Finding Aid to the Sierra Club International Program Records

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The Bancroft Library
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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library
Title: Sierra Club International Program records
Date (inclusive): circa 1967-1999
creator: Sierra Club International
creator: Williams, Larry
creator: McCloskey, J. Michael (John Michael)
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 71/290 c
Physical Description: 34.25 linear feet (27 cartons, 1 box)
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Sierra Club International Program Records, BANC MSS 71/290 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

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Materials Cataloged Separately

Newsletters have been transferred to the serials collection of The Bancroft Library.

Acquisition Information

In 1970 the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club voted to place the club's historical records in The Bancroft Library. In 1986 the New York Office of the club's International Program began forwarding its inactive files. Now located in Washington, D.C., the International Program continues to transfer groups of historical records in appropriate increments.

Funding

The Sierra Club Records Project was made possible by a major grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Administrative History

The Sierra Club International Program was established in New York City in 1971. Patricia Rambach (later Scharlin) was its first director.
In the program's early years, the staff worked closely with the Sierra Club International Committee members and with international environmental organizations and environmentalists on increasing protection for Antarctica, establishing national parks and reserves in Venezuela, and strengthening the Law of the Sea Treaty.
The International Program's move to Washington, D.C. (where it currently shares quarters with the National Legislative Office) in the mid-1980s reflected a change in emphasis. A primary goal of the program now, under the joint direction of Larry Williams and Sierra Club Chairman Michael McCloskey, is to encourage the United States government to offer environmentally-appropriate development assistance. Recent campaigns have included Sierra Club support for the passage of bills targeting biological diversity, family planning, rain forest preservation, debt-for-nature swaps, and famine relief. A continuing emphasis of the International Program is the monitoring and improvement of lending practices of multi-national development banks, to ensure that grants given to projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are both environmentally sensitive and sustainable.

Scope and Content

The Sierra Club International Program Records document the activities and policies of one of the first organizations to be granted nongovernmental representative status at the United Nations. The records in this collection include correspondence, financial records, minutes, agendas, notes, policy statements, statements and testimony, slide/tape scripts, press releases, clippings, and fact sheets, which document the wide-ranging and effective efforts of the Club to influence international environmental policy.
Important conservation organizations represented include the International Union on Conservation of Nature; the United Nations, particularly the U.N. Environmental Programme; the United States Agency for International Development; and the Law of the Seas Conference. International conservation issues include Antarctica, biological diversity, man and the biosphere, marine ecology, marine mammals, multi-lateral development banks, and rain forests.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Conservation projects (Natural resources)
Conservationists
Sierra Club International -- Archives
Williams, Larry
McCloskey, J. Michael (John Michael)
Sierra Club International -- Archives
Williams, Larry
McCloskey, J. Michael (John Michael)

carton 1-2, carton 3, folder 1-29, carton 15, folder 1-14, carton 21-23, carton 24, folder 1-11

Series 1:  Operational files 1972-1987

 

Subseries 1.1:  Correspondence 1972-1987

carton 1, folder 1-18

Scharlin, Patricia 1978-1985

carton 1, folder 19-23, carton 15, folder 1-14

Williams, Larry 1986-1987

carton 1, folder 24-30, carton 2, folder 1-12, carton 21-23, carton 24, folder 1-11

McCloskey, Michael 1977-1998

carton 2, folder 12-16

International Committee 1985-1987

 

Members and affiliates

carton 2, folder 17

Birnie, Patricia 1980-1985

carton 2, folder 18

Dahlberg, Ken 1980-1985

carton 2, folder 19

Dickinson, Josh 1983-1984

carton 2, folder 20

Hamilton, Larry 1980-1984

carton 2, folder 21

Hilliker, Clare 1984

carton 2, folder 22

Ives, Jack 1981-1982

carton 2, folder 23

Kumar, Bhuall Nand 1984-1985

carton 2, folder 24

Myers, Norman 1974-1983

carton 2, folder 25

Parker, Kathy 1982

carton 2, folder 26

Penna, Frank J. 1982

carton 2, folder 27

Robinson, Nicholas 1976-1983

carton 2, folder 28

Stack, Victoria 1984-1985

carton 2, folder 29

Temnikov, Nicolas 1982-1984

carton 2, folder 30

Tepfer, Sandy 1980-1984

carton 2, folder 31

Thalman, Dart 1981-1983

carton 2, folder 32

Trexler, Mark 1984-1985

carton 2, folder 33

Tucker, Richard 1980-1985

carton 2, folder 34

Wayburn, Edgar 1983-1985

carton 2, folder 35

Weiss, Carol 1973

carton 2, folder 36

Winchester, Ellen 1978-1985

carton 2, folder 37

Wood, Harold W., Jr. 1983-1985

carton 2, folder 38

Yurchyshyn, Anita 1978-1985

 

Overseas representatives

carton 3, folder 1

Australia 1972-1975

carton 3, folder 2

Geneva 1974-1983

carton 3, folder 3

Japan 1974-1979

carton 3, folder 4

Latin America 1979-1985

carton 3, folder 5

London 1977-1984

carton 3, folder 6

Mexico 1980-1982

carton 3, folder 7

Nairobi 1973-1983

carton 3, folder 8

Paris 1974-1984

carton 3, folder 9

Rome 1972-1982

 

Subseries 1:2  Other operational records 1972-1987

 

General

carton 3, folder 10

Five Year Plan 1976-1977

carton 3, folder 11

Information requests 1985-1987

carton 3, folder 12

Library proposal 197819-80

carton 3, folder 13

Program budgets 1976-1982

carton 3, folder 14

Program goals 1972-1982

 

Meetings and Conferences

carton 3, folder 15-20

International Committee 1972-1983

carton 3, folder 21

Sierra Club Board of Directors 1987

carton 3, folder 22

Earthcare Conference 1975

carton 3, folder 23

Proceedings 1975-1981

carton 3, folder 24

Earthcare Subcommittee 1983

carton 3, folder 25

Dinner meeting 1976-1977

 

Tours

carton 3, folder 26

India 1976-1977

carton 3, folder 27

Southeast Asia 1974-1977

carton 3, folder 28-29

Sierra Club Tours 1973-1978

carton 3, folder 30-38, carton 4-11, carton 12, case 1-8

Series 2:  Subject files 1972-1985

 

Suberies 2:1  International conservation organizations 1972-1985

carton 3, folder 30-31

American Committee for International Conservation 1978-1985

carton 3, folder 32

Expenses 1982-1983

carton 3, folder 33

Minutes 1979

carton 3, folder 34

Economic Commission for Europe 1975-1979

carton 3, folder 35

Environmental Protection Agency - International activities 1978-1989

carton 3, folder 36

European Environmental Bureau 1974-1983

carton 3, folder 37

International Institute for Environment and Development 1976-1983

 

International Union on Conservation of Nature

carton 3, folder 38, carton 4, folder 1-3

General 1972-1984

carton 4, folder 4

Correspondence 1972

carton 4, folder 5

Ashkhabad 1978

carton 4, folder 6

Commission on Ecology 1982-1983

carton 4, folder 7-8

Commission on Education 1980-1985

carton 4, folder 9-10

Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas 1982-1985

carton 4, folder 11

Convention on Preservation in the Western Hemisphere 1979-1981

carton 4, folder 12

Funding 1980

carton 4, folder 13

Marine Steering Committee 1976-1978

carton 4, folder 14

Minutes and agendas 1979

carton 4, folder 15

National Committees 1982

carton 4, folder 16

North America 1974-1981

carton 4, folder 17

World Conservation Strategy 1978

carton 4, folder 18

Zaire Meeting 1975

carton 4, folder 19

Island Resources Foundation 1974-1978

 

United Nations

carton 4, folder 20

Association of the U.S.A. 1980-1984

carton 4, folder 21

Conference on Desertification 1977

carton 4, folder 22

Conference on Human Settlements 1976

carton 4, folder 23

Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy 1981

 

Conference on Science and Technology for Development

carton 4, folder 24

General 1978

carton 4, folder 25

Correspondence 1976-1978

carton 4, folder 26

Non-governmental organizations 1977-1979

carton 4, folder 27

Sierra Club delegation 1978-1979

carton 4, folder 28

Sierra Club policy 1978-1979

carton 4, folder 29

Conference on Trade and Development 1980-1983

carton 4, folder 30

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 1972-1984

carton 4, folder 31

Environmental Fund 1973

 

Environmental Programme

carton 4, folder 32-33

General 1972-1984

carton 4, folder 34

Asia and the Pacific - South Asia Cooperative Environmental Program 1983

carton 4, folder 35

Commission on the Global Perspective to the Year 2000 1984

carton 4, folder 36

Environmental Liaison Board 1975-1976

carton 4, folder 37

Environmental Liaison Center 1977-1980

carton 5, folder 1-5

Finance 1976-1985

carton 5, folder 6

Governing Council 1983-1984

carton 5, folder 7

Non-governmental organizations 1973-1975, 1980

carton 5, folder 8

North American Committee 1973-1976

 

Regional Seas Programme

carton 5, folder 19

General 1980-1983

carton 5, folder 10

Africa 1973-1983

carton 5, folder 11

Asia and the Pacific 1980-1984

carton 5, folder 12-14

Caribbean 1979-1985

carton 5, folder 15

Cartagena 1983

carton 5, folder 16

Mediterranean 1974-1984

carton 5, folder 17

Middle East 1981-1983

carton 5, folder 18

Serials and publications 1984

carton 5, folder 19

Sierra Club policy 1981

carton 5, folder 20-26

Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment 1972-1982

carton 5, folder 27

World Soils Policy Meeting 1982

carton 5, folder 28-29

Food and Agriculture Organization 1970-1985

carton 5, folder 30

Food Conference 1974

carton 5, folder 31

International Conference on Population 1984

carton 5, folder 32

International Development Strategy 1978-1980

carton 5, folder 33

International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade 1976-1982

carton 6, folder 1

International Youth Year 1985

carton 6, folder 2

Trans-National Corporations - Codes of Conduct 1978-1980

carton 6, folder 3-4

Tree Project 1981-1986

carton 6, folder 5

Water Conference 1976-1977

carton 6, folder 6

World Charter for Nature 1978-1983

 

U.S. Agency for International Development

carton 6, folder 7

General 1977-1983

carton 6, folder 8

Information Service Project Package Prototype 1980-1981

carton 6, folder 9

National Parks Service Bulletin Negotiations 1981-1983

carton 6, folder 10

Natural Resources Technical Bulletin 1979-1984

carton 6, folder 11

Project profiles 1979

carton 6, folder 12

Short Courses Directory 1979-1980, 1983

 

Slide/Tape scripts

carton 6, folder 13

Ecological Overview undated

carton 6, folder 14

Grassland and Savanna Ecosystems undated

carton 6, folder 15

Mangroves undated

carton 6, folder 16

Ocean undated

carton 6, folder 17

Proposal and budget 1980

carton 6, folder 18

Rain Forests undated

carton 6, folder 19

World Resources Institute 1982-1984

 

Subseries 2:2  International meetings 1973-1986

carton 6, folder 20

Caribou Treaty 1980

carton 6, folder 21-22

Foreign assistance 1984

carton 6, folder 23-29

Global 2000 1979-1985

 

Japanese-American Environmental Conference

carton 6, folder 30-32

General 1980-1984

carton 6, folder 33-35, carton 7, folder 1-21

Law of the Seas 1975-1984

carton 7, folder 22

Migratory Species, Convention on the Conservation of 1979

carton 7, folder 23

National Parks, World Congress on 1982-1983

carton 7, folder 24

Non-governmental Organizations, Conference on 1973-1974

carton 7, folder 25

Pell Resolution 1977-1979

carton 7, folder 26-32

Sussex Meeting 1972-1976

carton 8, folder 1-8

Talloires Seminars 1983-1985

carton 8, folder 9

Toxic Substances International Conference 1973-1978

carton 8, folder 10-13

World conservation strategy 1978-1986

carton 8, folder 14-15

World Environment Day 1976-86

carton 8, folder 16

World Environment Prizes 1976

 

Subseries 2:3  International conservation issues 1973-1987

carton 8, folder 17-39

Antarctic regions 1977-1985

Scope and Content

Correspondence, Krill Bill, law and legislation, policy, Marine LInving Resources Convention, Southern Ocean Coalition.
carton 8, folder 40-41

Biological diversity 1980-1984

carton 9, folder 1-2

Biological diversity 1984-1985

carton 9, folder 3

Fact sheet undated

carton 9, folder 4

Law and legislation 1983-1985

carton 9, folder 5

McPherson letter 1986

carton 9, folder 6

Non-governmental organizations 1983-1984

carton 9, folder 7

Sierra Club Advisory Committee on Forests, Wildlands and Biological Diversity 1975-1983

carton 9, folder 8

Sierra Club policy 1980-1985

carton 9, folder 9-11

United States 1983-1984

carton 9, folder 12

Williams, Larry - Testimony 1986

 

Biosphere

carton 9, folder 13

International Year 1980

carton 9, folder 14-15

Man and Biosphere (MAB) 1975-1984

carton 9, folder 16-17

Biological Reserve 1979-1984

carton 9, folder 18

Law and legislation 1979-1983

carton 9, folder 19

Mountain pamphlet 1979-1983

carton 9, folder 20

National Committee 1979-1980

carton 9, folder 21

Rain forests slide/tape script undated

 

UNESCO contract

carton 9, folder 22

Phase I 1979-1980

carton 9, folder 23

Phase II 1978-1983

 

Desertification

carton 9, folder 24

Correspondence 1976

carton 9, folder 25

Position Papers 1977

carton 9, folder 26-28

United Nations Conference on Desertification 1976-1977

carton 9, folder 29-32

Disarmament 1977-1988

carton 9, folder 33

Conference on the Military Threat to Environmental World Order 1972-1973

carton 9, folder 34

Endangered species 1972-1980

 

Energy

carton 10, folder 1

Nuclear power 1976-1980

carton 10, folder 2

Sierra Club policy 1974-1983

carton 10, folder 3

United Nations Conference on Renewable Energy 1979-1980

carton 10, folder 4

United Nations Environmental Programme Meeting, Munich 1980-1981

carton 10, folder 5

U.S. Department of Energy 1980-1981

 

Industry

carton 10, folder 6

Environmental study 1981

carton 10, folder 7

Multi-national corporations 1972-1980

carton 10, folder 8

Strasbourg Meeting 1976

carton 10, folder 9-21

Marine ecology 1972-1983

 

Marine mammals

carton 10, folder 22

Bergen Meeting: Food and Agriculture Organization Advisory Committee on Marine Resource Research 1976

carton 10, folder 23

Inter-agency Committee on International Marine Mammal Program 1976

carton 10, folder 24

Network 1976-1983

carton 10, folder 25

Protection Act of 1972 1980-1981

carton 10, folder 26

Whales (Bowhead and International Whaling Commission) 1974-1980

carton 10, folder 33

Migratory species 1978-1979

carton 10, folder 34-39

Multi-lateral Development Banks 1980-1986

carton 10, folder 40

Bankrolling invoices and registration 1986-1987

carton 10, folder 41

Clausen letter 1986

carton 10, folder 42

Guide book 1986

carton 10, folder 43

Non-governmental organizations 1987

carton 11, folder 1

Williams, Larry - Testimony 1986

carton 11, folder 2-6

World Bank 1973-1986

carton 11, folder 7-14

Ocean - Ocean mining 1969-1985

Scope and Content

Law and legislation; network; Ocean Resources and Ocean Environment Seminar; oil spills; waste disposal in the ocean.
carton 11, folder 15

Olympics 1982-1984

 

Pesticides

carton 11, folder 16

Latin American Seminar on the Use of Pesticides 1983

carton 11, folder 17

Technical Advisory Groups 1984

 

Rain forests

carton 11, folder 18-19

Correspondence 1974-1985

carton 11, folder 20

Case studies 1985

carton 11, folder 21-42

Mangrove Project 1978-1985

carton 12, folder 1

Sierra Club Program on Forestry 1972-1980

carton 12, folder 2

Working groups 1983

carton 12, folder 3-5

Tourist trade (film project and task force; Island Project) 1972-1978

carton 12, folder 6-8

Weather control and Environmental Modification Treaty 1972-1983

carton 12-14

Series 3:  Foreign country files 1967-1986

Scope and Content

These subject files concern environmental issues, activities, and events in both Third World and developed countries.

Arrangement

The series is arranged alphabetically, by country name.
carton 12, folder 9

Africa - Non-governmental organizations 1986

carton 12, folder 10-12

Australia (general; Fraser Island; Perth Harbor) 1976-1985

carton 12, folder 13-15

Canada 1977-1984

carton 12, folder 16

China 1980-1982

carton 12, folder 17

Costa Rica 1980-1983

carton 12, folder 18

Dominican Republic 1984-1985

carton 12, folder 19-20

Egypt 1979-1984

Scope and Content

Includes file on Sinai National Park Service Seminar.
carton 12, folder 21-22

France (Earthcare Network; Pacific tests) 1979-1982

carton 12, folder 23

Germany - Earthcare Network 1979-1985

carton 12, folder 24-28

Great Britain 1968-1981

carton 12, folder 29

Greece 1979-1983

carton 12, folder 30

Guatemala 1978-1984

carton 12, folder 31

Guyana 1978-1985

carton 12, folder 32

Honduras 1975-1984

carton 12, folder 33

Hong Kong 1972-1979

carton 12, folder 34-38

India 1973-1982

carton 13, folder 1-3

India 1978-1985

carton 13, folder 4

Indonesia 1971-1984

carton 13, folder 5

Ireland 1981-1984

carton 13, folder 6

Israel 1972-1975

carton 13, folder 7-8

Italy 1975-1985

carton 13, folder 9

Jamaica 1980-1986

carton 13, folder 10-11

Japan 1972-1986

carton 13, folder 12-13

Kenya 1974-1984

carton 13, folder 14

Lebanon - Parks 1982-1983

carton 13, folder 15

Malaysia 1974-1984

carton 13, folder 16

Mexico 1983

carton 13, folder 17-18

Micronesia 1971-1983

carton 13, folder 19

Nepal 1976-1984

carton 13, folder 20

Palau 1976-1984

carton 13, folder 21-28

Panama (general; Darien Gap; Panama Canal) 1969-1983

carton 13, folder 31

Peru 1969-1980

carton 13, folder 32

Poland 1971-1979

carton 13, folder 33-34

Philippines 1969-1984

carton 14, folder 1-2

Puerto Rico (general; Mona Refinery) 1968-1976

carton 14, folder 3

Samoan Islands 1971-1974

carton 14, folder 4

Saudia Arabia and Region 1967-1978

carton 14, folder 5

Seychelles 1971, 1979-84

carton 14, folder 6

Singapore 1970-1973

 

South Africa

carton 14, folder 7

Lists and contacts 1971-1976

carton 14, folder 8

Namibia 1971-1974

carton 14, folder 9

Clippings 1968-1979

carton 14, folder 10-17

Soviet Union 1979-1983

carton 14, folder 18

Spain 1971-1979

carton 14, folder 19

Sri Lanka 1968-1978

carton 14, folder 20

Sweden 1970-1980

carton 14, folder 21

Switzerland 1968-1980

carton 14, folder 22

Tanzania 1968-1979

carton 14, folder 23

Thailand 1967-1980

carton 14, folder 24

Turkey 1970-1979

carton 14, folder 25

United States Trust Territories 1972-1978

carton 14, folder 26

Venezuela 1968-1982

carton 14, folder 27

Vietnam 1967-1980

carton 14, folder 28

Virgin Islands 1968-1976

carton 14, folder 29

Yugoslavia 1971-1979

carton 14, folder 30

Zaire 1971-1979

carton 14, folder 31

Zambia 1972-1975

carton 15-17

Series 4:  Larry Williams files 1983-1990

carton 15, folder 15-26

Statements and testimony 1987-1989

carton 15, folder 27-31, carton 16-20

Subject files 1981-1991

Scope and Content

Carton 15: Biodiversity convention; long-term plan (1991); World Bank Annual Meeting (1994); G-7 Halifax (1995); OK Tedi. Carton 16: Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act; African Development Bank; Biological diversity; debt for nature swaps; Enterprise for the Americas. Carton 17: Enterprise for the Americas; Foreign Assistance Act Reauthorization of 1987; G-7 nations; hazardous wastes; Inter-American Development Bank; International Development Association; multilateral development banks. Carton 18: national environmental policy on International Financing Act of 1989; Sierra Club International Committee; U.S. Agency for International Development; World Bank. Carton 19: NGO Training; G-7 working group; MDB campaign, World Bank; Narmada; OECD; labelling initiatives; legislative score cards; Jordan power plant; IFC; treasury guidelines; Asian Development Bank; East Coast Road; International Committee; Forests; UNCED. Carton 20: trade issues; UNCED; tropical forests; CAPE; GATT-NAFTA; Asian Elephant Fund; World Bank; African Development Bank; IHPA; Enterprise for the Americas.
carton 24, folder 12-28, carton 25-27, box 1

Series 5:  Michael McCloskey files 1966-1999

carton 24, folder 12-28, carton 25, carton 26, folder 1-21

Statements, articles, and testimony 1966-1999

carton 26, folder 22-24

Campaign material 1992-1995

box 1, folder 1-5

Environmental organizations 1992-1993

box 1, folder 6

Newsclippings 1993

box 1, folder 7

Press releases 1993

carton 27

Subject files approximately 1990-1995