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Michael J. McCloskey papers, 1961-2006.
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Michael J. McCloskey papers, 1961-2006Creator/Contributor:
McCloskey, J. Michael (John Michael), 1934-, creator, creator.Abstract:
Includes subject files, speeches, articles, correspondence, reports, and personal files. Also contains notes, memoranda,
and correspondence on Sierra Club priorities; budget and statistical reports, policy guides, handbooks and other Sierra Club
administrative files.
Date:
1961 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caNature conservation -- History
Conservationists -- California
Environmentalists -- California
Nature -- Conservation -- Histoire
Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement) -- Californie
Conservationists
Environmentalists
Nature conservation
California
Sierra Club -- History
Sierra Club. -- Executive Director.
Sierra Club.
McCloskey, J. Michael (John Michael) -- 1934- -- Archives
McCloskey, J. Michael (John Michael) -- 1934-
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Gift of Michael McCloskey 2016.
Related Collection: Sierra Club Members papers (BANC MSS 71/295 c)
John Michael McCloskey was born in Eugene, Oregon in 1934. He attended Harvard as a college student and graduated from the
law school at the University of Oregon. In 1961 he was hired as the first field organizer for the Sierra Club, and throughout
the 1960's he helped lead the club's campaigns to save several wilderness areas in the northwest and establish Redwoods National
Park and North Cascades National Park. After the contentious resignation of David Brower in 1969 McCloskey became the Sierra
Club's Executive Director. He led the club as it fought to preserve Alaskan and eastern United States' wilderness areas,
and supported the anti-pollution environmental agendas of the 1970's. After 16 years as Executive Director McCloskey stepped
down and took up the role of chairman where he devoted his time to conservation policy. He is the recipient of numerous awards,
including the John Muir Award of the Sierra Club (1979), the Fred Packard Award of the International Union for the Conservation
of Nature (2003), and the Conservation Award of the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs (2004).
Michael J. McCloskey papers, BANC MSS 2016/101, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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Archives.History.
Addresses.
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24.25 (19 1 1
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.