Kathleen Goddard Jones Papers 1933-2001 (bulk 1964-1994)

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Kathleen Goddard Jones Papers 1933-2001 (bulk 1964-1994)

Papers of environmental activist Kathleen Goddard Jones, including correspondence, clippings, research files, organization records, and 35mm slides, primarily relating to her efforts to protect the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes on the central coast of California, her participation in regional and national Sierra Club efforts, and other activities in defense of the ecosystems of California, donated by Kathleen Goddard Jones in 1993.

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Goddard Jones, Kathleen, 1907-2001.

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Kathleen Goddard Jones (1907-2001) was a local environmental activist whose efforts focused on protecting the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes on the central coast of California. Active in the Sierra Club and diverse conservation organizations, in the 1970s Goddard Jones successfully campaigned to have Pacific Gas & Electric's proposed nuclear power plant relocated elsewhere and the dunes preserved. From the description of Kathleen Goddard Jones Papers, 1933-2001. (Palm Springs Public Libr...