Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Rainforest Action Network
- Abstract:
- Contains subject files for Rainforest Action Network (RAN) campaigns, Rainforest Action Groups, Rainforest Action Network publications, and small quantities of correspondence and photographs.
- Extent:
- 82 linear feet (64 cartons, 2 boxes, 1 oversize box, 4 oversize folders)
- Language:
- English and Collection materials are in English, Portuguese and Spanish
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Rainforest Action Network Records, BANC MSS 2006/161, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains subject files for Rainforest Action Network campaigns, Rainforest Action Groups, Rainforest Action Network publications, and small quantities of correspondence and photographs. Prominent among the campaign files, is information pertaining to various oil companies, countries affected by rainforest logging, and the native U'Wa. The Rainforest Action Groups files contain information on local grassroots groups supporting RAN and materials on RAN campaigns against corporations that supported rainforest or old-growth logging. There are also several cartons of newspaper clippings and copies of RAN advertisements. Within the general subject files are folders of unorganized correspondence, called by the organization "constituent mail," and photographs of promotional events.
- Biographical / historical:
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Founded in 1985 by Randy Hayes, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is an environmental organization that campaigns for the preservation of rainforests and the rights of the indigenous peoples who live within those forests. See also: http://ran.org/who_we_are/our_mission_history/
- Acquisition information:
- The Rainforest Action Network Records were given to The Bancroft Library by the Rainforest Action Network between 2006 and 2012.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2007. Additions processed by Lisa Marie Monhoff in 2019 as part of a two-year NHPRC-funded project to process a range of archival collections relating to environmental movements in the West.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged to the container level.
- Accruals:
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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:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Rainforest Action Network Records, BANC MSS 2006/161, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481