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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Title: | Environmental Activism Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | circa 1970-1987 |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Posters, photographs, printed material, etc. relating to advocacy for clean air, clean water, etc. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Environmental activism, or environmentalism, refers to advocacy and efforts concerned with the protection, repair, and improvement of the planetary environment -- air, water, and earth -- for humans, animals, and plants. The term embraces a very wide range of actions, from the traditional to the radical. Traditional activities include legal (lawsuits, injunctions), financial (fund-raising, purchase of land), and political (lobbying for legislation, endorsement of candidates). More radical actions include civil disobedience such as protesting or picketing, and violence (sabotage of oil pipelines, destruction of logging equipmet). Because environmental costs in the United States have fallen disproportionately on people of color, environmental activism may overlap with anti-racist work.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Environmental Activism Collection consists of photographs and printed material.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advance notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
Special Collections Research Center has extensive holding related to various forms of activism, including abolition, prison reform, and radicalism in the arts. Please search our collections or refer to the SCRC Subject Index for more.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Environmental Activism Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2021, 2023.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: MRC
Date: 28 May 2021
Revision history: 18 Jan 2024 - Earth Day, Johnson items added (MRC)
Inventory
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Hazel Johnson 1 Jun 1986 - president of People for Community Recovery, considered the "mother of environmental justice," pictured in front of CID landfill | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Earth Day 22 Apr 1970 - fliers, brochures, broadsides, and other ephemera created for. or handed out at, the first Earth Day in New York | ||||||||||
| Map-Case | Posters circa 1970-1972 - related to air pollution | ||||||||||
| "Fight Foul," Equitable Life Assurance Society "Pollution is only human," Junior League of Wilmington "Oh Say Can You See," Junior League of Wilmington |
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