Sierra Club – Northern Rockies Chapter records
Content Description
The Sierra Club – Northern Rockies Chapter records span the years 1967-2004. Included in the records are correspondence, audio cassette tapes, slides, legislation, forest management and land use plans, and reports on conservation and environmental concerns.
Dates
- Creation: 1967-2004
Creator
- Sierra Club. Northern Rockies Chapter (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. Since it was founded in 1892 by John Muir, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. The Sierra Club has helped to establish many National Parks and a National Wilderness Preservation System. The Sierra Club is divided into many regional chapters and those chapters are further separated into individual groups that focus on issues in their local area. The Northern Rockies Chapter of the Sierra Club is concerned with issues involving all of Idaho and eastern Washington. It is composed of five groups with the Middle Snake Groups located in Boise, Idaho; the Eastern Idaho Group in Pocatello, Idaho; the Sawtooth Group in Twin Falls, Idaho; the Upper Columbia River Group based out of Spokane, Washington; and the Palouse Group located in Moscow, Idaho. The Palouse Group encompasses central Idaho and southeastern Washington.
Extent
17.66 Cubic Feet (19 boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States and the Northern Rockies Chapter of the Sierra Club is concerned with issues involving all of Idaho and eastern Washington. This collection contains organizational records.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into five series. The first series is material from the Palouse Group, a more localized sub-division of the Northern Rockies Chapter of the Sierra Club. The second series contains materials relating to issues dealt with on a regional scale by the Northern Rockies Chapter. The third series is material collected by Charles Yoder, the Chapter’s Bureau of Land Management Issue Coordinator. The fourth series pertains to Ronald E. Wise’s involvement with the establishment of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. The fifth series contains material that was collected by the Chapter on subject matters outside of their region on a national level.
- Title
- Guide to Sierra Club – Northern Rockies Chapter records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Lee Steiner; updated by Sara Szobody.
- Date
- 2009, 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this collection was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository