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Denver Public Library Western History Department 10 West 14th Ave. Parkway Denver, CO 80204 Connors, Edward P. (b. 1934) 1945–1981 (bulk 1964–1978) 13 linear feet Born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Edward P. Connors received a BA in History of Art from Yale University, and an MA in History. He taught History and History of Art at Kent Denver School for twenty-eight years. The collection contains speeches, correspondence, minutes, reports, petitions and clippings regarding the conservation efforts of regional environmental organizations, including the Rocky Mountain Center on Environment (ROMCOE). Subjects covered include water resources, wilderness, roads and land-use.
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives 1205 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 Van Dresser, Peter 1950s-1961 14.5 linear feet Peter Van Dresser was an environmentalist and solar energy advocate. He initiated the solar project at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, and was one of the founders of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association. He worked with the New Mexico State Planning Office on a rural rehabilitation project (1960–1961) and was an advocate for the Decentralist Movement, a back-to-the-land movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Collection consists primarily of the papers created and collected by Van Dresser in the above-mentioned activities. Included are papers from the Penjerdel Region Transportation Study (Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware Metropolitan Project, Inc. 1960–63), Van Dresser's correspondence (1930–1983), and his manuscripts and publications.
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Archives Moon Library and Learning Resource Center Room 15 Syracuse, NY 13210 Brown, Nelson C. (b. 1885) 1913–1943 6 cubic feet Acting Dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 1929–1930; professor of forest utilization at the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 1912–1951. Correspondence, including letters of other professors and administrators, papers, reports, and a few blueprints, 1914–1943, concerning courses, equipment, and speakers at the college; the American Forestry Association; consultation work; and the pulp and paper industry. Included are letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933–1943, discussing tree plantings at Hyde Park and elsewhere; and a scrapbook of memorabilia from a European trip, 1913.
Stony Brook University Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library Stony Brook, NY 11794-3300 Environmental Defense 1967–1989 1025.4 cubic feet Environmental Defense, formerly Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is a public-membership, non-profit, tax-exempt environmental and legal action organization of scientists, lawyers and concerned citizens. Its primary purpose is to provide a link between law and environmental science. Established in 1967, its earliest official headquarters were located in Stony Brook and East Setauket, New York. The collection contains papers, correspondence, case files, legal briefs and pleadings, court exhibits and transcripts, minutes, memoranda, speeches, public statements, committee files, legal and scientific research notes, statistical information, published material, etc., documenting the establishment and growth of a national organization of attorneys, scientists, and economists dedicated to the protection of the environment. National Headquarters records are from the original offices in Stony Brook and East Setauket, New York, and offices in various locations in New York; Capitol Office records are from Washington, D.C.; Rocky Mountain office records are from Denver and Boulder, Colorado, and California Office are from Berkeley and Oakland, Calif. offices. Includes information on environmental issues of local and national significance.
Stony Brook University Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library Stony Brook, NY 11794-3300 Fletcher, Mary T. Mac Murray (b. 1895?) 1957–1976 4.4 cubic feet Mary Mac Murray Fletcher was a biology teacher at Richmond Hill High School in Queens, N.Y. for 35 years. She authored "A Survey of the Algae Found in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden" in 1936. She retired in 1957 and moved to Seaford, New York. There she served on the board of the Second District of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York as both Bird and Conservation Chairperson. Ms. Fletcher was an active member of the Seaford Garden Club, the Baldwin Bird Club, the Long Island Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, the Adirondack Forest Preserve group, the Audubon Society, and its affiliated Lyman Langdon Bird Club. The files of her nature and conservation work in Nassau County from 1956–1976 were donated to Stony Brook University in 1976 and later that year she retired to Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Stony Brook University Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library Stony Brook, NY 11794-3300 Lloyd Harbor Study Group 1970–1976 30.4 cubic feet Environmental action organization. Files documenting the intervention by the Lloyd Harbor Study Group in the Long Island Lighting Company's application to build a nuclear power facility in Shoreham, New York.
University of New Mexico General Library Center for Southwest Research. Zimmerman Library University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-1466 Keep New Mexico Beautiful 1952–1988 2.65 cubic feet Keep New Mexico Beautiful, Inc (KNMB) was established in 1965, under the direction of Eunice Kalloch. The organization was formed to achieve three goals: the preservation and enhancement of New Mexico's natural beauty through a program of public education; encouragement of local citizens' groups to improve the surroundings in their own areas; and development among residents of New Mexico of pride in their communities and benefits of a clean and beautiful state. To catch the attention of youth, Keep New Mexico Beautiful acquired locally designed Dusty Roadrunner as a mascot. Dusty was trademarked by the organization in 1967 and officially adopted by the State of New Mexico in 1969 as its litter prevention symbol. School recycling and beautification programs were also instituted. Keep New Mexico Beautiful worked with local organizations such as the Kirtland Officers' Wives' Club, Arbor Day Foundation, and city garden clubs as well as the national group, Keep America Beautiful. With the cooperation of former Governor Tom Bolack, Keep New Mexico Beautiful was able to implement the 100,000 Trees program. Cooperating with political figures such as Lady Bird Johnson, former state governors, and U.S. senators from New Mexico, KNMB increased the visibility of the beautification movement in New Mexico. The collection contains documents concerning KNMB's participation in civic beautification including newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, correspondence, and administrative files. The collection reflects KNMB's interest in projects relating to civic beautification, litter control and environmental education.
University of New Mexico General Library Center for Southwest Research. Zimmerman Library Albuquerque, NM 87131-1466 New Mexico Solar Energy Association 1956–2002 (bulk 1974–1983) 18 cubic feet The New Mexico Solar Energy Association was formally organized in the summer of 1974 with 55 members to provide for the increasing public demand for assistance in solar design. NMSEA was set up as an outreach program that included demonstrations of projects, tours of solar buildings, information dissemination, publication of Sunpaper and Southwest Bulletin, and demonstration/consultation on energy conserving practices. A few of the founding members are Bill and Susan Yanda, Keith Haggart, and Dr. J. Douglas Balcomb. NMSEA provided low cost, technical advice to owner-builders and building professionals. They gave educational workshops, classes, tours, and training programs to groups of all kinds. Their library and resource/demonstration center provided information on hundreds of solar-related topics. The Ghost Ranch Life Technics Conference was held annually by NMSEA. Due to elimination of government subsidies in the early 1980s, the NMSEA had to cut back on services, placing their main focus on education and traveling to schools with the Sun Chaser and sponsoring annual Solar Fiestas. This collection contains the records and library of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association. The bulk of the collection dates from 1974–1983.
University of Pittsburgh Archives Service Center 363 Hillman Library Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Smoke Control Lantern Slides 1940–1950 63 items Contains images showing Pittsburgh in the 1940s before and after the clean up of the city's smoke pollution. Shows general street scenes and general views of the city. Also includes photos of St. Louis, Missouri, comparing conditions in 1939 and after the smoke ordinance in 1940.
University of the Pacific Holt-Atherton Center for Western Studies Stockton, CA 95211 Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 1969–1976 3 linear feet Since 1960, the Lake Tahoe area has been under intense pressure to meet the demands of a mobile, recreation-seeking public. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency was created by an act of Congress to "maintain an equilibrium between the region's natural endowment and its man-made environment." The agency's governing body is composed of representatives from five California and Nevada counties, one representative appointed by the Governor of each state, the director of each state's natural resources agency, a councilman from the city of South Lake Tahoe, and a non-voting representative appointed by the President of the United States. The TRPA passes ordinances, which are then enforced by individual local government units. TRPA is financed by equal tax assessments from each of the five counties.
University of Tennessee Hoskins Library, Special Collections 1401 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville TN 37996-4000 Gray, Aelred Joseph, (1909–2000) 1933–1993 14.33 linear feet Aelred Joseph "Flash" Gray was born in 1909 in Warren, Pennsylvania. As a football player at the University of Notre Dame in the late 1920s and early 1930s he earned the nickname "Flash" because of his speed. Gray came to Tennessee in 1935 as the director of the TVA's community planning assistance program. Here, his work convinced TVA officials that planning needed to occur before dams and reservoirs were constructed. Gray worked closely with Earle S. Draper in planning Norris, Tennessee, which was the first of many TVA-founded model towns in the Tennessee Valley. Gray also developed the TVA's Flood Damage Prevention Program in the 1950s, which became a national model. After nearly forty years of service, Gray retired from TVA and began teaching at the University of Tennessee where he was instrumental in establishing a graduate planning program. At the time of his death on July 16, 2000, Gray was known to many as the "grandfather of planning." The collection consists of reports, notes, rosters, drafts, binders, clippings, and publications relating to Gray's career with the University of Tennessee Planning Department.

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