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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Cumberland Chapter or the Sierra Club Records document activities of the organization through correspondence with key members, published newsletters, and organizational minutes. Topics covered include outdoor recreation, natural areas and environmental protection. The group was actively involved in the protection of the Red River Gorge area, mineral rights and pesticide use in national forests among other things.
The collection could be used with the papers of Robert F. Collins and Carl Perkins to gain multi-sided views of environmental issues in Eastern Kentucky.
Collection Historical Note
The Sierra Club Cumberland Chapter was formed over 50 years ago to explore, enjoy, and protect Kentucky. We were formed when Kentucky's Red River Gorge was under threat of being flooded from a dam proposal in the 1960s. That dam was stopped and thousands of people from around the world come to visit the famous unique geological area that can still be enjoyed to this day.
The work this chapter performs brings hundreds of citizens annually to the outdoors with our certified volunteer leadership outings program. These outings are introducing children in cities to nature in the outdoors.
In addition to our outings, we directly work on activism and advocacy with a grassroots, citizen-based leadership. We are citizens of Kentucky who are organized, strategic, and goal-driven to hold our state and local government accountable for the public interest, which itself echoes across future generations of Kentuckians who expect our decisions and actions today to represent their interests for a protected and sustainable Commonwealth in the future.
From the Chapter website: https://www.sierraclub.org/kentucky/about-us
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Accruals:
The Cumberland Chapter has added to the collection regularly through 2011.
Acquisition Source:
Graddy, Hank
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: General Records],
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Series 2: Publications],
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- Series 1: General Records
- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234014047383
- Folder 1: Bluegrass Group News, 1976-1979
- Newsletters and calendars from the Bluegrass Group
- Folder 2: Brochures
- Folder 3: Clifty Wilderness, 1984-1986
- Materials documenting the efforts to designate a section of the Red River Gorge as the Clifty Wilderness.
- Folder 4: Constitution and By-Laws
- Folder 5: Correspondence (no date)
- Regarding upcoming meetings and hikes.
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1978-1980
- Regarding upcoming meetings and hikes as well as other chapter business. Also included is correspondence with US legislators regarding environmental issues such as land acquisition in the Red River Gorge and the Alaska Bill.
- Folder 7: Correspondence, 1981-1986
- Regarding Sierra Club business as well as environmental issues such as mineral rights, nuclear waste and pesticide use in national forests.
- Folder 8: Environmental Questionnaire for Candidates for Governor, 1983
- Folder 9: Grant Proposal to the Environmental Effects of Warfare Committee
- Folder 10: Hiking in Kentucky Syllabus, 1979-1980
- Folder 11: Hindman, Douglas - Presentations
- Folder 12: History of the Cumberland Chapter, October 27, 1984
- Audio Cassette
- Folder 13: News Releases, 1980-1986
- Folder 14: Newspaper Clippings
- Folder 15: Minutes
- Folder 16: Minutes - Bluegrass Group, undated
- Folder 17: Minutes - Bluegrass Group, 1978
- Folder 18: Minutes - Bluegrass Group, 1979
- Folder 19: Minutes - Bluegrass Group, 1980
- Folder 20: Minutes - Executive Committee, 1979
- Folder 21: Minutes - Executive Committee, 1980
- Folder 22: Minutes - Executive Committee, 1981
- Folder 23: Minutes - Executive Committee, 1982
- Folder 24: Minutes - Executive Committee, 1983
- Box 2
- Barcode: 31234014047375
- Folder 1: Minutes - Executive Committee, 1984
- Folder 2: Minutes - Executive Committee, 1985
- Folder 3: Minutes - Executive Committee, 1986
- Folder 4: Minutes - Miscellaneous Notes, undated
- Series 2: Publications
- Box 3
- Barcode: 31234014047367
- Folder 1: The Cumberland, 1977
- Folder 2: The Cumberland, 1978
- Folder 3: The Cumberland, 1979
- Folder 4: The Cumberland, 1980
- Folder 5: The Cumberland, 1981
- Folder 6: The Cumberland, 1982
- Folder 7: The Cumberland, 1983
- Folder 8: The Cumberland, 1984
- Folder 9: The Cumberland, 1985
- Folder 10: The Cumberland, 1986
- Folder 11: The Cumberland, 1987
- Folder 12: The Cumberland, 1988
- Folder 13: The Cumberland, 1989
- Folder 14: The Cumberland, 1990
- Folder 15: The Cumberland, 1991
- Folder 16: The Cumberland, 1992
- Folder 17: The Cumberland, 1993
- Folder 18: The Cumberland, 1994
- Folder 19: The Cumberland, 1995
- Box 4
- Barcode: 31234014047359
- Folder 1: The Cumberland, 1996
- Folder 2: The Cumberland, 1997
- Folder 3: The Cumberland, 1998
- Folder 4: The Cumberland, 1999
- Folder 5: The Cumberland, 2000
- Folder 6: The Cumberland, 2001
- Folder 7: The Cumberland, 2002
- Folder 8: The Cumberland, 2003
- Folder 9: The Cumberland, 2004
- Folder 10: The Cumberland, 2005
- Box 5
- Barcode: 31234014047342
- Folder 1: The Cumberland, 2006
- Folder 2: The Cumberland, 2007
- Folder 3: The Cumberland, 2008
- Folder 4: The Cumberland, 2009
- Folder 5: The Cumberland, 2010
- Folder 6: The Cumberland, 2011
- Box 6
- Barcode: 31234014047334
- Folder 1: The Cumberland Update, 1987-1990
- Folder 2: Handbooks, 1978-1985
- Folder 3: Handbooks, 1986-1993
- Folder 4: Handbooks, 2006-2007
- Folder 5: Louisville Audubon Society, 1981-1983
- Folder 6: Louisville Group News, 1977-1983
- Folder 7: Midwest Region Publications, 1985-1986
- Box 7
- Barcode: 31234014047276
- Folder 1: Sierra, 2001
- May/June 2001 - Nov/Dec 2001
- Folder 2: Sierra, 2002
- Folder 3: Sierra, 2003
- Folder 4: Sierra, 2004
- Folder 5: Sierra, 2005
- January/February 2005 - July/August 2005
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