Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Sierra Club. Angeles Chapter
- Abstract:
- The Sierra Club branch in Los Angeles, California was founded by Phil Bernays and some fellow Sierrans in 1911. The Chapter originally provided leadership for hiking trips into the local mountains and High Sierra, and helped spread the word of John Muir. The collection consists of conservation issues and administration files including Southern California region minutes (1951-84), chapter newsletters and other publications, and assorted conservation issue materials related to the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter.
- Extent:
- 110.5 linear feet (224 document boxes, 2 half document boxes, 2 oversize boxes), 8 born-digital carriers (21 floppy disks, 1 DVD, and 1 optical disc), 0.775 Gigabytes (152 files, 10 folders), 4 born-digital carriers (2 optical discs, 2 floppy disks), and 0.370 Gigabytes (173 files, 7 folders)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Records (Collection 1199). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists primarily of material related to the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter. Includes conservation issues and administration files including Southern California region minutes (1951-84), chapter newsletters and other publications, and assorted conservation issue materials. Also includes newsletters published by various sections of the club.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Sierra Club is a nonprofit organization in the U.S. and Canada that works to promote and protect natural resources; it was founded in San Francisco (1892) by the naturalist John Muir who was the first president (1892-1914); by the late 20th century the club grew to an approximate 540,000 members; local chapters organize conferences, lectures, films, exhibits, and various expeditions; it publishes reports, magazines, books, and special publications and has numerous committees working to educate the public on environmental issues and lobbying local, state, and federal bodies for environmental legislation.
The Sierra Club branch in Los Angeles, California was founded by Phil Bernays and some fellow Sierrans in 1911; the Southern California Chapter, as it was originally known, stretched from San Luis Obispo to the Mexican border to the California desert; Muir Lodge in Big Santa Anita Canyon was Club headquarters from October 4, 1913 until its destruction in the great storm of 1938; the Chapter originally provided leadership for hiking trips into the local mountains and High Sierra and helped spread the word of John Muir.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, 1977-. The 2012 addition consisting of the Alice E. Knapp papers was transferred from UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library.
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by Evert Volkersz, 1967. 2012 addition proceesed by Courtney Dean with the assistance of Jillian Cuellar in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), 2013. 2014 and 2024 additions processed by Laila Jaffer with supervision from Emily Wittenberg (CFPRT), 2025.
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- Arrangement:
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Materials are arranged alphabetically.
- Physical / technical requirements:
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CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed digital materials. Digital materials are not currently available for access, unless otherwise noted in a Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note at the series and file levels. All requests to access processed digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Physical facet:
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Transferred from 1 optical disc.
Transferred off of 2 optical discs.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Records (Collection 1199). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988