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Sierra Club, Toiyabe Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: 87-04
Abstract
The Toiyabe Chapter is a regional chapter of the Sierra Club, a California-based national organization devoted to preserving nature for future generations. The Toiyabe Chapter was organized in 1957 and originally included Nevada, California east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and north of San Bernardino and Kern Counties, and parts of the state of Utah. The collection contains records created or collected by the Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club related to the environment, its use, and its...
Dates:
1924-2018
Marjorie Sill Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2017-31
Abstract
Marjorie L. Sill (1923-2016) was a Reno local and noted environmental activist for the Eastern Sierra and Great Basin regions through involvement with the Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club and other regional and national organizations. The collection comprises materials related to her activism, organizational involvement, and a small amount of materials from her career as a high school teacher. It includes memos, publications, photographs, correspondence, government press releases and...
Dates:
1940-2015
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
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- All terrain vehicles -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.) 2
- Conservationists -- West (U.S.) 2
- Environmental protection -- Research -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 2
- Environmental protection -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 2
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) 2
- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) 2
- Toiyabe National Forest (Nev. and Calif.) 2
- Anti-environmentalism -- Nevada 1
- Business correspondence 1
- Environmental impact statements -- West (U.S.) 1
- Environmental monitoring -- Nevada 1
- Excerpts 1
- Grazing -- Environmental aspects -- Nevada 1
- Hazardous wastes -- Nevada 1
- Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- MX (Weapons system) 1
- MX (Weapons system) -- Environmental aspects -- Nevada 1
- Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada 1
- Natural gas pipelines 1
- Naval Air Station (Fallon, Nev.) 1
- Outdoor recreation -- Nevada 1
- Photographs 1
- Public lands -- Nevada -- Management 1
- Pyramid Lake (Nev.) 1
- Radioactive waste disposal -- Nevada 1
- Radioactive waste disposal -- Nevada -- Yucca Mountain 1
- Sage grouse -- Conservation -- Nevada 1
- Sage grouse -- Habitat -- Nevada 1
- Sagebrush Rebellion (Movement : Nev.) 1
- Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Water -- Management 1
- Water use -- Nevada 1
- Wild burros -- Control -- Nevada 1
- Wild horses -- Control -- Nevada 1
- Wilderness areas -- Nevada -- Management 1
- Wildlife conservation -- Nevada 1 ∧ less
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