Mobile Bay Audubon Society Papers
Repository:
University of South Alabama
University Archives
USA Springhill, Room 0722
Mobile, AL 36688-0002, US
Date Range: 1970-ca. 2000
Size: 56 cubic feet
The Mobile Bay Audubon Society was incorporated in 1973 by Donald and Alicia Linzey as chapter of the National Audubon Society. In 1976, Myrtle (Myrt) Jones became president of the organization and served in that capacity until 2001. The organization was chartered to engage in educational and investigative pursuits promoting conservation and preservation of the local natural environment. Includes newsletters, minutes, agendas, resolutions, correspondence, and notes of the organization. It also contains numerous articles, reports, and studies from various sources dealing with a wide range of environmental and developmental issues pertaining to Mobile, southern Alabama, and the Gulf Coast in general (e.g., the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, the Cochran Bridge replacement, the management of chemical waste, and disposal of dredging materials).
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Dividing the Waters Collection
Repository:
University of California Berkeley
Water Resources Center Archives.
410 O’Brien Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
Date Range: 1993-ongoing
Size: 28.75 linear feet
The ‘Dividing the Waters Collection’ is a collaboration of a network of judges, special masters and referees who preside over western water adjudications and other complex water litigation. The central purpose of the Dividing the Waters project has been to improve the management and outcome of this complex water-related litigation affecting western people and the region’s environment. State trial judges have been most directly served by this project although state appellate judges, federal trial and appellate judges, and U.S. Supreme Court special masters are also involved in project activities. Contains a collection of legal and otherwise relevant materials related to western water adjudications and other complex water litigation. The project has focused on case management, alternative dispute resolution, and the sharing of practical experience by a diverse group of judges, masters and referees who have participated in Dividing the Waters activities.
John A. and Marion R. W. Meyer Collection
Repository:
Syracuse University
The George Arents Research Library
Syracuse, NY 13210
Date Range: 1950s-1980s
John Austin Meyer, Professor of Chemistry at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry was born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania on September 18, 1919. From 1941 until 1945 he served with the U.S. Air Corps in Gander, Newfoundland as chief photographic officer. Missions in Gander included the first aerial mapping of the area, the first photographic studies of cloud formations taken by the Air Corps in that area, and anti submarine spotting patrol. After the War, he enrolled at Penn State College where he completed his BS and MS degrees in Chemistry. He worked as an analytical research chemist at Gulf Research and Development Company in Pittsburgh. In 1953 while at Koppers Research Center in Verona, Penn., he was awarded a TAPPI Graduate Research Fellowship at the State University of New York’s College of Forestry. After completing his PhD in 1958 he stayed on at the college as a research assistant before being appointed to the faculty. A polymer chemist, he received training in nuclear and radiation chemistry at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Brookhaven, Long Island, and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. His process for impregnating wood with a liquid polymer is still widely used in wood flooring, in wood brush and knife handles, and in the wooden parts of numbers of musical instruments. While studying for his Ph.D. he met and married Marion Waterman, who also became a faculty member at Syracuse. She retired as Assistant Dean Emeritus of the School of Management. Dr. Meyer retired as Professor Emeritus of Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry in 1985. He died in Pittsburgh on January 28, 1997. Collection contains his teaching materials and consultant papers.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Collection
Repository:
St. Lawrence University
Owen D. Young Library
23 Romoda Drive
Canton, NY 13617
Date Range: 1907-1960
Size: 30 feet
The idea of a “seaway” dates back to 1892 when U.S. Rep. John Lind of Minnesota sponsored a resolution in Congress for a joint U.S.-Canadian investigation into the possibility of building a deep-draft waterway from the head of Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean. In 1921 the International Joint Commission recommended that the U.S. and Canada enter into a treaty for a joint power and navigation project on the St. Lawrence River and Roosevelt recommended it again in 1943 but each time was rejected by the Senate. On May 13, 1954, President Eisenhower signed the Wiley-Dondero Act (the Seaway Act) into law which established the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation as the U.S. agency to work with the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority the Canadian counterpart in the construction, operation, maintenance and development of the water route. Construction of the Seaway began in January 1955 and was completed in 1959. The Seaway was opened to traffic on April 25, 1959 and was officially dedicated on June 26 and 27, 1959 with ceremonies in Montreal, Quebec, and Massena, New York. The collection is divided into five series: Series I – The Mabee Series was donated by Carleton Mabee a professor at Clarkson University who authored “A Seaway Story”. This series includes his notes, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings and pamphlets about navigation, background information, progress of construction and national and local reaction to development of the seaway and the power facilities. Series II – The Sillcox Series was donated by Lewis K. Sillcox, President of New York Air Brake in Watertown, NY and had strong ties to the Railroad industry. This series includes speeches, pamphlets and newspaper clippings on the struggle to win Congressional approval and public acceptance of the seaway. Many of the materials are published by anti-seaway groups such as the Association of American Railroads and the National St. Lawrence Project Conference. Series III – The St. Lawrence University Series was compiled by Andrew Peters, University Librarian. This series consists of newspaper clippings and articles on the seaway from North Country papers during the seaway’s construction years, photographs, speeches, organization’s publications and maps. Series IV – The Reed Series was donated by George S. Reed attorney from Lowville, New York, trustee and vice chairman for the Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY), and a trustee for St. Lawrence University Board from 1944 to 1952. This series consists of government documents, legal briefs, and texts of speeches made by him about the role of PASNY in the building of the Seaway. Series V – Additional miscellaneous materials that have not been processed.
Paul Jamieson Papers
Repository:
St. Lawrence University
Owen D. Young Library
23 Romoda Drive
Canton, NY 13617
Date Range: 1948-1990
Size: 3.75 feet
Paul Fletcher Jamieson was born on August 8, 1903 in Iowa. He was educated at Drake University, Columbia University and taught English at St. Lawrence University from 1929 to 1965 when he retired. Jamieson, a crusader for the opening of the Adirondack waterways for recreational use, has been involved in hiking, canoeing, snowshoeing and camping in the Adirondacks for over 50 years. He is an acknowledged expert on the Adirondacks and a member of the Adirondack Forty-Sixers by virtue of climbing all peaks of 4000 feet and more. His publications include: “The Adirondack Reader”, “Adirondack Canoe Waters: North Flow”, “Adirondack Pilgrimage”, and his autobiography “Uneven Ground.” The collection consists of files and correspondence with the Nature Conservancy, Adirondack Conservancy Committee; complete manuscripts and correspondence related to Jamieson’s writings; documentation on waterways in the Adirondacks; and numerous files on environmental concerns with the Adirondack Park Agency (APA), and Citizens to Save the Adirondack Park (CSAP).
Adirondack Park Agency Collection
Repository:
St. Lawrence University
Owen D. Young Library
23 Romoda Drive
Canton, NY 13617
Date Range: 1963-1983
Size: 3.6 feet
The Adirondack Park Agency was created July 1, 1971 by executive law article twenty-seven program bill #102. The purpose of the APA was to insure conservation, protection, preservation, development and use of the scenic, historic, ecological and natural resources of the Adirondack Park. Collection consists of the papers of George Davis who served as Wildlife Ecologist for the Temporary Study Commission on the future of the Adirondacks. Mr. Davis’ papers are concerned with the Commission and the numerous studies and background information gathered in reaching the conclusion to establish the Adirondack Park Agency. The second series includes several scrapbooks of clippings on the Adirondack region, the APA, the proposed Horizon Development one planned for the Town of Colton, and New York State and St. Lawrence County clippings. Most materials in the scrapbooks are from 1970-1973.
Roscoe A. Poland Environmental Collection
Repository:
San Diego State University
Special Collections Library
5500 Campanile Dr.
MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
Date Range: 1957-1986
Size: 3.75 linear feet
Roscoe A. Poland has been active in wilderness conservation since the mid-1950s. His personal efforts began with writing letters to public officials and grew with the publication of “The Conservation Call” in the spring of 1969, which still appears regularly.
The collection documents local agriculture, business, construction, economic conditions, the environment, land, parks, recreation, and tourism. It consists of correspondence, publications, maps and other data relating to a series of public hearings held pursuant to the Wilderness Act (PL88-577) of 1964 regarding the disposition of environmentally sensitive localities.
Joan and Phillip Farman Environmental Collection
Repository:
San Diego State University
Special Collections Library
5500 Campanile Dr.
MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
Date Range: 1963-1974
Size: 31 linear feet
Joan and Phillip Farman were active in local conservation issues in the San Diego area. Mrs. Farman was a member of the Sierra Club and she served on the Board of Century 3, City Park and Recreation citizens committees as well as belonging to numerous public interest organizations. As a practicing attorney, Mr. Farman’s legal background provided the necessary legal expertise for their conservation crusades. The collection documents conservation issues relating to the San Diego Parks and Recreation, Coastal Management, Community Plans, San Diego City Planning Department, Century 3, Flood Controo, Ocean Beach Jetty Debate, and Sunset Cliffs. It includes documents, reports, articles, books relating to the work of the local environmental movement in San Diego such as “The Environmental Handbook,” and “The Population Bomb.”
Pandora Rose Environmental Activism Collection
Repository:
San Diego State University
Special Collections Library
5500 Campanile Dr.
MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
Date Range: 1974-2004
Size: 24 linear feet
The Mountain Defense League (MDL) is a small non-profit organization that worked in San Diego County to preserve the natural environment often threatened by developers. In particular, the fights against developers on Middle Peak, Mt. Laguna, and Palomar Mountain were some of the MDL’s most successful fights. The MDL was created in 1973 in direct response to action taken by developers at Middle Peak in the Cuyamaca Mountains. The league was a small, grass roots organization in which members of the local community had the opportunity to work together to protect San Diego County’s natural landscapes. The founder and director, Byron Lindsley Jr., understood the limited resources of the group, and helped the MDL to pick and choose different areas and Projects for its attention.
The Pandora Rose Environmental Activism Collection documents the work of the Mountain Defense League (MDL) for its three decade existence, and Pandora Rose’s work as president of the MDL from 2003 to 2008. The majority of the collection consists of records from a variety of federal, state and private organizations including legal documents, legislation, newsletters, annotated maps, brochures, general plans, soil surveys, environmental surveys and reports. The MDL worked in conjunction with several federal agencies, most notably the Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management. The collection is divided into two major series: “Office Files” and “Environmental Research Files.” The “Environmental Research Files” series is divided into five sub-series: “Local Environmental Projects,” “General Plans,” “National Forests,” “Soil Surveys,” and “Publications.”
Yadkin-Pee Dee Lakes Project Records
Repository:
Pfeiffer University
Archives and Special Collections
Misenheimer, NC 28109
Date Range: 1991-1995
Size: 8 linear feet
Private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to balance economic development with the environmental management of the Yadkin/Pee Dee Lakes Region of North Carolina. Primarily the records of the organization from the planning stages to its implementation. Most items in the collection relate to the formulation of the Project’s strategic plan; records include administrative files. There are also research and planning files and materials published by the Yadkin Pee Dee Lakes Project.