Environmental protection.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Other term: Environmental quality management, Protection of environment
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Citizens to Save Little Presque Isle and Wetmore Landing records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-096
Scope and Contents Note
This collection documents the activities of the Citizens to Save Little Presque Isle and Wetmore Landing. Led by Dr. Donald Snitgen, Professor of Biology at Northern Michigan University, the group successfully prevented the Michigan Department of Natural Resources from allowing the construction of campgrounds and other commercial activities in the area. The collection contains correspondence, position papers, taskforce records, "In Memory of the Lorax," chronology, newspaper clippings,...
Dates:
1986-1993
Citizens to Save the Superior Shoreline records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-011
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains correspondence, newsletters, new releases and articles, reports, membership lists, meeting minutes, and environmental reference materials of Reference files. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence, reports, and newsletters. Also included are newsletters, correspondence, occasional meeting minutes, bylaws, and miscellaneous materials of the group which was involved in general Lake Superior Basin issues. There is also scattered correspondence (1969-1989) of...
Dates:
1967-1996
Cliffs Dow Company records
Collection — Box 06-01-06
Identifier: MSS-008
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains the scattered records of R. Wesley Jenner, long-time employee and president (1960-1968) of the Cliffs Dow Chemical Company of Marquette, Michigan. The records primarily relate to the company which manufactured charcoal and was the largest and sophisticated wood distillation plant in the world from 1940-1968.
The records include company technical reports for 1935-1950, news clippings and press releases, addresses and articles written and presented by Jenner on the...
Dates:
1934 - 1984
Dominic J. Jacobetti papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-078
Scope and Contents note
The Dominic Jacobetti Collection documents his position as Representative from Marquette County and the Upper Peninsula, including his activities on the House Appropriations Committee and several other committees on which he served. His position as Representative encompassed at various times the 108th, 109th, and 110th Districts. The records cover the years 1954 to 1994 and include a wealth of materials pertaining to the following:Ø Upper Peninsula local governments,...
Dates:
1954-1994; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1994
Mazina'igan: A Chronicle of the Lake Superior Ojibwe newspapers
Collection — Box 15-02-06
Identifier: MSS-132
Scope and Content
This collection contains the Mazina'igan newspaper and reflects the life of the Ojibwe in the Lake Superior Region.
Dates:
1999-Ongoing
Seney National Wildlife Refuge records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-108
Scope and Contents Note
This collection documents the administration of the Seney Wildlife Refuge. The collection mainly contains annual narrative reports. The reports describe, among other things, weather and climate conditions, resource management, fire control, species inventories and conditions, land use planning, pesticide studies, water management practices, and habitat management. The collection also contains information on Depression era Works Progress Administration (WPA) activities and World War II...
Dates:
1938-1982
George Shiras III papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-242
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and George Shiras III, on the conservation of wildlife, the Nature Faker Controversy between President Roosevelt and Rev. W.J. Long, the Roosevelt-Newett Libel Suit, Roosevelt's desire that Shiras write a book on Upper Peninsula wildlife, as well as correspondence relating to plans for Roosevelt Memorials and other miscellaneous letters. There are a number of handwritten personal letters from Mrs. Edith Kermit Roosevelt...
Dates:
1896-1938; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1918
Julia K. Tibbitts papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-145
Scope and Contents note
The collection is composed primarily of research materials collected by Julia K. Tibbitts for use in her case against the expansion of the Upper Peninsula Generating Company’s power plant in Marquette, Michigan. The materials include court documents highlighting the accomplishments of Superior Public Rights, Inc. and their fight to protect the environment, correspondence, newspaper articles, research documents, maps, blueprints, and legal reference documents. The court documents are nearly...
Dates:
1964-1979; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1979
Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition (UPEC) records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-408
Scope and Contents
Box one (36 folders) includes Meeting Minutes and Agendas, Financial Statements, Bulletins, Notes taken by Jon Saari, an organization Constitution and record, and Lawsuits and Appeals that UPEC was involved in. This box also contains information regarding Upper Peninsula Mining projects (Copperwood Project, Eagle Mine, Keweenaw Mining (Copper Range Co., Great Lakes Minerals, SLAPP Suit)), Wolf reintroduction (Timber Wolf Alliance, Recovery, News), and toxic pollutants (Chlorine, Dioxin -...
Dates:
1975 - 2014
William L. Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-191
Scope and Contents Note
This collection contains field research notes and data compiled by Dr. William L. Robinson of the Northern Michigan University Biology Department pertaining to his Michigan wildlife research, as well as correspondence from his time at Northern Michigan University. Significant topics include St. Mary's Mammals, Citizens to Save Superior Shorelines, Spruce Grouse research, Ruffed Grouse research, and his relocation of wolves to the Upper Peninsula project. The collection includes reports,...
Dates:
1950 - 2000
ABOUT THIS COLLECTION GUIDE
This collection guide includes collections from member organizations of UPLINK (the Upper Peninsula Digital Network) as well as the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives. UPLINK collections document the history of the Upper Peninsula broadly, while the Central UP & NMU Archives focuses on such topics as Northern Michigan University history, the local iron mining industry, and the politics, economics, religion, environment, and culture of the Central Upper Peninsula region.
These finding aids will give you an overview of the contents and context of each collection. Finding aids only exist for collections that each organization has shared with UPLINK or (in the case of the NMU Archives) for processed collections. For a more comprehensive list of collections that might help with your research, please contact the relevant heritage organization(s) directly.
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