Sierra Club Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee records, 1880-1992, 1880-1992 (bulk 1970-1984), bulk 1970-1984

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Summary

Creators:
Sierra Club. Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee
Abstract:
The Sierra Club of Northern California/Nevada Conservation Committee records document the organization’s conservation policy and conservation position work in Northern California and Nevada, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s.
Extent:
12.5 linear feet (10 cartons)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sierra Club Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee records, BANC MSS 2005/296, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Sierra Club of Northern California/Nevada Conservation Committee records document the organization’s conservation policy and conservation position work in Northern California and Nevada, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s. This collection includes records of three legislative representatives who lobbied for the organization during that period: Paula Carrell, Russell Shay and Lowell Smith. Activities documented include public policy research and planning, lobbying and legislative hearings, and task force and committee meetings. Consists of correspondence, administrative records and financial records, environmental analysis, testimony, maps, meeting minutes, and newsletters.

The collection is divided into two series: Administrative files and Subject files.

Biographical / historical:

The Sierra Club of Northern California/Nevada Conservation Committee was founded in 1968 as the Sierra Club Northern California Regional Conservation Committee and is also known as the California Conservation Committee, the California-Nevada Conservation Coordinating Committee and CNRCC. The organization works to establish general conservation policy and specific conservation positions for Sierra Club California and the 13 chapters of the California Sierra Club. Its structure is composed of conservation issue committees and task forces that research and propose conservation policy and coordinate and implement programs for conservation issues across the various chapter boundaries.

Sources:

California Conservation Committee, 2017. Web site accessed December 1, 2017

Processing information:

Arranged to the folder level.

Processed by Lauren Lassleben and Lisa Monhoff in 2006 and 2017.

Accruals:

Future additions are expected.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sierra Club Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee records, BANC MSS 2005/296, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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