Sierra Club, Atlantic Chapter Records, 1964-1999 29 cubic ft.
The collection documents the day-to-day work of the Sierra Club's Atlantic Chapter over three and a half decades.
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Administrative Files, 1967-1997 2.3 cubic ft.
This series consists of materials relating directly to the operations of the Atlantic Chapter. There is one folder of items covering the late 1960s through the 1970s (General Records, 1967-1979), but most of the series dates from the 1980s and 1990s. The records of important chapter bodies such as eight of the eighteen administrative committees, the Board of Governance, and the Executive Committee are included here, and there are lists of chapter members and officers. Other items found in the series include budget materials, by-laws, fundraising letters, general correspondence, and invoices.
Subject Files, 1967-1998 13.17 cubic ft.
This series covers twenty-five subjects of interest to the Atlantic Chapter, most of which are divided into several secondary topics. The subjects are defined below.
Conservation Committees and Regional Groups, 1968-1996 1.6 cubic ft.
This series consists of materials by chapter bodies that relate directly to conservation efforts at both the state and regional levels.
Regional Groups, 1968-1996 1.3 cubic ft.
The regional groups were the geographic subdivisions of the Atlantic Chapter which handled issues of primarily local interest, for example, contaminated waste sites in particular communities. Items typically found in the regional group records include by-laws, membership information, correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial data, and newsletters. All of the eleven regional groups listed in the 1993 Chapter Directory (Finger Lakes, Hudson-Mohawk, Iroquois, Long Island, Lower Hudson (Westchester/Putnam), Mid-Hudson, New York City, Niagara, Ramapo-Catskill, Rochester, and Susquehanna) are documented here.
Publications, Sierra Club, 1970-1997 0.47 cubic ft.
This series includes periodicals and single reports issued by both the Atlantic Chapter and the national Sierra Club. Periodicals put out by the Atlantic Chapter include The Argonaut (1970-1972 included here), Atlantic Chapter News Report (1986-1988, 1990), and Sierra Atlantic (1977-1982, 1984-1992, 1996). The Sierra Atlantic newsletters from Spring 2003 to the present are available online at http://newyork.sierraclub.org/Sierra%20Atlantic/index.htm.
Periodicals, 1979-1997 1.3 cubic ft.
This subseries contains magazines focusing on topics of interest to the Atlantic Chapter (for example, Up River, Down River, a magazine about the Hudson River), or newsletters put out by other environmental organizations (e.g., Protectors of Pine Oak Woods, Toxics in Your Community Newsletter).
Reports, 1980-1996 1.6 cubic ft.
This subseries contains studies by various private organizations, as well as the New York State legislature and other state bodies, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Box 3 (2-conservation committees and regional ), Folder 10
Box 13 (4-subject files), Folder 33
Political Activity, 1983-1998 3.47 cubic ft.
This series documents the Atlantic Chapter's various activities in the political process at the state and national levels. Included here are materials relating to its efforts to influence the 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1998 elections, such as endorsements and voter guides. The 1990, 1992, and 1994 elections are the most extensively documented. Other political activities the Atlantic Chapter engaged in include lobbying the New York State Legislature, tracking national political events (such as the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994), contributing to the revision of New York City's charter in 1989, and general grassroots activities. Also included are Atlantic Chapter documents relating to election law compliance and an electoral activity handbook for Sierra Club activists. There is also documentation of the offices, agencies, and initiatives of New York State government, including materials regarding Governors Mario Cuomo and George Pataki, the Legislature, the Department of Environmental Conservation, regulatory changes undertaken by Governor Pataki, and the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).