2

1987-1992

3 2 Correspondence: George Kohl (from

George Kohl files)

1945-1949

3 3 Correspondence: Letters to

Toxicologists Board

1982-1983,

1989

3 4 Correspondence: Lloyd Mielke 1987-1989

3 5 Correspondence: Mark Killian- AZ

House of Representatives

1980s-1990s

3 6 Correspondence: Martin Rutstein-

Includes Publications

1980s-1990s

3 7 Correspondence: Martin Rutstein- The

College of New Paltz

1989-1990





3 8 Correspondence: Mike Bennett 1985-1992

3 9 Correspondence: Miscellaneous

Letters 1 of 2

1980s-1990s

3 10 Correspondence: Miscellaneous

Letters 2 of 2

1980s-1990s

3 11 Correspondence: National Academy of

Science

1982-1984

3 12 Correspondence: News Media 1 of 2 1980s-1992

3 13 Correspondence: News Media 2 of 2 1980s-1992

3 14 Correspondence: Paul Brodeur- Writer 1986, 1990

3 15 Correspondence: Reader’s Digest 1980s-1992

3 16 Correspondence: Rex Town- Asbestos

Workers

1982

3 17 Correspondence: Robert S. Strother 1990-1991,

1993

3 18 Correspondence: School Boards 1980s-1990s

3 19 Correspondence: AZ State Legislators

& Governor (other than already noted)

1980s

3 20 Correspondence: State of New York-

Department of Health

1989

3 21 Correspondence: The Asbestos

Institute

1986-1997

3 22 Correspondence: University of

Arizona

1982-1983,

1987

3 23 Correspondence: US Congress-

Senators and Presidents (other than

already noted) 1 of 3

1980s-1990s

3 24 Correspondence: U.S. Congress-



1980s-1990s

3 25 Correspondence: U.S. Congress-



1980s-1990s

4 1 Correspondence: Victoria Russo-

Legal Assistant

1983

4 2 Correspondence: Walter Houston 1991-1993

4 3 Correspondence: White Lung

Association- James Fite

1990

4 4 Correspondence: William C. Epler-

Arizona Pay Dirt

1980s-1992

4 5 Correspondence: United States

Geological Survey- William Menard

1980-1981

4 6 Correspondence: Vermont Department

of Health

1985-1988

4 7 Research Files: A Survey of Asbestos-

related Disease in Trades and Mining

1982, 1984





Occupations and in Factory and Mining

Communities as a Means of Predicting

Health Risks of Non-Occupational

Exposure to Fibrous Minerals by

Malcolm Ross

4 8 Research Files: Acid Rain 1984, 1986-

1988, 1990,

1994

4 9 Research Files: Asbestos Information

Association- News & Notes of Asbestos

1987, 1990,

n.d.

4 10 Research Files: American Industrial

Hygiene Conference- Lecture by

Herbert E. Stokinger

1982

4 11 Research Files: Arizona Asbestos

Association- Audit (from George Kohl

files)

1917

4 12 Research Files: Arizona Mines

including Southern New Mexico by The

Board of Supervisor of Los Angeles

County (from George Kohl files)

1956

4 13 Research Files: Asbestiform Fibers-

Non-Occupational Health Risks by

National Research Council

1984

4 14 Research Files: Asbestos- friend, foe,

or fraud? by Geotimes

1982

4 15 Research Files: Asbestos: Rocky Mt.

Construction

1987-1988

4 16 Research Files: Asbestos: The heat is

on… by National Apartment Association

1987

4 17 Research Files: Asbestos Claims

(various) (from field notes by Gerhardt)

1950s-1970s

4 18 Research Files: Asbestos Cover-Up 1982, 1985,

1989, n.d.

4 19 Research Files: Asbestos Filters

(various) (from George Kohl files) 1 of

2

n.d.

4 20 Research Files: Asbestos Filters

(various) (from George Kohl files) 2 of

2

n.d.

4 21 Research Files: Asbestos Filters for

Oil, Plating, Lacquer, Varnish

n.d.

4 22 Research Files: Asbestos Health Study

by the Saranac Laboratory

1943

4 23 Research Files: Asbestos Fibres in

Drinking Water: Scientific and

1973, 1980s





Technical Report includes

Correspondence by B.T. Commins

4 24 Research Files: Asbestos in Schools 1980s

4 25 Research Files: Asbestos in Schools-

Miami, AZ

1985-1995

4 26 Research Files: Asbestos Mines

Operating in Arizona 1944-1972 by

Arizona Mine Inspector

c. 1972

4 27 Research Files: Consultants in

Epidemiology & Occupational Health,

Inc.

1986

4 28 Research Files: Asbestos Survey

Materials (from George Kohl files)

1952

4 29 Research Files: Asbestos Use in War 1980s-1990s

4 30 Research Files: Asbestos Worker Lung

Illnesses

1970s-1980s

4 31 Research Files: Brewing Industry

(Filtration)

1930s-1940s

4 32 Research Files: Brooke Mossman and

Bernard Gee

1989-1990

4 33 Research Files: Capital Research

Center: Environmental Connections

1992

4 34 Research Files: Chlorine in Water

Systems by The Arizona Republic

n.d.

4 35 Research Files: Cigarette- Asbestos 1979, 1989-

1992

4 36 Research Files: Citizen Clearing

House- Toxic Substance 1986

1980s-1990s

4 37 Research Files: Diffuse Malignant

Mesothelioma: A Review by The

Western Journal of Medicine

1982

4 38 Research Files: Dioxin 1983, 1987,

1991-1992

4 39 Research Files: Directions for Use of

Seitz Sheet Filters 60-40 (from George

Kohl files)

n.d.

4 40 Research Files: Dr. H.B. Demopoulos 1980, 1982

4 41 Research Files: Dr. Malcolm Ross 1970s-1991

4 42 Research Files: Engineering Times 1984-1990

4 43 Research Files: Examination Report of

Tony, Wolf Spring, and Walnut Creek

Prospects by Alvin Gerhardt

1950s

4 44 Research Files: Federal Register-

Environmental Protection Agency

1986

4 45 Research Files: Field Notes by George

Kohl

1950s





5 1 Research Files: General Asbestos

Company - Employees 1946

1946

5 2 Research Files: Geology of El Dorado

Mine by John-Manville Corp.

c. 1930s

5 3 Research Files: Gila County, Arizona:

Deaths Due to Various Lung Cancers

and Diseases

1960s-1970s

5 4 Research Files: Government Programs-

National Asbestos Stockpile

Specifications by Department of Interior

1953, 1956

5 5 Research Files: Greenhouse CO2 and

Ozone

1980s-1990s

5 6 Research Files: Hall-Kimbrell

Environmental

1985

5 7 Research Files: Instruction Book on

Republic Feed Water Purification

System (from George Kohl files)

1943

5 8 Research Files: Interesting Facts &

Vital Statistics

1978-1985

5 9 Research Files: Irving J. Selikoff, M.D. 1964, 1970s-

1980s, 1990

5 10 Research Files: Jaquays Health Reports

by Frank Preiser & Graham Gibbs

1973-1991

5 11 Research Files: Jaquays Law- Process

of Settlements

1980s

5 12 Research Files: Jaquays Mill- Court

Matters

1980s-1991

5 13 Research Files: Jaquays Mill-

Litigation

1973, 1980s

5 14 Research Files: J.C. McDonald 1974, 1980

5 15 Research Files: (Asbestos) Laboratory

Filters- Flex Presses (from George Kohl

files)

n.d.

5 16 Research Files: Legal Aspects of

Asbestos- Jaquays Mining Corp.

1980s

5 17 Research Files: Legal Aspects of

Asbestos- Judge Bilby

1980s-1990

5 18 Research Files: Litigation & Health 1980s-1990

5 19 Research Files: Johns-Manville

Corporation

1982-1983

5 20 Research Files: London Times 1985

5 21 Research Files: Mayo Clinic Health

Letter

1990

5 22 Research Files: Metate Asbestos

Corporation- Jack Neal Files 1 of 2

1969-1980s





5 23 Research Files: Metate Asbestos

Corporation- Jack Neal Files 2 of 2

1969s-1980s

5 24 Research Files: Miscellaneous Quotes 1970s-1980s

5 25 Research Files: Miscellaneous Toxic

Substances

1980s-1990s

5 26 Research Files: Mountain View

Estates- Litigation

1979-1983

5 27 Research Files: National Society of

Professional Engineers

1986

5 28 Research Files: Oklahoma State

Department of Health- Asbestos

1985

5 29 Research Files: Operating Instructions

on Republic Feed Water Purification

System (from George Kohl files)

n.d.

5 30 Research Files: Operation Instructions

for us with Seitz Pressure Leaf Filter

Model T.F. (from George Kohl files)

n.d.

5 31 Research Files: Pesticides: News

Clippings

1989

5 32 Research Files: Polychlorinated

Biphenyl: PCB

1990

5 33 Research Files: Princess Pat Group-

Stanley Butte Mining District Report

1956,1978

5 34 Research Files: Quebec Standard

Asbestos Testing Machine

1957

5 35 Research Files: Radon-Information

and Facts

1980s-1990s

5 36 Research Files: Raybestos Claims- 3

Claims Owned by and for Sale, J.I. and

W.O. Anderson (with Maps)

1964

5 37 Research Files: Reports- Wilson

Claims, American Asbestos Cement

Corporations, Gila Asbestos (from

George Kohl files)

1951, 1953

5 38 Research Files: Report on Spike Horn

Mining Claims by Alvin W. Gerhardt

1964

5 39 Research Files: Reports on Air Quality

Counts received from Globe, AZ

1983-1984

5 40 Research Files: Reynolds Falls Mine

Examination Report 1 of 2

1940s-1960s

5 41 Research Files: Reynolds Falls Mine

Examination Report 2 of 2

1940s-1960s

5 42 Research Files: Romulus, Michigan

Community Schools- History of High

School’s Asbestos Problem

1985





5 43 Research Files: Royal Commission of

Canada

1983-1985

6 1 Research Files: Scientists & Quotes 1970s-1980s

6 2 Research Files: Space Shuttle-

Challenger Accident

1986-1988

6 3 Research Files: Swedish Cohort

Asbestos Study

1985

6 4 Research Files: Tabershaw Study by

Steering Committee

1985

6 5 Research Files: T.A.P.P.I Standards of

the Technical Association of the Pulp &

Paper Industry (from George Kohl files)

1932

6 6 Research Files: Ted H. Eyde 1991, 1992

6 7 Research Files: The Apocalyptics:

Cancer and Big Lie. Review and

Summary by Edith Efron

1985

6 8 Research Files: The Medical Aspect

Update Working with Asbestos-Recent

Studies on Risks by Society of Mining

Engineers of AIME

1984

6 9 Research Files: Thomas Ramaley-

Arizona Department of Safety & Health

1989-1991

6 10 Research Files: U.S. Bureau of Mines 1974, 1983,

n.d.

6 11 Research Files: Working Safely with

and around Asbestos by Krames

Communications

1987

6 12 Publications: A Season of Spoils: The

Regan Administration’s Attack on the

Environment by Jonathan Lash

1984

6 13 Publications: Airborne Asbestos Health

Assessment Update by Environmental

Criteria and Assessment Office

1986

6 14 Publications: Asbestos by Secretarial

Service

1943-1944,

1946-1947,

1953, 1959-

1962, 1965,

1967, 1970,

1974

6 15 Publications: Asbestos- expedience,

exposure, and human experience by AZ

Center for Occupational Safety and

Health

1979

6 16 Publications: Asbestos: Control or

Ban? by Canadian Asbestos Information

Centre

1984





6 17 Publications: Asbestos Abatement by

The Asbestos Abatement Council

1988-1989

6 18 Publications: Asbestos and Enzymes by

Paul Brodeur

1972

6 19 Publications: Asbestos Deposits of

Arizona by Eldred D. Wilson

1928

6 20 Publications: Asbestos Exposure by US

Department of Health, Education, and

Welfare

1978

6 21 Publications: Asbestos in 1918 by US

Department of the Interior

1920

6 22 Publications: Asbestos in Buildings c. 1980

6 23 Publications: Asbestos in the Home by

U.S. Consumer Product Safety

Commission

n.d.

6 24 PublicationsPublications: Asbestos in

School, Buildings, and Home (by

various companies)

1985-1986,

1988-1989

6 25 Publications: Asbestos Mines, Gila,

Arizona: War Minerals Report 304 &

370 by US Department of the Interior

1943, 1945

6 26 Publications: Asbestos-related Disease:

An Epidemiological Review by

Biological Effects of Minerals Fibers

1980

6 27 Publications: Asbestos Story Touches

Extremes by The Pretentious Idea

1980

6 28 Publications: Bingham Canyon

Modernization by Mining Engineering

1988

6 29 Publications: Cancer Produced by

Non-Occupational Asbestos Exposure in

the U.S. by Journal of the Air Pollution

Control Association

1983

6 30 Publications: Chronic Hazard Advisory

Panel on Asbestos by U.S. Consumer

Product Safety Commission

1983-1984

6 31 Publications: Chrysotile Asbestos by

The Asbestos Institute

c. 1990

6 32 Publications: Chrysotile-Asbestos

Deposits of Arizona by U.S. Department

of the Interior

1955,1956

6 33 Publications: Chrysotile Asbestos in

Canada (from George Kohl files)

1931

6 34 Publications: Danger in Environmental

Policy by National Council for

Environmental Balance, INC.

1990





6 35 Publications: Defusing the Asbestos

Litigation Crisis: The Responsibility of

the U.S. Government by Washington

Legal Foundation

1986

6 36 Publications: Department of Mineral

Resources: 29th Annual Report by

Department of Mineral Resources

1968

6 37 Publications: Does the EPA Really

Have a Case Against Chrysotile

Asbestos? by The Asbestos Institute

1986

6 38 Publications: Dust exposure and

mortality in chrysotile mining, 1910-75

by British Journal of Industrial

Medicine

1980

6 39 Publications: Environmental

Compliance Assures Future Production

at Jaquays Asbestos Operation by

Mining Engineering

1975

6 40 Publications: EPA: Investigations of

Superfund and Agency Abuses (Part 2)

by Committee on Energy and

Commerce

1983

6 41 Publications: Facing up to our

Hazardous Waste Dilemma by

Professional Engineer

1983

6 42 Publications: Feasibility Study of an

Industrial Park on the San Carlos

Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona by

U.S. Department of Commerce

1967

6 43 Publications: Fieldnotes by the Arizona

Bureau of Geology and Mineral Tech.

1980s

6 44 Publications: Geology of Asbestos

Deposits by Society of Mining

Engineers

1981

7 1 Publications: Guidance for Controlling

Asbestos- Containing Materials in

Buildings by Exposure Evaluation

Division

1985

7 2 Publications: Handbook of Asbestos

Textiles by Asbestos Textile Institute

1953

7 3 Publications: Handbook of Asbestos

Textiles by Asbestos Textile Institute

1967

7 4 Publications: Hazardous Materials

Management Conference & Exhibition/

West by Hazmat West

1989





7 5 Publications: How Arizona Asbestos is

Mined and Milled by Mining World

1957

7 6 Publications: Living with Asbestos by

Dr. Ronald Crystal

1986

7 7 Publications: Managing Asbestos in

Place: A Building Owner’s Guide to

Operations and Maintenance Programs

for Asbestos- Containing Materials by

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1990

7 8 Publications: Materials Survey

Asbestos by U.S. Department of the

Interior

1952

7 9 Publications: Method Determining

Asbestos Dust Concentration by

Asbestos Textile Institute

1963

7 10 Publications: Mill Test Procedures by

Institute of Textile Technology

1958

7 11 Publications: Mining Methods and

Costs, Regal Asbestos Mine Jaquays

Mining Corp., Gila County, Ariz. by

U.S. Department of Interior

1961

7 12 Publications: Mortality in Canadian

Miners and Millers Exposed to

Chrysotile by New York Academy of

Sciences

1979

7 13 Publications: Mortality in the General

Population in Asbestos Mining Areas by

Jack Siemiatycki

1982

7 14 Publications: National Foundation for

Cancer Research- Annual Report,

includes Correspondence

1988

7 15 Publications: New England Journal of

Medicine- Stories and Correspondence

1989-1991

7 16 Publications: Proceedings of the

Symposium on Talc, Washington DC by

US Department of the Interior

1973

7 17 Publications: Proceedings of the World

Symposium on Asbestos by Canadian

Asbestos Information Centre 1 of 3

1982


Symposium on Asbestos by Canadian

Asbestos Information Centre 2 of 3

1982


Symposium: Notes, Quotes, and

Summary 3 of 3

1982





7 20 Publications: Report of Investigations:

Arizona Asbestos Deposits, Gila County,

Ariz. by U.S. Department of the Interior

1947

7 21 Publications: Scientific Reports

(various)

1964, 1980-

1990

7 22 Publications: Summary of Symposium

on Health Aspects of Exposure to

Asbestos in Buildings includes

corresponding documents by Energy

and Environmental Policy Center,

Harvard University

1989

7 23 Publications: Superfund Site Clean-Up

Mountain View Mobile Home Estates by

US Army Corps of Engineers

1985

7 24 Publications: Testing Procedures for

Chrysotile Asbestos Fibre by Asbestos

Textile Institute

1966

7 25 Publications: The Asbestos Industry by

U.S. Department of the Interior

1955

7 26 Publications: The Evacuation of Globe,

AZ by U.S. News & World Report

1983

7 27 Publications: The Geologic

Occurrences and Health Hazards of

Amphibole and Serpentine Asbestos by

Malcolm Ross

1981

7 28 Publications: The Metate Asbestos Pre-

Coat Filter Aid by Metate Asbestos

Corporation

n.d.

7 29 Publications: The Politics of

Environmentalism by Consumer Alert

1985

7 30 Publications: The Stockpile Story by

American Mining Congress

1963

7 31 Publications: The Western Journal of

Medicine by Roche Products

1982

7 32 Publications: U.S .Court of Appeals-

Asbestos by The District of Columbia

Circuit

1987-1988

7 33 Publications: Wastes from the

Extraction and Beneficiation of Metallic

Ores, Phosphate Rock, Asbestos

Overburden from Uranium Mining, and

Oil Shale by US Environmental

Protection Agency

1985

7 34 Publications: World Congress II and

Exposition on Asbestos Abatement by

1988





The Asbestos Abatement Council of

A.W.C.I.

8 1 Publications: World Symposium on

Asbestos by The Government of Canada

1982

8 2 Interviews: Interview/ Transcript

Record List

1982

8 3 Interviews: Tape A-1 & B-1

Transcripts- Mildred Larimore, Mike

Wood, Alvin Gerhardt, Jack Neal,

William Coddington, George Kohl,

Lamar Brewton, Alice Enders, Rex

Town, Bill Kyle, Richard Brown, Pete

Flores, Clyde Shute, John Sloan, Hubert

Haught

1982


Transcripts- Don Premeau, Antonio

Gonzales, William Sorsen, Robert “Bill”

Jones, Sam Guerena, Jesus Guerena,

Harold Stevens, Joe Carrillo Sr., Walter

Jankins, Isidro Tellez, Lymon Peace,

John Bustamante, John Felix

1982


Transcripts- D.W. Jaquays, Loren

Wantland, Jesus Castillo, Victor Saltero,

F.H. Padgett & Wife, H.C. Smith,

Modesta Meneras, R. Odie Shipp, Steve

Acosta, Frank Hernandez, Joe Cardenas,

Richard Eddy, Andrew Macias

1982


Transcripts- James Turner, Felix Flores,

Lloyd Ward, Fay Cromer, R.D. Vink,

Cruz Manares, Sam Ruiz, James A.

Phillips, Glen Wilson, Louise Gillock,

Criss Franco, Commander Chapman,

Ellis Stock, Clyde Knuckey

1982


Transcripts- Barry DeRose, Ralph

Premeau, Joe Clark, William Vinyard,

Chas Guerrero, Wayne Hammon,

Richard Smith, James Phillips, John

Jeager, Slim Ellison, Jack Saye, Allen

Earley Sr., Herman Burdette

1982


Transcripts- Henry Enriquez, Robert

Kidd, James Hunter Sr., Dan Perry Sr.,

Sam Salter, Charles Mull Jr., Jackson





Henry Sr., Joseph Hudson, Webb

Noland, Phillip Naltazan, Robert Henry,

Eddie Casey, Charley Moore, Louis

Ellsworth, Frank Salter, Oscar Perry &

Wife

1982


Transcripts- Paul Shorten, Kee Benally

Sr., Frank Thinka, Newton Slick, Slaton

Reed Sr., Dempsey Mahsill Sr.,

Anthony Bush, Thomas Goodie, Hyde

Phyllips, Jack Jenkins, Perry Duncan,

Max Día, Carl Francis, Marvin Mull Sr.,

Joseph Goodie

1982


Transcripts- Ely Smith, Clyde House,

Delbert Upshaw, Martin Jones Sr.,

George Patten, Minton Reede, Elkin

Cutter, Burnette, Cassa, Perry Polk,

Sidney Smith Sr., Jerry Kinney, Melvin

Elgo, Lanix Long, Wilson Duncan,

Elmer Boni

1982


Transcripts- Eugene Astor, Frankie

Miller, Floyd Alden, Sampson Dillion,

Dennis Dillion, Wilson Salter, Albert

Polk, Salton Martin, Rudolph Johnson,

Lino Sermeno, Pete Oddonetto, Mitch

Vukanovich, Lorzenzo Flores, John

Pereyda, Tom Sullivan, Robert Trevillan

1982


Transcripts- Carl Russel, Sam Stevens,

Irvin Coode, Lawrence Hooke Sr., Alex

Davis Jr., Robert Burdett Sr., Sonny

Dillion, Leroy Chase, Nugent Cassidore,

Ernest Cutter, Ned Casey Sr., Farris

Allen, Frank Cutter Sr., Ross Pina

1982

8 13 News Clippings 1972


























8 35 News Clippings n.d.

9 Taped Interviews: Tape Recording

Authorization Card

1982

9 1 Taped Interviews: Tape A-1 & B-1

Mildred Larimore, Mike Wood, Alvin

Gerhardt, Jack Neal, William

Coddington, George Kohl, Lamar

Brewton, Alice Enders, Rex Town, Bill

Kyle, Richard Brown, Pete Flores,

Clyde Shute, John Sloan, Hubert Haught

1982


Don Premeau, Antonio Gonzales,

William Sorsen, Robert “Bill” Jones,

Sam Guerena, Jesus Guerena, Harold

Stevens, Joe Carrillo Sr., Walter

Jankins, Isidro Tellez, Lymon Peace,

John Bustamante, John Felix

1982


D.W. Jaquays, Loren Wantland, Jesus

Castillo, Victor Saltero, F.H. Padgett &

Wife, H.C. Smith, Modesta Meneras, R.

Odie Shipp, Steve Acosta, Frank

Hernandez, Joe Cardenas, Richard

Eddy, Andrew Macias

1982


James Turner, Felix Flores, Lloyd Ward,

Fay Cromer, R.D. Vink, Cruz Manares,

Sam Ruiz, James A. Phillips, Glen

Wilson, Louise Gillock, Criss Franco,

Commander Chapman, Ellis Stock,

Clyde Knuckey

1982


Transcripts- Barry DeRose, Ralph

Premeau, Joe Clark, William Vinyard,





Chas Guerrero, Wayne Hammon,

Richard Smith, James Phillips, John

Jeager, Slim Ellison, Jack Saye, Allen

Earley Sr., Herman Burdette

1982


Henry Enriquez, Robert Kidd, James

Hunter Sr., Dan Perry Sr., Sam Salter,

Charles Mull Jr., Jackson Henry Sr.,

Joseph Hudson, Webb Noland, Phillip

Naltazan, Robert Henry, Eddie Casey,

Charley Moore, Louis Ellsworth, Frank

Salter, Oscar Perry & Wife

1982


Paul Shorten, Kee Benally Sr., Frank

Thinka, Newton Slick, Slaton Reed Sr.,

Dempsey Mahsill Sr., Anthony Bush,

Thomas Goodie, Hyde Phyllips, Jack

Jenkins, Perry Duncan, Max Día, Carl

Francis, Marvin Mull Sr., Joseph

Goodie

1982


Ely Smith, Clyde House, Delbert

Upshaw, Martin Jones Sr., George

Patten, Minton Reede, Elkin Cutter,

Burnette, Cassa, Perry Polk, Sidney

Smith Sr., Jerry Kinney, Melvin Elgo,

Lanix Long, Wilson Duncan, Elmer

Boni

1982


Eugene Astor, Frankie Miller, Floyd

Alden, Sampson Dillion, Dennis

Dillion, Wilson Salter, Albert Polk,

Salton Martin, Rudolph Johnson, Lino

Sermeno, Pete Oddonetto, Mitch

Vukanovich, Lorzenzo Flores, John

Pereyda, Tom Sullivan, Robert Trevillan

1982


Carl Russel, Sam Stevens, Irvin Coode,

Lawrence Hooke Sr., Alex Davis Jr.,

Robert Burdett Sr., Sonny Dillion,

Leroy Chase, Nugent Cassidore, Ernest

Cutter, Ned Casey Sr., Farris Allen,

Frank Cutter Sr., Ross Pina

1982

9 11 Taped Interviews: Dr. Malcolm Ross,

AIME meeting, Phoenix, AZ

1987






Empy Norman, Edward Lopez & Wife,

“Jack” Jenkins & Wife (repeat), Max

Día (repeat), Carl Francis (repeat),

Marvin Mull Sr. (repeat), Joseph Goodie

(repeat), Interview with Alvin Gerhardt

and Mike Wood by Tony Davis (Tucson

Daily Citizen)

1982


Dioxin Issue and Public Health on “Face

the Nation”, Interview with Dr. Sarn by

Channel 8 News, Arthur A. Franco, TV

recording about asbestos industry in

Britain, Charles Modless, ‘End

Asbestos’ on Channel 8 (from Britain)

1983


Radio Broadcast on KIKO radio about

asbestos, Mildred Larimore (repeat),

Mike Wood (repeat), Alvin Gerhardt

(repeat), Jack Neal (repeat)

1982


Air Check/ Open Line on KIKO radio

with Willard Shoecraft

1982


Open Line on KIKO radio with Hunt,

Jack Neal, Alvin Gerhardt, Mike Wood,

Petition presented to Governor Babbitt,

Interview with John Hubbell

1984


Symposium at Miami High School

1982


Channel 5 reports, Channel 12 reports,

Asbestos issue, Symposium

1982-1983


EPA Meeting at the local high school on

May 16th, Talk with Don Clay- Director

of Toxic Waste in Washington, Dr.

Houk- Director of CDC

1983


Paul Harvey on KIKO radio- Love

Canal, Side B is unrelated

1983


Starts with continuation of Dr. Houk

from Tape B-18, Dr. Malcolm Ross-

meeting in Globe, AZ

1983-1984






Interview with George Kohl

1983


John Hubbell interviews with Asbestos

Miners in Globe

1984


Phone talk with Harvard Asbestos

Department Representatives, Side B

remains blank

n.d.


Side A remains blank, Jaquays Mill

interviews with Dr. Malcom Ross and

other geologists, Hayden Richards-

Colonial Penn Life Insurance

1985,1988


“Open Line on KIKO radio with Hunt,

Jack Neal, Alvin Gerhardt, Mike Wood,

Petition presented to Governor Babbitt”

(repeat), KYOR Broadcast in Globe

Cafe

1984, 1987


Alvin Gerhardt and Mike Wood talk

with Carol Jones-O.S.H.A.

1992
