Finding Aid to the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter Records
Feliz Fuentes, Project Assistant; Karen Gracy, Project Assistant; Stephen Sturgeon, Sierra Club Intern; Lisa Monhoff, Project
Archivist. Additions processed in 2019 by Lisa Monhoff with funding from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.
The Bancroft Library
1992, 2019
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter records,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 71/291 c
Physical Description:
36.25 linear feet
(30 cartons, 1 volume
Date (inclusive): 1908-[on-going]
Language of Material: In English.
Access Information
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Access Information
Collection open for research.
Organized in 5 series: 1. Operational and Financial Records, 1914-1990; 2. Committees, Task Forces, Sections, and Groups Records,
1908-1989 (Committee Records, 1908-1987; Task Force Records, 1983- 1986; Section Records, 1932-1974; Group Records, 1972-1989);
3. Subject Files, 1934-1986; 4. Conservation Coordinators Records, 1932-1990 (Paula Carrell Papers, 1966-1987; David Nesmith
Papers, 1932-1990; Dana Kokubun Papers, 1948-1988). 5. Additions, 1936-1998.
The San Francisco Bay Chapter, founded in 1924, is second in membership size and longevity only to the Angeles Chapter, in
Southern California. The chapter office is located in Oakland and serves members in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San
Francisco Counties. The Bay Chapter has served as a training ground for many prominent national Sierra Club leaders, including
former executive director David R. Brower, and past presidents Richard M. Leonard, Francis P. Farquhar, Edgar Wayburn, and
Lewis Clark (all of whose papers are found in the Sierra Club Members Papers, BANC MSS 71/295 c). Rock climbers, skiers, and
hikers trained on local trips went on to spearhead the club's nationally-famous Outing Program.
Ownership and Custodial History
In 1970 the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club voted to place the club's historical records in The Bancroft Library. Soon
thereafter the San Francisco Bay Chapter also began donating its records to The Bancroft Library. The chapter continues to
transfer groups of historical records in appropriate increments.
Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter records, BANC MSS 71/291 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley..
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sierra Club. San Francisco Bay Chapter.
Sierra Club. San Francisco Bay Chapter -- Archives.
Conservationists -- California.
Environmentalists -- California.
Environmental protection -- California.
Conservation of natural resources -- California.
Environmentalism -- United States.
Environmental protection -- United States -- Citizen participation.