Avtex Fibers, Inc. Newsclippings
Scope and Content
The collection consists of one folder which contains email correspondence supporting Shenandoah River cleanup, newspaper clippings (both scanned copies and originals), and newsletters (Virginia Water Resources Research Center “Water News” and Virginia Water Control Board) with articles pertaining to the Avtex Plant and disposal of hazardous materials. The collection documents the attempt to clean up the Avtex Fibers Inc. Superfund toxic waste site in Front Royal, Virginia, 1989- 1999.
Dates
- 1989-1999
Creator
- Bolgiano, Chris (Person)
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Administrative History
The Avtex plant, on 440 acres along the Shenandoah River, manufactured rayon for tires during World War II and rocket nozzle parts for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the 1970s-1980s. The company's permit to discharge into the Shenandoah River was revoked on November 10, 1989 and the plant was thereafter abandoned, with significant quantities of extremely hazardous materials left on site.
Extent
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Avtex Fibers, Inc. Newsclippings, 1989-1999, consists of one file of clippings from local, regional and national newspapers documenting the attempt to clean up a Superfund toxic waste site in Front Royal, Virginia, 1989-1999.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged into one folder.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated in September 1999 by Chris Bolgiano.
Processing Information
In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 4017.
- Avtex Fibers Inc. -- Public relations
- Avtex Fibers Inc. -- History
- Conservation of natural resources -- Shenandoah River (Va. and W. Va.)
- Environmental policy -- United States
- Factory and trade waste -- Environmental aspects
- Hazardous waste sites -- Virginia -- Front Royal
- Hazardous wastes -- Virginia -- Front Royal
- Newspaper clippings
- Public relations -- Case studies
- Rayon industry and trade -- Virginia
- Refuse and refuse disposal -- Virginia -- Front Royal
- Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Environmental aspects
- Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Environmental aspects
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Environmental aspects
- Tires -- Environmental aspects
- United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Management
- Water -- Pollution -- Environmental aspects
- Water -- Pollution -- Shenandoah River (Va. and W. Va.)
- Water quality management -- United States
Creator
- Bolgiano, Chris (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to the Avtex Fibers, Inc. Newsclippings, 1989-1999
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Chris Bolgiano, Kayla Payne
- Date
- October 1999, June 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the James Madison University Libraries Special Collections Repository
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MSC 1704
Harrisonburg Virginia 22807
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