William W. Lyons papers 1950-1978 1972-1977

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

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Crow Tribe of Montana.

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Lyons, William W.

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William W. Lyons became Deputy Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior in May 1973. His duties as a staff assistant to the Under Secretary were to carry out policy set by the Secretary or Under Secretary. Prior to that assignment, he worked in the Department of the Interior as the Special Assistant to the Secretary from January 1970 to August 1971 and as Deputy Assistant Secretary, Program Policy from August 1971 to May 1973. From the guide to the William...

Natural Resources Defense Council

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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) was founded in 1970 as an environmental action organization by a group of American attorneys and law students. Several New York City lawyers, who sought to block construction of a Consolidated Edison power plant at Storm King Mountain on the Hudson River, established the Natural Resources Defense League and hired John H. Adams as its first executive director. The organization soon changed its name to the Natural Resources Defense Council,...

United States., Department of the Intérior

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The Alaska Public Works Program was authorized during the 81st Congress through the Alaska Public Works Act, Public Law 264. The Act authorized the General Services Administration to construct public works in Alaska, at a total cost of $70 million, then to sell them to the Territory of Alaska or other public bodies in Alaska at a purchase price that would recover approximately 50% of the total estimated cost. The authority, set to expire June 30, 1955, was extended to June 30, 1959. The program ...

United States. Bonneville Power Administration

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Sierra club

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"The dedication of the new Lodge at Horse Camp, Mount Shasta took place at high noon on Fourth of July 1923... The crowning event was when Miss Harwood of Los Angeles stepped forward and with much vim and enthusiasm pronounced the words: 'I christen thee Shasta Alpine Lodge (crash went the bottle of Shasta Ginger Ale on the stone doorway) and dedicate thee to all lovers of the great out-of doors...'" (Sierra Club Circular, Sept. 1, 1923, p. 1). From the description of Sierra Club mou...