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Title: TreePeople records
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2180
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
59.0 linear feet
(82 boxes, 17 record cartons, 8 flat boxes, and 4 roll boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1970s-2010
Abstract: The Los Angeles-based environmental group TreePeople is known for promoting environmental awareness and conducting educational
outreach programs locally as well as internationally. The collection includes slides, photographs, audiovisual materials,
clippings, correspondence, organization files, ephemera, and awards documenting the development and efforts of TreePeople.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
TreePeople (Firm).
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Andy Lipkis, President of TreePeople, 2013.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], TreePeople Records (Collection 2180). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
History
TreePeople, a non-profit environmental organization, was founded by Andy Lipkis in Los Angeles in 1973. Originally called
the California Conservation Project (CCP), the group was more commonly referred to as the "TreePeople," and was thus, renamed
in 1974. Lipkis established the organization at the age of eighteen following his experiences at a leadership training program
in the San Bernardino National forest. After attending the program, Lipkis directed his efforts toward establishing the CCP
in order to provide people with environmental education and the opportunity to plant trees.
In 1977 TreePeople established their headquarters in Los Angeles on the grounds of a former fire station. The site was renamed
Coldwater Canyon Park, and would later serve as TreePeople's Center for Community Forestry. Since its founding, TreePeople
have worked to promote environmental awareness through city-wide tree planting programs, as well as environmental education
and training for the local community, and on a global scale. TreePeople's efforts have included disaster-relief work, in addition
to initiating significant urban planting projects. These projects include the Million Tree Campaign in 1981, which encouraged
the planting of one million trees before the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics; the Martin Luther King Boulevard Memorial Project,
where three hundred trees were planted in a single day; and the Big Tree Campaign, an urban-planting project aimed at providing
shade to homes, buildings, and large sun-exposed spaces in and around the greater Los Angeles area.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of material related to the Los Angeles based environmental organization, TreePeople. The collection
includes slides, photographs, audiovisual materials, clippings, correspondence, organization files, ephemera, and awards documenting
the development and efforts of TreePeople. The materials represent assorted TreePeople events and programs such as their Urban
Forestry program, Million Tree Campaign, King Boulevard Memorial Project, public school outreach, and disaster relief work,
among other undertakings.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Organization Files
- Press Clippings
- Photographic Materials
- Awards
- Audiovisual Materials
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
TreePeople (Firm). -- Archives
Environmentalists-California--Los Angeles--Archives.
Tree planting--California--Los Angeles--Citizen participation
Urban forestry--California--Los Angeles--Citizen participation