Sierra Club-Big Bend Group Records

This collection contains records of the Sierra Club-Big Bend Group. Records include agendas, announcements, bylaws, letters, newsletters, minutes, programs, resolutions, reports, and other materials created by or used by the Sierra Club-Big Bend Group from 1972-1982.

Summary Information

Collection Title: Sierra Club-Big Bend Group Records

Inclusive Dates: 1972-1982

Quantity:

Books: 1 Volume

Manuscripts: 1 Box

Photographs: 1 Photograph

Repository: Blue Earth County Historical Society

Abstract:

This collection contains records of the Sierra Club-Big Bend Group. Records include agendas, announcements, bylaws, letters, newsletters, minutes, programs, resolutions, reports, and other materials created by or used by the Sierra Club-Big Bend Group from 1972-1982.

Language: English

Finding Aid URL: https://blueearthcountyhistory.com/slug/sierra-club-big-bend-group-records/

Subject Terms:

Sierra Club-Minnesota

 

Contents List

Books

Final Supplement II-A to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (as amended 18 January 1972) Minnesota River, Minnesota Mankato-North Mankato-Le Hillier Flood Control – Phase I by U.S. Department of the Army, St. Paul District

Manuscripts-Agenda

Agenda for the Pioneerland Regional Environmental Education Council meeting held in Mankato, 1980.

Agenda for the Executive Committee of the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club meeting held in Minneapolis, 1980.

Manuscripts-Announcement

Rough draft and finished article of an announcement for the next meeting of the Big Bend group of the Sierra Club.

Manuscripts-Announcement, Meeting

Public meeting announcement for the proposed NSP Power Plant Site and a letter about the Power Plant from the Governor’s Environmental Quality Council.

Manuscripts-Application

Application for federal assistance for the Big Bend Group of the Sierra Club for the Minnesota River Valley Workshop Series and Conference, 1975.

Manuscripts-Bylaws

Bylaws of the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter, Sierra Club.

Manuscripts-Chart

Chart that details chapter organization, 1973.

Manuscripts-Document

Impact statement on Continental Can Company if “Ban the Can” legislation were passed, from a Joint Public Hearing in Mankato.

Statement presented to the joint hearing of the committees of the Minnesota State House of Representatives with notes.

Manuscripts-Folder

Folder containing a membership list of the Sierra Club and a survey sent to members about their priorities for the upcoming legislature session and the results. 12 surveys were returned.

Folder containing information on the Cedar Meadows Subdivision in Decoria Township in 1978. Application by Charles Schubbe for final plat approval of a 50-lot subdivision.

Folder containing information on the creation of the Red Jacket Trail and the opposition to it.

Folder containing information on the Dome Pipeline applying for permits to install pipelines beneath the Minnesota River between St. Peter and Mankato.

Folder containing information on the Emergency Energy Act of 1974.

Folder containing information on the Emergency Energy Act of 1974.

Manuscripts-Form

A blank membership form for joining the Sierra Club and an envelope.

A membership form for joining the North Star Chapter, Sierra Club.

Manuscripts-Ledger

Secretary’s record book of meetings of the South Central Group of the Sierra Club, 1972.

Manuscripts-Letter

Letter from Jeanne Kress about the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club (carbon copy).

Letter from Nancy Adams about an update to the State Fair, 1974.

Letter from Ty Steen to members about the first executive election.

Letter sent to Donald Nimmer about him serving on the executive committee (draft); letter to Jeanne from Donald Nimmer about him accepting the invitation to serve on the executive committee; and the envelope the letter to Jeanne came in, 1973.

Letter to Clinton Kind from Jeanne Kress (carbon copy), 1973.

Letter to Congressman Tom Hagedorn from Jeanne Kress about the Energy Mobilization Board amendment (carbon copy), 1980.

Letter to David Durenberger from Jeanne Kress about energy bills (carbon copy, draft), 1979.

Letter to Friends from Nancy Adams about help for the booth at the State Fair for Project Environment, 1973.

Letter to Jean Kress from Dave Durenberger about the Tsongas, Jackson, Hatfield Compromise National Interest Lands Bill, 1980.

Letter to Jean Kress from Richard Flint about Jean being nominated to run for the North Star Chapters’ Executive Committee, 1980.

Letter to Jean Kress from Tom Hagedorn about the Alaska Lands bill, 1979.

Letter to Jeanne from Ford Robbins about her joining the Executive Committee, 1981

Letter to Jeanne from Ford Robbins about her joining the Executive Committee, 1981.

Letter to Jeanne from Nancy Luomala about the library in downtown Mankato with a hand-drawn map and an envelope with notes written on it, 1975.

Letter to Jeanne from Paul Egeland about group allocations from National.

Letter to Jeanne from Ty about the Alaskan pipeline, 1973.

Letter to Jeanne from Ty, 1973.

Letter to Jeanne from with a membership list attached, 1972.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Dave Durenberger about the Energy Mobilization Board, 1980.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from David Bangasser about his resignation as vice-chairman of the Sierra Club Big Bend Group and a carbon copy of a letter to David Bangasser from Jeanne acknowledging his resignation, 1973.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Elizabeth Barta, Information and Referral Blue Earth County Human Services, about the Big Bend Group of the Sierra Club, 1980.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Muriel Humphrey about the changes to the National Labor Relations Act, 1978.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Rudy Boschwitz about the Alaska Lands legislation, 1980.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Rudy Boschwitz about the Energy Mobilization Board, 1980.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Senator Dave Durenberger about the “Superfund Bill” or the Environmental Emergency Response Act, 1980.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Tom Hagedorn about his vote on H. R. 4985, 1980.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Tom Hagedorn about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 1978.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Wendell Anderson about the Alaskan National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 1978.

Letter to Jeanne Kress from Wendell Anderson about the Labor Law Reform bills, 1978.

Letter to John Christianson from Jeanne about the petition of the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Mankato Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Mankato (carbon copy), 1975.

Letter to Kick Luecke from Jeanne Kress about zip codes (carbon copy).

Letter to KYSM from Jeanne Kress about an upcoming meeting.

Letter to Larry Downing Sierra Club North Star Chapter from Jeanne Kress about the Chapter (carbon copy).

Letter to Larry Downing Sierra Club North Star Chapter from Jeanne Kress about the Chapter (carbon copy).

Letter to Larry Vogel from Jeanne Kress, 1973.

Letter to members of the Big Bend Group asking for help on committees (carbon copies), 1973. Letters sent to Matthew C. Peterson, John B. Foster, George Lambert, Roger Sweet, Walter K. Mickelson, Jr., Bruce E. Malmberg, Harold E. Adams, Neil B. Ballard, and Donald Nimmer (asking him to serve on the executive committee).

Letter to Mr. J. D. Kress from Ancher Nelson in reply to her telegram about the Land Use Planning Act of 1973 and the Western Union message confirmation copy, 1974.

Letter to Mr. J. Kress from Hubert Humphrey about the Water Resource Development Act not passing, 1974.

Letter to Mr. J. Kress from Walter Mondale about the Water Resources Development Act; an info sheet on the Water Resources Development Act; and a copy of mailgram sent to Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale from J. Kress about the Water Resources Development Act, 1974.

Letter to Neil Ballard from Jeanne Kress, 1973.

Letter to Nelson French from Jeanne about the trails meeting (carbon copy), 1980.

Letter to Richard Flint from Jeanne Kress about removing her name from consideration of being nominated for the North Star Chapter Executive Committee (carbon copy), 1980.

Letter to Richard Wigley from Jeanne Kress about the problem of energy with a resolution about the use of fossil energy (carbon copy), 1979.

Letter to Senator David Durenberger from Jeanne Kress about the Alaska Lands bill (carbon copy), 1980.

Letter to the editor of the Free Press from Jeanne Kress about Minnesota’s DNR program of recreational trails (carbon copy), 1979.

Letter to Tom Hagedorn from Jeanne Kress about the Boundary Waters Canoe area (draft), 1978.

Letter to Ty from Jeanne (carbon copy), 1973.

Letter to Ty from Jeanne (draft), 1973.

Memo to Chapter & Group chairmen from Kathleen Bjerke about guidelines for affiliations of Chapters and Groups with other organizations, 1974.

Manuscripts-List

Information on how to write to elected officials and lists of their names.

Inventory list for the Sierra Club-Big Bend Group, 1973

List of officers and committees of the Big Bend Group of the Sierra Club.

List of officers sent to Chapter Services, July 1974.

Membership exception list, October 1974.

Membership list for the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter, Sierra Club, September 1980.

Membership list from Betty about new members for the Big Bend Group, August 1981.

Membership list, May 1974.

Membership list, October 1974.

Manuscripts-Minutes

Minutes of the Big Bend Group of the Sierra Club for 1975 including membership lists.

Minutes of the Big Bend Group of the Sierra Club for 1977 including membership lists.

Minutes of the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for 1978.

Minutes of the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for 1979.

Minutes of the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter, Sierra Club for 1973.

Minutes of the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter, Sierra Club for 1974.

Minutes of the Conservation Group Meeting for May 20, 1974.

Minutes of the Conservation Group Meeting for September 18, 1978

Notes about the Executive Committee Meeting of the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Manuscripts-Newsletter

Descriptions for candidates for election in the National Sierra Club for 1973.

Newsletter and other information on saving the Kasota Prairie.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for April 1974.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for February 1974.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for January 1973.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for March-April 1973.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for May-June 1973.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for November 1974.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for November-December 1973.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for September 1974.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the Sierra Club for December 1977.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group of the Sierra Club for September 9, 1977.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for April 1978.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for February 1979.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for July – August 1978.

Newsletter for the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club for March 1976.

Newsletter for the Kato Hiking Club for October- November 1974.

Newsletter for the South Central Minnesota Group of the Sierra Club for April 1972.

Newsletter for the South Central Minnesota Group of the Sierra Club for July 1972.

Newsletter for the South Central Minnesota Group of the Sierra Club for June 1972.

Newsletter for the South Central Minnesota Group of the Sierra Club for November 1972.

Newsletter for the South Central Minnesota Group of the Sierra Club for September-October 1972.

Special issue of the Sierra Club – North Star Newsletter on the Minnesota River.

Manuscripts-Note

Notes about Jeanne’s efforts to support bills in Congress.

Notes about upcoming activities for the Big Bend Group.

Note about upcoming meeting sent to news outlets, attached is a copy of the article from the newspaper.

Note with information on an outing of the Big Bend Group of the Sierra Club on the Blue Earth River.

Manuscripts-Pamphlet

Pamphlet about joining the Sierra Club.

Manuscripts-Program

Program for the Energy Symposium with notes, 1975.

Program for the Minnesota River Valley Conference, 1977.

Program for the Minnesota River Valley Workshop Series, 1977.

Program and notes for the Minnesota River Valley Conference, 1978.

Program for the Pioneerland Regional Environmental Education Council Meeting held at D’Annie’s in Mankato, 1980.

Manuscripts-Report

Minnesota River Valley Conference After Action Report with: a program for Minnesota River Valley Conference, a Minnesota River Valley Conference evaluation form, and a map announcing the first Minnesota River Valley Conference, 1976.

Report to the Chapter Services Office, Sierra Club National Office from the Big Bend Group, North Star Chapter, Sierra Club about group officers and committee chairmen (carbon copy), 1979.

Manuscripts-Resolution

Resolution from Joel Moline about requesting that the Minnesota River from Franklin to Jordan be included in the Minnesota Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System, 1976.

Resolution submitted to Blue Earth County I-R Resolutions Committee about air pollution, 1981.

Resolution calling for a Comprehensive Assessment of Need and a State Plan for electrical energy for the state of Minnesota (carbon copy, draft).

Resolution requesting a moratorium on Northern States Power Company (NSP) electric generating plants about locating a new coal-fired electric generating plant in one of four locations: Hawk Creek, Mankato, Kellogg, Wood Lake.

Manuscripts-Telegram

A list of telegrams sent about the Alaskan pipeline with notes about telegrams sent and receipts for telegrams.

Mailgram sent to David Durenberger from Jeanne Kress dated June 17, 1980, about Energy Mobilization Board (copy), 1980.

Mailgram sent to Jeanne Kress from Mike McCloskey and Chuck Clusen (Sierra Club) about the Alaska bill.

Mailgram sent to Muriel Humphrey from Jeanne Kress about Legislation on disclosure of lobbying activities with additional information about lobbying (carbon copy), 1978..

Photographs

Bridges-South Bend Township-Red Jacket