Oral history transcripts, 1974-1992.

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Oral history transcripts, 1974-1992.

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Collection consists of transcribed oral history interviews documenting the leadership, programs, strategies, and ideals of the national Sierra Club as well as the club grassroots at the regional and chapter levels. The interviews feature various aspects of the club including education, litigation, legislative lobbying, energy policy, urban issues, and wilderness preservation. Each interview in the collection has been cataloged separately.

23 v. : port. ; 28 cm.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7438671

University of California, Los Angeles

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Sierra Club Oral History Project

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The Sierra Club is a nonprofit organization in the US and Canada that works to educate the public on environmental issues and lobbies local, state, and federal bodies for environmental legislation; it was founded in 1892 by the naturalist John Muir who was the first president (1892-1914); The Sierra Club History Committee was created in 1970 to maintain the Sierra Club records and to set up an oral history program; originally, some committee members volunteered as interviewers and were trained b...

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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...