Friends of the Earth, Northwest Office records, 1920-2003.

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Friends of the Earth, Northwest Office records, 1920-2003.

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Correspondence, reference files, project files, reports, notes, draft environmental impact statements, draft reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, legal files, testimony, conference files, financial records, mailings, hearings, legislation, election materials, subject files, manuals, publications, press releases, newsletters, clippings, ephemera, sketches, maps, and sound recordings, 1920-2003. The records relate primarily to environmental issues, including the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, nuclear power plants, coal export, wilderness preservation, wildlife conservation, air and water quality, and other topics. Correspondents include Dale R. Jones, David E. Ortman, and Gilbert M. Zemansky.

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Zemansky, Gilbert Marek

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Friends of the Earth. Northwest Office

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Friends of the Earth is an environmental organization, established in 1969 by David Brower. The Northwest office began in April, 1970, with Dale Jones as Northwest representative. The purpose of FOE is to inform the public about environmental issues and to take "direct action to restore, conserve, and promote rational use of the earth's natural resources." During the years primarily documented by these records, the Northwest Office was headed by David Ortman, followed by Shawn Cantrell, 1997-200...

Jones, Dale R.

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Ortman, David E.

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Brower, David, 1912-2000

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David R. Brower was born in Calif. in 1912 and joined the Army at San Francisco, Calif. in 1942. At the time of his enlistment, he had two years of college and had worked as a postal clerk and photographer. He served at Fort Lewis, Wash., Camp Hale, Colo., Camp Swift, Tex., and in Italy. With the 10th Mountain Division he was a First Lieutenant and a member of the Mountain Training Group; Company L of the 87th Infantry Regiment; Headquarters, Company I, of the 1st Battalion, 86th Infantry Regime...