Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hilder, Lara Marie, 1946-
- Abstract:
- The Lara Hilder and Peter Liederman Papers document the couple’s environmental and nuclear disarmament activities with the Sierra Club from 1985 to 1994. These efforts focused mainly on campaigns to include nuclear disarmament in the Sierra Club’s policy agenda and publication of and research for environmentalist periodicals. The bulk of material consists of research for the publications, including government reports regarding the military’s impact on the environment, newsletters from various peace, environmental and nuclear disarmament groups, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Sierra Club activity files demonstrate Hilder and Liederman’s work to increase the organization's participation in anti-nuclear activities.
- Extent:
- 11 cartons 13.75 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Lara Hilder and Peter Liederman Papers document the couple’s environmental activities with the Sierra Club Disarmament Committee from 1985 to 1994. These efforts focused mainly on campaigns to include nuclear disarmament in the Sierra Club’s policy agenda along with publication of and research for periodicals promoting the end of the arms race. Both acted as chief editors of Peacepaper (1986-1988) and IMPACTS (1991-1994), and were frequent contributors to the newspaper of the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club, Yodeler. The bulk of material consists of research for the publications that includes government reports regarding the military’s impact on the environment, newsletters from various peace, environmental and nuclear disarmament groups, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Sierra Club activity files demonstrate Hilder and Liederman’s work as part of the Sierra Club Disarmament Committee to increase the organization's participation in anti-nuclear activities.
The collection has been divided into three series: Periodicals, Sierra Club Activities and Research Files. Periodicals and Sierra Club Activities reflect the original chronological organization of the collection. Research Files have been arranged alphabetically for better access and to express the relationship between the large number of files on the Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Navy’s policy of homeporting the USS Missouri in Alameda. Original folder titles and the order within folders have been maintained.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lara Marie Hilder (Gundel), born 1946, earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Valparaiso University in 1967 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from U.C. Berkeley in 1975. As a chemist and researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) since 1977, Hilder developed ground-breaking methods to measure air pollutants. Peter Liederman, born 1946, holds a B.A. in Political Science from San Francisco State University, an M.A. in Public Administration from Golden Gate University and a law degree from John F. Kennedy University School of Law. Since 1999 he has practiced real estate end environmental law in Berkeley, California.
Both Hilder and Liederman took an active interest in nuclear disarmament campaigns in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s and 1990s as leaders of the Sierra Club Disarmament Committee. As editors of the environmental periodicals Peacepaper(1986-1988) and IMPACTS(1991-1994), and contributors to the Sierra Club’s Yodeler, Hilder and Liedermen sought to educate the public and encourage activism regarding the negative environmental impact of the arms race and military nuclear development, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Acquisition information:
- The Lara Hilder and Peter Liederman papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Lara Hilder and Peter Liederman April 20, 1997.
- Physical location:
- Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481