Sill, Richard C. (Richard Clement), 1923-1981
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1923-1981
- Existence: 1923 - 1981
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sierra Club Records
Collection
Identifier: NC1260
Abstract
The Sierra Club is a California based national organization devoted to preserving nature for future generations. Organized about 1890 in San Francisco, the club issues a Bulletin and publishes books about nature; they also investigate and lobby to prevent damage to the wilderness. Divided into chapters and subgroups based on geography. Richard Sill served on the national board of directors and executive committee from 1967-1971, on the executive board of the Toiyabe Chapter (Nevada), and as...
Dates:
1899-1979
Richard Sill Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2017-32
Abstract
Richard Clements Sill (1922-1981) was an assistant professor in the Physics Department at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a longtime active member of the Sierra Club, including service on the Executive Board and co-founding the Toiyabe Chapter. The collection includes correspondence, Club records, research, photographs, slides, videos, and audio materials relating to Marjorie and Richard Sill's work dealing with environmental issues and organizations, primarily with the work of the...
Dates:
1933-1995
Filtered By
- Subject: Conservationists -- West (U.S.) X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Bodega Bay (Calif.) 1
- Environmental impact statements -- Nevada 1
- Environmental protection -- Nevada 1
- Environmental protection -- Research -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Forest management -- Nevada 1
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Outdoor recreation -- Nevada 1
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada 1
- Radioactive waste disposal -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain 1
- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Toiyabe National Forest (Nev. and Calif.) 1
- Toiyabe trails 1
- Water use -- Nevada 1
- Water-supply -- Nevada 1 ∧ less
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