Sierra Club, Midwest Office (Madison, Wisconsin) Records, 1971-2005

Container Title
M2001-031
Part 5 (M2001-031): Additions, 1971-1999
Physical Description: 21.6 cubic feet (21 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1971-1999, the bulk of which documents the activities of the Midwest Office and the state and local chapters it represents. Present are administrative files of the regional office and local chapters, including budgets, staff reports, membership drives, and newsletters as well as records on the club's political activities on a local, state, and regional level. The rest of the collection is divided into environmental subject files which concern projects and programs the Sierra Club initiated, conferences the club attended, reports presented by the club, and regional groups with whom they worked. In addition, there are some records from the National Office representing communications between the National Office and the Midwest regional office.
National Files
Box   1
Folder   1-11
Internal files
Club publications
Box   1
Folder   12-16
General, 1971-1991
Box   1
Folder   35
Conservation Action handbooks, 1984, 1990
Box   1
Folder   17-18
Board meetings, 1973-1992
Midwest Regional Files
Box   1
Folder   19-25
Administrative, general, 1971-1998
Box   1
Folder   26-29
Budgets, 1991-1995
Box   1
Folder   30-34
Finances and grants, 1971-1992
Box   2
Folder   1-3
Finances and grants, 1971-1992 (continued)
Box   2
Folder   4-9
Legal Defense Fund
Box   2
Folder   10-14
Office reports, 1973-1975, 1984-1991
Box   2
Folder   15-23
Staff reports and meetings, 1991-1994
Box   2
Folder   24-27
Personnel records, 1981-1993
Box   2
Folder   28
Staff unionization
Box   2
Folder   29-30
Staff miscellaneous
Box   3
Folder   1-3
Weekly planning calendar, 1991-1995
Box   3
Folder   4-7
Humor
Box   3
Folder   8-9
Interns
Box   3
Folder   10-12
Volunteers, 1980-1991
Box   3
Folder   13-17
Membership, 1974-1992
Box   3
Folder   18-26
Committees
Box   3
Folder   27-29
Press releases
Box   3
Folder   30
Midwest newsletter, 1984-1989
Box   3
Folder   31-39
Trips and conferences, general
Box   3
Folder   40-41
Sierra Club centennial celebration, 1992
Box   3
Folder   42-44
Miscellaneous
State and Local Chapters
Box   4
Folder   1
Regional personnel
Box   4
Folder   2-3
Cumberland, Kentucky, 1971-1988
Box   4
Folder   4-8
Great Lakes, Illinois, 1972-1993
Box   4
Folder   9-12
Hoosier, Indiana, 1971-1995
Box   4
Folder   13-17
Iowa
Box   4
Folder   18-23
Mackinac, Michigan, 1971-1991
Box   4
Folder   24-26
Sierra North Star, Minnesota, 1985-1991
Box   5
Folder   1
Ozarks, Missouri, 1984-1995
Box   5
Folder   2
Ohio, 1985-1988
Box   5
Folder   3-9
John Muir, Wisconsin, 1971-1994
Politics
Box   5
Folder   10-13
Presidential elections, 1984, 1992
Box   5
Folder   14-19
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)/GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), 1993
Box   5
Folder   20-27
Congressional District Coordinators (CDCs)
Box   5
Folder   28-30
Sierra Club Committee on Political Education (SCCOPE)
Box   6
Folder   1-4
Lobbying, general
Box   6
Folder   5-7
Midwest politics, general
Box   6
Folder   8-10
Illinois
Box   6
Folder   11-13
Indiana
Box   6
Folder   14-15
Iowa
Box   6
Folder   16
Kentucky
Box   6
Folder   17-21
Michigan
Box   6
Folder   22-23
Minnesota
Box   6
Folder   24
Ohio
Box   6
Folder   25-29
Wisconsin
Energy
Box   6
Folder   30-33
Conferences and speeches, 1992-1994
Box   6
Folder   34
Global warming
Box   6
Folder   35
National legislation, 1991
Box   6
Folder   36
Coal
Box   6
Folder   37-38
Hydroelectric
Box   6
Folder   39-42
Nuclear power
Box   7
Folder   1-7
Nuclear power (continued)
Box   7
Folder   8-12
Oil and natural gas
Box   7
Folder   13
Renewable resources
Box   7
Folder   14-15
Utilities
Forests
Box   7
Folder   16-18
Sierra Club Forest Policy
Box   7
Folder   19
Biodiversity
Box   7
Folder   20-29
Conferences
Box   7
Folder   30-31
Daniel Boone National Forest
Box   7
Folder   32
Cathedral Pine National Forest
Box   7
Folder   33
Chequamegon/Nicolet National Forest
Box   7
Folder   34
Chippewa National Forest
Box   7
Folder   35
Hiawatha National Forest
Box   7
Folder   36
Hoosier National Forest National Forest
Box   7
Folder   37
Huron-Manistee National Forest
Box   7
Folder   38-42
Northwoods National Forest
Box   7
Folder   43-44
Ottawa National Forest
Box   7
Folder   45
Ouachita National Forest
Box   7
Folder   46-49
Shawnee National Forest
Box   8
Folder   1-3
Shawnee National Forest (continued)
Box   8
Folder   4
Superior National Forest
Box   8
Folder   5-6
Tongass National Forest
Box   8
Folder   7
Mark Twain National Forest
Box   8
Folder   8-12
Wayne National Forest
Box   8
Folder   13-18
Ancient forests
Box   8
Folder   19-22
United States Forestry Service
Box   8
Folder   23-37
Forestry management and planning
Box   8
Folder   38-42
Miscellaneous
Box   9
Folder   1
Heartwood newsletter, 1989-1995
Box   9
Folder   2
Forest Networker miscellaneous
Box   9
Folder   3-9
Forest Networker, volume 1, 1991
Box   9
Folder   10-18
Forest Networker, volume 2, 1992-1993
Box   9
Folder   19-28
Forest Networker, volume 3, 1994-1995
Great Lakes
Box   10
Folder   1-5
Federal government, miscellaneous
Box   10
Folder   6-21
Legislation and testimony, 1990-1994
Box   10
Folder   22-38
Great Lakes Washington Week, 1987-1994
Box   10
Folder   39-44
International committees and conferences, 1982-1991
Box   11
Folder   1-3
International committees and conferences, 1993-1995
Box   11
Folder   4
Great Lakes environmental scorecard, 1992
Box   11
Folder   5-8
Great Lakes fact sheets
Box   11
Folder   9-13
Great Lakes, general
Box   11
Folder   14-16
Great Lakes protection fund, 1989-1993
Box   11
Folder   17-19
Grants and appropriations
Box   11
Folder   20-21
Sierra Club-Great Lakes, internal matters
Box   11
Folder   22-30
Sierra Club Publications, 1988-1998
Box   11
Folder   31
Press releases
Box   11
Folder   32-38
Conferences
Box   11
Folder   39-52
Regional partners
Box   12
Folder   1-4
Regional partners (continued)
Box   12
Folder   5-6
Economics
Box   12
Folder   7-8
Fishing
Box   12
Folder   9-31
Toxics
Box   12
Folder   32-34
Regional Action Plans (RAPs)
Box   12
Folder   35-36
Press clippings
Mining
Box   13
Folder   1
Conferences
Box   13
Folder   2-4
General
Box   13
Folder   5-7
Crandon mine, Wisconsin
Box   13
Folder   8-19
Flambeau mine, Wisconsin
Box   13
Folder   20-25
Noranda, Michigan, Wisconsin
Box   13
Folder   26
Willow Flowage
Public Lands
Box   13
Folder   27-28
Sierra Club newsletter
Box   13
Folder   29-37
Sierra Club, general
National dunes and lakeshores
Box   13
Folder   38-43
Indiana
Box   14
Folder   1-17
Michigan
National Parks
Box   14
Folder   18
General
Box   14
Folder   19-20
Illinois
Box   14
Folder   21
Kansas
Box   14
Folder   22
Kentucky
Box   14
Folder   23-37
Minnesota
Box   15
Folder   1-4
Minnesota (continued)
Box   15
Folder   5-7
National Trails
Box   15
Folder   8-13
Wetlands
Wilderness
Box   15
Folder   14-22
General
Box   15
Folder   23-29
Land and water conservation (LAWCON), 1988-1996
Box   15
Folder   30-32
Alaska, general
Box   16
Folder   1-19
Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
Box   16
Folder   20
California
Box   16
Folder   21-33
Illinois
Box   16
Folder   34
Indiana
Box   16
Folder   35
Kentucky
Box   16
Folder   36-42
Michigan
Box   16
Folder   43
Missouri
Rivers
Mississippi River
Box   17
Folder   1-13
General
Box   17
Folder   14-17
Conferences
Box   17
Folder   18-29
Sierra Club programs
Box   17
Folder   30-46
Mississippi River Basin Alliance
Box   18
Folder   1-5
Mississippi River Conservation Committee
Box   18
Folder   6-8
Other Mississippi River regional groups
Box   18
Folder   9-40
Other rivers
Note: Arranged alphabetically by name.
Toxics
Box   18
Folder   41-46
Water toxics
Box   18
Folder   47-49
Sierra Club clean water programs
Box   18
Folder   50-55
Drinking water quality
Box   19
Folder   1-9
Water pollution
Acid rain
Box   19
Folder   10-13
Federal legislation
Box   19
Folder   14-16
States
Box   19
Folder   17-19
Conferences
Box   19
Folder   20-23
Reports
Air toxics
Box   19
Folder   24-30
Federal legislation
Box   19
Folder   31-34
States
Box   19
Folder   35-37
Press releases
Box   19
Folder   38-43
Reports
Box   19
Folder   44-48
Incinerators
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Box   20
Folder   1-9
Federal legislation
Box   20
Folder   10-13
Lobbying
Box   20
Folder   14-18
Implementation, 1991-1994
Box   20
Folder   19-29
State specific programs
Box   20
Folder   30-35
Miscellaneous
Box   20
Folder   36-39
General
Box   21
Folder   1-13
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Box   21
Folder   14-20
Superfund
Box   21
Folder   21-24
Environmental justice
Wildlife
Biodiversity
Box   21
Folder   25-30
Legislation and testimony
Box   21
Folder   31-34
Grants and programs
Box   21
Folder   35-36
Correspondence
Box   22
Folder   1
Miscellaneous
Box   22
Folder   2-6
Endangered Species Act
Box   22
Folder   7-13
Endangered species, individual
Box   23
Folder   1-8
Endangered species, individual (continued)