Research: Topics: Environment: Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources
Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources
Historical Records Repositories in New York State
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, N.Y 10027.
- Garrison, Lloyd Kirkham, 1897-. Reminiscences of Lloyd Kirkham
Garrison : oral history, 1982.
Transcript: 161 leaves.
Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.
Lawyer, government official. Family; Harvard, BA 1920, LLB 1922; World War I experiences; political interests 1920-32; early law practice; dean of University of Wisconsin Law School 1932; chairmanships of National Labor Relations Board 1935 and National War Labor Board World War II; impressions of labor leaders; work with William Donovan on bankruptcy law reform in 1930s; work with Urban League, president 1947-52; politics and impressions of civil rights movement; clients counselled before House and Senate Committees on Un-American Activities; J. Robert Oppenheimer case; Storm King Mountain environmental action case; impressions of New York political scene and politicians during early 1960s.
Underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Interviewed by Ed Edwin.
Access: Open.
Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Finding aids: Name index available. - Ogilvy, Stewart Marks, 1914-. Reminiscences of Stewart Marks
Ogilvy : oral history, 1978.
Transcript: 39 leaves. Tape: 1 reel.
Foundation executive. Affiliation with Sierra Club, Atlantic Chapter; editing the ARGONAUT (1957-59); growth and decentralization of Sierra Club; its changing emphasis under Dave Brower; preservation projects, including Black Rock Forest, Great Swamp; establishment and concerns of Friends of the Earth.
Interviewed by Jeri Nunn.
Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Finding aids: Name index available. - Osborne, Lithgow, 1892-1980. Reminiscences of Lithgow Osborne
: oral history, 1953.
Transcript: 228 leaves.
Diplomat, conservationist. Childhood and education; diplomatic service in Germany and Denmark, 1915-19; Treaty of Versailles; New York State Conservation Commissioner, 1933-42; Ambassador to Norway, 1944-46; Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration; impressions of prominent New York politicians.
Interviewed by Wendell Link.
Access: Open.
Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972.
Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Finding aids: Name index available.
Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part I, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Butler Library.
New York, N.Y 10027.
- Citizens Committee for the Protection of the Environment (Ossining,
N.Y.). Records, 1966-1969.
9.5 linear ft (ca. 4,650 items in 22 boxes).
Citizens action group founded in 1968. This organization has devoted its activity to the quality of the environment in the lower Hudson River Valley, particularly the environmental hazards of Consolidated Edison's Indian Point nuclear power plants.
Records of the Citizens Committee for the Protection of the Environment (CCPE) include correspondence, memoranda, reports, statements, notes, news releases, U.S. Atomic Energy/Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearing records, and printed material. The correspondence contains letters from supporters, members of other environmental groups, New York State legislators, U.S. senators and congressmen, scientists, and CCPE's attorney for the Indian Point hearings. Chief correspondents of the group are Larry Bogart, Executive Director, Dr. George Candreva, President, and Irene P. Dickinson (Mrs. Leon A.), Executive Secretary and Coordinator, whose file these are. There are numerous letters from Congressmen John G. Dow, Richard Ottinger, and Peter Peyser. The cataloged correspondence contains three letters from Senator Jacob K. Javits, and one each from Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, and Louis J. Lefkowitz, New York State Attorney General.
In addition to CCPE's own memoranda, statements, news releases, brochures, and other printed ephemera, Mrs. Dickinson maintained an environmental subject file which includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles, newsletters, and other printed ephemera issued by a variety of environmental groups as well as some related correspondence. The files on the Indian Point nuclear power plant, approximately 1,800 items, contain photocopies of U.S. Atomic Energy Commission/Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearings, documents such as testimony before the commission, inspection reports, correspondence of the commission, Consolidated Edison, CCPE and its attorney, Anthony Z. Roisman, of Berlin, Roisman and Kessler, Washington, D.C. The printed materials include pamphlets, newspapers, newsletters, and other publication issued by a variety of citizens' action groups.
Gift of Mrs Irene P. Dickinson, 1979.
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Finding aids: Contents list, 3p. - League of Women Voters of New York State. Records, 1912-1981.
40 linear ft (ca. 31,100 items in 65 boxes, 26 volumes, & 7 oversize items).
The League was originally formed as an auxiliary to the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Correspondence, minutes, reports, documents, scrapbooks, publications, memorabilia, and photographs. The general files, minutes, and reports reflect the varied activities and interests of the League, including apportionment, court reform, education, and voting rights. The historical files contain photographs, printed materials, and memorabilia, filed chronologically. Also included are the periodicals and publications of the League, scrapbooks arranged chronologically, and "Mailbooks", or volumes of mimeographed reports and announcements which were sent to branches and board members. Among the major correspondents are: Thomas E. Dewey, Herbert H. Hehman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Alfred Smith.
1986 ADDITION: Subject files and printed materials, 1961-1978.
1988 ADDITION: Subject files, 1972-1981.
Gift of the League of Women Voters of New York State, 1981, 1986 & 1988.
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts.
All records post-1981 are housed at the New York State Library, Albany.
Finding aids: Contents list, 9p.
Subjects: Environmental protection. - Wilbur, Robert L., collector. Protest literature, 1966-1987.
3 linear ft. (ca. 1,650 items in 6 boxes).
Flyers, posters, and occasional periodical issues of various protest, political, and social action groups in New York City. The emphasis is anti-war, gay liberation and New York City political campaigns.
Gift of Robert L. Wilbur, 1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1979, 1981, 1984 & 1988.
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Subjects: Ecology.
Columbia University. Special Collections. Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library.
701 W. 168th Street, New York, N.Y 10032.
- Hilleboe, Herman, 1906-1974. Papers, 1931-1968, (bulk 1958-1968).
0.5 linear ft. (1 box).
Public health official. M.D. U of MN 1931, Chief Medical Officer, MN Department of Social Welfare 1934-1942, commanding Officer, U.S. Public Health Service 1942-1946, Asst. Surgeon General 1946, N.Y. State Commissioner of Health 1946-1963, professor of health practice, Columbia University School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, 1963-1970. Teacher, consultant, author, and member of various societies.
The material is primarily speeches, lectures, and press releases by Dr. Hilleboe, covering public health and public health administration, planning and education. Other subjects include: tuberculosis, heart disease, environmental pollution, civil defense, radiation, rehabilitation, problems of the aged and needy, and the dedication of various facilities. Additional materials are from a course on radiation, health and safety taught by Hilleboe in Japan for the World Health Organization; an interview with Hilleboe; and his memoir of the New York State Health Department.
Finding aids: Unpublished finding aid in library.
Mount Vernon, N.Y.
- Michelson, Irving, 1911-. Papers, 1942-1972.
3 linear ft.
Chemist, researcher with the Consumers Union.
Papers relate to Michelson's work with the Consumers Union and include reports, articles, speeches, testimony, correspondence, memoranda, notes, worksheets, and other miscellaneous items pertaining to air pollution, automotive seat belts, and cigarettes.